Routines

After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite their never having met. Will their paths collide despite the odds?

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Nora Ephron

Cast

Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Ross Malinger

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the...

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Gavin Hood

Cast

Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin'...

Runtime

2h

Director

Spike Lee

Cast

Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee

Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Peter Jackson

Cast

Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring sc...

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Anthony Minghella

Cast

Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law