Room (
2015) | IMDb:
8.1
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
The Samaritan (
2012) | IMDb:
5.6
After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.
Shake Hands with the Devil (
2007) | IMDb:
7.6
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
Starring:
Roy Dupuis
,
Deborah Kara Unger
,
James Gallanders
,
Michel Ange Nzojibwami
,
Michel Mongeau
,
Odile Katesi Gakire
Directed by:
Roger Spottiswoode
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (
2004) | IMDb:
5.8
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigitte and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. But when one of the girls is bitten, they have no one to turn to but themselves.
Starring:
Katharine Isabelle
,
Emily Perkins
,
Nathaniel Arcand
,
JR Bourne
,
Hugh Dillon
,
Adrien Dorval
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (
2004) | IMDb:
4.7
When the always dramatic Lola and her family move from the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not worth living! But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won't give up on her life's ambition: to be a star! In a crowd-pleasing movie treat bursting with music, dance and excitement, Lola's fun-filled adventure won't be glamorous or easy, but it might just show her that real life could exceed even her wildest dreams!
The Claim (
2000) | IMDb:
6.3
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.
Starring:
Peter Mullan
,
Milla Jovovich
,
Wes Bentley
,
Nastassja Kinski
,
Sarah Polley
,
Shirley Henderson
Last Night (
1998) | IMDb:
7.1
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
Starring:
Don McKellar
,
Sandra Oh
,
Roberta Maxwell
,
Robin Gammell
,
Sarah Polley
,
Trent McMullen
The Sweet Hereafter (
1997) | IMDb:
7.5
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Guilty as Sin (
1993) | IMDb:
5.7
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Directed by:
Sidney Lumet