FR #3 | Movie | War, Biography | USA | English, Hebrew
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Thomas Keneally, Steven Zaillian
Cast
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Plot
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
FR #8 | Movie | Crime, Thriller | USA, Mexico | English, Latin
Director
Jonathan Demme
Writer
Thomas Harris, Ted Tally
Cast
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
Plot
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
A cowboy doll is profoundly jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as the top toy in a boy's bedroom. When circumstances separate them from their owner, the duo have to put aside their differences to return to him.
FR #31 | TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Italian
Writer
David Chase
Cast
James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco
Plot
New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, James Whitmore
Plot
A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
FR #49 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Action | France, USA | English, Spanish
Director
James Cameron
Writer
James Cameron, William Wisher
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
Plot
A cyborg from the future, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
FR #56 | Movie | War, Drama | Italy | Italian, German
Director
Roberto Benigni
Writer
Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Cast
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
Plot
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
FR #83 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka
Plot
While seeking to cure himself of a curse, young warrior Ashitaka stumbles into a conflict between the people of Iron Town and Princess Mononoke, a girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the destruction of her h...
An orphan named Surya raised in a slum befriends a good crime boss named Devaraj and works for him. Their existence is threatened when a new honest district collector arrives.
FR #235 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Thriller | USA | English, Spanish
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Michael Crichton, David Koepp
Cast
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson
Plot
An industrialist invites some experts to visit his theme park of cloned dinosaurs. After a power failure, the creatures run loose, putting everyone's lives, including his grandchildren's, in danger.
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Danny Devito, David Strathairn
Plot
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Plot
Retired Old West gunslinger Will Munny reluctantly takes on one last job to avenge an injustice with the help of his old partner and a young would-be gunman calling himself "The Schofield Kid".
FR #246 | Movie | Biography, Court-Drama | UK, Ireland | English
Director
Jim Sheridan
Writer
Gerry Conlon, Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Anthony Brophy, Emma Thompson
Plot
An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
FR #253 | Movie | Crime, Action | France, USA | English, Italian
Director
Luc Besson
Writer
Luc Besson
Cast
Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Randolph Scott
Plot
When her family is murdered by a group of corrupt officers led by the tyrannical Norman Stansfield, a young 12-year-old girl enlists the help of an Italian-American hitman to seek revenge.
FR #254 | Movie | Mystery, Thriller | USA | English, Latin
Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Writer
M. Night Shyamalan
Cast
Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Plot
After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye.
The misadventures of four foul-mouthed, dirty-minded, irreverent grade-schoolers who live in the quiet, dysfunctional mountain town of South Park, Colorado.
A man accepts a challenge to act as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for one day only, and makes such a success of it that soon he is embroiled in political intrigue.
A satire on contemporary Kerala politics where brothers turn local leaders of rival parties, leading to distress for their aged and once-proud parents.
Neelakandan squanders away the inheritance left by his father. However, his life turns upside down when his mother reveals a terrible secret on her deathbed that changes the course of his life.
FR #474 | TV | Animation, Comedy | Japan, UK | English, French
Cast
Steve Blum, Kirk Thornton, Jun'Ichi Suwabe
Plot
About Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-gangster member and a virgin. He has one ambition that no one ever expected from him. His sole life purpose is to become the greatest high school teacher ever.
FR #498 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA, Germany | English, Hungarian
Director
Bryan Singer
Writer
Christopher Mcquarrie
Cast
Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri
Plot
The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.
FR #501 | Movie | Crime, Thriller | USA, France | English, Polish
Director
Andrew Davis
Writer
Jeb Stuart, David Twohy, Roy Huggins
Cast
Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore
Plot
Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.
Monkey D. Luffy, a pirate with rubber powers, forms the Straw Hat crew and sails the Grand Line, battling rivals and the World Government on a quest for the legendary treasure One Piece and the title of Pirate King.
Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Sonali Bendre, Mukesh Rishi
Plot
After his brother is killed and father severely injured by terrorists, a young med student quits his studies to join the Indian Police Service to wipe out the terrorists.
FR #561 | TV | SuperHeroes, Sci-Fi | USA | English
Writer
Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Eric Radomski
Cast
Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Plot
Billionaire Bruce Wayne secretly operates as Batman, a vigilante who battles a rouges' gallery of criminals and supervillains in Gotham City with the aid of various sidekicks and allies.
FR #567 | Movie | Musical, Drama | China, Hong Kong | Chinese, Mandarin
Director
Kaige Chen
Writer
Pik-Wah Lee, Wei Lu
Cast
Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong LI
Plot
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
FR #575 | Movie | Romance, Drama | China, Hong Kong | Chinese, Mandarin
Director
Yimou Zhang
Writer
Tong Su, Ni Zhen
Cast
Gong LI, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He
Plot
A young woman becomes the fourth concubine of a wealthy man and soon realizes there's fierce competition for his attention and the associated privileges.
FR #647 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Turkey | Turkish
Director
Omer Vargi
Writer
Hakan Haksun, Omer Vargi, Cem Yilmaz
Cast
Cem Yilmaz, Mazhar Alanson, Ceyda Duvenci
Plot
When Altan swipes prescription drugs from his brother Nuri's pharmacy, they soon find themselves on a dangerous but funny road trip to get rid of the stuff and escape the mafiosi Altan tried to double-cross. Along the way, the bro...
FR #774 | Movie | Drama | Brazil, France | Portuguese, Japanese
Director
Walter Salles
Writer
Joao Emanuel Carneiro, Marcos Bernstein, Walter Salles
Cast
Fernanda Montenegro, Vinicius De Oliveira, Marilia Pera
Plot
The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
FR #780 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Thriller | USA | English, French
Director
Terry Gilliam
Writer
Chris Marker, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples
Cast
Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt
Plot
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
FR #782 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK, USA | English, German
Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Writer
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast
Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
FR #799 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA, UK | English, French
Director
Ang Lee
Writer
Jane Austen, Emma Thompson
Cast
Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Hugh Grant
Plot
In Georgian era England, wealthy Mr. Dashwood dies leaving his second wife and three daughters destitute. The ladies move to a modest cottage where the two older daughters vie for the attention of various suitors in search of true...
FR #809 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, USA | English
Cast
Brice Armstrong, Steve Olson, Stephanie Nadolny
Plot
Dragon Ball tells the tale of a young warrior by the name of Son Goku, a young peculiar boy with a tail who embarks on a quest to become stronger and learns of the Dragon Balls, when, once all 7 are gathered, grant any wish of cho...
Bumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.
A tourist guide in Ooty shelters a mentally unstable woman in return for the reward offered by her relatives. Later, he comes to know that she is in danger from her relatives.
FR #833 | Movie | Biography, Drama | India | Tamil
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Mani Ratnam, Suhasini
Cast
Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prakash Raj, Tabu, Revathi, Nassar
Plot
A struggling actor and a writer-politician become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively. But when both become contenders for the top political post in the state, a rift develops between...
A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.
FR #843 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | India | Kannada
Director
Upendra
Writer
Upendra
Cast
Upendra, Raveena Tandon, Prema
Plot
This is a psychological thriller movie about a man who calls himself as "Naanu" (Me). It explores the human needs and greeds in the form of a metaphorical comparison to the three female characters in the movie.
