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The Night of the Iguana (1964)

Duration 2h 5m Ratings UK: X, USA: Approved, Spain: 13 Source of story A play by Tennessee Williams of the same name Director John Huston Writers/Script Anthony Veiller, John Huston Starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon, Skip Ward, Grayson Hall, Ratings IMDb: 7.6/10 by 14k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: ? . Review2view: 7.5/10. … Continue reading

A Sacrifice (2024)

Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: Not released, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director Jordan Scott Writers/Script Jordan Scott, Nicholas Hogg Starring Eric Bana, Sadie Sink, Sylvia Hoeks, Jonas Dassler, Ratings IMDb: 5.0/10 by 5.3k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 4.6/10 by 16 reviewers. Review2view: 3/10. Plot of A Sacrifice: Ben Monroe is … Continue reading

The Instigators (2024)

Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Brazil: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director Doug Liman Writers/Script Chuck Maclean, Casey Affleck Starring Matt Damon, Hong Chau, Jack Harlow, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alfred Molina, Casey Affleck, Ron Perlman, Toby Jones, Ving Rhames Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 38k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 5.4/10 by 156 reviewers. … Continue reading

God is a Bullet (2023)

Duration 2h 36m Ratings UK: Not exhibited, USA: Not Rated, Spain: 18 Source of story A book of the same name by Boston Teran, apparently inspired by real events. Director Nick Cassavetes Writers/Script Nick Cassavetes Starring Maika Monroe, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Carl Glusman, January Jones, Jamie Fox, Ratings IMDb: 5.7/10 by 8.3 k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading

The End (2024)

Duration 2h 28m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: R, Germany: 12 Source of story An original screenplay, maybe after someone had visited a salt mine. Director Joshua Oppenheimer Writers/Script Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer Starring Tilda Swinton, George Mackay, Moses Ingram, Michael Shannon, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnery, Lennie James, Ratings IMDb: 5.5/10 by 1.9k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading

Lee (2023 – 2025 in Spain)

Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A 1985 book ‘The Lives of Lee Miller’ by Anthony Penrose. Director Ellen Kuras Writers/Script Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee Starring Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skasgård, Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Ratings IMDb: 6.9/10 by 25k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 6.5/10 by … Continue reading

The Little Things (2021)

Duration 2h 8m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director John Lee Hancock Writers/Script John Lee Hancock Starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto,  Ratings IMDb: 6.3/10 by 134k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 5.4/10 by 264 reviewers. Review2view: 4.5/10.. Plot of The Little Things: Joe Deacon is a deputy … Continue reading

Eye of the Beholder (1999)

Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain: 13 Source of story A book of the same name by Marc Behm Director Stephan Elliott Writers/Script Stephan Elliott Starring Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergen, Genevieve Bujold, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 336k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 3.4/10 by 88 reviewers. Review2view: 4/10. Plot of Eye of … Continue reading

The Apprentice (2024)

Duration 2h 2m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story The real early life of Trump as a property developer. Director Ali Abbasi Writers/Script Gabriel Sherman Starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Martin Donovan, Maria Bakalova, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 47k People.  Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 by 242 reviewers. Review2view: 7.5/10. Plot of The … Continue reading

Hostage (2005)

Duration 1h 53m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story A 2001 book of the same name by Robert Crais Director Florent-Emilio Siri Writers/Script Doug Richardson Starring Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn, Ben Foster, Robert Knepper, Serena Scott Thomas, Ratings IMDb: 6.5/10 by 115k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 5.1/10 by … Continue reading

Disclosure (1994)

Duration 2h 8m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story A novel of the same name by Michael Crichton Director Barry Levinson Writers/Script Paul Attanasio Starring Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Roma Maffia, Jacqueline Kim, Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 56k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 6/10 by 63 reviewers. Review2view: 7/10. Plot of … Continue reading

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Duration 2h 8m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 16 Source of story Loosely based on the murders of three civil rights workers in Nashoba County in 1964. Director Alan Parker Writers/Script Chris Gerolmo Starring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad dourif, R. Lee Emery, Stephen Tobolowsky, Frankie Faison, Tobin Bell, Ratings IMDb: 7.8/10 … Continue reading

Emilia Pérez (2024)

Duration 2h 12m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A book Écoute by Boris Razon Director Jacques Audiard Writers/Script Jacques Audiard and others Starring Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascón, Selena Gomez, Edgar Ramirez Ratings IMDb: 5.6 by 66,000 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8/10 by 258 reviewers. Review2view 5/10. Plot of Emilia Pérez: … Continue reading

The Brutalist (2024)

