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Samuel Goldwyn Films (formerly The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Samuel Goldwyn Entertainment) is an American independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., the son of the Hollywood business magnate/mogul, Samuel Goldwyn. The current incarnation is a successor to The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
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(2005)
(2013)Filmography of Samuel Goldwyn Films (100 films)
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Add to a movie listSuper Size Me (2004)
, 1h38Directed by Morgan Spurlock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about health care, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Morgan Spurlock
Plus d'un tiers des enfants et des adolescents américains ont un problème de poids. Deux adultes sur trois aux États-Unis d'Amérique sont atteints de surcharge pondérale ou d'obésité. Comment les États-Unis sont-ils devenus aussi gros ? Les chaînes de restauration rapide sont souvent montrées du doigt mais plusieurs procès qui leur ont été intentés par des clients devenus obèses ont été perdus faute de preuves.
Stateside (2004)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about virginity
Actors Rachael Leigh Cook, Jonathan Tucker, Agnes Bruckner, Val Kilmer, Joe Mantegna, Carrie Fisher
Dorri Lawrence (Cook) is an actress and singer who resides in Hollywood, California. She is an undiagnosed schizophrenic, which causes problems in her career. After another concert goes wrong due to her untreated disease, she is finally sent to get help for her schizophrenia.
Walk on Water (2004)
, 1h43Directed by Eytan Fox
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about Jews and Judaism, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lior Ashkenazi, Caroline Peters, Hanns Zischler, Yousef (Joe) Sweid, Nesrin Cavadzade, Hubertus Regout
Eyal is an agent in Mossad, the Israeli security service. He is a hitman who targets enemies of Israel. His wife has recently committed suicide, and the agency decides that he needs to take on a less challenging assignment: to find an aging Nazi war criminal and get him "before God does".
Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)
, 1h28Directed by Chris Delaporte
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Sur une planète fictive, Robot films
Actors Kirsten Dunst, Cécile de France, Richard Harris, Anjelica Huston, Keith David, Victoria Abril
The film begins with an alien ship crash landing on a desert planet. The alien survivors, known as Vecarians, are quickly killed by the planet's predatory native inhabitants, the Selenites. The ship's core, Vecanoi, survives, and from it sprouts Axis, a massive tree reaching up into space.
Mambo Italiano (2003)
, 1h28Directed by Émile Gaudreault
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Luke Kirby, Paul Sorvino, Peter Miller, Ginette Reno, Mary Walsh, Claudia Ferri
Angelo Barberini is the oddball son of Italian immigrants Gino and Maria, who inadvertently ended up in Canada rather than the United States of America. Angelo shocks his parents - and his sister, Anna - by moving out on his own without getting married, and, shortly after that, shocks them further still when he reveals he is gay. But his boyfriend (and childhood best friend), policeman Nino Paventi, isn't as ready to come out of the closet - especially not to his busybody Sicilian mother, Lina.
, 1h30Directed by John Irvin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Bernard Hill, Colm Meaney, Eamonn Owens, Shaun Evans, Ian Shaw, Patrick Bergin
Set in 1965 Jimmy McMahon (Colm Meaney) is an Irishman living in Liverpool who directs a céilidh band of young men who go to a competition of traditional Celtic music in Ireland in County Clare. A native Irish band directed by John Joe McMahon (Bernard Hill) is also present to compete as well, with animosity between Jimmy and John as they are brothers. The two brothers could not be more different, as they have taken different paths. There are multiple surprises for them as the competition takes place, with a familial twist at the very end.
Tortilla Soup (2003)
, 1h43Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Horror, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Jacqueline Obradors, Héctor Elizondo, Tamara Mello, Elizabeth Peña, Nikolai Kinski, Raquel Welch
Semi-retired Mexican-American chef Martin Naranjo (Héctor Elizondo) shares a suburban Los Angeles home with his three adult daughters. Although he has lost the senses of smell and taste since his wife's death, he still cooks elaborate, multi-course meals for his family and friends. The women humor their father's old-fashioned ways, but each is searching for fulfillment outside the family circle.
Passionada (2003)
, 1h48Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jason Isaacs, Sofia Milos, Emmy Rossum, Theresa Russell, Seymour Cassel, Lupe Ontiveros
Celia Amonte (Sofia Milos) is a Portuguese American widow who lives in New Bedford, Massachusetts with her daughter Vicky (Emmy Rossum). The broke British card counter Charles "Charlie" Beck (Jason Isaacs) arrives in town to stay with and mooch off some wealthy friends and gamble at the local casino. The friends are Daniel Vargas (Seymour Cassel) and his wife Lois Vargas (Theresa Russell). One night, dining at a Portuguese restaurant with Lois, Charlie sees Celia singing fado, a haunting Portuguese form of song. He is enchanted with her, approaches her, and is rebuffed. Charlie later finds Celia's address in the phone book and goes to her house, where he encounters Vicky, whom he had met at the casino before. Vicky agrees to help Charlie woo her mother in exchange for lessons on card counting. This proves difficult, as Celia still longs for her deceased husband and has not dated since his death.
