Foxglove

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely...

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Jim Sheridan

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan

Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Stephen Frears

Cast

Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe

A grim police detective embarks on a one-man crusade to track down a depraved sex maniac when a nightclub deejay receives a disturbing series of obscene phone calls. Finding himself getting far too close to the victim for comfort, the hard-boiled cop must track down the unbalanced pervert before he can carry out his sick threats.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Joseph Cates

Cast

Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray

A teenager decides to shut himself off from the world around him after receiving bad news.

Runtime

3m

19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him s...

Runtime

1h 43m

Cast

Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance