Under the Grey Sky

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named R...

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Frank Darabont

Cast

Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Runtime

3h 27m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Cast

Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro

A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form intellect by living together in a community of 'idiots'. Their primary activity becomes going out into the world of 'normal' people and pretending to be mentally incompetent. They take advantage of this situ...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Lars von Trier

Cast

Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

Runtime

3h 1m

Director

Kevin Costner

Cast

Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant