IMDb: Masterpiece Movies - a list by jengregbj

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The Notebook (2004)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. They soon are separated by their social differences. (123 mins.)

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Stars: Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling

Elizabeth (1998)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X

A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch. (124 mins.)

Director: Shekhar Kapur

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes

Sideways (2004)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X

Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle. (126 mins.)

Director: Alexander Payne

Stars: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X

The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the temptations that all humans face during their lives, and his final temptation upon the cross. (164 mins.)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Paul Greco

The Morning After (1986)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X

A woman wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she do it herself, and if not, is she in danger herself? (103 mins.)

Director: Sidney Lumet

Stars: Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia, Diane Salinger

One Day (2011)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X

After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day. (107 mins.)

Director: Lone Scherfig

Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Tom Mison

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. (122 mins.)

Director: Bob Rafelson

Stars: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner

The Way Back (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X

Siberian gulag escapees walk 4000 miles overland to freedom in India. (133 mins.)

Director: Peter Weir

Stars: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Mark Strong

Anonymous (2011)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her. (130 mins.)

Director: Roland Emmerich

Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto