Stillwater (
2021) | IMDb:
6.6
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.
Starring:
Matt Damon
,
Camille Cottin
,
Abigail Breslin
,
Lilou Siauvaud
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Moussa Maaskri
Bastille Day (
2016) | IMDb:
6.3
Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.
Starring:
Idris Elba
,
Richard Madden
,
Charlotte Le Bon
,
Kelly Reilly
,
José Garcia
,
Anatol Yusef
Triple 9 (
2016) | IMDb:
6.3
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Starring:
Casey Affleck
,
Chiwetel Ejiofor
,
Anthony Mackie
,
Kate Winslet
,
Woody Harrelson
,
Aaron Paul
The Revenant (
2015) | IMDb:
8
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Tom Hardy
,
Domhnall Gleeson
,
Will Poulter
,
Forrest Goodluck
,
Duane Howard
Spotlight (
2015) | IMDb:
8.1
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo
,
Michael Keaton
,
Rachel McAdams
,
Liev Schreiber
,
John Slattery
,
Stanley Tucci
The Fifth Estate (
2013) | IMDb:
6.2
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch
,
Daniel Brühl
,
Anthony Mackie
,
David Thewlis
,
Alicia Vikander
,
Dan Stevens
Directed by:
Bill Condon
Big Miracle (
2012) | IMDb:
6.5
A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle.
Starring:
Drew Barrymore
,
John Krasinski
,
Kristen Bell
,
Vinessa Shaw
,
Dermot Mulroney
,
Ted Danson
Directed by:
Ken Kwapis
The Beaver (
2011) | IMDb:
6.6
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Jodie Foster
,
Jennifer Lawrence
,
Anton Yelchin
,
Zachary Booth
,
Riley Thomas Stewart
Case 39 (
2009) | IMDb:
6.2
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.
Starring:
Renée Zellweger
,
Jodelle Ferland
,
Ian McShane
,
Bradley Cooper
,
Adrian Lester
,
Kerry O'Malley
Cleaner (
2007) | IMDb:
6.1
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.
Rendition (
2007) | IMDb:
6.8
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
Starring:
Reese Witherspoon
,
Jake Gyllenhaal
,
Meryl Streep
,
Alan Arkin
,
Peter Sarsgaard
,
Omar Metwally
Babel (
2006) | IMDb:
7.5
In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world.
Starring:
Brad Pitt
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Gael García Bernal
,
Adriana Barraza
,
Rinko Kikuchi
,
Koji Yakusho
Directed by:
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (
2004) | IMDb:
8.3
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
50 First Dates (
2004) | IMDb:
6.8
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
Bounce (
2000) | IMDb:
5.8
Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a pretty Dallas businesswoman. When the plane goes down, killing all aboard, Buddy's guilt soon turns into an alcohol problem. As part of his 12-step program, Buddy seeks atonement and decides to seek out the woman he thinks he's left a widow.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
Gwyneth Paltrow
,
Joe Morton
,
Natasha Henstridge
,
Tony Goldwyn
,
Johnny Galecki
Nurse Betty (
2000) | IMDb:
6.3
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.