About Schmidt (2002)
Jack Nicholson is a 66-year-old insurance man, recently widowed and retired, in Omaha, Nebraska
American Splendor (2002)
True story about misfit who creates a popular comic series based on his own life.
Arlington Road (1999)
A bereaved lecturer begins to think his neighbour is a terrorist.
Cat Person (2023)
College student Margot meets 33-year-old Robert at the cinema where she works. After a casual flirtation at the concession stand, they carry on conversations through texts. As their perceptions of each other collide, events spiral out of control. Based on The New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian.
Charlie Bartlett (2007)
A bright but troubled rich kid unexpectedly finds himself in the American ‘public school’ system – and finds a novel way of beating the bullies.
The Daytrippers (1996)
Discovery of a 'love letter' sparks razor-sharp road trip.
Duma (2005)
Road movie on a motorbike in South Africa with 10-year-old Xan and his cheetah cub buddy.
Genova (2008)
In a foreign city, a young girl begins to catch glimpses of the mother she lost in a car crash.
Hearts In Atlantis (2001)
Anthony Hopkins is a psychic lodger in the Fifties home of 11-year-old Anton Yelchin.
The Hoax (2006)
A writer creates a media sensation with his fake biography of Howard Hughes.
Infamous (2006)
Truman Capote researches the Clutter murders for In Cold Blood.
The Matador (2005)
The last fling of a burned out hitman and his uncommon friendship with a failing businessman.
The Nines (2007)
Alternative reality comedy thriller about a man who may or may not be a celebrity.
Proof (2005)
The mathematics of personal relationships, confused by an equation of madness.
Real Steel (2011)
A hustler in the robot-fighting business, down on his luck, finds himself responsible for the son he walked out on years before.
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
The story of a theatre director's drive to produce his masterwork.
The Weather Man (2005)
How to make a fractured family work without falling apart.
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