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.
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets.
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
A young recruit in Viet Nam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.
Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt lead by a seasoned US Marshall.
A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.
A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.
A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York to seek personal fortune but, in the process, finds himself a new friend.