Quartet (
2012) | IMDb:
6.8
Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on, and it does.
Starring:
Maggie Smith
,
Tom Courtenay
,
Billy Connolly
,
Pauline Collins
,
Michael Gambon
,
Sheridan Smith
Directed by:
Dustin Hoffman
Albert Nobbs (
2011) | IMDb:
6.7
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Starring:
Glenn Close
,
Mia Wasikowska
,
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
,
Janet McTeer
,
Pauline Collins
,
Brenda Fricker
Directed by:
Rodrigo García
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (
2010) | IMDb:
6.3
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to follow the advice of a psychic. Sally, the daughter of Alfie and Helena, is unhappy in her marriage and develops a crush on her boss, while her husband, Roy, falls for a woman engaged to be married.
Starring:
Gemma Jones
,
Pauline Collins
,
Anthony Hopkins
,
Naomi Watts
,
Josh Brolin
,
Antonio Banderas
Paradise Road (
1997) | IMDb:
6.8
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.
Starring:
Glenn Close
,
Frances McDormand
,
Pauline Collins
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Julianna Margulies
,
Jennifer Ehle
City of Joy (
1992) | IMDb:
6.5
Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.