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
, 1h32Directed by Satoshi Kon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Aya Okamoto, Tōru Emori, Satomi Kōrogi, Shōzō Iizuka, Seizō Katō, Ryūji Saikachi
One Christmas Eve in present-day Tokyo, three homeless people — Gin (ギン), a middle-aged alcoholic, Hana (ハナ), a trans woman and former drag queen, and Miyuki (ミユキ), a runaway girl — discover an abandoned newborn while looking through garbage. Deposited with the unnamed baby is a note asking the finder to take good care of her and a bag containing clues to the parent's identity. The trio sets out to find the baby's parents. The baby is named Kiyoko (清子), literally meaning "pure child" as she is found on Christmas Eve.
I Capture the Castle (2003)
, 1h53Directed by Tim Fywell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Henry Thomas, Marc Blucas, Tara Fitzgerald
The film follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain (Romola Garai), and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in genteel poverty in a decaying English castle. The characters include: Cassandra's father (Bill Nighy), a writer who hasn't written anything in the twelve years since the spectacular success of his first novel; her exquisite older sister Rose (Rose Byrne) who rails against their fate and hopes to marry for money; and their bohemian stepmother, Topaz (Tara Fitzgerald), an ex-model still apt to sun-bathe in the nude. The possibility of salvation seems to loom in the form of their wealthy American landlord Simon Cotton (Henry Thomas) and his brother Neil (Marc Blucas). Although Simon initially turns her away, Rose is determined to make him fall in love with her and succeeds. A wedding is arranged and Cassandra appears left on the sidelines. But events spiral out of control, and before the summer ends many expectations will have been overturned.
Interstate 60 (2002)
, 1h52Directed by Bob Gale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Amy Smart, Christopher Lloyd, Michael J. Fox, Wayne Robson
The movie begins with two college students in a bar, talking about a thesis statement for an upcoming paper. One of them makes an argument that America is unique in that it has no real mythological character for granting wishes, such as a genie or leprechaun. The two men are soon joined in conversation by an old man at the bar claiming that America does, named O.W. Grant; the son of a leprechaun and a Cheyenne Indian.
Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
, 1h28Directed by Peter Sollett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte, Melonie Diaz, Silvestre Rasuk
Victor is a teenager growing up in the Lower East Side of New York. He is a cocky young man, very sure of himself in his love life. He lives in a small apartment with his strict grandmother, bratty sister Vicki, and his younger brother Nino, who is just coming into his own sexuality and looks up to his girl-crazy brother highly.
Sonny (2002)
, 1h50Directed by Nicolas Cage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton, Mena Suvari, Josie Davis, Scott Caan
Sonny (Franco) is the son of Jewel (Blethyn) who runs a small brothel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sonny returns home from the army, staying with his mother while waiting to start the job an army buddy of his promised him. Jewel tries to convince Sonny to come back to working for her as he had before the army, saying many of his old clients still miss him and he was the best gigolo she had ever had.
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
, 1h58Directed by Carlos Carrera
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality
Actors Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Newly ordained Padre Amaro arrives in Los Reyes, a small town in the fictional state of Aldama, to start his life serving the church. He is a protégé of a ruthless political bishop, while the local priest, Father Benito, is having a long ongoing affair with a local restaurant owner. Benito is building a large hospital and recuperation center, which is partially funded by a drug lord. Meanwhile, another priest in the area, Father Natalio, is under investigation for supporting left-wing insurgents in his secluded rural church area.
Poolhall Junkies (2002)
, 1h39Directed by Mars Callahan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Mars Callahan, Alison Eastwood, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Rosenbaum, Rick Schroder, Rod Steiger
Obsessed by the world of pool, Johnny (Mars Callahan) could be one of the best. But his mentor and "trainer" Joe (Chazz Palminteri), a shady hustler who decides how and who Johnny plays, is holding him back from his dream. When the day finally comes, Johnny breaks from Joe, which leads to only one thing—violence. Joe is beaten up by some of Johnny's buddies as a sign to leave him alone, and with this final act of freedom, Johnny leaves the world of pool-sharking.