Oliver Twist (
2005) | IMDb:
6.8
An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Love Actually (
2003) | IMDb:
7.6
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Elizabeth (
1998) | IMDb:
7.4
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Starring:
Cate Blanchett
,
Joseph Fiennes
,
Geoffrey Rush
,
Christopher Eccleston
,
John Gielgud
,
Richard Attenborough
The Scarlet Letter (
1995) | IMDb:
5.3
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
Starring:
Demi Moore
,
Gary Oldman
,
Robert Duvall
,
Robert Prosky
,
Edward Hardwicke
,
Joan Plowright
Shadowlands (
1993) | IMDb:
7.3
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
,
Debra Winger
,
Edward Hardwicke
,
John Wood
,
Michael Denison
,
Peter Firth