The Fabelmans (
2022) | IMDb:
7.5
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Licorice Pizza (
2021) | IMDb:
7.1
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
The Way Back (
2020) | IMDb:
6.7
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
Al Madrigal
,
Michaela Watkins
,
Janina Gavankar
,
Glynn Turman
,
Melvin Gregg
Blade Runner 2049 (
2017) | IMDb:
8
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Inherent Vice (
2014) | IMDb:
6.6
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Josh Brolin
,
Owen Wilson
,
Katherine Waterston
,
Reese Witherspoon
,
Benicio del Toro
Her (
2013) | IMDb:
8
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Scarlett Johansson
,
Amy Adams
,
Rooney Mara
,
Chris Pratt
,
Olivia Wilde
The Master (
2012) | IMDb:
7.1
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
Amy Adams
,
Rami Malek
,
Laura Dern
,
Jesse Plemons
Little Fockers (
2010) | IMDb:
5.5
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire clan descends for the twins' birthday party, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that he's fully capable as the man of the house.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Ben Stiller
,
Owen Wilson
,
Dustin Hoffman
,
Barbra Streisand
,
Harvey Keitel
Lions for Lambs (
2007) | IMDb:
6.2
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
50 First Dates (
2004) | IMDb:
6.8
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
Punch-Drunk Love (
2002) | IMDb:
7.3
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Starring:
Adam Sandler
,
Emily Watson
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
Luis Guzmán
,
Mary Lynn Rajskub
,
Robert Smigel
Little Nicky (
2000) | IMDb:
5.3
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan to wither away. He must send his most weak but beloved son, Little Nicky, to Earth to return his brothers to Hell.
Starring:
Adam Sandler
,
Patricia Arquette
,
Harvey Keitel
,
Rhys Ifans
,
Tommy Lister Jr.
,
Rodney Dangerfield