The Tempest (
2010) | IMDb:
5.3
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.
Starring:
Helen Mirren
,
Felicity Jones
,
Reeve Carney
,
David Strathairn
,
Tom Conti
,
Alan Cumming
Directed by:
Julie Taymor
4.3.2.1 (
2010) | IMDb:
5.8
Jo is chained down in a dead end supermarket job while all her friends are all out on their own separate adventures. But a chance encounter with some diamond thieves sends their separate worlds on a collision course with not only each other, but fate itself.
Starring:
Emma Roberts
,
Noel Clarke
,
Ophelia Lovibond
,
Tamsin Egerton
,
Shanika Warren-Markland
,
Michelle Ryan
House of Sand and Fog (
2003) | IMDb:
7.5
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
Starring:
Jennifer Connelly
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Ron Eldard
,
Frances Fisher
,
Kim Dickens
,
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Jude (
1996) | IMDb:
6.9
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.
Starring:
Kate Winslet
,
Christopher Eccleston
,
Liam Cunningham
,
Rachel Griffiths
,
June Whitfield
,
James Nesbitt