Please Give (
2010) | IMDb:
6.6
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Starring:
Catherine Keener
,
Amanda Peet
,
Oliver Platt
,
Rebecca Hall
,
Ann Morgan Guilbert
,
Lois Smith
Directed by:
Nicole Holofcener
Synecdoche, New York (
2008) | IMDb:
7.5
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
The Good Shepherd (
2006) | IMDb:
6.7
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
Starring:
Matt Damon
,
Angelina Jolie
,
Alec Baldwin
,
Tammy Blanchard
,
Billy Crudup
,
Robert De Niro
The Namesake (
2006) | IMDb:
7.5
After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.
Directed by:
Mira Nair
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
Off Beat (
1986) | IMDb:
5
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
Starring:
Judge Reinhold
,
Meg Tilly
,
Cleavant Derricks
,
Joe Mantegna
,
John Turturro
,
Amy Wright
Directed by:
Michael Dinner
Stardust Memories (
1980) | IMDb:
7.2
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Starring:
Woody Allen
,
Charlotte Rampling
,
Jessica Harper
,
Marie-Christine Barrault
,
Tony Roberts
,
Daniel Stern
The Amityville Horror (
1979) | IMDb:
6.2
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
Breaking Away (
1979) | IMDb:
7.7
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.
Starring:
Dennis Quaid
,
Daniel Stern
,
Jackie Earle Haley
,
Dennis Christopher
,
Barbara Barrie
,
Paul Dooley
The Deer Hunter (
1978) | IMDb:
8.1
A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Christopher Walken
,
John Cazale
,
John Savage
,
Meryl Streep
,
George Dzundza