Julie & Julia (
2009) | IMDb:
7
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Directed by:
Nora Ephron
Shaft (
2000) | IMDb:
6
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Vanessa Williams
,
Jeffrey Wright
,
Christian Bale
,
Busta Rhymes
,
Dan Hedaya
Angela's Ashes (
1999) | IMDb:
7.3
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Starring:
Emily Watson
,
Robert Carlyle
,
Joe Breen
,
Michael Legge
,
Ciarán Owens
,
Ronnie Masterson
Directed by:
Alan Parker
Bringing Out the Dead (
1999) | IMDb:
6.8
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
Patricia Arquette
,
John Goodman
,
Ving Rhames
,
Tom Sizemore
,
Marc Anthony