Anything For A Dream

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

A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

François Truffaut

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid, an unstable homeless person, and ...

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

John Sayles

Cast

Vincent Spano, Tony Lo Bianco, Joe Morton

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Michael Haneke, Rudolf Melichar

Cast

Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot

A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Niels Arden Oplev

Cast

Bent Mejding, Janus Dissing Rathke, Sarah Juel Werner