Cast:

Kate Winslet as Sarah Pierce
Patrick Wilson as Brad Adamson
Jennifer Connelly as Kathy Adamson
Gregg Edelman as Richard Pierce
Sadie Goldstein as Lucy Pierce
Ty Simpkins as Aaron Adamson

Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Tom Perrotta, Little Children follows the family life of young, unfulfilled suburbanites, Sarah (Winslet) and Brad (Wilson), whose relatively mundane and protected lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community. When a brief encounter at a neighborhood park leads them down a fateful path, their lives, and the lives of their children, take a surprising and potentially perilous turn.

Trivia:

In the book Patrick Wilson’s character is called Todd. It was changed to Brad, probably because the writer and director of the film is Todd Field.

When the shot pans over Sarah’s books, they include John Updike’s “Couples” also about married couples in adulterous affairs in the suburbs.

In the novel, the character Ronnie bears very little physical resemblance to Jackie Earle Haley, being an overweight, balding chain-smoker who wears glasses. The novel makes the character even less likable and is a little clearer on whether he actually was involved in the little girl’s disappearance.

Awards:

Academy Awards
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jackie Earle Haley nominated
Best Actress in a Leading Role Kate Winslet nominated
Best Screenplay – Adapted Todd Field and Tom Perrotta nominated

Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Kate Winslet nominated
Best Film – Drama nominated
Best Screenplay Todd Field and Tom Perrotta nominated

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Natural Born Killers
2. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
3. Amelie – Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain

Cast:

Jean Reno as Léon
Gary Oldman as Stansfield
Natalie Portman as Mathilda
Danny Aiello as Tony
Peter Appel as Malky

Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman and Danny Aiello star in LÉON THE PROFESSIONAL, a go-for-broke thriller about a professional assassin whose work becomes dangerously personal. Calling himself a “cleaner,” the mysterious Léon is New York’s top hit man. When his next-door neighbors are murdered, Léon becomes the unwilling guardian of the family’s sole sur vivor – 12-year-old Mathilda. But Mathilda doesn’t just want protection; she wants revenge. Training her in the deadly tricks of his trade, Léon helps her track the psychotic agent who murdered her family. From the electrifying opening to the fatal finale, LÉON THE PROFESSIONAL is a nonstop crescendo of action, suspense and surprises. Experience the uncut version, with 24 minutes of footage not included in the original U.S. theatrical version.

Trivia:

Natalie Portman was originally turned down by Todd M. Thaler (the casting director) due to being too young, but she returned to the auditions and performed the scene where Mathilda laments the loss of her brother. Luc Besson was so impressed with the depth of emotion she summoned during the audition that he gave her the role.

The original script had more scenes with “awkward sexual tension” between Mathilda and Léon. These scenes were later cut out for the American release dubbed “The Professional”, but were included in the 1996 European release, as well as in the deleted scenes of the special edition DVD. They were reintegrated back into the film for the ‘International Cut’, which is now available on DVD.

This is Natalie Portman’s motion picture debut. She was 11 when she was cast.

Léon Gaumont was a French inventor developing cinematographic techniques in the late 19th century alongside with the Lumière brothers. Gaumont is the name of the production company that made this film.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. The Last House on the Left
2. The Other Boleyn Girl
3. Brothers

Cast:

Audrey Tautou as Amelie
Arthus De Penguern as Hipolito
Mathieu Kassovitz as Nino Quicampoix
Rufus as Raphael Poulain
Yolande Moreau as Madeleine Poulain
Urbain Cancelier as Collignon
Dominique Pinon as Joseph
Maurice Benichou as Bretodeau
Isabelle Nanty as Georgette
Claire Maurier as Suzanne
Serge Merlin as Raymond Dufayel
Jamel Debbouze as Lucien

Nominated for five Academy Awards® in 2001 including Best Original Screenplay — Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, this magical comedy earned overwhelming acclaim nationwide!

A painfully shy waitress working at a tiny Paris cafe, Amélie makes a surprising discovery and sees her life drastically changed for the better. From then on, Amélie dedicates herself to helping others find happiness … in the most delightfully unexpected ways! But will she have the courage to do for herself what she has done for others?

