Legionario

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Runtime

2h 27m

Director

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

Runtime

2h

Director

Gavin Hood

Cast

Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep

The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publishing of twelve satirical cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed that was commissioned for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, provides the incendiary framework for Daniel Leconte's provocative documentary, It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Daniel LeConte

Cast

Philippe Val, Cabu, Charb

When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Peter Hyams

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. Barry

A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Robert Edwards

Cast

Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander