38 Movies Starring Susan Sarandon

The Front Page

The Front Page

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1974-12-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (8294 Reviews)

Director:

Billy Wilder

Cast:

Writer:

Ben Hecht (play)

Charles MacArthur (play)

Billy Wilder (screenplay)

I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Hildy Johnson is the top reporter on a Chicago newspaper during the 1920s. Tired of the whole game he's determined to quit his job to get married. His scheming editor, Walter Burns, has other plans though. It's the day before guilty (but insane) murderer, Earl Williams, is due to go to the gallows and Burns tempts Johnson to stay and write the story.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-08-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (93900 Reviews)

Director:

Jim Sharman

Cast:

Writer:

Richard O'Brien (original musical play)

Jim Sharman (screenplay)

Richard O'Brien (screenplay)

Fullplot:

It's the weird and wonderful as newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter a problem when their car halts in the rain. They both look for contact, only to find themselves at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite. A place to stay is offered, but will Brad and Janet want to remain there? Especially when a large group of Transylvanians dance to the 'Time Warp', Dr. Frank-N-Furter builds his own man and a whole host of participation for the audience to enjoy.

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-04-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (6697 Reviews)

Director:

Louis Malle

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Polly Platt (story)

Polly Platt (screenplay)

Louis Malle (story)

Fullplot:

In 1917, in the red light district Storyville, New Orleans, the prostitute Hattie lives with her twelve year-old daughter Violet in the fancy brothel of Madame Nell, where she works. Photographer Ernest J. Bellocq has an attraction to Hallie and Violet and he is an habituè of the whorehouse. One day, Madame Nell auctions Violet's virginity and the winner pays the fortune of US$ 400 to spend the night with the girl. Then Hattie marries a wealthy client and moves to Saint Louis, leaving Violet in the brothel alone. Violet decides to marry Bellocq and she moves to his house. Until the day that Hattie, who has overcome her past, comes to Bellocq's house with the intention to take Violet with her.

Atlantic City

Atlantic City

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-04-03

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (10655 Reviews)

Director:

Louis Malle

Fullplot:

Dreams. Becoming an Atlantic City croupier will help Sally realize her dream of going to Monte Carlo, a symbol of the glamorous life that has been evading her since escaping from Saskatchewan a decade ago. Lou dreams that he was a great mobster in the old days. Grace came to Atlantic City for a Betty Grable look-alike contest and stayed to become the wife of a mobster. A brief visit to Atlantic City by Sally's estranged husband will change the course of the lives of Sally and Lou.

Tempest

Tempest

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-08-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1729 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Mazursky

Cast:

Writer:

Leon Capetanos

Paul Mazursky

William Shakespeare (play)

Fullplot:

A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.

The Hunger

The Hunger

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-04-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (15534 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Scott

Cast:

Writer:

Ivan Davis (screenplay)

Michael Thomas (screenplay)

Whitley Strieber (novel)

Fullplot:

The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age... until Miriam has enough of them. Unfortunately that's currently the case with John, so his life expectancy is below 24 hours. Desperately he seeks help from the famous Dr. Sarah Roberts. She doesn't really belive his story, but becomes curious and contacts Miriam ... and gets caught in her ban, too.

The Witches of Eastwick

The Witches of Eastwick

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-06-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (44292 Reviews)

Director:

George Miller

Cast:

Writer:

John Updike (novel)

Michael Cristofer

Fullplot:

All three previously married but now single, best friends sculptress Alex Medford, cellist Jane Spofford and writer Sukie Ridgemont are feeling emotionally and sexually repressed, in large part due to the traditional mores overriding their small New England coastal town of Eastwick. After their latest conversation lamenting about the lack of suitable men in Eastwick and describing the qualities they are looking for in a man, mysterious Daryl Van Horne and his equally mysterious butler Fidel arrive in town. Despite being vulgar, crude, brazen and not particularly handsome, Daryl manages to be able to tap into the innermost emotions of the three friends, and as such manages to seduce each. In turn, the three women blossom emotionally and sexually. After an incident involving one of the town's leading citizens, the ultra conservative Felicia Alden, the three women begin to understand how and why Daryl is able to mesmerize them so fully. The three decide to experiment with some powers learned indirectly from Daryl so that they can hopefully regain control of their own lives.

