6.8

"American Playhouse" Three Sovereigns for Sarah

1985, UK, USA

• Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, Kim Hunter, Will Lyman, Buffy Baldauf, Les Barden, Hamilton Benz, Barbara Blossom, Judy Braha, Stacey Caplin, Christopher Childs, Jim Chiros, Mara Clark, Bijou Clinger, Bob Colonna, Shay Duffin, John Dukakis, Jennifer Dundas, Martha Farrar, Rebecca Fasanello, Richard Grusin, David Hannegan, Ronald Hunter, John Kelly, Karol Kostka, Richard Joseph Lafond Jr., Victor Magnotta, Patrick McGoohan, Judy McIntyre, Jessica Pisano, Maryann Plunkett
• Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
• Director(s): Philip Leacock
• Available languages:
  • English English.

This is a true story based on transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials. Sarah (Vanessa Redgrave) and her two sisters are put on trial for suspicion of witchcraft...

  8.0

A Beautiful Mind

2000, USA

• Actors: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, Jason Gray-Stanford, Judd Hirsch, Austin Pendleton, Vivien Cardone, Jillie Simon, Victor Steinbach, Tanya Clarke, Thomas F. Walsh, Jesse Doran, Kent Cassella, Patrick Blindauer, John Blaylock, Roy Thinnes, Anthony Easton, Cheryl Howard, Rance Howard, Jane Jenkins, Darius Stone, Josh Pais, Alex Toma, Valentina Cardinalli, Teagle F. Bougere
• Genre: Biography, Drama
• Director(s): Ron Howard
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Biopic of the famed mathematician John Nash and his lifelong struggles with his mental health. Nash enrolled as a graduate student at Princeton in 1948 and almost immediately stood out as an odd duck. He devoted himself to finding something unique, a mathematical theorem that would be completely original. He kept to himself for the most part and while he went out for drinks with other students, he spends a lot of time with his roommate, Charles, who eventually becomes his best friend. John is soon a professor at MIT where he meets and eventually married a graduate student, Alicia. Over time however John begins to lose his grip on reality, eventually being institutionalized diagnosed with schizophrenia. As the depths of his imaginary world are revealed, Nash withdraws from society and it's not until the 1970s that he makes his first foray back into the world of academics, gradually returning to research and teaching. In 1994, John Nash was awarded the Nobel prize in Economics.

  7.9

À bout de souffle

1960, France

• Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude, Claude Mansard, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Balducci, Roger Hanin, Jean-Louis Richard, Liliane David, Jean Domarchi, Jean Douchet, Raymond Huntley, André S. Labarthe, François Moreuil, Liliane Robin, José Bénazéraf, Philippe de Broca, Michel Fabre, Louiguy, Michel Mourlet, Guido Orlando, Madame Paul, Raymond Ravanbaz, Jacques Serguine, Jacques Siclier, Virginie Ullmann, Emile Villion
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
• Director(s): Jean-Luc Godard
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Now wanted by the authorities, he renews his relationship with Patricia Franchini, a hip American girl studying journalism at the Sorbonne, whom he had met in Nice a few weeks earlier. Before leaving Paris, he plans to collect a debt from an underworld acquaintance and expects her to accompany him on his planned getaway to Italy. Even with his face in the local papers and media, Poiccard seems oblivious to the dragnet that is slowly closing around him as he recklessly pursues his love of American movies and libidinous interest in the beautiful American.

  6.6

A Boy and His Dog

1975, USA

• Actors: Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, Tim McIntire, Alvy Moore, Helene Winston, Charles McGraw, Hal Baylor, Ron Feinberg, Michael Rupert, Don Carter, Michael Hershman, L.Q. Jones
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Director(s): L.Q. Jones
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved. The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. They use him for impregnation purposes, and then plan to be rid of him.

