An eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement. (122 mins.)
Director: Marc Rocco
Stars: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. (129 mins.)
Director: John Lee Hancock
Stars: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Jae Head
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor. (117 mins.)
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Stars: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Brian Howe
The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. (121 mins.)
Director: Terry George
Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali
After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish. (135 mins.)
Director: Ron Howard
Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. (141 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier whom tried to rape her, a commoner begins a revolt and leads Scottish warriors against the cruel English tyrant who rules Scotland with an iron-fist. (177 mins.)
Director: Mel Gibson
Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
Based on the true story of the First Jamacian bobsled team trying to make it to the winter olympics. (98 mins.)
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis
Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day. (164 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds
ased on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII. (121 mins.)
Director: Bryan Singer
Stars: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. (150 mins.)
Director: Roman Polanski
Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl. (119 mins.)
Director: Scott Derrickson
Stars: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Campbell Scott
Biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of non-violent protest. (191 mins.)
Director: Richard Attenborough
Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s (121 mins.)
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. (131 mins.)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick