In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.
A man's carefully cultivated private life is disrupted when his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
A wealthy art gallery owner receives a draft of her ex-husband's new novel, and once she starts reading it she just cannot put it down.
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a "60 Minutes" expose on Big Tobacco.
A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.
A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.
Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970's.
A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.
JFK, LBJ, Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.
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.