Erin Brockovich (2000)
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a citys water supply
Big Fish (2003)
A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying fathers life
A Good Year (2006)
A British investment broker inherits his uncles chateau and vineyard in Provence, where he spent much of his childhood He discovers a new laid back lifestyle as he tries to renovate the estate to be sold
Annie (1982)
A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before
Wolfen (1981)
A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks
Millers Crossing (1990)
Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties
Washington Square (1997)
In this adaptation of the Henry James novel set in 19th century New York City, a wealthy spinster with an overbearing father is pursued by a handsome fortune hunter who may be only after her money
Amazing Grace (2006)
The idealist William Wilberforce Ioan Gruffudd maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade
Tom Jones (1963)
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th century England
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
A rebellious, hard living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child
The Run of the Country (1995)
In a small village on the border of Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland, the relationship between a short tempered policeman and his rebellious son becomes even more strenuous when the young man falls for a wrong girl
Looker (1981)
Three of four models, who had plastic surgery done by Larry after a computed list, are dead Neither the cops nor Larry believe theyre suicides Larry investigates and stays with the fourth model Whos behind the lists and murders
Scrooge (1970)
A musical retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions
The Playboys (1992)
A young woman, Tara Maguire Robin Wright scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of wedlock, and refusing to name the father She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Se
The Browning Version (1994)
On the verge of forced resignation, a strict old fashioned teacher rethinks his life
Two for the Road (1967)
A couple in the south of France non sequentially spin down the highways of infidelity in their troubled ten year marriage
The Gathering Storm (2002)
Winston Churchills wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe
The Endless Game (1989)
A British Agent comes back from retirement, after several of his former colleagues, including his former lover, are murdered He must examine events from his own past to determine who killed them, and why
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
A married writer has an affair with his secretary
Shoot the Moon (1982)
A mother of four is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman Husband, wife and children struggle to survive the seemingly inevitable divorce
A Rather English Marriage (1998)
A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after they are both widowed on the same night They become a companionable, if odd, couple
Breakfast of Champions (1999)
A rich car dealer is losing his mind His son lives in the bomb shelter His suicidal wife has an affair with his transvestite sales manager
Delivering Milo (2001)
A guardian angel has 24 hours to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth the effort
Gumshoe (1971)
Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling a
Under the Volcano (1984)
A day in the life of a self destructive British consul in Mexico on the eve of World War II
Loophole (1981)
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of Londons biggest bank vaults
Night Must Fall (1964)
A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all
Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead (2007)
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brothers wife barreling towards a shattering climax
Orphans (1987)
Brothers Treat and Philip have lived alone since they were kids Interdependent, they dwell in a loft house and live on little thefts, until an aging minor criminal moves in with them and takes over the role of a father
The Dresser (1983)
Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear