The Ghost Writer (
2010) | IMDb:
7.2
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
Starring:
Ewan McGregor
,
Pierce Brosnan
,
Kim Cattrall
,
Olivia Williams
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Timothy Hutton
Oliver Twist (
2005) | IMDb:
6.8
An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Vera Drake (
2004) | IMDb:
7.6
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Life Is a Miracle (
2004) | IMDb:
7.5
Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. Then Luka's son is conscripted and eventually captured in the fighting. To recover his son, Luka is commanded to guard a pretty young Muslim nurse who will be used in a hostage swapping operation.
Starring:
Slavko Štimac
,
Nataša Tapušković
,
Vesna Trivalić
,
Vuk Kostić
,
Aleksandar Berček
,
Stribor Kusturica
Directed by:
Emir Kusturica
Three Men and a Cradle - 18 Years Later (
2003) | IMDb:
4.6
Marie (and her three fathers) are taking A-levels. Marie passes. She spends the summer in the country with her mother, Sylvia, who has returned from America with her Californian husband who has two sons. Marie falls in and out of love for the first time in front of her alarmed fathers, who see Marie's innocence slipping away at frightening speed, and their relationships with the two women become even more complicated.
Starring:
Roland Giraud
,
Michel Boujenah
,
André Dussollier
,
Madeleine Besson
,
Line Renaud
,
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Directed by:
Coline Serreau
All or Nothing (
2002) | IMDb:
7.5
Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.
Starring:
Timothy Spall
,
Lesley Manville
,
James Corden
,
Alison Garland
,
Ruth Sheen
,
Sally Hawkins
The Pianist (
2002) | IMDb:
8.5
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Starring:
Adrien Brody
,
Thomas Kretschmann
,
Frank Finlay
,
Maureen Lipman
,
Emilia Fox
,
Ed Stoppard
The Piano Teacher (
2001) | IMDb:
7.5
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Starring:
Isabelle Huppert
,
Annie Girardot
,
Benoît Magimel
,
Susanne Lothar
,
Udo Samel
,
Anna Sigalevitch
Mulholland Drive (
2001) | IMDb:
7.9
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Starring:
Naomi Watts
,
Laura Harring
,
Justin Theroux
,
Ann Miller
,
Mark Pellegrino
,
Robert Forster
The Straight Story (
1999) | IMDb:
8
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
Starring:
Richard Farnsworth
,
Sissy Spacek
,
Harry Dean Stanton
,
Everett McGill
,
Kevin Farley
,
John Farley
Open Your Eyes (
1997) | IMDb:
7.7
A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
Starring:
Eduardo Noriega
,
Penélope Cruz
,
Chete Lera
,
Fele Martínez
,
Najwa Nimri
,
Gérard Barray
Two Dads and One Mom (
1996) | IMDb:
3.1
Jérôme and Delphine want a child but Jerome is sterile. They then ask the best friend of Jerome, Salim, to be the donor for artificial insemination of the mother...
Starring:
Arielle Dombasle
,
Antoine de Caunes
,
Julie Gayet
,
Smaïn
,
Saskia Mulder
,
Mallaury Nataf
Produced by:
Alain Sarde
Bitter Moon (
1992) | IMDb:
7.2
A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
Starring:
Peter Coyote
,
Emmanuelle Seigner
,
Hugh Grant
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Victor Banerjee
,
Sophie Patel
Directed by:
Roman Polanski