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Four Christmases
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. Let The Right One In / Låt den rätte komma in

Cast:

Alan Rickman as Harry
Emma Thompson as Karen
Hugh Grant asDavid
Keira Knightley as Juliet
Colin Firth asJamie
Lúcia Moniz asAurélia
Liam Neeson asDaniel
Thomas Sangster as Sam
Martine McCutcheon asNatalie
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter
Andrew Lincoln asMark
Laura Linney asSarah
Rodrigo Santoro as Karl
Bill Nighy asBilly Mack
Gregor Fisher asJoe
Kris Marshall asColin
Abdul Salis asTony
Heike Makatsch as Mia
Martin Freeman as John
Joanna Page as Judy
Olivia Olson as Joanna
Billy Bob Thornton as President of the United States
Rowan Atkinson as Rufus
Claudia Schiffer as Carol
Nina Sosanya as Annie
Ivana Milicevic as Stacey
January Jones as Jeannie
Elisha Cuthbert as Carol-Anne
Shannon Elizabeth as Harriet
Denise Richards as Carla
Lulu Popplewell as Daisy
Marcus Brigstocke as Mikey

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Capitalism: A Love Story
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Little Children

Cast:

Adam Sandler as Nicky
Patricia Arquette as Valerie Veran
Harvey Keitel as Dad
Rhys Ifans as Adrian
Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister as Cassius (as Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr.)
Rodney Dangerfield as Lucifer
Allen Covert as Todd
Peter Dante as Peter

A movie about the independent minded son of Beelzebub and the mischief he creates.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Friday
2. The Lost Boys
3. Little Miss Sunshine

Cast:

Bruce Willis as John McClane
Timothy Olyphant as Thomas Gabriel
Justin Long as Matt Farrell
Maggie Q as Mai
Cliff Curtis as Bowman

John McClane takes on an Internet-based terrorist organization who is systematically shutting down the United States.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. The Last House on the Left
2. The Godfather: Part III
3. Mr. Brooks

Cast:

Jason Patric as Michael
Corey Haim as Sam
Dianne Wiest as Lucy
Barnard Hughes as Grandpa
Edward Herrmann as Max (as Ed Herrmann)
Kiefer Sutherland as David
Jami Gertz as Star
Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog
Jamison Newlander as Alan Frog
Brooke McCarter as Paul
Billy Wirth as Dwayne
Alex Winter as Marko

After moving to a new town, two brothers are convinced that the area is frequented by vampires.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. The Change Up
2. Let The Right One In / Låt den rätte komma in
3. The Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness

Cast:

Kåre Hedebrant as Oskar
Lina Leandersson as Eli
Per Ragnar as Håkan
Henrik Dahl as Erik
Karin Bergquist as Yvonne
Peter Carlberg as Lacke
Ika Nord as Virginia

Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Dead Snow / Død snø
2. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
3. The Uninvited

Cast:

Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee
Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn
Ian McKellen as Gandalf the White
Dominic Monaghan as Meriadoc Brandybuck(Merry)
Billy Boyd as Peregrin Took (Pippin)
Orlando Bloom as Legolas
John Rhys-Davies as Gimli
Andy Serkis as Sméagol/Gollum (voice)
Thomas Robins as Déagol
Bernard Hill as Théoden
Miranda Otto as Éowyn
Karl Urban as Éomer
Hugo Weaving as Elrond
Liv Tyler as Arwen
David Wenham as Faramir
John Noble as Denethor
Bruce Hopkins as Gamling
Paul Norell as The King of the Dead
Ian Holm as Bilbo Baggins
Marton Csokas as Lord Celeborn
Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
Sarah McLeod as Rosie Cotton
Sean Bean as Boromir

The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. King Kong

Cast:

Tony Goldwyn as John Collingwood
Monica Potter as Emma Collingwood
Garret Dillahunt as Krug
Aaron Paul as Francis
Spencer Treat Clark as Justin
Riki Lindhome as Sadie
Martha MacIsaac as Paige
Sara Paxton as Mari Collingwood
Michael Bowen as Morton
Joshua Cox as Giles

After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging the parents of one of the victims — a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Léon: The Professional – Deluxe Edition
2. The Uninvited
3. The Lost Boys