An inspirational story in the rich tradition of Music Of The Heart and Mr. Holland's Opus, THE CHORUS has moved critics everywhere to declare it one of the year's very best films! When he takes a job teaching music at a school for troubled boys, C...
The Chorus (Les Choristes) (2004)
Christophe Barratier
Kad Merad,Gerard Jugnot,Francois Berleand
General Romance,French,Foreign,Music & Performance,Romance,General Music,General Drama,Romantic Drama,Drama
City-dweller Jean de Florette (Gerard Depardieu - Cyrano De Bergerac, Green Card) moves his family to the Provence countryside in the 1920's to forge a new life as a farmer. But his proud, cocky neighbouring rival Le Papet (Yves Montand - Wages Of Fear, ...
Jean De Florette (1986)
Claude Berri
Daniel Auteuil,Yves Montand,Gerard Depardieu
General Drama,French,Foreign,Drama
Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, there is an extraordinary world - a world where something else is possible. A world called VAREKAI. From the sky falls a solitary young man, and the story of VAREKAI begins. Parachuted into the shadows ...
Cirque Du Soleil - Varekai (2002)
Dominic Champagne
Foreign,General Foreign,Performance Dance,Music & Performance
In a small New Zealand coastal villiage, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation, a male heir has succeeded to the chiefly title. When twins are born and the boy twin dies, Koro, the chief is unable to accept his grand-daught...
Whale Rider (2003)
Niki Caro
Keisha Castle-Hughes,Vicky Haughton,Rawiri Paratene,Cliff Curtis
Foreign,General Foreign,General Drama,Drama
The story of a lifelong love affair with the movies, Cinema Paradiso tells of a young boy in a small Italian village, where the only past time is a visit to the movies at the Cinema Paradiso. Enchanted by the flickering images, Salavtore yearns for the se...
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Leopoldo Trieste,Jacques Perrin,Salvatore Cascio,Philippe Noiret
Italian,Foreign,Romantic Drama,Romance,Drama
A bona-fide hit of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, Joyeux Noel is a warming story about courage and dignity that touched three nations that went to war in 1914. On Christmas Eve in Northern France, officers and soldiers from Scotland, Germany and France, w...
Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005)
Christian Carion
Guillaume Canet,Diane Kruger,Daniel Bruhl,Dany Boon,Gary Lewis,Benno Furmann
Military Drama,Military & War,Drama,Foreign,French,Action & Adventure
The year is 1989 and East and West Germany are still divided. Alex (Daniel Bruhl) and his sister Ariane (Maria Simon) live in East Germany with their single mother, Christiane (Katrin Sass) who is a staunch Socialist. When Alex's mother witnesses his ...
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
Wolfgang Becker
Daniel Bruhl,Alexander Beyer,Katrin Sass,Burghart Klaussner,Chulpan Khamatova,Florian Lukas,Maria Simon
Drama,Political Drama,General Comedy,General Drama,Foreign,General Foreign,Comedy
A group of actors staging an interpretive passion play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form, but against the growing opposition of the Catholic church. In his search for inform...
Jesus Of Montreal (1989)
Denys Arcand
Robert Lepage,Johanne-marie Tremblay,Catherine Wilkening,Lothaire Bluteau
General Drama,French,Foreign,Drama
Eyal is a professional hit man for the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service. After successfully eliminating a Hamas leader, he is charged with tracking down an aged ex-Nazi officer, Alfred Himmelmann, rumoured to still be alive. Posing as a tourist guide, E...
Walk On Water (2004)
Eytan Fox
Knut Berger,Lior Ashkenazi,Hanns Zischler,Eyal Rozales,Carola Regnier,Ernest Lenart,Yousef Sweid,Gideon Shemer,Caroline Peters
General Drama,Foreign,General Foreign,Drama
Following the life of an Ethiopian boy passed off as an African Jew to escape his ravaged country, Live and Become is a lush, moving and epic drama which spans two continents and two decades. Directed by Radu Mihaileanu (Train Of Life), the film blends re...
Live And Become (2005)
Radu Mihaileanu
Raymonde Abecassis,Yael Abecassis,Moshe Agazai,Sirak M. Sabahat,Mimi Abonesh Kebede,Roni Hadar,Yitzhak Edgar,Meskie Shibru Sivan,Roschdy Zem,Rami Danon,Moshe Abebe
General Drama,Foreign,French,Drama
One of the truly great films about innocence shattered by the macabre reality of war. Louis Malle based this semi-autobiographical film on a tragic childhood memory. The tale of two schollboys is set in the cruel winter of 1944 in occupied France, where...
Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) (1987)
Louis Malle
Gaspard Manesse,Raphael Fejto,Francine Racette
Foreign,General Drama,French,Drama
A bittersweet tale of an elderly college professor's journey from emotional isolation to redemption and, ultimately, personal renaissance. Isak Borg, whose self-indulgent cynicism has left him isolated, is bestowed an honorary University degree and mu...
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Ingmar Bergman
Bibi Andersson,Ingrid Thulin,Gunnar Bjornstrand,Folke Sundquist,Bjorn Bjelfvenstam,Victor Sjostrom,Jullan Kindahl,Naima Wifstrand,Gunnel Brostrom,Sif Ruud,Gunnar Sjoberg,Gertrud Fridh,Max Von Sydow
General Foreign,Foreign,General Drama,Drama
A sadistic group of power-tripping rich kids terrorise a young misfit at an elite private school during the fascist oppression of the 50s in Sweden. With his James Dean good looks, the highly intelligent and strong-willed Erik's real problem is his ab...
Evil (2003)
Mikael Hafstrom
Linda Zilliacus,Henrik Lundstrom,Filip Berg,Jesper Salen,Gustaf Skarsgard,Andreas Wilson
Foreign,General Foreign,General Drama,Drama
The 2003 Tour de France was the 100th edition, and it was also the most exciting race in years. Director, Pepe Danquart, had chosen 2003 to document the race through the highs & lows experienced by the Deutsche Telekom team focussing mainly on cyclist...
Hell On Wheels: A Tour For Heroes (2004)
Pepe Danquart
General Sports,General Foreign,Foreign,Sports & Fitness
Winner of the 2005 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, this extraordinary film is a tribute to the resiliency of children and the restorative power of art. The most stigmatized people in Calcutta's red light district are not the prostitutes, b...
Born Into Brothels (2004)
Zana Briski,Ross Kaufmann
Biographical,Art,Foreign,General Foreign,General Documentary,Documentary
Set in feudal Japan, Seibei is a low ranking Samurai and a widower, with two young daughters and an aging mother to support. One day, he encounters Tomoe, a childhood friend and beautiful divorcee and the two quickly strike up a friendship. Fearing he is ...
The Twilight Samurai (2003)
Yoji Yamada
Rie Miyazawa,Ren Osugi,Nenji Kobayashi,Hiroyuki Sanada
Drama,General Action,General Drama,Foreign,Japanese,Martial Arts,Action & Adventure
Hero director Zhang Yimou throws scene after stunning scene at you in House Of Flying Daggers, a dazzling epic of true breathtaking action, passionate romance, Oscar-nominated cinematography and serene beauty.Hoping she will lead them to her fellow assass...
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Yimou Zhang
Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Romance,Romantic Drama,General Action,Foreign,Chinese,Martial Arts,Drama,General Adventure,Action & Adventure
SHALL WE DANCE? is the irresistible romantic comedy that's charmed audiences and impressed critics everywhere! Mr. Sugiyama is an awkward and painfully shy middle-aged workaholic leading a mind-numbingly dull existence - until the day he catches a gli...
Shall We Dance (Shall We Dansu? - The Original) (1996)
Masayuki Suo
Koji Yakusho,Akira Emoto,Hideko Hara,Tamiyo Kusakari,Naoto Takenaka,Eriko Watanabe
Music & Performance,Romantic Comedy,Performance Dance,Foreign,Japanese,Romance,Comedy
No one is immune to the power of the seasons and their yearly cycle of birth, growth and decay. Not even the two monks who share a hermitage floating on a pond that is surrounded by mountains. As the seasons unfold, every aspect of their lives is infused ...
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... And Spring (2003)
Ki-Duk Kim
Young-min Kim,Jae-kyeong Seo,Ki-duk Kim,Young-soo Oh
General Foreign,Foreign,General Drama,Drama
One of the most influential films in the history of political cinema, Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers focuses on the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Shot in the streets of Algiers i...
The Battle of Algiers (1965)
Gillo Pontecorvo
Omar,Ugo Paletti,Samia Kerbash,Saadi Yacef,Brahim Haggiag,Fusia El Kader,Jean Martin
Foreign,General Foreign,General Drama,Military & War,Drama,Action & Adventure
Inspired by a true story, this critically acclaimed and award winning drama was the first entirely Afghani film made after the rise and fall of the Taliban. After the brutal Taliban regime bans women from working and forbids them to leave their homes with...
