Kate Winslet
1) The Reader
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Language
English
Description
A man reunites with an older woman with whom he had a brief romance with when he was fifteen, only to discover, to his horror, that she is a defendant in a Nazi war crimes case.
2) Swift
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Language
English
Description
The little orphaned swift Manou is adopted by a seagull couple and struggles for acceptance in the seagull's colony. When he meets other swifts, he suddenly finds himself torn between two worlds and must decide where he really belongs.
3) Iris
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Language
English
Description
The true story of English author Iris Murdoch. As told by her husband John Bayley, Iris became known as a brilliant young scholar at Oxford whose boundless spirit dazzled those around her. During her career as a novelist and philosopher, she continued to prove herself a woman ahead of her time. As age and illness robbed Iris of her remarkable gifts, nothing could diminish her immense influence.
4) Labor Day
Author
Language
English
Description
From director Jason Reitman, Labor Day stars Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin as two strangers drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.
Author
Language
English
Description
Disenchanted with the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia (Kate Winslet) heads for Morocco with her children, six-year-old Lucy and precocious eight-year-old Bea. After the girls match their mother with gentle Moroccan acrobat and con man Bilal, sexual gears are set in motion, and he moves in, serving as a surrogate father.
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Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of Rosalie Ham's best-selling novel, a glamorous dressmaker returns to her hometown in rural Australia to reconnect with her ailing mother and exact sweet revenge on the community that banished her as a child. As her plan unfolds, she finds love with a local man and success transforming the town with her exquisite creations
7) Holy Smoke
Author
Language
English
Description
While on a journey of discovery in India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult deprogrammer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth! Sparks fly in this darkly hilarious battle of the sexes.
Author
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Kate Winslet, this entertaining and surprising documentary will challenge the way you look at the food industry. What is the true cost of food? Who pays the price? Featuring shocking undercover footage and poignant first-hand accounts from indigenous people, this one-of-a-kind documentary will permanently change your perception of food and its connection to the future of our planet.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
11) The reader
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Set in post-World War II Germany, teenager Michael Berg and Hanna, a woman twice his age, have a secret affair, but she abruptly disappears; eight years later while observing the Nazi war crime trials, Michael is stunned to see Hanna as a defendant.
13) Labor Day
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lonely, divorced mother allows an escaped killer to stay with her and her thirteen-year-old son.
14) Blackbird
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lily and Paul summon their loved ones to their country house for one final gathering after Lily decides to end her life on her terms after a long battle with ALS. The couple is planning a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily's daughters Jennifer and Anna. Joining the collective farewell is Lily's son in law, her lifelong friend, daughter's partner, and grandson.
15) Deep sea
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
An IMAX film exploring the creatures of the sea, including green sea turtles, surgeonfish, the Humboldt squid, and the mantis shrimp.
16) Quills
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
History's most infamous sexual adventurer lives in a madhouse, where a beautiful laundry maid helps him smuggle his erotic stories to the printer.
18) