Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (
2013) | IMDb:
7.1
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Directed by:
Justin Chadwick
Edge of Darkness (
2010) | IMDb:
6.6
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Ray Winstone
,
Danny Huston
,
Bojana Novaković
,
Shawn Roberts
,
David Aaron Baker
The Men Who Stare at Goats (
2009) | IMDb:
6.2
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Ewan McGregor
,
Jeff Bridges
,
Kevin Spacey
,
Robert Patrick
,
Stephen Lang
Revolutionary Road (
2008) | IMDb:
7.3
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Kate Winslet
,
Kathy Bates
,
Michael Shannon
,
Kathryn Hahn
,
David Harbour
Brideshead Revisited (
2008) | IMDb:
6.7
Artist Charles Ryder runs into aristocrat Julia Flyte and recalls his friendship with her eccentric family prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Based on the classic British novel by Evelyn Waugh.
Starring:
Matthew Goode
,
Ben Whishaw
,
Hayley Atwell
,
Emma Thompson
,
Michael Gambon
,
Patrick Malahide
Directed by:
Julian Jarrold
The Other Boleyn Girl (
2008) | IMDb:
6.7
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
Starring:
Natalie Portman
,
Scarlett Johansson
,
Eric Bana
,
Jim Sturgess
,
Mark Rylance
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
Eastern Promises (
2007) | IMDb:
7.6
A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Starring:
Viggo Mortensen
,
Naomi Watts
,
Vincent Cassel
,
Armin Mueller-Stahl
,
Sinéad Cusack
,
Donald Sumpter
Death Defying Acts (
2007) | IMDb:
5.8
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Starring:
Catherine Zeta-Jones
,
Guy Pearce
,
Timothy Spall
,
Saoirse Ronan
,
Malcolm Shields
,
Leni Harper
Directed by:
Gillian Armstrong
The Claim (
2000) | IMDb:
6.3
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.
Starring:
Peter Mullan
,
Milla Jovovich
,
Wes Bentley
,
Nastassja Kinski
,
Sarah Polley
,
Shirley Henderson