Denial (
2016) | IMDb:
6.8
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Starring:
Rachel Weisz
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Timothy Spall
,
Andrew Scott
,
Jack Lowden
,
Caren Pistorius
My Old Lady (
2014) | IMDb:
6.4
Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge. His apartment is a viager—an ancient French real estate system with complex rules pertaining to its resale—and the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde Girard, who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé for many years, can by contract collect monthly payments from Mathias until her death.
Starring:
Maggie Smith
,
Kevin Kline
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Dominique Pinon
,
Michael Burstin
,
Elie Wajeman
Directed by:
Israel Horovitz
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (
2011) | IMDb:
4.3
When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
Violante Placido
,
Ciarán Hinds
,
Idris Elba
,
Johnny Whitworth
,
Fergus Riordan
When in Rome (
2010) | IMDb:
5.5
Disillusioned with romance, Beth, an ambitious New Yorker, travels to Rome for her sister's wedding, where she plucks magic coins from a special fountain of love. The coins attract unwanted attention from an assortment of odd yet ardent suitors: a sausage merchant, a street magician, an artist, and a male model. But when the best man from the wedding, persistent reporter Nick, throws his hat in the ring, Beth wonders if his love is the real thing.
The Soloist (
2009) | IMDb:
6.7
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Jamie Foxx
,
Catherine Keener
,
Tom Hollander
,
Nelsan Ellis
,
Michael Bunin
Ghost Rider (
2007) | IMDb:
5.3
In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'.
Directed by:
Mark Steven Johnson
Elektra (
2005) | IMDb:
4.7
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
Starring:
Jennifer Garner
,
Goran Visnjic
,
Will Yun Lee
,
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
,
Terence Stamp
,
Natassia Malthe
Daredevil (
2003) | IMDb:
5.3
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
Jennifer Garner
,
Colin Farrell
,
Michael Clarke Duncan
,
Jon Favreau
,
Scott Terra
The Score (
2001) | IMDb:
6.8
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Edward Norton
,
Marlon Brando
,
Angela Bassett
,
Gary Farmer
,
Jamie Harrold
Gloria (
1999) | IMDb:
5.1
After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-year-old urchin with a will of his own, whom she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
Starring:
Sharon Stone
,
Jeremy Northam
,
Cathy Moriarty
,
Jean-Luke Figueroa
,
Mike Starr
,
George C. Scott
Desperate Measures (
1998) | IMDb:
6.1
San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.
Starring:
Michael Keaton
,
Andy García
,
Brian Cox
,
Marcia Gay Harden
,
Erik King
,
Efrain Figueroa
Tin Cup (
1996) | IMDb:
6.4
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
Big Bully (
1996) | IMDb:
4.8
A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.
Starring:
Rick Moranis
,
Tom Arnold
,
Julianne Phillips
,
Carol Kane
,
Jeffrey Tambor
,
Curtis Armstrong
Directed by:
Steve Miner
Sleepless in Seattle (
1993) | IMDb:
6.8
After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Talking about his father’s loneliness soon leads to a meeting with a young female journalist, who has flown to Seattle to write a story about the boy and his father.
Short Circuit 2 (
1988) | IMDb:
5.7
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
Starring:
Tim Blaney
,
Fisher Stevens
,
Michael McKean
,
Cynthia Gibb
,
Jack Weston
,
Dee McCafferty
Directed by:
Kenneth Johnson
Short Circuit (
1986) | IMDb:
6.6
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
Starring:
Ally Sheedy
,
Steve Guttenberg
,
Fisher Stevens
,
Austin Pendleton
,
G.W. Bailey
,
Brian McNamara