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County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that h...

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Stephen Daldry

Cast

Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Gary Lewis

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influe...

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Tony Kaye

Cast

Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo

A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Isabel Coixet

Cast

Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Cámara

The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Lone Scherfig

Cast

Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying o...

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Richard Brooks

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives