Beau Is Afraid (
2023) | IMDb:
6.8
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
The Northman (
2022) | IMDb:
7
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
Starring:
Alexander Skarsgård
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Claes Bang
,
Ethan Hawke
,
Anya Taylor-Joy
,
Gustav Lindh
The Manchurian Candidate (
2004) | IMDb:
6.6
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Meryl Streep
,
Liev Schreiber
,
Jon Voight
,
Kimberly Elise
,
Jeffrey Wright
The Hours (
2002) | IMDb:
7.5
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
,
Julianne Moore
,
Meryl Streep
,
Stephen Dillane
,
Miranda Richardson
,
George Loftus
Changing Lanes (
2002) | IMDb:
6.5
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Toni Collette
,
Sydney Pollack
,
William Hurt
,
Amanda Peet
The Royal Tenenbaums (
2001) | IMDb:
7.6
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
Starring:
Gene Hackman
,
Anjelica Huston
,
Ben Stiller
,
Gwyneth Paltrow
,
Luke Wilson
,
Owen Wilson