Beasts of No Nation (
2015) | IMDb:
7.7
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
Starring:
Abraham Attah
,
Idris Elba
,
Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye
,
Opeyemi Fagbohungbe
,
Emmanuel Affadzi
,
Richard Pepple
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (
2013) | IMDb:
6.4
Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.
Starring:
Rooney Mara
,
Casey Affleck
,
Ben Foster
,
Keith Carradine
,
Kennadie Smith
,
Jacklynn Smith
I'm Not There (
2007) | IMDb:
6.8
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Starring:
Christian Bale
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Marcus Carl Franklin
,
Richard Gere
,
Heath Ledger
,
Ben Whishaw
The Door in the Floor (
2004) | IMDb:
6.6
The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.
Directed by:
Tod Williams
21 Grams (
2003) | IMDb:
7.6
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
They (
2002) | IMDb:
4.8
A psychology student who experienced night terrors as a child must face the chilling realization that her nightmares were not all in her head.
Starring:
Laura Regan
,
Marc Blucas
,
Ethan Embry
,
Jon Abrahams
,
Dagmara Domińczyk
,
Desiree Zurowski
Buffalo Soldiers (
2002) | IMDb:
6.7
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Ed Harris
,
Scott Glenn
,
Anna Paquin
,
Elizabeth McGovern
,
Michael Peña
Serendipity (
2001) | IMDb:
6.8
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
Starring:
John Cusack
,
Kate Beckinsale
,
Jeremy Piven
,
Bridget Moynahan
,
John Corbett
,
Molly Shannon
Y Tu Mamá También (
2001) | IMDb:
7.7
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Starring:
Gael García Bernal
,
Diego Luna
,
Maribel Verdú
,
Daniel Giménez Cacho
,
Diana Bracho
,
Verónica Langer
Forever Mine (
1999) | IMDb:
5.3
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Starring:
Joseph Fiennes
,
Ray Liotta
,
Gretchen Mol
,
Vincent Laresca
,
Myk Watford
,
Lindsey Connell
Directed by:
Paul Schrader
Lawn Dogs (
1997) | IMDb:
7.4
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.
Starring:
Mischa Barton
,
Sam Rockwell
,
Christopher McDonald
,
Kathleen Quinlan
,
Miles Meehan
,
Bruce McGill