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- DirectorJaume BeneditoStarsAlberto C. OteroJosep Maria ArgenteElena LópezEsteve, a children's writer and a Scandinavian translator, comes back to La Seu d'Urgell after 5 years living in Reykjavik. While he gets back in touch with his old friends, he doesn't realize that communications aren't working anymore.author: Marcus Sakey 2008
Crime Thriller. Starring James Franco & Kare Hudson - DirectorDavid FincherStarsBen AffleckRosamund PikeNeil Patrick HarrisWith his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.author Gillian Flynn 2012
Psych Suspense. Starring Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris, Rosamund Pike, Tyler Perry, Missi Pyle - DirectorGilles Paquet-BrennerStarsCharlize TheronNicholas HoultChristina HendricksLibby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.author Gillian Flynn 2009
Psych Suspense. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Christina Hendricks, Nicholas Hoult , Charlize Theron - DirectorAmy BergStarsDiane LaneBrynne NorquistEva Grace KellnerA detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant's death.author Laura Lippman 2004
Psychological Suspense. Starring Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Banks, Diane Lane - DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsBradley CooperJennifer LawrenceRobert De NiroAfter a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.author Martthew Quick 2008
Indie, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Julia Stiles - DirectorJerusha HessStarsKeri RussellJJ FeildJennifer CoolidgeObsessed with Pride and Prejudice (1995), a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.author Shannon Hale 2007
Romantic Comedies, Indie, United Kingdom, Comedy
Starring Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, James Callis, Georgia King, Rupert Vansittart, Ricky Whittle, Jane Seymour, Ayda Field - DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsGeorge ClooneyMatt DamonBill MurrayAn unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.author Robert M. Edsel 2009
Military & War Dramas, Dramas Based on Real Life
Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett - DirectorBrian PercivalStarsSophie NélisseGeoffrey RushEmily WatsonWhile subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.author Markus Zusak 2006
Military & War Dramas, 20th Century Period Pieces, Dramas Based on Contemporary Literature, Family movie PG-13, Hollocost
Starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nélisse, Ben Schnetzer, - DirectorChristopher MenaulStarsDominic CooperEmily BrowningDan StevensA true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall in 1914.author Jonathan Smith 1996
Romantic Dramas, 20th Century Period Pieces, Biographies - based on the diaries of Gilbert Evans
Starring Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Hattie Morahan, Mia Austen
On the eve of World War I, artists AJ and Gilbert compete for the affections of the same girl, Florence, at a Bohemian colony in northern England. When Florence finally makes her choice, it sets in motion a chain of events none of them expect.
A true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall - DirectorSean McNamaraStarsAnnaSophia RobbDennis QuaidHelen HuntBethany Hamilton, a professional surfer, loses her left arm in a shark attack. Unwilling to pay attention to the gravity of her situation, Bethany decides to get back into the ocean and surf again.author and true story of Bethany Hamilton 2006
Dramas Based on Real Life, Sports Dramas
Starring AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Sorbo, Carrie Underwood, Jeremy Sumpter, Craig T. Nelson
Inspiring film that dramatizes the real-life story of Bethany Hamilton, a Hawaiian teen who bravely returns to competitive surfing after losing her left arm in a vicious shark attack. - DirectorSteve TaylorStarsMarshall AllmanClaire HoltTania RaymondeDon, a nineteen-year-old sophomore at a Texas junior college, tries to escape his Bible Belt upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at the most godless campus in America.book: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
by Donald Miller 2003; Indie, Comedy, Drama
Starring Marshall Allman, Claire Holt, Tania Raymonde, Justin Welborn, Eric Lange, Jason Marsden
Life in a devout family has given Don a unique view of religious hypocrisy, so when choosing a college, he picks "the most godless campus in America." This rebellion against his upbringing changes Don, often in ways he never sees coming.
For anyone wondering if the Christian faith is still relevant in a postmodern culture. - DirectorAriel VromenStarsMichael ShannonChris EvansJames FrancoThe story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When he was finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor his daughters had any clue about his real profession.Book: The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
by Anthony Bruno 2013
Crime Thrillers, Mobster, Dramas Based on Real Life
Starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer, Robert Davi, John Ventimiglia, McKaley Miller, James Franco
This thriller based on a true story follows Richard Kuklinski, who killed more than 100 people for the mob -- and his own pleasure -- between 1964 and 1986. Despite his prolific violence, Kuklinski was a devoted husband and father of two daughters. - DirectorRyan MurphyStarsJoseph CrossAnnette BeningBrian CoxA teenage boy comes of age in the 1970's, sent by his neurotic, pretentious mother to live with a jolly, vulgar psychiatrist and his eccentric extended family.author Augusten Burroughs 2003
Dark Humor & Black Comedies, Dramas Based on Bestsellers
Starring Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Joseph Cross, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Vanessa Redgrave, Kristin Chenoweth, Patrick Wilson
The true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor's bizarre family, and befriending a paedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The funny and harrowing account of an ordinary boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances. - based on: A Legacy of Hope: The Wisdom of a Childlike Faith
by Stuart Stout, Shelby Stout (Hope's parents)
and Hope's Wish: How One Girl's Dream Made Others' Come True 2008
One courageous girl used her final wish to fulfill the wishes of 155 other children. When Hope Stout was diagnosed with bone cancer, the Stouts prayed for a miracle. The miracle occurred, but not in the way the Stouts expected. Instead this young girl asked for what seemed to be impossible-that one million dollars be raised in a month to fund the wishes of all the children on the Make-A-Wish Foundation's list for Central and Western North Carolina. - DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsQuinton AaronSandra BullockTim McGrawThe story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergTaylor KitschEmile HirschMarcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.book: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson
Military & War Action, Military & War Dramas based on Real Life
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Alexander Ludwig, Jerry Ferrara, Scott Elrod, Dan Bilzerian
Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal, and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare. - DirectorDonna DeitchStarsKirsten DunstBrittany MurphyPaul FreemanA 16-year-old American girl with an apathetic view towards her Jewish family history finds herself pulled through time into 1941 to a small Polish village where the Nazis have just begun their genocidal propaganda.
- DirectorMark HermanStarsAsa ButterfieldDavid ThewlisRupert FriendThrough the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyJames McAvoyBrenda BlethynThirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
- DirectorJessica SharzerStarsKristen StewartElizabeth PerkinsRichard HagermanAfter a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsLiam NeesonGeoffrey RushUma ThurmanValjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.
- DirectorPaul FeigStarsBen TibberJim CaviezelJoan PlowrightA twelve-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark.
- DirectorGary RossStarsTobey MaguireJeff BridgesElizabeth BanksTrue story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsDakota FanningJennifer HudsonQueen LatifahIn 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsGlenn CloseChristopher WalkenLexi RandallA single New England woman responds to an advertisement by a Midwestern widower in which he asks for a bride to help him raise his two children.