A Journal for Jordan (
2021) | IMDb:
5.9
Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and his enduring devotion to her and their child.
Starring:
Chanté Adams
,
Michael B. Jordan
,
Jalon Christian
,
Robert Wisdom
,
Tamara Tunie
,
Jasmine Batchelor
Directed by:
Denzel Washington
Motherless Brooklyn (
2019) | IMDb:
6.8
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
Starring:
Edward Norton
,
Bruce Willis
,
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
,
Alec Baldwin
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Bobby Cannavale
The Dark Knight Rises (
2012) | IMDb:
8.4
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Starring:
Christian Bale
,
Michael Caine
,
Gary Oldman
,
Anne Hathaway
,
Tom Hardy
,
Marion Cotillard
Freedom Writers (
2007) | IMDb:
7.6
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Starring:
Hilary Swank
,
Scott Glenn
,
Imelda Staunton
,
Patrick Dempsey
,
April Hernandez Castillo
,
Robert Wisdom
Ray (
2004) | IMDb:
7.7
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Starring:
Jamie Foxx
,
Kerry Washington
,
Regina King
,
Harry Lennix
,
Clifton Powell
,
Bokeem Woodbine
The Forgotten (
2004) | IMDb:
5.8
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.
Starring:
Julianne Moore
,
Dominic West
,
Gary Sinise
,
Anthony Edwards
,
Alfre Woodard
,
Linus Roache
Duplex (
2003) | IMDb:
5.9
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Starring:
Ben Stiller
,
Drew Barrymore
,
Eileen Essell
,
Amber Valletta
,
Justin Theroux
,
Swoosie Kurtz
Directed by:
Danny DeVito
Mighty Joe Young (
1998) | IMDb:
5.7
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
Starring:
Bill Paxton
,
Charlize Theron
,
Rade Šerbedžija
,
Regina King
,
Peter Firth
,
Naveen Andrews
Face/Off (
1997) | IMDb:
7.3
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Starring:
John Travolta
,
Nicolas Cage
,
Joan Allen
,
Alessandro Nivola
,
Gina Gershon
,
Dominique Swain
Volcano (
1997) | IMDb:
5.5
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.
That Thing You Do! (
1996) | IMDb:
7
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.