The Reader (
2008) | IMDb:
7.6
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
Leatherheads (
2008) | IMDb:
6
A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up some dirt on the war hero... everyone could lose out.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Renée Zellweger
,
John Krasinski
,
Wayne Duvall
,
Stephen Root
,
Jonathan Pryce
Michael Clayton (
2007) | IMDb:
7.2
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Tilda Swinton
,
Michael O'Keefe
,
Sydney Pollack
,
Danielle Skraastad
The Interpreter (
2005) | IMDb:
6.4
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
,
Sean Penn
,
Catherine Keener
,
Jesper Christensen
,
Yvan Attal
,
Earl Cameron
Cold Mountain (
2003) | IMDb:
7.2
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
Starring:
Jude Law
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Renée Zellweger
,
Eileen Atkins
,
Brendan Gleeson
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Quiet American (
2002) | IMDb:
7
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
Starring:
Michael Caine
,
Brendan Fraser
,
Do Thi Hai Yen
,
Tzi Ma
,
Rade Šerbedžija
,
Robert Stanton
Directed by:
Phillip Noyce
The Talented Mr. Ripley (
1999) | IMDb:
7.4
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Starring:
Matt Damon
,
Jude Law
,
Gwyneth Paltrow
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Jack Davenport
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Random Hearts (
1999) | IMDb:
5.3
After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and discover that the two were having an affair.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Charles S. Dutton
,
Bonnie Hunt
,
Dennis Haysbert
,
Sydney Pollack
Directed by:
Sydney Pollack
Sabrina (
1995) | IMDb:
6.3
Sabrina Fairchild, a chauffeur's daughter, grew up at the Long Island estate of the wealthy Larrabee family enchanted with their sparkling world of privilege and wealth, but she's especially enamored of younger son David, a charming playboy. After the once plain Sabrina returns from a sojourn in Paris transformed into a glamorous young woman, she at long last catches David's eye. In a calculated effort to manipulate David away from her and into a more financially advantageous marriage, formidable older brother Linus devises a plan to keep them apart.
The Firm (
1993) | IMDb:
6.9
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
Starring:
Tom Cruise
,
Jeanne Tripplehorn
,
Gene Hackman
,
Hal Holbrook
,
Terry Kinney
,
Wilford Brimley
King Ralph (
1991) | IMDb:
5.4
As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Starring:
John Goodman
,
Peter O'Toole
,
John Hurt
,
Camille Coduri
,
Richard Griffiths
,
Leslie Phillips
Havana (
1990) | IMDb:
6.1
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wife of a Communist revolutionary.
Presumed Innocent (
1990) | IMDb:
6.9
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
Starring:
Harrison Ford
,
Brian Dennehy
,
Raúl Juliá
,
Bonnie Bedelia
,
Paul Winfield
,
Greta Scacchi
Bright Lights, Big City (
1988) | IMDb:
5.7
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
Starring:
Michael J. Fox
,
Kiefer Sutherland
,
Phoebe Cates
,
Swoosie Kurtz
,
Frances Sternhagen
,
Tracy Pollan
Directed by:
James Bridges
Out of Africa (
1985) | IMDb:
7.1
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Meryl Streep
,
Klaus Maria Brandauer
,
Michael Kitchen
,
Malick Bowens
,
Michael Gough
Tootsie (
1982) | IMDb:
7.4
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Jessica Lange
,
Teri Garr
,
Dabney Coleman
,
Charles Durning
,
Bill Murray