Osama (2003)
Siddig Barmak
Mohamed Haref Harati,Arif Herati,Mohamed Nader Khadjeh,Marina Golbahari,Zubaida Sahar
Foreign,General Drama,General Foreign,Drama
The original and unique portrait of the celebrated Italian opera star, filmed at the outset of her career and giving a fascinating insight into her background, personality and approach to her art. It is accompanied by the concert she gave at London's Sav...
Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait (1992)
Cecilia Bartoli
Foreign,Classical,General Foreign,Music & Performance
Lukas Moodyson's eagerly awaited third feature, following his hugely successful hit Together and his moving debut Show Me Love, is a touching and tender insight into the life of Lilya who lives in a poor suburb somewhere in the former Soviet Union.Lilya's...
Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
Lukas Moodysson
Liliya Shinkaryova,Oksana Akinshina,Artyom Bogucharsky,Tomas Neumann,Elina Benenson,Pavel Ponomaryov,Lyubov Agapova
General Drama,Foreign,General Foreign,Drama
Together is a coming-of-age tale interwoven with the harmony and intensity of a complex musical orchestration. Xiaochun is a 12-year-old boy, a talented violinist who lives with his father in a small, provincial Chinese city. Shy and sensitive, music is h...
Together (He Ni Zai Yi Qi) (2002)
Kaige Chen
Zhiwen Wang,Hye-ri Kim,Kaige Chen,Qiang Chen,Qing Zhang,Peiqi Liu,Hong Chen,Yun Tang,Bing Liu
General Drama,Foreign,Chinese,Drama
Two cops, four separate lives. Yan is a young academy graduate sent deep undercover to infiltrate the Triads. Ming is one of Hong Kong's most decorated cops who is actually working for the Triads. Infernal Affairs is a story of right and wrong, decept...
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Wai Keung Lau
Anthony Wong,Andy Lau,Eric Tsang,Tony Leung
Drama,Suspense & Thriller,Crime,General Drama,Foreign,Chinese,Action & Adventure
Fleeing Paris and the expectations of his charming girlfriend (Audrey Tautou) and his family, Xavier (Romain Duris) spends his college senior year in Barcelona as part of a student exchange program. Following his arrival, Xavier is soon thrust into a cult...
The Spanish Apartment (L'Auberge Espagnole) (2002)
Cedric Klapisch
Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris, Judith Godreche, Cecile De France, Kelly Reilly
Romance,Romantic Comedy,General Comedy,Foreign,French,Comedy
Few films have captured the raw essence of the wild like Director Jean Jacques Annaud's (Seven Years In Tibet, The Name Of The Rose) THE BEAR. Telling the story without dialogue, using strong visual images alone to engage the spectator, the film is clever...
The Bear (1988)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Andre Lacombe,Bart The Bear,Youk The Bear,Jack Wallace,Tcheky Karyo
Children & Family,Drama,Animal Tales,Family Drama,Family,General Adventure,General Drama,Foreign,French,Action & Adventure
Based on the beloved children's books, The Little Polar Bear is a wondrous, warmhearted feature-length tale sparkling with snowbound adventure, breathtaking animation and a gentle message about accepting others - even if they're different!Lars is a young ...
Little Polar Bear (Der Kleine Eisbar) (2003)
Thilo Graf Rothkirch,Piet De Rycker
Comedy,Children & Family,General Children,Animated Feature,Family Comedy,Family Drama,Foreign,General Foreign,Animated
Trouble is cooking for widower and master chef Chu who's about to discover that no matter how dazzling and delicious his culinary creations might be, they're no match for the libidinous whims of his three beautiful but rebellious daughters. A mast...
Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin Shi Nan Nu) (1994)
Ang Lee
Sylvia Chang,Yu-Wen Wang,Sihung Lung,Kuei-Mei Yang,Chien-Lien Wu
Drama,Romance,Chinese,Foreign,General Drama,Romantic Comedy,Comedy
Welcome to the happiest wedding of the year... This splashy, noisy audience pleaser from Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay!) is a chaotic comedy of manners. As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe, for a last-m...
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Mira Nair
Lillete Dubey,Tilotama Shome,Vijay Raaz,Vasundhara Das,Naseeruddin Shah,Shefali Shetty
Romance,Drama,General Comedy,General Romance,General Foreign,Foreign,General Drama,Comedy
