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Directed by Adam ElliotOrigin AustralieGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
AnimationThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Films about autism,
Films about school violenceActors Bethany Whitmore,
Toni Collette,
Barry Humphries,
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Eric Bana,
John FlausRating80%
In 1976, eight-year-old Mary Daisy Dinkle (Bethany Whitmore) lives a lonely life in Mount Waverley, Australia. At school, she is teased by her classmates because of an unfortunate birthmark on her forehead; while at home, her distant father, Noel, and alcoholic, kleptomaniac mother, Vera, provide little support. Her only comforts are her pet rooster, Ethel; her favourite food, sweetened condensed milk; and a Smurfs-like cartoon show called The Noblets. One day, while at the post office with her mother, Mary spots a New York City telephone book and, becoming curious about Americans, decides to write to one. She randomly chooses Max Jerry Horowitz's name from the phone book and writes him a letter telling him about herself, sending it off in the hope that he will become her pen friend., 1h46
Directed by Paul John HoganOrigin AustralieGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Films about marriageActors Toni Collette,
Rachel Griffiths,
Bill Hunter,
Sophie Lee,
Jeanie Drynan,
Daniel LapaineRating71%
A socially awkward, overweight, naïve "ugly duckling", who is obsessed with the music of ABBA, Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) is the target of ridicule by the more fashion-conscious girls she considers her friends. She also is a perpetual daydreamer who yearns for a glamorous wedding and marriage to a man who will help improve her personal life and free her from a tedious life dominated by her demanding and often psychologically abusive father Bill (Bill Hunter), a corrupt politician who verbally lashes out at his subservient wife Betty and their unambitious children at every opportunity., 1h45
Directed by Sue BrooksOrigin AustralieGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Transport filmsActors Toni Collette,
Lynette Curran,
Reg Evans,
Justine Clarke,
John HowardRating67%
Sandy Edwards (played by Toni Collette) is a director in a company that designs geological software in Perth, Western Australia. Her business partner manipulates her into agreeing to act as a guide for a Japanese businessman visiting mines in the Pilbara desert, in hopes that he will purchase the software. When Hiromitsu Tachibana (Gotaro Tsunashima) arrives, he treats Sandy like a chauffeur, and he seems more intent on self-discovery in the wilderness than on buying computer software. At first, Sandy is angered by his reserved, demanding demeanor. On their first journey into the desert, Hiromitsu, feeling insecure, talks more on his phone with friends in Japan than he does to Sandy. He also insists that she drive farther than planned. The terrain proves too much for the pair's vehicle, which becomes bogged down in the sand. After a series of desperate attempts to release the vehicle, including digging a dead man anchor, their winch burns out. Sandy wants to use Hiromitsu's phone to call people who can rescue them, but Hiromitsu refuses. This forces them to spend the night stranded together. The next day, Hiromitsu, conscious that his refusal had placed them in danger, wakes up much earlier than Sandy and builds a track of sticks over which they can drive out of the sand. The maneuver is successful. Now that they are on the road again, the ice breaks and a friendship starts between them that, in isolated surroundings uninterrupted by their work, grows quickly and honestly. Later, at a motel, they have sex. Only after does Sandy learn that Hiromitsu has a wife and children in Japan., 1h40
Directed by Mark JoffeGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Transport filmsActors Ben Mendelsohn,
Barry Otto,
Toni Collette,
Rachel Griffiths,
Aden Young,
Colin FrielsRating65%
Ben Mendelsohn stars as Lewis Riley, an unemployed young man who applies for a job as a director/drama teacher at a mental hospital. He lands the job and finds himself directing a production of the Mozart opera Così fan tutte, an elaborate, demanding piece of theatre, an opera in Italian. And it is going to be performed by a cast that he must select from among the patients, who only speak English., 1h52
Directed by Catherine HardwickeOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about cancerActors Drew Barrymore,
Jennifer Aniston,
Toni Collette,
Dominic Cooper,
Paddy Considine,
Tyson RitterRating68%
Miss You Already follows two best friends, Milly (Toni Collette) and Jess (Drew Barrymore), as they navigate life’s highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can’t remember a time they didn’t share everything — secrets, clothes, even boyfriends — but nothing prepares them for the day Milly is hit with life-altering news., 1h33
Directed by Ben LewinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Films about autismActors Dakota Fanning,
Toni Collette,
Alice Eve,
River Alexander,
Tony Revolori,
Michael Stahl-DavidRating67%
Une jeune autiste s'échappe de son centre d'hébergement dans l’espoir de soumettre son scénario à un concours d'écriture à Hollywood. Sur le chemin elle devra conquérir un nouveau monde rempli d'obstacles., 1h56
Directed by Paul John HoganOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films set in psychiatric hospitalsActors Toni Collette,
Rebecca Gibney,
Liev Schreiber,
Anthony LaPaglia,
Bethany Whitmore,
Rob CarltonRating60%
Shirley Moochmoore (Rebecca Gibney) is a sweet misfit and mother of five daughters who are all convinced they suffer from various mental illnesses. Living in the Australian coastal suburb of Dolphin Heads and married to the often absent local politician Barry (Anthony LaPaglia), Shirley retreats into a fantasy world of her favourite musical, The Sound of Music. After she manically orders a huge amount of furniture, telling neighbours her husband won it on a TV game show, she's packed off to a mental institution; Barry instructs his daughters to say she's "on holiday in Wollongong"., 1h51
Directed by Lasse HallströmOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about animals,
Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Films about autismActors Ewan McGregor,
Emily Blunt,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Amr Waked,
Rachael Stirling,
Tom MisonRating67%
Fisheries expert Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) receives an email from financial adviser Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt), seeking advice on a project to bring salmon fishing to the Yemen—a project being bankrolled by a wealthy Yemeni sheikh. Alfred dismisses the project as "fundamentally unfeasible" because Yemen cannot provide the necessary environment for salmon. Meanwhile, the British Prime Minister's press secretary Patricia Maxwell (Kristin Scott Thomas) suggests the salmon fishing story to the Prime Minister's office as a positive story to help improve relations between Britain and the Islamic world., 2h14
Directed by Jean-Pierre JeunetOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes French war films,
Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Audrey Tautou,
Gaspard Ulliel,
Clovis Cornillac,
Marion Cotillard,
Dominique Pinon,
Albert DupontelRating75%
Five French soldiers are convicted of self-mutilation in order to escape military service during World War I. They are condemned to face near certain death in the no man's land between the French and German trench lines. It appears that all of them were killed in a subsequent battle, but Mathilde, the fiancée of one of the soldiers, refuses to give up hope and begins to uncover clues as to what actually took place on the battlefield. She is all the while driven by the constant reminder of what her fiancé had carved into one of the bells of the church near their home, MMM for Manech Aime Mathilde (Manech Loves Mathilde; a pun on the French word aime, which is pronounced like the letter "M". In the English-language version, this is changed to "Manech's Marrying Mathilde").