Bull Durham

Bull Durham

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-06-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (34399 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Shelton

Fullplot:

Crash is an aging minor league ball player, brought up from another team to mature a young pitcher with maturity problems. Both of them become involved with Ann, a baseball groupie with her own perspective on the game.

Light Sleeper

Light Sleeper

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-03-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (3444 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Schrader

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

A drug dealer with upscale clientele is having moral problems going about his daily deliveries. A reformed addict, he has never gotten over the wife that left him, and the couple that use him for deliveries worry about his mental well-being and his effectiveness at his job. Meanwhile someone is killing women in apparently drug-related incidents.

Thelma & Louise

Thelma & Louise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-05-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (92798 Reviews)

Director:

Ridley Scott

Fullplot:

Louise is working in a diner as a waitress and has some problems with her boyfriend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police.

White Palace

White Palace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-10-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (5374 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Glenn Savan (novel)

Ted Tally (screenplay)

Alvin Sargent (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Max Baron (James Spader) is a 27-year-old high flying advertising executive still recovering from the death of his wife. One night he is in a bar when he meets Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) a 43-year-old waitress with a fixation on Marilyn Monroe. The couple gradually fall in love, though age and social differences mean that the path of true love is strewn with problems.

Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's Oil

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-01-15

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (15338 Reviews)

Director:

George Miller

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Until about the age of 7, Lorenzo Odone was a normal child. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare incurable degenerative brain disorder. Frustrated at the failings of doctors and medicine in this area, the Odones begin to educate themselves in the hope of discovering something which can halt the progress of the disease.

The Client

The Client

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-07-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (42676 Reviews)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Cast:

Writer:

John Grisham (novel)

Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

Robert Getchell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mark Sway is an 11 year old boy who lives with his mother and brother in a trailer. One day he and his brother are hanging out when a car pulls over beside them. The driver then sticks a hose in his exhaust and puts the other end into the car. Mark pulls it out. But the man sees him and grabs him and takes inside the car. The man talks to Mark then later shoots himself. The shock sends Mark's brother into a catatonic state. The police question him and slips out some stuff that makes them think he's saying more than he knows. Roy Foltrigg, a prosecutor with political ambitions tells Mark he wants to talk to him tomorrow. Mark feeling that he needs a lawyer, sees Reggie Love. Mark tells her about the man who killed himself. Reggie tells him he's a mob lawyer. And one of his clients is a member of a mob family who is suspected of killing a Senator who was trying to take down his family. But because the Senator's body is missing, they can't prosecute him. Reggie thinks Foltrigg thinks the lawyer told Mark where the body is which is why he wants to speak to him. Mark goes to meet Roy and when he threatens him, Mark steps out then Reggie comes in with a recording of his conversation with Mark telling him that made several violations. In the meantime, the mobster is told by the head of the family to take care of Mark. So he threatens Mark. Mark doesn't know what to do and learns that Reggie has some secrets of her own and is uncertain if he can trust her.

Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-02-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (69578 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Robbins

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Helen Prejean (book)

Tim Robbins

Fullplot:

A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed. While Matthew Poncelet and Sister Prejean desperately try to gain a stay of execution from the governor or the courts, scenes are intercut from the brutal crime, gradually revealing the truth about the events that transpired. In addition to her temporal help, the nun also tries to reach out spiritually and assist as a guide to salvation.

Stepmom

Stepmom

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-12-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (42504 Reviews)

Director:

Chris Columbus

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Gigi Levangie (story)

Gigi Levangie (screenplay)

Jessie Nelson (screenplay)

Steven Rogers (screenplay)

Karen Leigh Hopkins (screenplay)

Ronald Bass (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time mother, regards Isabel's efforts as offensively insufficient. She can't understand that work can be important to her as well as the kids. The conflict between them is deepened by the sudden diagnose of cancer, which might may be deadly for Jackie. They all have to learn a little in order to grow together.

