THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996)

162 min - Drama | Romance | War

Director: Anthony Minghella
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe

OVERVIEW

The moving story of a Hungarian mapmaker and his dying memories of the romance that tragically alters his life. Burned horribly in a fiery plane crash while crossing the Sahara Desert during WWII, he is tended to by a Canadian nurse with ghosts of her own and haunted by a thief seeking answers for a crime from his past.

BRAVEHEART (1995)

 177 min - Action | Biography | Drama

Director: Mel Gibson
Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan

OVERVIEW

William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)

 169 min  -  Action | Drama | War


Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore

OVERVIEW

James Ryan, who has parachuted into France during the Allied invasion of Europe, has just lost three brothers in combat. A team of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller and fresh from the beaches of Normandy, is assembled to find and save Private Ryan.

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

118 min  -  Crime | Drama | Thriller

Director: Jonathan Demme
Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney

OVERVIEW

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter, who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator, has the answers to their questions and can help locate the killer. However, Clarice must first gain Lecter's confidence before the inmate will give away any information.

LIAR LIAR (1997)

86 min - Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Director: Tom Shadyac
Stars: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper

OVERVIEW

Fletcher Reede, a fast talking attorney, habitual liar, and divorced father is an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He has a habit of giving precedence to his job and always breaking promises to be with his favorite young son Max, but Fletcher lets Max down once too often, for missing his own son's birthday party. But until then at 8:15 Max has decided to make an honest man out of him as he wishes for one whole day his dad couldn't tell a lie. When the wish comes true all Fletcher can do is tell the truth and cannot tell one lie.