The Little Mermaid (
2023) | IMDb:
7.2
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
Starring:
Halle Bailey
,
Jonah Hauer-King
,
Daveed Diggs
,
Awkwafina
,
Jacob Tremblay
,
Noma Dumezweni
The Lion King (
2019) | IMDb:
6.8
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
,
John Oliver
,
James Earl Jones
,
John Kani
,
Alfre Woodard
,
JD McCrary
Ghost in the Shell (
2017) | IMDb:
6.3
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Starring:
Scarlett Johansson
,
Takeshi Kitano
,
Michael Pitt
,
Pilou Asbæk
,
Chin Han
,
Juliette Binoche
Beauty and the Beast (
2017) | IMDb:
7.1
A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.
The Good Lie (
2014) | IMDb:
7.4
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
Starring:
Reese Witherspoon
,
Corey Stoll
,
Thad Luckinbill
,
Sarah Baker
,
Maria Howell
,
Joshua Mikel
Directed by:
Philippe Falardeau
Edge of Tomorrow (
2014) | IMDb:
7.9
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
TRON: Legacy (
2010) | IMDb:
6.8
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Garrett Hedlund
,
Olivia Wilde
,
Bruce Boxleitner
,
James Frain
,
Beau Garrett
Terminator Salvation (
2009) | IMDb:
6.5
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
Starring:
Christian Bale
,
Sam Worthington
,
Moon Bloodgood
,
Helena Bonham Carter
,
Anton Yelchin
,
Common
Traitor (
2008) | IMDb:
6.9
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn.
Leatherheads (
2008) | IMDb:
6
A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up some dirt on the war hero... everyone could lose out.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Renée Zellweger
,
John Krasinski
,
Wayne Duvall
,
Stephen Root
,
Jonathan Pryce
300 (
2007) | IMDb:
7.6
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Starring:
Gerard Butler
,
Lena Headey
,
Dominic West
,
David Wenham
,
Vincent Regan
,
Michael Fassbender
Breach (
2007) | IMDb:
7
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits, however Hanssen is really suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for years and being responsible for the deaths of agents working for the United States.
Starring:
Chris Cooper
,
Ryan Phillippe
,
Laura Linney
,
Dennis Haysbert
,
Caroline Dhavernas
,
Kathleen Quinlan
Directed by:
Billy Ray
Assault on Precinct 13 (
2005) | IMDb:
6.3
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Starring:
Ethan Hawke
,
Laurence Fishburne
,
Gabriel Byrne
,
Maria Bello
,
Drea de Matteo
,
John Leguizamo
Mindhunters (
2004) | IMDb:
6.3
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.
Starring:
Kathryn Morris
,
Jonny Lee Miller
,
LL Cool J
,
Christian Slater
,
Patricia Velásquez
,
Clifton Collins Jr.
The Santa Clause 2 (
2002) | IMDb:
5.7
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.
Starring:
Tim Allen
,
Elizabeth Mitchell
,
David Krumholtz
,
Eric Lloyd
,
Judge Reinhold
,
Wendy Crewson