The Guest (
2014) | IMDb:
6.7
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Mozart and the Whale (
2005) | IMDb:
6.7
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
Starring:
Josh Hartnett
,
Radha Mitchell
,
Gary Cole
,
Sheila Kelley
,
Erica Leerhsen
,
John Carroll Lynch
Matchstick Men (
2003) | IMDb:
7.3
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Nurse Betty (
2000) | IMDb:
6.3
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.
Passion Fish (
1992) | IMDb:
7.3
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
Starring:
Mary McDonnell
,
Alfre Woodard
,
Vondie Curtis-Hall
,
David Strathairn
,
Leo Burmester
,
Nora Dunn
Pure Luck (
1991) | IMDb:
5.8
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Starring:
Martin Short
,
Danny Glover
,
Harry Shearer
,
Sheila Kelley
,
Sam Wanamaker
,
Scott Wilson
Directed by:
Nadia Tass
Soapdish (
1991) | IMDb:
6.6
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven.
Starring:
Sally Field
,
Kevin Kline
,
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Cathy Moriarty
,
Teri Hatcher
,
Paul Johansson