The English Patient
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Director: Anthony Minghella
Stars: Colin Firth Julian Wadham Juliette Binoche Jürgen Prochnow Kevin Whately Kristin Scott Thomas Naveen Andrews Ralph Fiennes Torri Higginson Willem Dafoe
Green Zone
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.
Director: Paul Greengrass
Stars: Amy Ryan Antoni Corone Brendan Gleeson Greg Kinnear Igal Naor Jason Isaacs Khalid Abdalla Matt Damon Michael O'Neill Said Faraj
The Deer Hunter
A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
Director: Michael Cimino
Stars: Amy Wright Christopher Walken George Dzundza John Cazale John Savage Meryl Streep Pierre Segui Richard Kuss Robert De Niro Rutanya Alda
The Catcher Was a Spy
Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, a probably gay man lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.
Director: Ben Lewin
Stars: Connie Nielsen Guy Pearce Hiroyuki Sanada Jeff Daniels Mark Strong Paul Giamatti Paul Rudd Shea Whigham Sienna Miller Tom Wilkinson
The Captain
Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.
Director: Robert Schwentke
Stars: Annina Polivka Blerim Destani Britta Hammelstein David Scheller Frederick Lau Haymon Maria Buttinger Marko Dyrlich Max Hubacher Milan Peschel Sebastian Rudolph
Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984. She is married to Henry Bauford son of a wealthy British industrialist, when she encounters Nick Callahan a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
Director: Martin Campbell
Stars: Angelina Jolie Clive Owen Iain Lee Jonathan Higgins Kate Trotter Linus Roache Noah Emmerich Teri Polo Timothy West Yorick van Wageningen