  6.4

A Boyfriend for Christmas

2004, USA

• Actors: Kelli Williams, Patrick Muldoon, Charles Durning, Bruce Thomas, Shannon Wilcox, Martin Mull, Bridget White, David Starzyk, Jordan Del Spina, Shane Baumel, Erica Gimpel, Maeve Quinlan, John Dybdahl, Kenneth Danziger, Rodger Bumpass, Mary Margaret Robinson, Laura Kirk, Kimberlee Preish, Cindy-Lee Marsh, Kelli King, Kaleigh Sack, Cameron McCutchan, Marki Ann Meyer, Jean Pierre Bergeron, Alan Shearman, Beans Morocco, Ken Howard, Lee Ann Powers, Patty Onagan, David Rasner
• Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Family
• Director(s): Kevin Connor
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Holly is not looking forward to Xmas. Her brother has a wife and kids to bring to their parents' house. She hasn't had a boyfriend since Ted. Holly loved Ted but he broke her heart when he chose to break up with her when he was transferred to an out of town newspaper owned by his family's publishing empire. Oh, and work is unrewarding--today the woman Holly was helping failed to regain custody of her kids when pro bono lawyer Ryan Hughes never showed up at the hearing. Knowing she will never meet Hughes, Holly has to settle for dictating a nasty letter to him. Holly's friend Diane tries to perk her up by promising to send her a great Xmas present. So when a handsome man with a Xmas tree knocks at her door, she realizes Douglas Firwood is her present and she can take him home to her parents for the day as a boyfriend she is serious about. Holly thinks the day is going perfectly--she and Doug are hitting it off, her family likes Doug, and her family believes every fact about Doug that she dreams up on the spur of the moment. There are three truths she doesn't realize: her brother's wife foresees great professional advancement if she can get his new boss Ted married to Holly so Ted is coming over, Diane's gift to Holly was a great bottle of booze, and how unbelievably coincidental it is that the man showing up at her door carrying a Douglas fir should claim to be named Douglas Firwood.

  4.9

A Broken Life

2007, Canada

• Actors: Tom Sizemore, Corey Sevier, Grace Kosaka, Ving Rhames, Saul Rubinek, Arcadiy Golubovich, Cynthia Dale, Kristen Holden-Ried, Danya Nearon, Faye Ly, Nathan Carter, Cosette Derome, Joanna Jang, Stacey LaBerge, Carinne Leduc, Marty Moreau, Ipsita Paul, Bonnie Qian, Jillian Rees-Brown, Austin Strugnell, Edane Tobias, Lyne Tremblay, Laurel Morgan
• Genre: Drama
• Director(s): Neil Coombs
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Tortured by his own mediocrity, Max decides to commit suicide and recruits his only friend Bud, a struggling filmmaker, to record his last day on earth. Bent on exacting revenge, Max tracks down and finally confronts his overbearing Boss and his ex-wife. His rage builds until his last day is turned upside down by the kindness of a young woman in a wheelchair. Just moments from his own end, Max finds hope but is it too late to fix what is broken?

  7.7

A Bronx Tale

1992, USA

• Actors: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, Kathrine Narducci, Clem Caserta, Alfred Sauchelli Jr., Frank Pietrangolare, Joe Pesci, Robert D'Andrea, Eddie Montanaro, Fred Fischer, Dave Salerno, Joe D'Onofrio, Luigi D'Angelo, Louis Vanaria, Dominick Rocchio, Patrick Borriello, Paul Perri, Thomas A. Ford, Rocco Parente, Joe Black, Louis Gioia, Mitch Kolpan, Phil Foglia, Richard DeDomenico, Max Genovino, Ralph Napolitano, Steve Kendall
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Director(s): Robert De Niro
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Gangster Sonny is the big man in the Bronx neighborhood of an Italian small boy named Calogero. A shooting witnessed by the boy (nicknamed C) is the starting point of a lasting bond between the gangster and the boy. Father (bus driver Lorenzo), however, disapproves. C grows up under the wing of both men, torn between his own natural honesty and his fascination with Sonny. C's neighborhood cronies get involved in theft, use of guns, and racial fights. When C falls for an African American girl, things don't get any easier. C's leap to manhood is marked by tragedy, but also by his recognition of the many faces of love.

  7.3

A Bug's Life

1997, USA

• Actors: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Richard Kind, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Ranft, Denis Leary, Jonathan Harris, Madeline Kahn, Bonnie Hunt, Michael McShane, John Ratzenberger, Brad Garrett, Roddy McDowall, Edie McClurg, Alex Rocco, David Ossman, Carlos Alazraqui, David L. Lander, Jack Angel, Bob Bergen, Kimberly J. Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Anthony Burch, Jennifer Darling, Rachel Davey, Debi Derryberry, Paul Eiding
• Genre: Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure
• Director(s): John Lasseter
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Every year, a bunch of grasshoppers come to the anthill and eat what the ants have gathered for them. The "offering", as the ants call the ritual, is a part of their fate. One day in spring, when the offering's preparation has just been finished, Flik, unliked inventor ant, accidentally drops the whole offered seeds into the river. The grasshoppers come and give the ants a second chance to collect food until fall. Flik sets off to find bugs that are willing to fight the grasshoppers (nobody expects him to succeed anyway) and, due to a double misinterpretation, returns with a circus crew, giving everybody new hope. When the misunderstanding finally gets cleared out, there is only little time left for a new plan, which has to work, or else...

