6 Movies Starring Sophie Okonedo

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Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-05-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

81 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1006 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jimmy McGovern

Paul Henry Powell

Fullplot:

Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a wide sweep of jagged emotions, and in the process gives himself and those who love him the strength to carry on.

Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-05

Languages:

English, Somali, Spanish, French

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (33015 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Fullplot:

Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant leading a hard life and struggling to survive in London's underground. He works as a hotel receptionist in the night time and as he has a doctor degree he practices some medicine, during the day, in a very odd way . Besides that he must constantly escape from Immigration officers. One day Okwe discovers by chance an illegal scheme of surgeries is being lead by Juan, his boss in the hotel. Juan quickly comes up with a tempting proposal: if Okwe accepts to perform the illegal surgeries he makes a lot of money and gets legalized situation in the U.K. Can Okwe keep his moral values intact?

èon Flux

èon Flux

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-12-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (106431 Reviews)

Director:

Karyn Kusama

Genres:

ActionSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Phil Hay

Matt Manfredi

Peter Chung (characters)

Fullplot:

400 years in the future, set in the year 2415, Aeon Flux is a mysterious assassin. Four centuries after a virus nearly annihilated the human race, leaving only five million survivors in a utopian city called Bregna. Aeon is struggling to destroy the Goodchild regime led by its namesake, Trevor Goodchild, the ruler of Bregna and a descendant of the man who found a cure for the deadly virus. As instructed by the Handler, Aeon is assigned to assassinate Goodchild, but there are deeper secrets to be discovered, and conspiracies to be foiled.

Martian Child

Martian Child

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (16786 Reviews)

Director:

Menno Meyjes

Cast:

Writer:

Seth Bass (screenplay)

Jonathan Tolins (screenplay)

David Gerrold (novel)

Fullplot:

What's the nature of being a parent and of being a child? David is a widower grieving for two years. He writes science fiction and was considered weird as a boy. He meets Dennis, a foster child who claims to be on a mission from Mars, stays in a large box all day, fears sunlight, and wears a belt of flashlight batteries so he won't float away. David takes the six-year-old home on a trial. His sister and his wife's best friend offer support, but the guys are basically alone to figure this out. Dennis takes things, is expelled, and is coached by David in being normal. Will the court approve the adoption, and will Dennis stay? Can a man become a father and a child become a son?

Skin

Skin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-07-24

Languages:

English, Zulu

Countries:

UK, South Africa

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2629 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Fabian

Cast:

Writer:

Helen Crawley (screenplay)

Jessie Keyt (screenplay)

Helena Kriel (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

After Earth

After Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (146253 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gary Whitta (screenplay)

M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay)

Will Smith (story)

Fullplot:

One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.

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