Duration 3h 34m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay, it is suggested, based on the lives of a number of Brutalist architects. Director Brady Corbet Writers/Script Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Ratings IMDb: 8/10 by 12k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7/10 by 244 … Continue reading

Conclave (2024)

Duration 2h 00m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG, Denmark: 11 Source of story A book of the same name by Robert Harris Director Edward Berger Writers/Script Peter Straughan Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, Carlos Diehz, Ratings IMDb: 7.4/10 by 38k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 8.1/10 by 265 reviewers. Review2view: 8/10 . Plot … Continue reading

Cry-Baby (1990)

Duration 1h 25m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 7 Source of story An original screenplay Director John Waters Writers/Script John Waters Starring Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Traci Lords, Willem Dafoe, Ratings IMDb: 6.5/10 by 66k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 6.6/10 by 62 reviewers. Review2view 6/10. Plot of Cry-Baby: It … Continue reading

Road Games (1981)

Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: AA, USA: PG, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Richard Franklin Writers/Script Everett De Roche Starring Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 9.7k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 7.9/10 by 12 reviewers. Review2view: 6.5/10 . Plot of Road Games: Pat Quid is truck driver in Australia, … Continue reading

On the Line (2022)

Duration 1h 44m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay Director Romuald Boulanger Writers/Script Romuald Boulanger Starring Mel Gibson, William Mosely, Alia Seror-O’Neill, Paul Spera Ratings IMDb: 5.4/10 by 16k people .  Rotten Tomatoes: 4/10 bby 25 reviewers. Review2view: 4/10. Plot of On the Line: A midnight shock jock, … Continue reading

Skyscraper (2018)

Duration 1h 42m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A not very original screenplay with echoes of Die Hard and Towering Inferno. Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Writers/Script Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Moller, Ratings IMDb: 5.8/10 by 138k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 5.2/10 by 293 Reviewers. … Continue reading

The Room Next Door (2024)

Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A novel by Sigrid Nunez Director Pedro Almodóvar Writers/Script Pedro Almodóvar Starring Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturo, Ratings IMDb: 7.0/10 by 3.4k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3/10 by 92 reviewers. Review2view 6.5/10. Plot of the Room Next Door: Ingrid is an author, … Continue reading

The Contract (2006)

Duration 1h 36m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 13 Source of story An original screenplay Director Bruce Beresford Writers/Script Stephen Katz, John Darrouzet Starring John Cusack, Jamie Anderson, Morgan Freeman, Alice Krige, Megan Dodds, Corey Johnson, Ratings IMDb: 5.6/10 by 26k people .  Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by 6 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. Plot of The … Continue reading

Juror No 2 (2024)

Duration 1h 53m Ratings  USA: PG-13,  Source of story An original screenplay with echoes of 12 Angry Men Director Clint Eastwood Writers/Script Jonathan A. Abrams Starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Kiefer Sutherland Ratings IMDb: 7.4/10 by 1.6k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 by 75 reviewers. Review2view: 7/10. Plot of Juror No 2: … Continue reading

The Snowman (2017)

Duration 1h 59m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story Novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø Director Tomas Alfredson Writers/Script Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, Søren Sveistrup Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson, J.K. Simmons, Val Kilmer, Toby Jones, Adrian Dunbar, Chloë Sevigny, Sofia Helin, Ratings IMDb: 5.2/10 … Continue reading

Red Lights (2012)

Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Rodrigo Cortés Writers/Script Rodrigo Cortés Starring Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Nero, Toby Jones, Joely Richardson, Elizabeth Olsen, Burn Gorman, Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 67k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 4.85/10 by 92 reviewers. Review2view: 6.8/10. Plot of Red … Continue reading

Blue Jasmine (2013)

Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 7 Source of story Said to be based on “A Streetcar Names Desire”. Director Woody Allen Writers/Script Woody Allen Starring Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 214k people .  Rotten Tomatoes: 90% by 233 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading

Killers Anonymous (2019)

Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: -, USA: R, Denmark: – Source of story An original screenplay Director Martin Owen Writers/Script Seth Johnson, Elizabeth Morris, Martin Owen Starring Tim McInnerny, Elizabeth Morris, Jessica Alba, Gary Oldman, Sadie Frost, Ratings IMDb: 4/10 by 10k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by 9 reviewers. Review2view: 0/10. Plot of Killers Anonymous: … Continue reading

Blue Thunder (1983)

Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay. Director John Badham Writers/Script Dan O’Bannon, Don Jakoby Starring Roy Schneider, Warren oats, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, Joe Santos, Malcolm McDowell, Anna Forrest Ratings IMDb: 6.4/10 by 24k people .  Rotten Tomatoes: 6.6/10 by 23 reviewers. Review2view: 5/10. Plot … Continue reading

