Great wee movies.
A list of films that weren't blockbusters, and in most cases weren't meant to be, but are really worth watching. The films on this list will have a certain feel good vibe of different sorts; either comedy, triumph over adversity or just a story where the journey is more important than the destination.
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- DirectorKirk JonesStarsIan BannenDavid KellyFionnula FlanaganWhen a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.Redistribution of wealth in a small Irish village. A charming black comedy.
- DirectorGerard StembridgeStarsStuart TownsendKate HudsonTommy TiernanA waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.Adam is a man for all seasons; he plays a different role in the lives of three sisters. Each achieves fulfilment and feel better for having their particular relationship with him, however brief.
- DirectorMimi LederStarsKevin SpaceyHaley Joel OsmentHelen HuntA young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.The world is a better place for the brief life of a small boy in Las Vegas.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsMartin HendersonAishwarya Rai BachchanNadira BabbarA modern adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, that features the lives of four unmarried daughters in an Indian family.A modern cross cultural, musical take on Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice.
- DirectorSue KramerStarsHeather GrahamTom CavanaghBridget MoynahanGray and Sam are brother and sister, best friends, and flatmates in New York City, where she creates ad campaigns and he's a surgery intern. Their social life is too insular, so they head to a dog park so Sam can, maybe, meet a woman. He does: Charlie, a zoologist new in the city; he likes her immediately, and the feeling seems mutual. As the three of them spend time together, what if Gray's feelings for Charlie aren't just sisterly? Not only might this explain her solitary life, but it could lead to real dilemmas--with Charlie (who's sweet, but a bit opaque) and with Sam. No advice comes from Gray's therapist, but a co-worker and a cab driver give theirs. Can Gray sort things out?Following one woman's life changing discovery of why she hasn't had a boyfriend and always hangs out with her brother.
- DirectorP.J. HoganStarsToni ColletteRachel GriffithsBill HunterA young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.Muriel loves ABBA and takes extraodinary steps to fulfil her dreams of marriage and being better than Porpoise Spit.
- DirectorTim SullivanStarsRichard E. GrantSamantha MathisJudi DenchA young American woman becomes a nanny in the home of a recent British widower.A heart renching comedy drama. Jack's wife dies, leaving him in an emotional heap with a baby to raise.
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsChris O'DonnellMinnie DriverGeraldine O'RaweThree women, who've been friends since childhood, meet at university in Dublin in 1957. Student and boyfriend life begins.A girl from a rural village goes to university in Dublin and meets a boy, the universty's rugby star, but can she trust him? can she trust her childhood friends?
- DirectorSarah GavronStarsTannishtha ChatterjeeSatish KaushikChristopher SimpsonIn 1980s London, Nazneem, a young Bangladeshi woman, feels her soul is quietly dying in her arranged marriage, until the day hot-headed Karim comes knocking at her door.A confident Pakistani man returns from England to marry a village girl. He takes her back to England to a life she does not know where she finds he is not as successful or confident as she believed.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.Amelie just wants to make people happy.
- DirectorMark JoffeStarsBilly ConnollyJudy DavisColin FrielsAn ex lawyer now fisherman sees his fishing boat sunk by a lightning. His insurance company claims "Act of God". Sue the insurance company or God/churches?A man challenges acts of God in court by suing the representatives of God on earth, catching the world's religions and the insurance industry in a catch 22.
- DirectorNiall JohnsonStarsRowan AtkinsonKristin Scott ThomasMaggie SmithA pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair, and his children are up to no good.A black comedy set in an archetypal english home counties village. An under confident vicar and his bored wife hire a house keeper who wants to help the family reconnect though her methods are somewhat unorthodox. A funny film with the fantastic Rowan Atkinson and eternally talented Kristin Scott-Thomas. The plot twist is a little obvious but still well worth watching.
- DirectorPeter RichardsonStarsMiranda RichardsonAntony SherChristian SlaterIn this irreverent parody, the British court and war government consist mainly of idiots and/or traitors. Hitler moves into Buckingham palace and plans to marry into the Windsors. A US Army officer claims the cigar-smoking iconic PM was an actor, Ray Bubbles, impersonating his own father, USMC lieutenant Winston Churchill, a genius spy who stole an enigma code machine and almost single-handedly won a very alternative battle for Britain.This film is somewhat infuriating in the vein of U571 where Holywood make out the Enigma code was broken by the USA instead of the British. However when it is understood that Churchill: The Holywood Years was a British movie the parody is turned on its head. A very funny and quite off the wall film that requires a willing suspension of disbelief.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiThomas Haden ChurchVirginia MadsenTwo 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.
- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsAdam SandlerTéa LeoniPaz VegaA woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family whose patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.One of my favourite films and one that I can watch over and over again. A mother wants a better life for her daughter yet wants her to also have the values of her own Mexican culture. She moves to California and begins work as a housekeeper for a dysfunctional American family where her confidence and her daughter's values are challenged. Featuring the fantastic Paz Vega.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsPaul MercurioTara MoriceBill HunterA maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.
- DirectorNancy MeyersStarsKate WinsletCameron DiazJude LawTwo women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
- DirectorPeter SollettStarsMichael CeraKat DenningsAaron YooTwo newly acquainted music-lovers spend the night scouting the streets of New York City in search of their favourite band's surprise secret show. All the while, they're both being chased after by their tempting but devious exes.
- DirectorMetin HüseyinStarsKabir BediMax BeesleySanjeev BhaskarMeena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who have come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family. Anita is 14, blonde and beautiful, exactly what Meena thinks she wants to be. She becomes part of Anita's world, but events do not run smoothly. Meena is growing up, and that brings plenty of changes.
- DirectorGarth JenningsStarsBill MilnerWill PoulterJessica HynesDuring a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by First Blood (1982).
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJack BlackYasiin BeyDanny GloverTwo bumbling store clerks inadvertently erase the footage from all of the tapes in their video rental store. In order to keep the business running, they re-shoot every film in the store with their own camera, with a budget of zero dollars.
- DirectorDamien O'DonnellStarsOm PuriLinda BassettJordan RoutledgeIn early 1970s England, a Pakistani father finds the authority he has previously maintained challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children.
- DirectorMatt WilliamsStarsNatalie PortmanJames FrainAshley JuddA pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.
- DirectorTom VaughanStarsJames McAvoyAlice EveRebecca HallSet in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
- DirectorTerry ZwigoffStarsSteve BuscemiThora BirchScarlett JohanssonTwo eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.
- DirectorJared HessStarsJon HederEfren RamirezJon GriesA listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
- DirectorJamie BabbitStarsNatasha LyonneClea DuVallMichelle WilliamsA naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsJuliet StevensonAlan RickmanJenny HoweA woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost.A must watch if just to see why Juliet Stevenson is the mistress of on screen crying.