Dissonance

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

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Fernando Meirelles

Cast

Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino

Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding differently to the harsh realities of street life. As tragedy strikes close to home, their friendship, choices, and hopes for a better future are put to the ultimate test.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

John Singleton

Cast

Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Cast

Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited pre-teen daughter Flora to the wilderness of 19th-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

Runtime

2h

Director

Jane Campion

Cast

Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill