The Four Feathers (
2002) | IMDb:
6.5
A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.
Directed by:
Shekhar Kapur
I Dreamed of Africa (
2000) | IMDb:
5.5
Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, Emanuele, and her new husband, Paolo. Gallmann faces great danger there but eventually becomes a celebrated conservationist.
Starring:
Kim Basinger
,
Vincent Perez
,
Liam Aiken
,
Daniel Craig
,
Eva Marie Saint
,
Lance Reddick
Directed by:
Hugh Hudson
Madeline (
1998) | IMDb:
6
Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.
Starring:
Hatty Jones
,
Frances McDormand
,
Nigel Hawthorne
,
Ben Daniels
,
Arturo Venegas
,
Stéphane Audran
Directed by:
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Black Rain (
1989) | IMDb:
6.6
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Starring:
Michael Douglas
,
Andy García
,
Ken Takakura
,
Kate Capshaw
,
Yūsaku Matsuda
,
Shigeru Kōyama