Martyr

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Sam Mendes

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates

Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Brian De Palma

Cast

Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slo...

Runtime

2h 38m

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Peter Mullan

Cast

Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy

A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

Runtime

2h 35m

Director

Clint Eastwood

Cast

John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Jude Law