Rejected

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

François Ozon

Cast

Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

Runtime

2h 37m

Director

Ridley Scott

Cast

Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Pa...

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

René Clément

Cast

Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Philippe de Chérisey

In 17th-century Tuscany, a church play is performed for the benefit of young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she a...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone

Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Peter Howitt

Cast

Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch