A Son's Wedding

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

Runtime

2h

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny

A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.

Runtime

2h

Director

Doug Liman

Cast

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the pot...

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

David Lean

Cast

Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whos...

Runtime

2h 16m

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast

Brad Pitt, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, David Thewlis

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

François Truffaut

Cast

Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre