8 Movies Starring Alexander Skarsgèrd

The Giver

The Giver

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-08-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (72787 Reviews)

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Genres:

DramaSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Mitnick (screenplay)

Robert B. Weide (screenplay)

Lois Lowry (book)

Fullplot:

After The Ruin, a colorless equalitarian society is formed without memories and everyone follows rules established by the Chief Elder and the Elders. The population uses drugs to stay happy and on the day of the graduation, the teenagers leave their childhood and are assigned to a career chosen by the Elders. Jonas lives with his parents and has two best friends, Fiona and Asher, and he feels different from his friends. He is assigned to be the Receiver of Memories and he is trained by his mentor, The Giver, who gives memories of the world before The Ruin. Jonas learns emotions such as love and fear and the concept of family. When he discovers that the baby Gabriel that he loves as a brother will be eliminated, he decides to change his society but the Chief Elder will do anything to stop him.

Generation Kill

Generation Kill

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-07-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

70 min

Rated:

TV-MA

IMDB Ratings:

8.7 (29637 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Fullplot:

A Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (25541 Reviews)

Director:

Rod Lurie

Cast:

Writer:

Rod Lurie (screenplay)

David Zelag Goodman (earlier screenplay)

Sam Peckinpah (earlier screenplay)

Gordon Williams (novel)

Fullplot:

Screenwriter David Sumner travels with his wife Amy in his Jaguar to her homeland Blackwater, in the Mississippi. Amy's father has passed away and David intends to write his screenplay about Stalingrad in the house. David hires the contractor Charlie and his team to repair the roof of the Barn. Amy was the sweetheart of Charlie when she lived there and neither him nor his crew show respect to her. Charlie invites David to hunt deers with his group and him but they leave David alone in the woods and rape Amy. She does not tell to David what happened but when the drunken coach Tom Heddon calls Charlie and his friends to hunt down the slow Jeremy Niles that likes his daughter, David decides to protect not only Jeremy, but also Amy and his honor.

Battleship

Battleship

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-05-18

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (190345 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Berg

Fullplot:

Based on the classic Hasbro naval combat game, Battleship is the story of an international fleet of ships who come across an alien armada while on Naval war games exercise. An intense battle is fought on sea, land and air. What do the aliens want?

Melancholia

Melancholia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-05-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (116835 Reviews)

Director:

Lars von Trier

Genres:

DramaSci-Fi

Fullplot:

On the night of her wedding, Justine is struggling to be happy even though it should be the happiest day of her life. It was an extravagant wedding paid for by her sister and brother-in-law who are trying to keep the bride and all the guests in-line. Meanwhile, Melancholia, a blue planet, is hurtling towards the Earth. Claire, Justine's sister, is struggling to maintain composure with fear of the impending disaster.

The East

The East

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-06-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (38544 Reviews)

Director:

Zal Batmanglij

Fullplot:

A successful operative for an elite private intelligence firm is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.

What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (18800 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Nancy Doyne (screenplay)

Carroll Cartwright (screenplay)

Henry James (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

What Maisie Knew is a contemporary New York City revisioning of the Henry James novel by the same name. It revolves around unwitting 7-year-old Maisie, caught in the middle of a custody battle between her mother Susanna, an aging rock star, and her father, Beale, a major art dealer.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-08-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(1156 Reviews)

Director:

Marielle Heller

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Phoebe Gloeckner (novel)

Marielle Heller (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.

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