Joaquin Phoenix
Author
Language
English
Description
A raw documentary on Joaquin Phoenix's career transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and always riveting, the film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads. Defying expectations, it deftly explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
2) Two Lovers
Author
Language
English
Description
After moving back into the home he grew up in to mend a broken heart, Leonard must decide between the woman his parents think would be perfect for him and the gorgeous neighbor he can't get out of his mind.
4) C'mon C'mon
Author
Language
English
Description
Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together on a road trip.
Author
Language
English
Description
As the Cold War winds down, U.S. soldier Ray Elwood enjoys the rush of trading anything he can get his hands on in West Germany's booming black-market. Everything is perfect - until he starts dating the new sergeant's daughter! But before he can pull off one last big score, his escalating personal war with Sergeant Lee will send him deeper into a deadly mess that may not have a way out!
6) C'mon c'mon
Language
English
Formats
Description
Johnny (Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix) and his young nephew (Woody Norman) forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together in this delicate and deeply moving story about the connections between adults and children, the past and the future, from writer-director Mike Mills.
7) Joker
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
Most days, Arthur Fleck is bullied in public as he works as a clown-for-hire, but his slow descent into madness is hurried along by his mother's failing health, their strained connection with the rich Wayne family, and his failed comedy career.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
I’M STILL HERE is a striking portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of internationally acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, I’M STILL HERE follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip hop musician. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and always riveting, the film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads. Official Selection...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Philosophy professor Abe Lucas is at rock bottom emotionally, unable to find any meaning or joy in life. He feels that everything he's tried to do from political activism to teaching hasn't made any difference. Abe gets involved with two women: Rita Richards, a lonely professor who is unhappy in her marriage; and Jill Pollard, his best student, who becomes his closest friend. Pure chance changes everything when Abe and Jill overhear a stranger's conversation...
10) Hotel Rwanda
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Language
English
Description
The deeply moving true story of a five-star-hotel manager who used his wits and words to save more than 1,200 lives during the 1994 Rwandan conflict.
11) The master
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the journey of a naval veteran who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
12) The Immigrant
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In James Gray's THE IMMIGRANT, Ewa Cybulski (Marion Cotillard) and her sister sail to New York from their native Poland in search of a new start and the American dream. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda (Angela Sarafyan) is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, Ewa quickly falls...
13) Hotel Rwanda
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa. “One of the most inspirational films I’ve ever seen” (Richard Roeper, “Ebert & Roeper and the Movies”).
14) Walk the line
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
Traces Johnny Cash's childhood, including his distant father to his early attempts at a music career. At this point in his life he marries his girlfriend Vivian. During a tour with singer/musicians Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, he encounters singer June Carter, and his love for her, and her rejection of him through the years, spurs him into drugs, drinking, and depression. June is both a sassy spitfire singer whose charm breaks hearts and eventually...
15) Beau is afraid
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man faces his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque journey back home.
16) Two lovers
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After Leonard moves back into the home he grew up in to mend a broken heart, he meets two women in quick succession. Michelle is a mysterious and beautiful neighbor. Sandra is the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family's dry-cleaning business. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision, between desire and the comfort of love, or risk falling back into the same darkness that nearly killed him.
17) The immigrant
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ewa Cybulski and her sister sail to New York from their native Poland in search of a new start and the American dream. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces...
18) Buffalo Soldiers
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
19) The village
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In a quiet, isolated village in olde Pennsylvania, there lies a pact between the people of the village and the creatures who reside in the surrounding woods. The townspeople do not enter the woods, and the creatures do not enter the village. The pact stays in tact for many years, that is until the headstrong Lucius Hunt seeks medical supplies from neighboring towns beyond the woods. Animal carcasses begin to appear around the village, causing the...
20) The Master
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by his past, WW-II veteran and drifter Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) crosses paths with a mysterious movement led by THE MASTER (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) and his wife (Amy Adams).