MyMovies: Must See
by CrazyMaryT | created - 10 Aug 2011 | updated - 10 Aug 2011 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. In the Bedroom (2001)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama
A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.
Director: Todd Field | Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 42,437 | Gross: $35.93M
2. The Governess (1998)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
In this sensuous romance, Minnie Driver stars as a governess who is hired into a remote Scottish household and strongly affects all those she comes into contact with.
Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Florence Hoath, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Votes: 3,155 | Gross: $3.90M
3. The Remains of the Day (1993)
PG | 134 min | Drama, Romance
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve
Votes: 84,484 | Gross: $22.95M
4. Normal (2003 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama
A Midwestern husband and father announces her plan to have a sex change operation.
Director: Jane Anderson | Stars: Richard Bull, Mary Seibel, Danny Goldring, Jessica Lange
Votes: 3,486
5. Shadowlands (1993)
PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Julian Fellowes, Roddy Maude-Roxby
Votes: 20,451 | Gross: $25.84M
6. The Killing Fields (1984)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands
Votes: 59,233 | Gross: $34.70M
7. The Man in the Moon (1991)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Romance
A coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. when Elvis was King.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Gail Strickland, Reese Witherspoon
Votes: 18,466 | Gross: $2.85M
8. Mindwalk (1990)
PG | 112 min | Drama
Philosophical conversations between a poet, politician, and scientist.
Director: Bernt Amadeus Capra | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, John Heard, Ione Skye
Votes: 3,251 | Gross: $0.77M
9. Rancho Deluxe (1975)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Ashley, Clifton James
Votes: 2,152
10. Shepherd on the Rock (2014)
90 min | Drama
A developer tries to take over a Scottish shepherd's land.
Director: Bob Keen | Stars: Bernard Hill, Oak, John Bowles, Doug Bradley
Votes: 95
11. Shirley Valentine (1989)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesn't even recognize her.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman
Votes: 8,911 | Gross: $6.35M
12. Bellman and True (1987)
R | 150 min | Crime, Drama
Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last... See full summary »
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Richard Hope, Ken Bones
Votes: 529 | Gross: $0.23M
13. Cannibal Maniac (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 23 min | Action, Horror, Short
While conducting a geological survey, a man finds a cursed relic. Dominated by its power, he becomes a mindless flesh hungry maniac.
Directors: Lou Garcia, Annette Martinez | Stars: Lou Garcia, Casey Grant, Chris Macedo, Annette Martinez
Votes: 29
14. The Full Monty (1997)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Wim Snape
Votes: 114,139 | Gross: $45.95M
15. The Great Gatsby (1974)
PG | 144 min | Drama, Romance
A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black
Votes: 26,868 | Gross: $6.74M
16. Interiors (1978)
PG | 92 min | Drama
Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt
Votes: 20,939
17. Lantern Hill (1989 TV Movie)
111 min | Drama, Family
Jane, a young Toronto girl, tries to reunite her estranged parents during the 1930's, sick of her strict private school and abusive, nasty grandmother.
Director: Kevin Sullivan | Stars: Mairon Bennett, Sam Waterston, Patricia Phillips, Zoe Caldwell
Votes: 324
18. Lincoln (1988)
188 min | Drama, History, War
After arriving in Washington in 1861 after his election, Abraham Lincoln struggles with personal and political problems during his Presidency.
Stars: Sam Waterston, Mary Tyler Moore, Richard Mulligan, Deborah Adair
Votes: 450
19.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Caught on a Train
(1980)
80 min | Drama
Peter boards a train to attend an important business meeting across Europe. His train trip is made more complicated by two women also assigned to his train compartment. One is an ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck, Michael Sheard
Votes: 370
20. Falling (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Henry Kent (Michael Kitchen) meets writer Daisy Langrish (Dame Penelope Wilton) and offers to take care of her overgrown garden. A relationship develops, but Mr. Kent is fooling no one but Daisy.
Director: Tristram Powell | Stars: Michael Kitchen, Penelope Wilton, Micaiah Dring, Philip McGinley
Votes: 227
21. Reckless (1997)
310 min | Drama, Romance
Young doctor Owen Springer returns to Manchester to care for his ailing father and proceeds to fall in love with an older woman, who just happens to be married to his boss.
Stars: Francesca Annis, Michael Kitchen, Robson Green, Conor Mullen
Votes: 575
22. Alibi (2003 TV Movie)
180 min | Thriller, Drama
"Alibi" is a thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humour along the way. Greg is discovered with the dead body of his wife's lover by Marcey, a public servant moonlighting as ... See full summary »
Director: David Richards | Stars: Michael Kitchen, Sophie Okonedo, Phyllis Logan, Simon Hyde
Votes: 443
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