Rabbit-Proof Fence (
2002) | IMDb:
7.4
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Starring:
Everlyn Sampi
,
Tianna Sansbury
,
Laura Monaghan
,
David Gulpilil
,
Ningali Lawford
,
Myarn Lawford
Dark City (
1998) | IMDb:
7.6
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Starring:
Rufus Sewell
,
William Hurt
,
Kiefer Sutherland
,
Jennifer Connelly
,
Richard O'Brien
,
Ian Richardson
The English Patient (
1996) | IMDb:
7.4
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Ralph Fiennes
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Naveen Andrews
,
Colin Firth
Beyond Rangoon (
1995) | IMDb:
6.5
Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing.
Starring:
Patricia Arquette
,
U Aung Ko
,
Frances McDormand
,
Spalding Gray
,
Tiara Jacquelina
,
Ann Howard
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (
1994) | IMDb:
7.5
Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a town in the remote Australian desert. As they head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla, the three friends come to the forefront of a comedy of errors, encountering a number of strange characters, as well as incidents of homophobia, whilst widening comfort zones and exploring new horizons.
Starring:
Hugo Weaving
,
Guy Pearce
,
Terence Stamp
,
Bill Hunter
,
Sarah Chadwick
,
June Marie Bennett