Defendor (2009) RT 68% / Audience 59%
DVD release: Apr 2010
A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Comedy • Crime • Drama
DIRECTION: Peter Stebbings
CAST: Woody Harrelson • Kat Dennings • Elias Koteas • Sandra Oh
Million Dollar Baby (2004) RT 91% / Audience 90%
DVD release: Jul 2005
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro ... (more)
GENRES: Drama
DIRECTION: Clint Eastwood
CAST: Clint Eastwood • Hilary Swank • Morgan Freeman • Jay Baruchel
Boy A (2007) RT 88% / Audience 88%
DVD release: Oct 2008
The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child. (more)
GENRES: Crime • Drama
DIRECTION: John Crowley
CAST: Andrew Garfield • Katie Lyons • Peter Mullan • Alfie Owen
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) RT 72% / Audience 63%
DVD release: Apr 2005
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This ... (more)
GENRES: Adventure • Comedy • Family
DIRECTION: Brad Silberling
CAST: Jim Carrey • Meryl Streep • Jude Law • Emily Browning
The Crow (1994) RT 82% / Audience 90%
DVD release: Jan 1998
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Fantasy • Thriller
DIRECTION: Alex Proyas
CAST: Brandon Lee • Rochelle Davis • Ernie Hudson • Michael Wincott
Amour (2012) RT 93% / Audience 82%
DVD release: Aug 2013
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Romance
DIRECTION: Michael Haneke
CAST: Emmanuelle Riva • Jean-Louis Trintignant • Isabelle Huppert • William Shimell
Romeo + Juliet (1996) RT 72% / Audience 77%
DVD release: May 1999
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Romance
DIRECTION: Baz Luhrmann
CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio • Claire Danes • John Leguizamo • Harold Perrineau Jr.
The Pianist (2002) RT 96% / Audience 95%
DVD release: May 2003
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • War
DIRECTION: Roman Polanski
CAST: Adrien Brody • Thomas Kretschmann • Frank Finlay • Maureen Lipman
American History X (1998) RT 83% / Audience 96%
DVD release: Apr 1999
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we ... (more)
GENRES: Drama
DIRECTION: Tony Kaye
CAST: Edward Norton • Edward Furlong • Beverly D'Angelo • Avery Brooks
Black Swan (2010) RT 87% / Audience 84%
DVD release: Mar 2011
A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect. (more)
GENRES: Drama • Thriller
DIRECTION: Darren Aronofsky
CAST: Natalie Portman • Christopher Gartin • Mila Kunis • Winona Ryder
Trainspotting (1996) RT 90% / Audience 93%
DVD release: Mar 1998
Mark Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. (more)
GENRES: Crime • Drama
DIRECTION: Danny Boyle
CAST: Ewan McGregor • Ewen Bremner • Jonny Lee Miller • Kevin McKidd
The Green Mile (1999) RT 80% / Audience 94%
DVD release: Jun 2000
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head ... (more)
GENRES: Crime • Drama • Fantasy
DIRECTION: Frank Darabont
CAST: Tom Hanks • Michael Clarke Duncan • Bonnie Hunt • David Morse
Titanic (1997) RT 88% / Audience 69%
DVD release: Sep 2012
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Romance • Thriller
DIRECTION: James Cameron
CAST: Kate Winslet • Leonardo DiCaprio • Frances Fisher • Billy Zane
In Bruges (2008) RT 84% / Audience 86%
DVD release: Jun 2008
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the ... (more)
GENRES: Comedy • Crime • Drama
DIRECTION: Martin McDonagh
CAST: Colin Farrell • Brendan Gleeson • Ralph Fiennes • Clémence Poésy
Into the Wild (2007) RT 82% / Audience 89%
DVD release: Mar 2008
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 ... (more)
GENRES: Adventure • Drama
DIRECTION: Sean Penn
CAST: Emile Hirsch • Marcia Gay Harden • William Hurt • Jena Malone
Shutter Island (2010) RT 68% / Audience 76%
DVD release: Jun 2010
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Mystery • Thriller
DIRECTION: Martin Scorsese
CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio • Mark Ruffalo • Ben Kingsley • Emily Mortimer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) RT 93% / Audience 94%
DVD release: Sep 2004
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, ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Romance • Science Fiction
DIRECTION: Michel Gondry
CAST: Jim Carrey • Kate Winslet • Elijah Wood • Mark Ruffalo
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