The Housekeeper

Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

John Huston

Cast

Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually ...

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Sam Peckinpah

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Marc Forster

Cast

Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

David Cronenberg

Cast

Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

James L. Brooks

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear