Helen Mirren
Author
Language
English
Description
Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story brings to life the story of a woman's extraordinary courage, tested in the crucible of Nazi-occupied Paris. With an American mother and Indian Muslim father, Noor Inayat Khan was an extremely unusual British agent, and her life spent growing up in a Sufi center of learning in Paris seemed an unlikely preparation for the dangerous work to come. Yet it was in this place of universal peace and contemplation...
2) Winchester
Author
Language
English
Description
A widow haunted. A house possessed. A family cursed. Step inside the most haunted house in history in this chilling film inspired by true events.
3) The Door
Author
Language
English
Description
Emerence, an elderly and private woman, is hired to be the housekeeper of a struggling writer. An event in the writer's life prompts Emerence to disclose details of her traumatising past, which will bond the two women forever.
4) Love Ranch
Author
Language
English
Description
Two cynical grifters get rich owning a Nevada brothel, but when an Argentine fighter arrives, a love triangle erupts with murderous results.
6) The Queen
Author
Language
English
Description
In the wake of Princess Diana's death, the very private and tradition-bound Queen Elizabeth II finds herself in conflict with the new Prime Minister, the slickly modern and image-conscious Tony Blair.
Author
Language
English
Description
Two Irish women face the ultimate dilemma of whether or not to sacrifice their sons' lives for a cherished belief in the poignant drama Some Mother's Son.Inspired by actual events, this intensely moving story pits the humanity of two ordinary Irish mothers against the cold cruelty of a hunger strike waged by notorious Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader Bobby Sands (John Lynch). Lifelong pacifist Kathleen Quigley (Helen Mirren) and fervent IRA supporter...
9) Losing Chase
Author
Language
English
Description
This moving story follows the intimate relationship between Chase Philips (Mirren) and Elizabeth Cole (Sedgwick) over the course of one summer on Martha's Vineyard. As Chase recovers from a nervous breakdown, she and her children are cared for by a 20-year-old mother's helper, Elizabeth, hired by her husband, Richard (Bridges). Richard spends much of the summer at work in Boston, returning to the island only on weekends.
13) Eye in the sky
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
14) Woman in gold
Language
English
Description
Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court.
15) The Queen
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the untimely death of Princess Diana. The Queen's restrained reaction causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
16) Winchester
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eccentric firearm heiress believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.
19) The clearing
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Wayne and Eileen have raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. When Wayne is kidnapped by ordinary guy, Arnold Mack, and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned upside down. Eileen finds her home full of FBI agents and their life under scrutiny. While Wayne is engaged in the negotiation of his lifetime, Eileen works frantically with the FBI to secure his release. The terrifying ordeal...
20) Red 2
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses rejoins his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.