Anywhere But Here

Anywhere But Here

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-11-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (14081 Reviews)

Director:

Wayne Wang

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Mona Simpson (book)

Alvin Sargent (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Fed up with her small-town Bay City existence, Adele August leaves her family and second husband and heads for Beverley Hills with her daughter. The teenager resents the move and her mother's always flamboyant behaviour and in turns plans to get away to university on the east coast. Mum's plans are different - she wants a movie star for a daughter.

Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-10-04

Languages:

English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (11585 Reviews)

Director:

Brad Silberling

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

A young man lingers in the family home of his fiancee, after her accidental death. While grieving along with her parents and drawn into legal issues presented by a district attorney seeking justice for the family, he finds himself falling in love with another woman, against his own best intentions.

The Banger Sisters

The Banger Sisters

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-09-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (11889 Reviews)

Director:

Bob Dolman

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

In West Hollywood, Suzette, now on the far side of middle age, has always been a party girl, leading a life solely for the here and now. When the here and now leads to her without a job, no money and thus no sense of whether her partying life has gotten her anywhere, she decides to go into her distant past to visit in Phoenix an old friend, Vinnie, who she has not seen or talked to in twenty years. In their shared past, Suzette and Vinnie were Los Angeles groupies coined the Banger Sisters for their penchant to sleep with any and all rock musicians who came through Southern California. Suzette does know however that Vinnie's life has changed, she married to Raymond, a lawyer who has political aspirations, the two who have two teenaged daughters. It is in part the reason she decides to visit now well off Vinnie, to see if she will lend her some money. Suzette reconsiders when she finds out just how far Vinnie has changed. She now goes by her full given name Lavinia, and is not only the model of conservatism and respectability, but will go to extreme lengths to control this respectable agenda, which probably does not include a friend from their wild past. Suzette guesses that Vinnie's family may not know about her past life. If Suzette does decide to see Vinnie, she may upset Vinnie's apple cart for good or bad. Suzette's life is also mutually affected by Harry Plummer, a man she picks picks up on the way to Phoenix. With an extreme case of OCD, fifty year old Harry is failed Hollywood screenwriter who is returning to his hometown of Phoenix to conclude some business regarding what he considers his failed life.

Ice Bound

Ice Bound

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-05-20

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

Canada, USA

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (454 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jerri Nielsen (book)

Maryanne Vollers (book)

Peter Pruce (teleplay)

Maria Nation (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Based on the true story of Dr Jerri Nielsen who contracted breast cancer during her one year outpost at the South Pole. Just as winter approached and everything is on lock down for 8 months with no flights available in and out of the Amundsen-Scott station, Dr Nielsen had to find a way to treat herself whilst enduring harsh weather conditions and limited medical resources.

Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-10-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (33059 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Chelsom

Cast:

Writer:

Masayuki Suo

Audrey Wells (screenplay)

Fullplot:

John Clark is a middle aged Chicago estate lawyer. He loves his family, which includes his wife Beverly, but their combined busy schedules and getting caught in a rut after two decades of marriage has left him feeling unfulfilled. While taking the el train home every night, he notices the same young, beautiful contemplative woman staring out of one of the windows of Miss Mitzi's Dance Studio, which specializes in ballroom. He is intrigued enough with her beauty and sadness to go in one evening on his way home. He learns that she is Paulina, one of the instructors and a former world class ballroom dancer. Because of her, he signs up for beginner group dance lessons, regardless of them being taught by Miss Mitzi herself, and not Paulina. As time progresses, John gets caught up in the lives of those at Miss Mitzi's: his two fellow classmates - overweight Vern who wants to learn to dance for his upcoming wedding, and Chic, who wants to impress the ladies - and two of the studio's competitive amateurs, opinionated and brash Bobbie, who is looking for a dance partner, and one person who surprises John and who just wants to be able to show his true colors to the world while hiding under a mask. But as Paulina slowly allows herself to be involved in their lives as well, despite she vowing not to fraternize with the students, John comes to the spoken realization of what he was looking for when he first spotted Paulina in the window. Similarly, each of those at the dance studio are looking for their small place in life with the right person, Paulina included. John may not get the happy ending that he wants as Beverly, based on circumstances, believes he is having an affair.

