Victoria & Abdul (
2017) | IMDb:
6.8
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Florence Foster Jenkins (
2016) | IMDb:
6.8
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
Hugh Grant
,
Simon Helberg
,
Rebecca Ferguson
,
Nina Arianda
,
Stanley Townsend
Philomena (
2013) | IMDb:
7.6
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Starring:
Judi Dench
,
Steve Coogan
,
Sophie Kennedy Clark
,
Mare Winningham
,
Barbara Jefford
,
Ruth McCabe
Directed by:
Stephen Frears
Lay the Favorite (
2012) | IMDb:
4.8
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
Starring:
Rebecca Hall
,
Bruce Willis
,
Catherine Zeta-Jones
,
Joshua Jackson
,
Laura Prepon
,
Frank Grillo
Chéri (
2009) | IMDb:
6.1
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Kathy Bates
,
Rupert Friend
,
Felicity Jones
,
Iben Hjejle
,
Frances Tomelty
Directed by:
Stephen Frears
The Queen (
2006) | IMDb:
7.3
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.
Starring:
Helen Mirren
,
Michael Sheen
,
James Cromwell
,
Helen McCrory
,
Alex Jennings
,
Roger Allam
High Fidelity (
2000) | IMDb:
7.4
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".
Mary Reilly (
1996) | IMDb:
5.8
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
Hero (
1992) | IMDb:
6.5
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Geena Davis
,
Andy García
,
Joan Cusack
,
Kevin J. O'Connor
,
Chevy Chase
Dangerous Liaisons (
1988) | IMDb:
7.6
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
Starring:
Glenn Close
,
John Malkovich
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Swoosie Kurtz
,
Keanu Reeves
,
Mildred Natwick