  8.3

A Charlie Brown Christmas

1965, USA

• Actors: Ann Altieri, Chris Doran, Sally Dryer, Bill Melendez, Karen Mendelson, Geoffrey Ornstein, Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Kathy Steinberg, Tracy Stratford
• Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
• Director(s): Bill Melendez
• Available languages:
  • English English.

When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas paegent. Charlie Brown accepts, but it proves to be a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn what the real meaning of Christmas is.

  7.5

A Chipmunk Christmas

1981, USA

• Actors: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, June Foray, Frank Welker, Charles Berendt, R.J. Williams
• Genre: Animation, Family
• Director(s): Phil Monroe
• Available languages:
  • English English.

It's coming up on Christmastime, and the Chipmunks are eager for the big day to arrive. David Seville books studio time for them to record a Christmas song...

  6.9

A Christmas Carol

2009, USA

• Actors: Jim Carrey, Steve Valentine, Daryl Sabara, Sage Ryan, Amber Gainey Meade, Ryan Ochoa, Bobbi Page, Ron Bottitta, Sammi Hanratty, Julian Holloway, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Bob Hoskins, Jacquie Barnbrook, Lesley Manville, Molly C. Quinn, Fay Masterson, Leslie Zemeckis, Paul Blackthorne, Michael Hyland, Kerry Hoyt, Julene Renee, Fionnula Flanagan, Raymond Ochoa, Callum Blue, Matthew Henerson, Aaron Rapke, Sonje Fortag
• Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
• Director(s): Robert Zemeckis
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

  8.0

A Christmas Story

1983, USA, Canada

• Actors: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, Tedde Moore, Yano Anaya, Zack Ward, Jeff Gillen, Colin Fox, Paul Hubbard, Leslie Carlson, Jim Hunter, Patty Johnson, Drew Hocevar, David Svoboda, Dwayne McLean, Helen E. Kaider, John Wong, Johan Sebastian Wong, Fred Lee, Dan Ma, Rocco Bellusci, Tommy Wallace, Jean Shepherd, Bob Clark, Giada Dobrzenska, Bill Kravitz, Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio
• Genre: Comedy, Family
• Director(s): Bob Clark
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Ralphie, a young boy growing up in the '40's, dreams of owning a Red Rider BB gun. He sets out to convince the world this is the perfect gift. But along the way, he runs into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even good 'ol Santa Claus himself.

  4.7

A Christmas Too Many

2007, USA

• Actors: Mickey Rooney, Ruta Lee, Andrew Keegan, Sam McMurray, Marla Maples, Clint Howard, Austin O'Brien, Greg Joelson, Gary Coleman, Elisabeth Lund, Kevan Michaels, Melissa Wyler, Johnny Ferrara, Pelle Hvenegaard, Abigail Spector, Billy Calhoun, Jan Rooney
• Genre: Comedy
• Director(s): Stephen Wallis
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A Hollywood legend invites her not so normal family home for the holidays.

  5.4

A Cinderella Story

2004, USA, Canada

• Actors: Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray, Dan Byrd, Regina King, Julie Gonzalo, Lin Shaye, Madeline Zima, Andrea Avery, Mary Pat Gleason, Paul Rodriguez, Whip Hubley, Kevin Kilner, Erica Hubbard, Simon Helberg, Brad Bufanda, J.D. Pardo, Aimee-Lynn Chadwick, Kady Cole, Hannah Robinson, Josh Prince, Art LaFleur, James Eckhouse, Jonathan Slavin, John Billingsley, Lilli Babb, Carlie Westerman, Mike Randleman, Christie Herring, Lindsay Hollister
• Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
• Director(s): Mark Rosman
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Sam Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.

  6.6

A Cinderella Story 3

2011, USA

• Actors: Lucy Hale, Missi Pyle, Megan Park, Freddie Stroma, Jessalyn Wanlim, Titus Makin Jr., Lucy Davenport, Emily Pierce, Onira Tares, Matthew Lintz, Manu Narayan, Dikran Tulaine, Andrew Kelly, Adriana Leonard, Beth Gosnell, Richard Wes Howren, Brandon Luck, Christopher Monroe Stokes, Pat Thomas, Robert Jarvis Jr., Carolyn Foland, T. Julian Bell, Bryan Fulton, Ric Bagoly, Samuel Henegar
• Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
• Director(s): Damon Santostefano
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Cyrano De Bergerac meets Cinderella. Over-worked, harried and terrified of being put back in foster care, 17 year old Katie (Lucy Hale) does her stepmother and step-siblings' bidding without complaining. Vocally gifted, Katie feels particularly upset when forced to lay down singing tracks so that her untalented stepsister, Bev Van Ravensway, can hopefully win a recording contract from Massive Records - who's company President, Harvey Morgan, is scouting for new spectacular talent at a talent showcase for the Performing Arts Department at a prestigious private school.

