Angela's Ashes
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Bugsy Malone
New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge gun". As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone, an all-round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam's speakeasy. His designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Tallulah who wants Bugsy for herself.
Fame
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
The Commitments
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
The Road to Wellville
An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business and compete against John Kellogg's corn flakes.
Come See the Paradise
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
Evita
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, an Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Birdy
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Mississippi Burning
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
The Life of David Gale
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Midnight Express
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Angel Heart
A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
Pink Floyd: The Wall
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
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Alan Parker
Director
Emily Watson
as
Angela McCourt
Robert Carlyle
as
Malachy
Eileen Pollock
as
Mrs. Finucane
Kerry Condon
as
Theresa
Jodie Foster
as
Tallulah
Julie K. Smith
as
(uncredited)
Holland Taylor
as
Claudia van Doren
Richard Belzer
as
M.C.
Barry Miller
as
Ralph
James Brown
as
Himself
Angeline Ball
as
Imelda Quirke
Colm Meaney
as
Mr. Rabbitte
Anthony Hopkins
as
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
Monica Parker
as
Mrs. Tindermarsh
Roy Brocksmith
as
Poultney Dab
Matthew Broderick
as
William Lightbody
David Carpenter
as
Army Captain
Dennis Quaid
as
Jack McGurn
Tamlyn Tomita
as
Lily Yuriko Kawamura / McGann
Kim Robillard
as
Road Block Soldier
Antonio Banderas
as
Ché
Jonathan Pryce
as
Juan Perón
Mark Ryan
as
Waiter in Junín Bar
Nicolas Cage
as
Al Columbato
John Harkins
as
Doctor Weiss
Maud Winchester
as
Doris Robinson
Marshall Bell
as
Ronsky
Willem Dafoe
as
Agent Alan Ward
Tobin Bell
as
Agent Stokes
Michael Rooker
as
Frank Bailey
Rhona Mitra
as
Berlin
Kate Winslet
as
Bitsey Bloom
Leon Rippy
as
Braxton Belyeu
Laura Linney
as
Constance Harraway
Peter Jeffrey
as
Ahmet
John Hurt
as
Max
Mike Kellin
as
Mr. Hayes
Michael Ensign
as
Stanley Daniels
Mickey Rourke
as
Harry Angel
Robert De Niro
as
Louis Cyphre
Charlotte Rampling
as
Margaret Krusemark
Kathleen Wilhoite
as
Nurse
Roger Waters
as
Best Man
Bob Geldof
as
Pink
Margery Mason
as
Teacher's Wife
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