Champion

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Cast

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Sam Mendes

Cast

Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch

A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Isabel Coixet

Cast

Sarah Polley, Amanda Plummer, Scott Speedman

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

Runtime

2h 12m

Director

Clint Eastwood

Cast

Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Lone Scherfig

Cast

Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen