Film Dictionary

An inspiring drama directed by Peter Weir, based on a real-life story recounted by Captain Rupert Mayne, a British intelligence officer in C...

Amazingly insightful, scarily realistic portrait of a rural, white-trash, hillbilly Ozark community devastated by methamphetamine, cruelty, ...

Terrific Disney-Pixar cartoon about toys mistakingly sent to a daycare center.

The epic tale of the founding of Facebook by Harvard undergrad Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg). Aaron Sorkin's incredibly witty screen...

Profoundly moving French film about an unusual friendship between an uneducated and simple-minded worker (Gérard Depardieu) and an erudite o...

Tragic drama from Colombia, about a young girl whose entire family was killed by paramilitary thugs.  Spanish title: "Retratos en un ...

The best of all "Iron Man" films.

Strange little film about children raised to be donors of their body parts. With Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Charlotte Rampling and Sal...

Powerful film about a group of Christian monks kidnapped by Islamic terrorists in Algeria in 1996. Based on a true story.

Well-made action film about a runaway train.

Scary documentary about the dangers of fracking in natural gas industry.

The seventh (and penultimate) instalment of the Harry Potter saga. Way better than "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" (2005), ...

Alain Corneau's tense drama about hatred, murder and manipulation.

Very informative (and suprisingly even-handed) documentary about the global financial crisis of 2008. While told from a leftist perspective,...

A film that perfectly captures the real difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter. There is none. A freedom fighter is a terroris...

Impressive documentary about the war in Afghanistan.

Disney animated film about a princess with very long hair held captive in a tall tower.

Quite a rarity - an intelligent Hollywood blockbuster. The plot is pratically impossible to resume in any coherent way and it certainly woul...

Danish drama about violence.

Terrific spy thriller in the "No Way Out" mode. Not surprisingly, there are plenty of exciting chases and huge explosions. More su...

A faithful remake of the 1969 John Wayne classic.

A great story about complex characters. Not really a boxing movie, but rather a white working-class family saga about loyalty, courage, love...

Juno Temple gives a delicious performance in this touching drama about parenthood and love.

At heart, this is a fairy-tale - a story about a shy young prince helped by a wise wizard to break an evil spell and lead his nation to a gl...

Another fine film from Mike Leigh.

Typical Woody Allen comedy, set in London. Best one-liner: Gemma Jones declaring that dead women "are often the stiffest competition...

The third part in the series.

Entertaining animated film about brave Vikings fighting fearsome dragons.

Very entertaining action movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a Persian prince falsely accused to killing his father, Gemma Arterton as a sexy ...

Powerful story about the tragic history of Lebanon.

Excellent family drama about love and death.

Imagine the hero of "Rushmore" (a rich preppie forced to enroll in a public school) who claims to be the reincarnation of Leon Tro...

Amusing comedy about retired vaudeville comedians trying to put on a last show. Nostalgic and sweet, the film is a tribute of sorts to famou...

Interesting French drama set in a housing project near Paris.