American Hustle (2013) RT 93% / Audience 74%
DVD release: Mar 2014
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey ... (more)
GENRES: Crime • Drama
DIRECTION: David O. Russell
CAST: Christian Bale • Bradley Cooper • Amy Adams • Jeremy Renner
The Prestige (2006) RT 76% / Audience 92%
DVD release: Feb 2007
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Mystery • Thriller
DIRECTION: Christopher Nolan
CAST: Hugh Jackman • Christian Bale • Michael Caine • Scarlett Johansson
The Dark Knight (2008) RT 94% / Audience 94%
DVD release: Dec 2008
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller
DIRECTION: Christopher Nolan
CAST: Christian Bale • Heath Ledger • Aaron Eckhart • Michael Caine
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) RT 40% / Audience 43%
DVD release: Oct 2002
Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck. It is ... (more)
GENRES: Comedy • Drama • Fantasy • Romance
DIRECTION: Michael Hoffman
CAST: Stanley Tucci • Rupert Everett • Michelle Pfeiffer • Sophie Marceau
American Psycho (2000) RT 67% / Audience 85%
DVD release: Sep 2000
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous ... (more)
GENRES: Crime • Drama • Thriller
DIRECTION: Mary Harron
CAST: Christian Bale • Reese Witherspoon • Justin Theroux • Josh Lucas
Batman Begins (2005) RT 84% / Audience 94%
DVD release: Oct 2005
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Crime • Drama
DIRECTION: Christopher Nolan
CAST: Christian Bale • Michael Caine • Liam Neeson • Katie Holmes
Equilibrium (2002) RT 38% / Audience 82%
DVD release: May 2003
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Science Fiction • Thriller
DIRECTION: Kurt Wimmer
CAST: Christian Bale • Dominic Purcell • Sean Bean • Christian Kahrmann
Henry V (1989) RT 100% / Audience 89%
DVD release: Jul 2000
Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France. (more)
GENRES: Action • Drama • History • Romance • War
DIRECTION: Kenneth Branagh
CAST: Kenneth Branagh • Derek Jacobi • Brian Blessed • James Larkin
I'm Not There (2007) RT 76% / Audience 70%
DVD release: May 2008
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon. ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Music
DIRECTION: Todd Haynes
CAST: Cate Blanchett • Heath Ledger • Julianne Moore • Ben Whishaw
Laurel Canyon (2002) RT 68% / Audience 53%
DVD release: Jul 2003
Laurel Canyon focuses on Sam and Alex, a pair of upper-middle class lovebirds from the East Coast who relocate to Los Angeles. Enter Jane, Sam's estranged mother, a successful ... (more)
GENRES: Drama
DIRECTION: Lisa Cholodenko
CAST: Frances McDormand • Christian Bale • Kate Beckinsale • Natascha McElhone
Little Women (1994)
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Romance
DIRECTION: Gillian Armstrong
CAST: Winona Ryder • Gabriel Byrne • Trini Alvarado • Samantha Mathis
Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987) RT Audience 56%
DVD release: Apr 2001
They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from ... (more)
GENRES: Adventure • Drama • Family • Fantasy • Mystery
DIRECTION: Vladimir Grammatikov
CAST: Nick Pickard • Christian Bale • Timothy Bottoms • Susannah York
Newsies (1992) RT 39% / Audience 88%
DVD release: Jan 2002
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Family • Music
DIRECTION: Kenny Ortega
CAST: Christian Bale • Bill Pullman • Ann-Margret • Robert Duvall
Pocahontas (1995) RT 56% / Audience 64%
DVD release: Jun 2000
History comes gloriously to life in Disney's epic animated tale about love and adventure in the New World. Pocahontas is a Native American woman whose father has arranged for ... (more)
GENRES: Adventure • Animation • Drama • Family
DIRECTION: Mike Gabriel • Eric Goldberg
CAST: Irene Bedard • Mel Gibson • David Ogden Stiers • John Kassir
Reign of Fire (2002) RT 40% / Audience 49%
DVD release: Nov 2002
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Fantasy • Science Fiction • Thriller
DIRECTION: Rob Bowman
CAST: Christian Bale • Matthew McConaughey • Izabella Scorupco • Gerard Butler
Rescue Dawn (2006) RT 91% / Audience 74%
DVD release: Nov 2007
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War. (more)
GENRES: Adventure • Drama • War
DIRECTION: Werner Herzog
CAST: Christian Bale • Steve Zahn • Marshall Bell • Toby Huss
Shaft (2000) RT 68% / Audience 41%
DVD release: Dec 2000
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 ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Adventure • Crime • Thriller
DIRECTION: John Singleton
CAST: Samuel L. Jackson • Jeffrey Wright • Christian Bale • Busta Rhymes
The Machinist (2004) RT 77% / Audience 83%
DVD release: Jun 2005
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Thriller
DIRECTION: Brad Anderson
CAST: Christian Bale • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Aitana Sánchez-Gijón • John Sharian
The New World (2005) RT 62% / Audience 57%
DVD release: May 2006
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century. (more)
GENRES: Drama • History • Romance
DIRECTION: Terrence Malick
CAST: Colin Farrell • Q'orianka Kilcher • Christopher Plummer • Christian Bale
Velvet Goldmine (1998) RT 56% / Audience 80%
DVD release: May 1999
Almost a decade has elapsed since Bowiesque glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on ... (more)