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Directed by Jonathan DemmeOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films,
Sida et LGBT,
HIV/AIDS in film,
LGBT-related filmActors Tom Hanks,
Denzel Washington,
Jason Robards,
Mary Steenburgen,
Antonio Banderas,
Joanne WoodwardRating77%
Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) is a Senior Associate at the largest corporate law firm in Philadelphia. Beckett hides his homosexuality and his status as an AIDS patient from the other members of the law firm. On the day Beckett is assigned the firm's newest and most important case, a partner in the firm notices a lesion on Beckett's forehead. Although Beckett attributes the lesion to a racquetball injury, it is actually due to Kaposi's Sarcoma, a form of cancer marked by multiple tumors on the lymph nodes and skin., 1h40
Directed by Jonathan DemmeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Feminist films,
Political filmsActors Goldie Hawn,
Kurt Russell,
Christine Lahti,
Fred Ward,
Ed Harris,
Belita MorenoRating58%
During the Second World War, Kay Walsh (Goldie Hawn) is a woman who has been assigned to work in an armaments factory in California while her husband Jack (Ed Harris), a Leading Seaman, is overseas in naval service., 1h53
Directed by Jonathan DemmeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road moviesActors Jeff Daniels,
Melanie Griffith,
Ray Liotta,
Charles Napier,
Margaret Colin,
John CaleRating68%
In New York City, Charlie Driggs (Jeff Daniels) is a seemingly conventional banker whose wife has left him. In a café, an adorable brunette (Melanie Griffith) who calls herself Lulu spots him leaving without paying. After a teasing confrontation, the two leave in a car that, Lulu says, she acquired from a divorce. They embark on a bizarre adventure, including crashing and abandoning the car, stealing from a liquor store and leaving a diner without paying. Believing Charlie to be married, Lulu discloses her real name is Audrey, and takes him to visit her mother, Peaches. Audrey now adopts a different persona, becoming a demure platinum blonde. Coming to accept Audrey's free-wheeling lifestyle, Charlie realises he is falling in love with her., 1h20
Directed by Bob Balaban,
Jonathan Demme,
Abel Ferrara,
Ted Demme,
Julie Dash,
Seth Zvi RosenfeldOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Transport films,
Rail transport filmsActors Bill Irwin,
KRS-One,
Bonnie Hunt,
Kevin Corrigan,
Taral Hicks,
Paul LazarRating64%
"Subway Stories," structured similarly to films such as "Paris, Je t'aime" and "New York, I Love You," is divided according to director into short films, each with their own title, but strung almost seamlessly together., 1h23
Directed by Jonathan DemmeOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
CrimeActors Cloris Leachman,
Stuart Whitman,
Ann Sothern,
Linda Purl,
Jim Backus,
Don MostRating55%
In 1958, a Long Beach, California beauty parlor run by Melba Stokes (Leachman), her mother Sheba (Ann Sothern) and daughter Cheryl (Linda Purl), is repossessed. They flee when landlord Mr. Albertson comes to demand the back rent., 1h
Directed by Jonathan DemmeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceActors Christopher Walken,
Susan Sarandon,
Robert RidgelyRating76%
Christopher Walken portrays Harry Nash, a hardware store clerk who has achieved a degree of local celebrity due to his powerful performances in community theatre. Yet when not on the stage or in a rehearsal, Harry retreats into an insecure and painfully shy personality. He remains unsocial most of the time., 2h52
Directed by Jonathan DemmeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
HistoricalThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racism,
Films about religion,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fictionActors Oprah Winfrey,
Danny Glover,
Thandie Newton,
Kimberly Elise,
Beah Richards,
Lisa Gay HamiltonRating59%
Sethe is a former slave living on the outskirts of Cincinnati shortly after the Civil War. An angry poltergeist terrorizes Sethe and her three children, causing her two sons to run away forever. Eight years later, Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives alone with her daughter, Denver (Kimberly Elise). Paul D. (Danny Glover), an old friend from Sweet Home, the plantation Sethe had escaped from years earlier, finds Sethe's home, where he drives off the angry spirit. Afterwards, Paul D. proposes that he should stay and Sethe responds favorably. Shortly after Paul D. moves in, a clean, mentally handicapped young woman (Thandie Newton) named Beloved stumbles into Sethe's yard and also stays with them.