The Unknown Woman (
2006) | IMDb:
7.4
Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl, Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.
Starring:
Kseniya Rappoport
,
Michele Placido
,
Claudia Gerini
,
Pierfrancesco Favino
,
Clara Dossena
,
Alessandro Haber
Under the Tuscan Sun (
2003) | IMDb:
6.7
After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the villa and finds that life sometimes has unexpected ways of giving her everything she wanted.
Gangs of New York (
2002) | IMDb:
7.5
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Cameron Diaz
,
Jim Broadbent
,
John C. Reilly
,
Henry Thomas
Kundun (
1997) | IMDb:
7
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.
Cliffhanger (
1993) | IMDb:
6.5
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
John Lithgow
,
Michael Rooker
,
Janine Turner
,
Rex Linn
,
Caroline Goodall
Year of the Gun (
1991) | IMDb:
5.6
American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend must struggle to stay alive.
Starring:
Andrew McCarthy
,
Valeria Golino
,
Sharon Stone
,
John Pankow
,
Mattia Sbragia
,
Pietro Bontempo
The Last Temptation of Christ (
1988) | IMDb:
7.5
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
The Bedroom Window (
1987) | IMDb:
6.4
Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.
Starring:
Steve Guttenberg
,
Elizabeth McGovern
,
Isabelle Huppert
,
Paul Shenar
,
Carl Lumbly
,
Wallace Shawn
Red Sonja (
1985) | IMDb:
5.1
The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
Brigitte Nielsen
,
Sandahl Bergman
,
Paul L. Smith
,
Ernie Reyes Jr.
,
Ronald Lacey
The Eiger Sanction (
1975) | IMDb:
6.4
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood
,
George Kennedy
,
Vonetta McGee
,
Jack Cassidy
,
Heidi Brühl
,
Thayer David