Romance & Cigarettes

Romance & Cigarettes

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (9609 Reviews)

Director:

John Turturro

Fullplot:

Nick and Kitty Murder are married middle-aged working class New Yorkers. Kitty catches Nick in an indiscretion when she finds a love poem, extolling the virtues of one specific body part, Nick wrote to his mistress, Tula. The poem is the last straw for Kitty regarding their marriage. Kitty has the support of their three grown daughters - biological or other - her cousin Bo, her pastor and others at the church. They help her with among other things finding and thus dealing with Tula, who she does not know, and looking back at if she made a mistake in choosing Nick over her first love. On the other side, Nick turns to his co-worker Angelo, and a local police officer/ex-military man for advice, which he also gets unsolicited from his tough talking mother. Nick still has Tula, a frank-talking Scottish sex shop clerk, who truly loves Nick's body parts as he loves hers. A little emotional distance may provide Nick and Kitty the best perspective of what their future holds.

Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-10-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (56114 Reviews)

Director:

Cameron Crowe

Fullplot:

After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should bring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life.

The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-01-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK, New Zealand

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (116441 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Jackson

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Fran Walsh (screenplay)

Philippa Boyens (screenplay)

Peter Jackson (screenplay)

Alice Sebold (novel)

Fullplot:

A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.

Irresistible

Irresistible

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (4495 Reviews)

Director:

Ann Turner

Fullplot:

Sophie Hartley is convinced that she is being stalked. She becomes increasingly certain that her husband's beautiful co-worker, Mara, wants her children, her husband and her life. But no one believes Sophie. Forced to prove her sanity, Sophie grows increasingly paranoid - but is she imagining things? Sophie becomes completely caught up in her obsession, turning stalker herself - and makes a discovery more frightening than her worst fear.

Bernard and Doris

Bernard and Doris

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2561 Reviews)

Director:

Bob Balaban

Fullplot:

Sympathetic look loosely based on the relationship between tobacco heiress, Doris Duke (1912-1993) - think Duke University - and her shy butler, Bernard Lafferty. The icy and mercurial Duke fires her butler for serving a chilled cantaloupe; the agency sends Lafferty, formerly household staff to Liz Taylor and to Peggy Lee. He's an alcoholic, fresh out of rehab. He gradually becomes Duke's gay alter ego as she romps through life sleeping with young men, making shrewd decisions quickly, managing her fortune and orchids as Lafferty manages her New Jersey estate. With a wine cellar to die for, Bernard falls off the wagon. Can he pull himself together when Doris needs him?

In the Valley of Elah

In the Valley of Elah

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-09-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (57436 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Haggis

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Haggis (screenplay)

Mark Boal (story)

Paul Haggis (story)

Fullplot:

In Monroe, Tennessee, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfield pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank seems to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him?

Speed Racer

Speed Racer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Australia, Germany

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (55382 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Andy Wachowski

Lana Wachowski

Tatsuo Yoshida (animated series "Speed Racer")

Fullplot:

The story begins with Speed Racer who is a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win The Crucible, a cross-country car racing rally that took the life of his older brother, Rex Racer. Speed is loyal to the family business, run by his parents Pops and Mom. Pops designed Speed's car, the Mach 5. The owner of Royalton Industries makes Speed a lucrative offer, Speed rejects the offer, angering the owner. Speed also uncovers a secret that top corporate interests, including Royalton, are fixing races and cheating to gain profit. With the offer to Speed denied, Royalton wants to ensure that Speed will not win races. Speed finds support from his parents and his girlfriend Trixie and enters The Crucible in a partnership with his one-time rival, Racer X, seeking to rescue his family's business and the racing sport itself.

Snitch

Snitch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-22

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, United Arab Emirates

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (59951 Reviews)

Director:

Ric Roman Waugh

Cast:

Writer:

Justin Haythe

Ric Roman Waugh

Fullplot:

Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive.

