Ezra (
2024) | IMDb:
7.4
Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife. When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son's future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both their lives.
Starring:
Bobby Cannavale
,
Robert De Niro
,
Rose Byrne
,
William Fitzgerald
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Rainn Wilson
The Promise (
2016) | IMDb:
6.1
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Starring:
Oscar Isaac
,
Charlotte Le Bon
,
Christian Bale
,
Daniel Giménez Cacho
,
Tom Hollander
,
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Disconnect (
2013) | IMDb:
7.5
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
Directed by:
Henry Alex Rubin
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (
2010) | IMDb:
5.5
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
Death at a Funeral (
2010) | IMDb:
5.7
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.
Adventureland (
2009) | IMDb:
6.8
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Starring:
Jesse Eisenberg
,
Kristen Stewart
,
Martin Starr
,
Kristen Wiig
,
Bill Hader
,
Ryan Reynolds
Milk (
2008) | IMDb:
7.5
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
Directed by:
Gus Van Sant
Synecdoche, New York (
2008) | IMDb:
7.5
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Charlie Bartlett (
2008) | IMDb:
6.9
Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular guys in school by doling out advice and, occasionally, medication, to the student body.
Starring:
Anton Yelchin
,
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Hope Davis
,
Kat Dennings
,
Tyler Hilton
,
Mark Rendall
The Kite Runner (
2007) | IMDb:
7.6
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Starring:
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada
,
Atossa Leoni
,
Khalid Abdalla
,
Elham Ehsas
,
Homayoun Ershadi
,
Saïd Taghmaoui
Directed by:
Marc Forster
Lars and the Real Girl (
2007) | IMDb:
7.3
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.
Starring:
Ryan Gosling
,
Emily Mortimer
,
Paul Schneider
,
Kelli Garner
,
Patricia Clarkson
,
Lauren Ash
Death at a Funeral (
2007) | IMDb:
7.3
A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.
Directed by:
Frank Oz
Breach (
2007) | IMDb:
7
Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned senior agent with 25 years in the FBI. However, he soon learns the reason for his promotion is to gain Hanssen's trust and find proof that he is a traitor to the country. Determined to draw the suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems.
Starring:
Chris Cooper
,
Ryan Phillippe
,
Laura Linney
,
Dennis Haysbert
,
Caroline Dhavernas
,
Kathleen Quinlan
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
Heaven (
2002) | IMDb:
7
Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police with information about Turin's biggest drug dealer but, complicit in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides to dole out her own form of justice with a homemade bomb -- setting her off on a journey from young widow to fugitive on the run.
Starring:
Cate Blanchett
,
Giovanni Ribisi
,
Remo Girone
,
Stefania Rocca
,
Alessandro Sperduti
,
Mattia Sbragia
Directed by:
Tom Tykwer