Good (2008)

Duration 1h 32m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Netherlands: 12 Source of story A stage play of the same name by C.P. Taylor. Director Vincente Amorin Writers/Script John Wrathall Starring Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Mark Strong, Gemma Jones, Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10.  Rotten Tomatoes: . Review2view: 6.3/10 Plot of Good: John Halder, a professor … Continue reading

The Father (2020)

Duration 1h 37m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A film version of a French play of the same name by Florian Zeller Director Florian Zeller Writers/Script Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton Starring Anthony Hophins, Olivia Coleman, Mark Gatiss, olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, Ratings IMDb: 8.2/10 by 197k people.  Rotten … Continue reading

The Night of the Generals (1967)

Duration 2h 28m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG, Spain: 18 Source of story Loosely based on a novel of that name by Hans Hellmut Kirst Director Anatole Litvak Writers/Script Joseph Kessel, Paul Dehn Starring Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtney, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Phillippe Noiret, Charles Gray, John Gregson, Nigel Stock, Christopher Plummer, Gordon … Continue reading

Videodrome (1983)

Duration 1h 27m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, France: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director David Cronenberg Writers/Script David Cronenberg Starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, Debbie Harry, David Cronenberg, Ratings IMDb: 7.2/10 by 104k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 83% by 59 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10 . Plot of Videodrome: Max Renn is the boss of … Continue reading

Sharky’s Machine (1981)

Duration 2h 2m Ratings UK: X, USA: R, Spain: 18 Source of story Film of a book of the same name by William Diehl Director Burt Reynolds Writers/Script Gerald Di Pego Starring Burt Reynolds, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith, Charles Durning, Henry Silva, Rachel Ward, Ratings IMDb: 6.3/10 by 6.8k people .  Rotten Tomatoes: 83% by … Continue reading

The Russia House (1990)

Duration 2h 3m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Norway: 5 Source of story A 1989 book of the same name by John Le Carré Director Fred Schepisi Writers/Script Tom Stoppard Starring Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox, John Mahoney, Michael Kitchen, J.T.Walsh, Ken Russell, David Threlfall, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Martin Clunes, Ian McNeice, … Continue reading

The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

Duration 2h 19m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A book of the same name by Patricia Highsmith Director Anthony Minghella Writers/Script Anthony Minghella Starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchette, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, Ratings IMDb: 7.4/10 by 248k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 85% by 138 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading

Memory (2024 in Spain)

Duration 1h 43m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Michel Franco Writers/Script Michel Franco Starring Jessica Chastain, Brooke Timber, Peter Sarsgaard, Josh Charles, Jessica Harper, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 4.4k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 85% by 111 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10 . Plot of Memory: Sylvia is a woman … Continue reading

Mother’s Instinct (2024)

Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, Spain 16, Brazil: 14 Source of story  2018 film by Olivier Masset-Depasse, itself based on a 2012 French novel by Barbara Abel. Director Benoit Delhomme Writers/Script Sarah Conradt Starring Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Anders Danielsen Lie, Josh Charles, Ratings IMDb: 6.3/10 by 6.3k people .  Rotten Tomatoes: 55% by … Continue reading

The Duke (2020)

Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: R, Spain: 7 Source of story An interpretation of real events. Director Roger Michell Writers/Script Richard Bean, Clive Coleman Starring Jim Broadbent, James Wilby, Matthew Goode, Helen Mirren,  Anna Maxwell Martin, Fionn Whitehead, Ratings IMDb: 6.9/10 by 13k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 97% by 129 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. Plot … Continue reading

Freud’s Last Session (2024 in Spain)

Duration 1h 48m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Brazil: 14 Source of story Based on a play by Mark St. Germain itself based on a book “The Question of God” by Armand Nicholi. Director Matt Brown Writers/Script Mark St. Germain, Matt Brown Starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fires, Jodi Balfour, Jeremy Northam, Orla … Continue reading

Shaft: The Return (2000)

Duration 1h 39m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A riff on the 1970s trilogy, which were based on a novel “Shaft” by Ernest Tidyman. Director John Singleton Writers/Script Richard Price, John Singleton, Shane Salerno Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Richard Roundtree, Pat Hingle, … Continue reading

The Age of Adaline (2015)

Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 7 Source of story An original screenplay Director Lee Toland Krieger Writers/Script J. Mills Goodloe, Salvador Paskowitz, Starring Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, Ratings IMDb: 7.2/10 by 204k people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 55% by 173 reviewers. Review2view 5.5/10. Plot of … Continue reading

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