Burnt (
2015) | IMDb:
6.6
Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
Love & Mercy (
2015) | IMDb:
7.4
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
Electric Slide (
2014) | IMDb:
4.6
A heightened homage to the City of Angels, Electric Slide riffs on the real-life story of Eddie Dodson, the notorious "Gentleman Bank Robber." With a debonair sophistication and a serious talent for flirt, Dodson managed to lure money from mesmerized female tellers at over 60 banks during an epic spree in the 1980s.
Starring:
Jim Sturgess
,
Isabel Lucas
,
Patricia Arquette
,
Christophe Lambert
,
Chloë Sevigny
,
Vinessa Shaw
Directed by:
Tristan Patterson
The Company Men (
2010) | IMDb:
6.7
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Chris Cooper
,
Kevin Costner
,
Maria Bello
,
Rosemarie DeWitt
Dirty Girl (
2010) | IMDb:
6.4
When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a road trip to discover themselves.
Starring:
Juno Temple
,
Jeremy Dozier
,
Milla Jovovich
,
Mary Steenburgen
,
Dwight Yoakam
,
William H. Macy
Directed by:
Abe Sylvia
Motherhood (
2009) | IMDb:
4.6
In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.
Starring:
Uma Thurman
,
Minnie Driver
,
Anthony Edwards
,
David Schallipp
,
Matthew Schallipp
,
Daisy Tahan
I'm Not There (
2007) | IMDb:
6.8
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Starring:
Christian Bale
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Marcus Carl Franklin
,
Richard Gere
,
Heath Ledger
,
Ben Whishaw
Savage Grace (
2007) | IMDb:
5.7
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
Directed by:
Tom Kalin
Infamous (
2006) | IMDb:
7
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Starring:
Toby Jones
,
Sandra Bullock
,
Daniel Craig
,
Peter Bogdanovich
,
Jeff Daniels
,
Hope Davis
Doom (
2005) | IMDb:
5.2
A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.
Duma (
2005) | IMDb:
7.2
An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
Starring:
Alex Michaeletos
,
Campbell Scott
,
Mary Makhatho
,
Nthabiseng Kenoshi
,
Hope Davis
,
Jennifer Steyn
Directed by:
Carroll Ballard
A Dirty Shame (
2004) | IMDb:
5.1
Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
Starring:
Tracey Ullman
,
Johnny Knoxville
,
Selma Blair
,
Chris Isaak
,
Suzanne Shepherd
,
Mink Stole
Directed by:
John Waters
Far from Heaven (
2002) | IMDb:
7.3
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
Starring:
Julianne Moore
,
Dennis Quaid
,
Dennis Haysbert
,
Patricia Clarkson
,
Viola Davis
,
James Rebhorn
White Oleander (
2002) | IMDb:
7.1
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Starring:
Alison Lohman
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Renée Zellweger
,
Robin Wright
,
Cole Hauser
,
Melissa McCarthy
The Grey Zone (
2001) | IMDb:
7
The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.
Starring:
David Arquette
,
Velizar Binev
,
Michael Stuhlbarg
,
Daniel Benzali
,
Allan Corduner
,
Steve Buscemi
The Peacemaker (
1997) | IMDb:
6
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Marcel Iureș
,
Aleksandr Baluev
,
Rene Medvešek
,
Armin Mueller-Stahl