Howards End
Is a TV adaptation necessary when we already have a novel and film version of Howards End? Probably not, but…
The Quiet American
Dir. Phillip Noyce
Being released just a year after 9/11, we weren’t expecting The Quiet American to be critical about America’s intervention in…
Mississippi Burning
Dir. Alan Parker
FBI agents Rupert and Alan (Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe) visit Jim Crow-era Mississippi to investigate the disapperance of three…
Ordinary People
Dir. Robert Redford
Based on the 1976 novel of the same name, Ordinary People is an emotionally wrought film about a family on…
A Passage to India
Dir. David Lean
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with…
Terms of Endearment
Dir. James L. Brooks
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each…
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Dir. Anthony Minghella
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it’s better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.…
Zero Dark Thirty
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Dir. Tim Burton
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is…
Brokeback Mountain
Dir. Ang Lee
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their…
Collateral
Dir. Michael Mann
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy…
Erin Brockovich
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins — with a little…
The Social Network
Dir. David Fincher
In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dir. David Fincher
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and…
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend,…
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Dir. Phillip Noyce
A true story based film about three girls whose lives become a tragedy shaped by the Rabbit-proof fence, which runs along Australia…
American Sniper
Dir. Clint Eastwood
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers…
The Martian
Dir. Ridley Scott
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by…
