Shades of Desire

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.

Runtime

2h 38m

Director

Ang Lee

Cast

Tang Wei, Tony Leung Chiu-wai

A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Phil Joanou

Cast

Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman

A New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Jane Campion

Cast

Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Bob Rafelson

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Brian De Palma

Cast

Nancy Allen, Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson