Into The Desert

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sw...

Runtime

2h

Director

Penny Marshall

Cast

Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end ...

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Peter Weir

Cast

Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Dominic Guard

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into Frenc...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Anne Fontaine

Cast

Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola

During WWII, head priest Henri Kremer is mysteriously freed from Dachau. He learns that he can return home to Luxembourg, for only nine days, during which he'll have to face a persuasive Gestapo chief who will put his faith to the test.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Cast

Ulrich Matthes, August Diehl, Hilmar Thate

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Alan Parker

Cast

Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins