Song One (
2014) | IMDb:
5.8
Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose. Retracing his life as an aspiring musician, she tracks down his favorite musician, James Forester. Against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s music scene, Franny and James develop an unexpected relationship and face the realities of their lives.
Starring:
Anne Hathaway
,
Johnny Flynn
,
Mary Steenburgen
,
Ben Rosenfield
,
Lola Kirke
,
Gideon Glick
The Manchurian Candidate (
2004) | IMDb:
6.6
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Meryl Streep
,
Liev Schreiber
,
Jon Voight
,
Kimberly Elise
,
Jeffrey Wright
Adaptation. (
2002) | IMDb:
7.7
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
Beloved (
1998) | IMDb:
6
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...
Starring:
Oprah Winfrey
,
Danny Glover
,
Thandiwe Newton
,
Kimberly Elise
,
LisaGay Hamilton
,
Albert Hall
Directed by:
Jonathan Demme
That Thing You Do! (
1996) | IMDb:
7
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Devil in a Blue Dress (
1995) | IMDb:
6.8
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Tom Sizemore
,
Jennifer Beals
,
Don Cheadle
,
Maury Chaykin
,
Terry Kinney
Directed by:
Carl Franklin
Philadelphia (
1993) | IMDb:
7.7
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Starring:
Tom Hanks
,
Denzel Washington
,
Jason Robards
,
Mary Steenburgen
,
Antonio Banderas
,
Ron Vawter
Household Saints (
1993) | IMDb:
6.9
A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.
Starring:
Tracey Ullman
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
,
Lili Taylor
,
Judith Malina
,
Michael Rispoli
,
Victor Argo
Directed by:
Nancy Savoca