5 Movies Starring Joshua Jackson

Magic in the Water

Magic in the Water

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-08-30

Languages:

English, Dutch

Countries:

Canada, USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (1522 Reviews)

Director:

Rick Stevenson

Cast:

Writer:

Rick Stevenson (screenplay)

Icel Dobell Massey (screenplay)

Ninian Dunet (story)

Rick Stevenson (story)

Icel Dobell Massey (story)

Fullplot:

Radio psychologist Jack Black takes his children Joshua and Ashley on a 'vacation' to a lake in British Columbia. While he grinds away at work the children discover that the famous local lake monster "Orky" may not be just a gimmick to attract tourists after all. In fact, Orky may enable them to get closer to their workaholic dad, and help stop local polluters who are dumping toxic waste into Orky's home.

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-23

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (27667 Reviews)

Director:

Bryan Singer

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen King (novel)

Brandon Boyce (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker (Mackellan) is Nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the concentration camps in WWII. Denker agrees and Bowden starts visiting him regularly. The more stories Bowden hears, the more it affects his personality.

The Skulls

The Skulls

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-03-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (25638 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Cohen

Fullplot:

Luke McNamara, a college senior from a working class background joins a secret elitist college fraternity organization called "The Skulls", in hope of gaining acceptance into Harvard Law School. At first seduced by the club's trapping of power and wealth, a series of disturbing incidents, such as his best friends suicide, leads Luke to investigate the true nature of the organization and the truth behind his friends supposed suicide. He starts realizing that his future and possibly his life is in danger.

Aurora Borealis

Aurora Borealis

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1446 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Duncan is a depressed 20-something who has just lost another job. He makes extra money by letting out his flat for his brother's romantic trysts, but when a job comes up as a caretaker in his grandparent's building he takes it. His grandfather has Parkinson's Disease and he and his wife have a caregiver whom Duncan finds compellingly upbeat. As they begin a tentative romance, and Duncan spends more time with his grandparents, he begins to face his feelings about the early loss of his father. A moving drama, set in a frigid Minnesota landscape.

One Week

One Week

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-03-06

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (9015 Reviews)

Director:

Michael McGowan

Fullplot:

Out of the blue, Ben learns he has stage IV cancer; survival, with treatment, is 10 percent. So this risk-averse, slow-to-act, quiet man buys a used motorcycle, says goodbye to Samantha, his baffled fiancèe, and heads west from Toronto. He imagines it's a quest for Grumps, a mythical figure from his childhood; he takes digital photos of various "world's largest" roadside attractions; he chats with strangers, including two women; his bike slips on a dead skunk on the highway. Calls to Samantha meet with pleading that he return for treatment and anger that he won't. He doesn't want to be a patient yet. But, will he make discoveries, and what about Grumps? What's important?

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