Middle of Nowhere

Middle of Nowhere

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-07-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2907 Reviews)

Director:

John Stockwell

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Summer in a small southern town: Grace wants to go to college, but her feckless mom has poisoned that well (no student loans because mom has welshed on credit cards in Grace's name). Dorian wants to escape from his snobbish adoptive parents. They team up to sell marijuana - she hopes for enough to go to college. Both investigate family secretes, and things get complicated when Dorian falls for her, Grace falls for someone else, and Grace's 15-year-old sister behaves badly. Can Dorian find independence and Grace get to college. And what constitutes a family, anyway?

The Greatest

The Greatest

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-11-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (6915 Reviews)

Director:

Shana Feste

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out she's pregnant, she winds up at the Brewer's door. She needs their help, and although they can't quite admit it, they each need her so they can begin to heal.

How to Make Money Selling Drugs

How to Make Money Selling Drugs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-12-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (5357 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Cooke

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Matthew Cooke

Grant Jolly (story)

Fullplot:

Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.

Solitary Man

Solitary Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-06-25

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (12760 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Ben Kalman is aging: he has heart problems, his marriage is over, he's lost a fortune after being caught cutting corners in his East Coast car business, and he's sleeping with as many women as possible - the younger the better. He's chosen his current girlfriend, Jordan, because her father can help him get a new auto dealership; she's asked him to escort her daughter, Allyson, 18, on a visit to a Boston college campus. He behaves badly, and there are consequences to his love life, his finances, and his relationship with his daughter and grandson. Is there anywhere he can turn?

The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-04-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (24106 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Redford

Cast:

Writer:

Lem Dobbs (screenplay)

Neil Gordon (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that exposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another.

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-05-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (53739 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Jay Duplass

Mark Duplass

Fullplot:

Jeff, at 30, lives in his mom's basement, unemployed, looking for signs about what to do with his life. He answers a wrong-number call for "Kevin". Later, on a bus, he sees someone wearing a jersey with "Kevin" on the back. Jeff follows him. Meanwhile, Jeff's brother, Pat, a tone-deaf salesman, upsets his wife by buying a Porsche they cannot afford; Pat runs into Jeff soon after and they see Pat's wife with another man. At her job, Jeff and Pat's mom receives e-mails from a secret admirer; she tries to figure out who it is. Misunderstandings, errors, and confrontations abound. A backup on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway brings things to a head.

The Calling

The Calling

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-08-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (4789 Reviews)

Director:

Jason Stone

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Scott Abramovitch (screenplay)

Inger Ash Wolfe (novel)

Fullplot:

Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Fort Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.

Arbitrage

Arbitrage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-09-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Poland

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (39172 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Robert Miller is a successful financial businessman with a loving wife and a smart daughter ready to take over the family business. Professional secrets involving illegal fraudulent activities start coming out at the same time that Robert's personal secrets take a turn for the worse and threaten to derail everything he has achieved.

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

30 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (3837 Reviews)

Director:

Adam Yauch

Fullplot:

Following the conclusion of the storyline in the "Fight For Your Right" music video, the Beasties break into a liquor store, drop acid with groupies, and get into a breakdance competition with time-traveling future versions of themselves.

Tammy

Tammy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-07-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (29404 Reviews)

Director:

Ben Falcone

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Tammy, who was recently fired from a Topper Jack's fast food restaurant, returns home only to find her husband enjoying a romantic meal with the neighbor. She quickly packs her necessities, and travels down three houses to her parent's home. Upon denied use of her mom's car to drive to Niagara Falls, she quickly resorts to an "ailing" grandmother, who also lives in the home...Only instead of traveling alone, Grandma Pearl wants in on the road trip. After realizing Grandma Pearl has the funds, they hit the road. Pearl soon proves to be quite the alcoholic despite her diabetes, and Tammy quickly turns into the "baby-sitter." From finding love in a bar to robbing a Topper Jack's in order to bail Pearl out of jail,the quirky adventure will have you finding yourself riding along for the misadventures of Tammy.

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