Les Misérables
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
Director: Tom Hooper
Stars: Aaron Tveit Amanda Seyfried Anne Hathaway Daniel Huttlestone Eddie Redmayne Helena Bonham Carter Hugh Jackman Russell Crowe Sacha Baron Cohen Samantha Barks
The Last Emperor
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Stars: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dennis Dun Joan Chen John Lone Maggie Han Peter O'Toole Ric Young Ruocheng Ying Victor Wong Vivian Wu
The Hindenburg
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
Director: Robert Wise
Stars: Anne Bancroft Burgess Meredith Charles Durning George C. Scott Gig Young René Auberjonois Richard Dysart Robert Clary Roy Thinnes William Atherton
Hero
One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.
Director: Zhang Yimou
Stars: Chang Xiao Yang Chen Dao-Ming Donnie Yen Jet Li Liu Zhong Yuan Maggie Cheung Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Yan Qin Zhang Ziyi Zheng Tia Yong
Enemy at the Gates
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Stars: Alexander Schwan Bob Hoskins Ed Harris Eva Mattes Gabriel Thomson Joseph Fiennes Jude Law Matthias Habich Rachel Weisz Ron Perlman
Cool Runnings
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: Doug E. Doug John Candy Kristoffer Cooper Larry Gilman Leon Malik Yoba Paul Coeur Peter Outerbridge Rawle D. Lewis Raymond J. Barry