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Contempt 1963

7.5 /10

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

Run Time: 103 Min . MMPA: 11 . Release: Oct 29, 1963

Director: Director: JeanLuc Godard,

Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang,

Somewhere in Time 1980

7.2 /10

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

Run Time: 103 Min . MMPA: 12 . Release: Oct 02, 1980

Director: Director: Jeannot Szwarc,

Stars: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin,

Clash of the Titans 1981

6.9 /10

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

Run Time: 118 Min . MMPA: 9 . Release: Jun 12, 1981

Director: Director: Desmond Davis,

Stars: Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress,

Lolita 1962

7.5 /10

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

Run Time: 154 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Jun 13, 1962

Director: Director: Stanley Kubrick,

Stars: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Stovin,

The Seagull 2018

5.7 /10

At a picturesque lakeside estate, a love triangle unfolds between the legendary diva Irina, her lover Boris, and the ingénue Nina.

Run Time: 98 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: May 11, 2018

Director: Director: Michael Mayer,

Stars: Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll, Elisabeth Moss, Mare Winningham,

See How They Run 2022

6.5 /10

In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.

Run Time: 98 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Sep 09, 2022

Director: Director: Tom George,

Stars: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith,

Blonde 2022

5.5 /10

From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.

Run Time: 167 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 16, 2022

Director: Director: Andrew Dominik,

Stars: Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Garret Dillahunt, Sara Paxton,

Girl Most Likely 2012

5.7 /10

A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.

Run Time: 103 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Sep 07, 2012

Director: Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini,

Stars: Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon, Darren Criss, Christopher Fitzgerald,

Charlie Bartlett 2007

6.9 /10

Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular guys in school by doling out advice and, occasionally, medication, to the student body.

Run Time: 97 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: May 01, 2007

Director: Director: Jon Poll,

Stars: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr, Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Tyler Hilton,

Amour Fou 2014

6.4 /10

A "romantic comedy" based loosely on the suicide of the poet Henrich von Kleist in 1811.

Run Time: 96 Min . MMPA: 12 . Release: May 16, 2014

Director: Director: Jessica Hausner,

Stars: Christian Friedel, Stephan Grossmann, Katharina Schttler, Hana Sofia Lopes, EvaMaria Kurz,

La La Land 2016

8 /10

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

Run Time: 129 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Nov 29, 2016

Director: Director: Damien Chazelle,

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, JK Simmons,

Finding Neverland 2004

7.7 /10

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her three children—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan'.

Run Time: 106 Min . MMPA: 11 . Release: Oct 17, 2004

Director: Director: Marc Forster,

Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman, Freddie Highmore,