Charlie St. Cloud
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.
Director: Burr Steers
Stars: Amanda Crew Augustus Prew Charlie Tahan Dave Franco Donal Logue Julia Maxwell Kim Basinger Ray Liotta Tegan Moss Zac Efron
Blue Crush
Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with no one's blessing but her own, Anne Marie finds all she needs in the adrenaline-charged surf scene - until pro quarterback Matt Tollman comes along...
Director: John Stockwell
Stars: Asa Aquino Chris Taloa Kala Alexander Kate Bosworth Kaupena Miranda Matthew Davis Michelle Rodriguez Mika Boorem Ruben Tejada Sanoe Lake
Australia
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Stars: Bryan Brown David Gulpilil David Wenham Essie Davis Hugh Jackman John Jarratt John Walton Nathin Butler Nicole Kidman Shea Adams
8 Mile
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop. With his pal Future and the three one third in place, all he has to do is not choke.
Director: Curtis Hanson
Stars: Anthony Mackie Brittany Murphy De'Angelo Wilson Eminem Evan Jones Kim Basinger Mekhi Phifer Michael Shannon Omar Benson Miller Taryn Manning
The Waterboy
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Director: Frank Coraci
Stars: Adam Sandler Al Whiting Blake Clark Fairuza Balk Henry Winkler Jerry Reed Jonathan Loughran Kathy Bates Lawrence Gilliard Jr. Peter Dante
The Proposal
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Director: Anne Fletcher
Stars: Aasif Mandvi Betty White Craig T. Nelson Denis O'Hare Malin Åkerman Mary Steenburgen Michael Nouri Oscar Nunez Ryan Reynolds Sandra Bullock