The Palace (
2023) | IMDb:
5.1
A comedy set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a luxurious hotel in the Swiss Alps where the lives of various guests and those who work for them intersect.
Starring:
Oliver Masucci
,
Fanny Ardant
,
Mickey Rourke
,
John Cleese
,
Fortunato Cerlino
,
Irina Kastrinidis
An Officer and a Spy (
2019) | IMDb:
7.2
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
Starring:
Jean Dujardin
,
Louis Garrel
,
Emmanuelle Seigner
,
Grégory Gadebois
,
Hervé Pierre
,
Wladimir Yordanoff
Based on a True Story (
2017) | IMDb:
5.7
Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.
Starring:
Emmanuelle Seigner
,
Eva Green
,
Vincent Perez
,
Dominique Pinon
,
Brigitte Roüan
,
Camille Chamoux
Directed by:
Roman Polanski
Carnage (
2011) | IMDb:
7.1
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
Starring:
Jodie Foster
,
Kate Winslet
,
Christoph Waltz
,
John C. Reilly
,
Elvis Polanski
,
Eliot Berger
The Ghost Writer (
2010) | IMDb:
7.2
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
Starring:
Ewan McGregor
,
Pierce Brosnan
,
Kim Cattrall
,
Olivia Williams
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Timothy Hutton
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.
The Pianist (
2002) | IMDb:
8.5
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Starring:
Adrien Brody
,
Thomas Kretschmann
,
Frank Finlay
,
Maureen Lipman
,
Emilia Fox
,
Ed Stoppard
The Ninth Gate (
1999) | IMDb:
6.7
A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.
Starring:
Johnny Depp
,
Frank Langella
,
Lena Olin
,
Emmanuelle Seigner
,
Barbara Jefford
,
Jack Taylor
Death and the Maiden (
1994) | IMDb:
7.2
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Starring:
Sigourney Weaver
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Stuart Wilson
,
Krystia Mova
,
Jonathan Vega
,
Rodolphe Vega
Bitter Moon (
1992) | IMDb:
7.2
A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
Starring:
Peter Coyote
,
Emmanuelle Seigner
,
Hugh Grant
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Victor Banerjee
,
Sophie Patel
Directed by:
Roman Polanski
Frantic (
1988) | IMDb:
6.9
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Emmanuelle Seigner
,
Betty Buckley
,
Dominique Pinon
,
Jacques Ciron
,
John Mahoney
Directed by:
Roman Polanski
Pirates (
1986) | IMDb:
6
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
Starring:
Walter Matthau
,
Cris Campion
,
Damien Thomas
,
Olu Jacobs
,
Charlotte Lewis
,
Roy Kinnear
Tess (
1979) | IMDb:
7.3
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.
Starring:
Nastassja Kinski
,
Peter Firth
,
Leigh Lawson
,
John Collin
,
Rosemary Martin
,
Carolyn Pickles
Directed by:
Roman Polanski
Chinatown (
1974) | IMDb:
8.2
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Macbeth (
1971) | IMDb:
7.4
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
Rosemary's Baby (
1968) | IMDb:
8
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Starring:
Mia Farrow
,
John Cassavetes
,
Ruth Gordon
,
Sidney Blackmer
,
Maurice Evans
,
Ralph Bellamy