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Directed by George MillerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes Feminist films,
Films about magic and magicians,
Films about religion,
Demons in film,
Witches in film,
Political films,
Comedy horror films,
Buddy filmsActors Jack Nicholson,
Cher,
Susan Sarandon,
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Veronica Cartwright,
Richard JenkinsRating65%
Alexandra Medford (Cher), Jane Spofford (Susan Sarandon), and Sukie Ridgemont (Michelle Pfeiffer) are three dissatisfied women living in the picturesque town of Eastwick, Rhode Island. Alex is a sculptor and single mother of one daughter; Jane is a newly divorced music teacher unable to have children; while Sukie has six daughters and works as a columnist for the Eastwick Word. The three friends have all lost their husbands (Alex's died, Jane's divorced her, and Sukie's abandoned her). Unaware that they are witches, the women unwittingly form a coven where they have weekly get-togethers and share their fantasies about ideal men., 2h20
Directed by Gavin O'ConnorOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Martial arts,
Action,
Martial artsThemes Films about alcoholism,
Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Combat libreActors Tom Hardy,
Joel Edgerton,
Jennifer Morrison,
Frank Grillo,
Nick Nolte,
Kevin DunnRating80%
U.S. Marine Tommy Riordan visits his father, Paddy Conlon (Nick Nolte), a recovering alcoholic who has returned to his Catholic faith. Tommy had to run away from Paddy with his dying mother when he was just a boy due to Paddy having previously been an abusive alcoholic, and has never quite forgiven him. Paddy tries to convince him that he has changed, but to no avail. The next day, Tommy enters a gym where he beats a professional fighter named Pete "Mad Dog" Grimes (Erik Apple) unconscious in less than 30 seconds, in a fight which is filmed via a cell phone's video camera and later uploaded to the Internet, where it goes viral. Tommy learns about a winner-takes-all mixed martial arts tournament called Sparta in which the winner will receive $5,000,000. Tommy asks his father to help him train for the tournament, but only under the condition that Paddy does not try to reconcile their relationship., 1h30
Directed by Jim AbrahamsOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Medical-themed filmsActors Meryl Streep,
Fred Ward,
Seth Adkins,
Allison Janney,
Margo Martindale,
Leo BurmesterRating66%
The film tells a story in the life of a Midwestern family, the Reimullers. Lori (played by Meryl Streep) is the mother of three children and the wife of Dave (Fred Ward), a truck driver. The family are presented as happy, normal and comfortable financially: they have just bought a horse and are planning a holiday to Hawaii. Then the youngest son, Robbie (Seth Adkins), has a sudden unexplained fall at school. A short while later, he has another unprovoked fall while playing with his brother, and is seen having a convulsive seizure. Robbie is taken to the hospital where a number of procedures are performed: a CT scan, a lumbar puncture, an electroencephalogram (EEG) and blood tests. No cause is found but the two falls are regarded as epileptic seizures and the child diagnosed with epilepsy., 2h12
Directed by Barbra StreisandOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Rape in fiction,
Films about psychiatryActors Nick Nolte,
Blythe Danner,
Barbra Streisand,
Kate Nelligan,
Jeroen Krabbé,
Melinda DillonRating67%
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a teacher and football coach from South Carolina, is asked by his mother, Lila, to travel to New York to help his twin sister's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand), after his sister Savannah's (Melinda Dillon) latest suicide attempt. Tom hates New York and reluctantly accepts, but largely to take the opportunity to be alone and away from a life that does not satisfy him. During his initial meetings with Lowenstein, Tom is reluctant to disclose many details of their dysfunctional family's secrets. In flashbacks, Tom relates incidents from his childhood to Lowenstein in hopes of discovering how to save Savannah's life. The Wingo parents were an abusive father and an overly proud, status-hungry mother. The father was a shrimp boat operator and, despite being successful at that profession, spent all of his money on frivolous business pursuits, leaving the family in poverty., 1h37
Directed by Euzhan PalcyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
PoliticThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racismActors Donald Sutherland,
Janet Suzman,
Jürgen Prochnow,
Zakes Mokae,
Susannah Harker,
Susan SarandonRating69%
In 1976, in South Africa during Apartheid, Ben Du Toit (Donald Sutherland) is a South African school teacher., 1h29
Directed by Jake SchreierOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Crime,
Comic science fictionThemes Medical-themed films,
Comedy science fiction films,
Films set in the future,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Buddy films,
Heist films,
Robot filmsActors Frank Langella,
Susan Sarandon,
Peter Sarsgaard,
James Marsden,
Jeremy Strong,
Liv TylerRating69%
Set in the near future, an aging ex-convict and thief named Frank Weld (Frank Langella) lives alone and is experiencing increasingly serious mental deterioration and dementia. Frank's son Hunter (James Marsden), an attorney with a family of his own, grows tired of making weekly visits to his father's home, but is reluctant to put his father into full-time care, so he purchases a robot companion (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard), which is programmed to provide Frank with therapeutic care, including a fixed daily routine and cognitive enhancing activities like gardening., 1h44
Directed by Louis MalleOrigin CanadaGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Burt Lancaster,
Susan Sarandon,
Michel Piccoli,
Robert Joy,
Robert Goulet,
Al WaxmanRating72%
Sally (Susan Sarandon) is a young waitress in an Atlantic City casino who has dreams of becoming a blackjack dealer in Monte Carlo. Sally's estranged husband Dave (Robert Joy) returns to her one day with the intention of selling a large amount of cocaine that he had stolen in Philadelphia and meets Lou (Burt Lancaster), an aging former gangster who lives in Sally's apartment building and runs numbers in poor areas of the city; he also acts as a caretaker for Grace (Kate Reid), an elderly invalid. Dave convinces Lou to sell the cocaine for him, but as Lou sells the first batch, Dave is attacked and killed by the mobsters from whom he had stolen the drugs., 1h54
Directed by Paul SchraderOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Nick Nolte,
Sissy Spacek,
James Coburn,
Brigid Tierney,
Willem Dafoe,
Jim True-FrostRating68%
The film begins with a voice-over narration by Rolfe Whitehouse, announcing the story of his brother Wade's "strange criminal behavior" and subsequent disappearance., 2h51
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
Anthony MannOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
Peplum,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about religionActors Robert Taylor,
Deborah Kerr,
Peter Ustinov,
Leo Genn,
Patricia Laffan,
Finlay CurrieRating70%
The action takes place in ancient Rome from AD 64–68, a period after Emperor Claudius' illustrious and powerful reign, during which the new corrupt and destructive Emperor Nero ascends to power and eventually threatens to destroy Rome's previous peaceful order. The main subject is the conflict between Christianity and the corruption of the Roman Empire, especially in the last period of the Julio-Claudian line. The characters and events depicted are a mixture of actual historical figures and situations and fictionalized ones.