The Way Back (
2010) | IMDb:
7.3
At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (
2003) | IMDb:
7.5
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
The Truman Show (
1998) | IMDb:
8.2
Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.
Starring:
Jim Carrey
,
Laura Linney
,
Noah Emmerich
,
Natascha McElhone
,
Holland Taylor
,
Ed Harris
Fearless (
1993) | IMDb:
7.1
After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who is wracked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash which she and Max survived.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Isabella Rossellini
,
Rosie Perez
,
Tom Hulce
,
John Turturro
,
Benicio del Toro
Green Card (
1990) | IMDb:
6.3
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
Starring:
Gérard Depardieu
,
Andie MacDowell
,
Bebe Neuwirth
,
Gregg Edelman
,
Robert Prosky
,
Jessie Keosian
Dead Poets Society (
1989) | IMDb:
8.1
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Ethan Hawke
,
Robert Sean Leonard
,
Gale Hansen
,
Josh Charles
,
Dylan Kussman
The Mosquito Coast (
1986) | IMDb:
6.6
Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Helen Mirren
,
River Phoenix
,
Conrad Roberts
,
Martha Plimpton
,
Andre Gregory
Witness (
1985) | IMDb:
7.4
While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Kelly McGillis
,
Josef Sommer
,
Lukas Haas
,
Jan Rubeš
,
Alexander Godunov
The Year of Living Dangerously (
1982) | IMDb:
7.1
Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.
Gallipoli (
1981) | IMDb:
7.4
As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal eight-month conflict which pit the British and their allies against the Ottoman Empire and left over 500,000 men dead.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Mark Lee
,
Bill Kerr
,
Harold Hopkins
,
Charles Lathalu Yunipingu
,
Heath Harris
Directed by:
Peter Weir