6.9 /10
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
Run Time: 122 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Apr 15, 2011
Director: Director: Francis Lawrence,
Stars: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton,
6.6 /10
1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Run Time: 117 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Nov 27, 2013
Director: Director: James Gray,
Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Domiczyk, Yelena Solovey,
6.2 /10
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.
Run Time: 108 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jun 12, 1998
Director: Director: Des McAnuff,
Stars: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Hugh Laurie, Kelly Macdonald,
7.6 /10
Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.
Run Time: 150 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Oct 07, 2016
Director: Director: Wojciech Smarzowski,
Stars: Michalina abacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Adrian Zaremba, Lech Dyblik, Jacek Braciak,
7.1 /10
Lore leads her four younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos she encounters a mysterious refugee who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.
Run Time: 109 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Aug 02, 2012
Director: Director: Cate Shortland,
Stars: Saskia Rosendahl, KaiPeter Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi, HansJochen Wagner,
7.5 /10
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.
Run Time: 93 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Sep 17, 2003
Director: Director: Yann Samuell,
Stars: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Thibault Verhaeghe, Josphine LebasJoly, Emmanuelle Grnvold,
7.5 /10
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
Run Time: 151 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Dec 08, 1982
Director: Director: Alan J Pakula,
Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Stephen D Newman,
7.6 /10
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
Run Time: 133 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Oct 26, 2004
Director: Director: JeanPierre Jeunet,
Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, Andr Dussollier,