  6.4

A Civil Action

1997, USA

• Actors: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek, Bruce Norris, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Peter Jacobson, Mary Mara, James Gandolfini, Stephen Fry, Dan Hedaya, David Thornton, Sydney Pollack, Ned Eisenberg, Margot Rose, Daniel von Bargen, Caroline Carrigan, Paul Desmond, Michael P. Byrne, Tracy Miller, Paul Hewitt, Clayton Landey, Paul Ben-Victor, Elizabeth Burnette, Alan Wilder, Gregg Joseph Monk, Harout Beshlian, Josh Pais
• Genre: Drama
• Director(s): Steven Zaillian
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Jan Schlichtmann, a tenacious lawyer, is addressed by a group of families. When investigating the seemingly non-profiting case, he finds it to be a major environmental issue that has a lot of impact potential. A leather production company could be responsible for several deadly cases of leukemia, but also is the main employer for the area. Schlichtmann and his three colleagues set out to have the company forced to decontaminate the affected areas, and of course to sue for a major sum of compensation. But the lawyers of the leather company's mother company are not easy to get to, and soon Schlichtmann and his friends find themselves in a battle of mere survival.

  8.5

A Clockwork Orange

1971, UK, USA

• Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, James Marcus, Aubrey Morris, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Madge Ryan, John Savident, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, Pauline Taylor, Margaret Tyzack, Steven Berkoff, Lindsay Campbell, Michael Tarn, David Prowse, Barrie Cookson, Jan Adair, Gaye Brown, Peter Burton, John J. Carney
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
• Director(s): Stanley Kubrick
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Protagonist Alex is an "ultraviolent" youth in futuristic Britain. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder and rape. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programed to detest violence. If he goes through the program his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex's ordeals are far from over once he hits the mean streets of Britain that he had a hand in creating.

  4.9

A Closed Book

2009, UK

• Actors: Daryl Hannah, Tom Conti, Miriam Margolyes, Simon MacCorkindale, Elaine Paige, Matt Kaufman, William Ellis, Craig Painting, Brogan West, Adam Ewan, Matthew Earley, Ty Glaser
• Genre: Thriller
• Director(s): Raoul Ruiz
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Sir Paul, a distinguished author, blinded in a horrific accident, advertises for an amanuensis, an assistant to help him with his writing. He employs the amiable Jane Ryder to be his eyes as he revisits scenes from his past and works on what he intends to be his final opus. Jane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities. But, gradually, we come aware that Jane has another agenda. Incrementally, Sir Paul's familiar surroundings are altered. Strange things happen around the house and he becomes increasingly dependent on his new assistant. Jane plays increasingly sadistic games until their relationship breaks down...

  6.8

A Cock and Bull Story

2005, UK

• Actors: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes, Shirley Henderson, Raymond Waring, Conal Murphy, Joe Williams, Paul Kynman, Mark Tandy, Mary Healey, Dylan Moran, Jack Shepherd, David Walliams, Jeremy Northam, Benedict Wong, Naomie Harris, Claire Keelan, Kelly Macdonald, Mark Hadfield, Elizabeth Berrington, Mark Williams, Jenny Ogilvie, Tony Wilson, Justine Mitchell, Kieran O'Brien, Roger Allam, Ashley Jensen, James Fleet, Ian Hart, Ronni Ancona
• Genre: Comedy
• Director(s): Michael Winterbottom
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Two actors, as their make up is applied, talk about the size of their parts. Then into the film: Laurence Sterne's unfilmable novel, Tristram Shandy, a fictive autobiography wherein the narrator, interrupted constantly, takes the entire story to be born. The film tracks between "Shandy" and behind the scenes. Size matters: parts, egos, shoes, noses. The lead's girlfriend, with their infant son, is up from London for the night, wanting sex; interruptions are constant. Scenes are shot, re-shot, and discarded. The purpose of the project is elusive. Fathers and sons; men and women; cocks and bulls. Life is amorphous, too full and too rich to be captured in one narrative.