Victoria & Abdul (
2017) | IMDb:
6.8
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Arn: The Knight Templar (
2007) | IMDb:
6.6
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
Starring:
Joakim Nätterqvist
,
Sofia Helin
,
Stellan Skarsgård
,
Michael Nyqvist
,
Mirja Turestedt
,
Morgan Alling
The Phantom of the Opera (
2004) | IMDb:
7.2
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as The Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the crew.
Starring:
Gerard Butler
,
Emmy Rossum
,
Patrick Wilson
,
Miranda Richardson
,
Minnie Driver
,
Ciarán Hinds
George and the Dragon (
2004) | IMDb:
5.6
In 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to follow his dream of a peaceful life on his own piece of land. However, in order to obtain his land from the ruling King Edgaar, he must help find the King's missing daughter, Princess Lunna, a quest which sees George drawn into an unexpected battle with the kingdom's last surviving dragon.
Starring:
James Purefoy
,
Piper Perabo
,
Patrick Swayze
,
Michael Clarke Duncan
,
Bill Treacher
,
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Notting Hill (
1999) | IMDb:
7.2
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.
Shakespeare in Love (
1998) | IMDb:
7.1
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Starring:
Joseph Fiennes
,
Gwyneth Paltrow
,
Geoffrey Rush
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Judi Dench
,
Imelda Staunton
Directed by:
John Madden
James and the Giant Peach (
1996) | IMDb:
6.7
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Starring:
Paul Terry
,
Miriam Margolyes
,
Joanna Lumley
,
Pete Postlethwaite
,
Simon Callow
,
Richard Dreyfuss
Directed by:
Henry Selick
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (
1995) | IMDb:
6.4
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.
Street Fighter (
1994) | IMDb:
4
Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.
Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
,
Raúl Juliá
,
Ming-Na Wen
,
Byron Mann
,
Damian Chapa
,
Kylie Minogue
Postcards from the Edge (
1990) | IMDb:
6.7
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
Shirley MacLaine
,
Dennis Quaid
,
Gene Hackman
,
Richard Dreyfuss
,
Rob Reiner