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Directed by Gary RossOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantasy,
AdventureThemes Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Films about television,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
La téléréalité,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Disaster filmsActors Jennifer Lawrence,
Josh Hutcherson,
Liam Hemsworth,
Woody Harrelson,
Elizabeth Banks,
Lenny KravitzRating72%
In District 12, Katniss Everdeen volunteers when her younger sister Primrose is initially chosen by lot. She and the male Tribute, Peeta Mellark, are escorted to the Capitol by chaperone Effie Trinket and their mentor Haymitch Abernathy, a past District 12 victor and alcoholic. Haymitch impresses on them the importance of gaining sponsors, as they can provide gifts of food and supplies during the Games. During part of a series of televised interviews, Peeta publicly expresses his love for Katniss, which she initially takes as an attempt to earn sponsor favor, but later learns his love is genuine. While training, Katniss observes the Career Tributes Marvel, Glimmer, Cato, and Clove, from Districts 1 and 2, who have been training for the Games since a young age.Directed by Gary RossOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Biography,
Action,
HistoricalThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racism,
Political filmsActors Matthew McConaughey,
Gugu Mbatha-Raw,
Keri Russell,
Mahershala Ali,
Brendan Gleeson,
Sean BridgersRating68%
After surviving the 1863 Battle of Corinth during the Civil War, Newton Knight, a poor farmer from Mississippi, leads a group of anti-slavery Confederate deserters in Jones County and turns them against the Confederacy. Knight subsequently marries former slave, Rachel, effectively establishing the region's first mixed-race community, even though Native Americans and Europeans (such as the Mississippi Choctaws) have been doing it long before in their ancient homeland. , 2h20
Directed by Gary RossOrigin USAGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about animals,
Sports films,
Films about horses,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
Horse sports in film,
Sport hippiqueActors Tobey Maguire,
Jeff Bridges,
Chris Cooper,
William H. Macy,
Elizabeth Banks,
Eddie JonesRating72%
Three men, Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire), Charles S. Howard (Jeff Bridges), and Tom Smith (Chris Cooper) come together as the principal jockey, owner, and trainer of the championship horse Seabiscuit, rising from troubled times to achieve fame and success through their association with the horse., 1h25
Directed by Woody AllenOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
PhilosophieActors Mia Farrow,
Jeff Daniels,
Danny Aiello,
Edward Herrmann,
Dianne Wiest,
Stephanie FarrowRating76%
Set in New Jersey during the Great Depression, the film tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and loveless, abusive marriage to Monk, whom she has attempted to leave on numerous occasions., 1h25
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Science fictionThemes Pregnancy films,
Films about sexuality,
Films set in the future,
Documentary films about politics,
Political films,
Dystopian filmsActors Betty Buckley,
Carolyn McCormick,
Jeff Daniels,
Robert Earl Jones,
Linda Hunt,
Iona MorrisRating50%
Note: This plot summary is a linear account of the Goldrings' story. The film itself does not reveal all plot details in order., 1h40
Directed by Christopher GuestOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about filmsActors Kevin Bacon,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Martin Short,
J. T. Walsh,
Teri Hatcher,
Michael McKeanRating61%
In a fictionalized version of Tinseltown itself, Nick Chapman is an up-and-coming film director hot off the winning of a student award for his short film. The award captures the attention of movie executive Allen Habel (J. T. Walsh), who offers Nick a deal to make his dream picture: a character-driven, black-and-white drama taking place in a cabin during the winter., 1h48
Directed by Norman JewisonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Political filmsActors Bruce Willis,
Emily Lloyd,
Joan Allen,
John Terry,
Kevin Anderson,
Stephen TobolowskyRating58%
Recent high school graduate Samantha Hughes, 17, lives in fictional Hopewell, Kentucky with her uncle Emmett Smith, a laid-back Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder. Samantha's father, Dwayne, was killed in Vietnam at 21 after marrying and impregnating Samantha's mother, Irene. Samantha finds some old photographs, medals, and letters of her father, and becomes obsessed with finding out more about him., 2h22
Directed by Mira NairOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic drama,
RomanceThemes Films about children,
Political films,
Napoleonic Wars films,
French Revolution filmsActors Reese Witherspoon,
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers,
James Purefoy,
Angelica Mandy,
Gabriel Byrne,
Eileen AtkinsRating61%
1802, London. The mysterious Lord Steyne (Gabriel Byrne) goes to a painter's studio where he has agreed to buy a painting of a young woman. The young Rebecca "Becky" Sharp (Angelica Mandy), then a girl of ten, insists on having ten guineas, instead of four guineas, as the price of the painting. The painter explains that the model in the painting is Becky's mother, the painter's late wife. Steyne agrees to pay the higher amount and leaves with the painting. The young Becky is seen moving to Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies after her father's death., 1h43
Directed by Alexander PayneOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Musical films,
Political films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Matthew Broderick,
Reese Witherspoon,
Chris Klein,
Jessica Campbell,
Phil Reeves,
Molly HaganRating72%
Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a much-admired high school teacher in the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska, who is actively involved in many after-school activities, one of which is overseeing the student government election process. Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is an overachieving junior with an insufferable air of self-importance. Earlier in the year, another teacher, Jim's best friend Dave Novotny (Mark Harelik), had seduced Tracy and began carrying on an affair with her. When Tracy's mother learned of the affair and reported it to school authorities, Dave was fired from his job and divorced by his wife, Linda (Delaney Driscoll), while Tracy's reputation was unscathed., 1h40
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
Films about suicideActors William H. Macy,
Meg Ryan,
Jason Ritter,
Elliott Gould,
LL Cool J,
David HuntRating56%
Struggling Hollywood film producer Charlie Berns is on the verge of suicide when his aspiring screenwriter nephew Lionel arrives from New Jersey with a script about 19th century British statesman Benjamin Disraeli. Charlie agrees to make the film, but only when he converts the literate PBS-style script (that he didn't read) into an action adventure Middle Eastern espionage film, Ben Disraeli: Freedom Fighter.