Rent (
2005) | IMDb:
6.8
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a tragedy has made Roger numb to new experiences, Mark begins capturing their world through his attempts to make a personal movie. In the year that follows, they and their friends deal with love, loss, and working together.
Starring:
Anthony Rapp
,
Adam Pascal
,
Rosario Dawson
,
Jesse L. Martin
,
Wilson Jermaine Heredia
,
Idina Menzel
Directed by:
Chris Columbus
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (
2004) | IMDb:
7.9
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
Starring:
Daniel Radcliffe
,
Rupert Grint
,
Emma Watson
,
Robbie Coltrane
,
Michael Gambon
,
Gary Oldman
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (
2002) | IMDb:
7.4
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.
Starring:
Daniel Radcliffe
,
Rupert Grint
,
Emma Watson
,
Kenneth Branagh
,
Toby Jones
,
Robbie Coltrane
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (
2001) | IMDb:
7.6
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
Starring:
Daniel Radcliffe
,
Rupert Grint
,
Emma Watson
,
Richard Harris
,
Tom Felton
,
Alan Rickman
Monkeybone (
2001) | IMDb:
4.8
After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!
Starring:
Brendan Fraser
,
Bridget Fonda
,
John Turturro
,
Chris Kattan
,
Giancarlo Esposito
,
Rose McGowan
Bicentennial Man (
1999) | IMDb:
6.9
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Embeth Davidtz
,
Sam Neill
,
Oliver Platt
,
Kiersten Warren
,
Wendy Crewson
Directed by:
Chris Columbus
Stepmom (
1998) | IMDb:
6.8
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.
Jingle All the Way (
1996) | IMDb:
5.7
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.
Nine Months (
1995) | IMDb:
5.5
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
Mrs. Doubtfire (
1993) | IMDb:
7.1
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Sally Field
,
Pierce Brosnan
,
Lisa Jakub
,
Matthew Lawrence
,
Mara Wilson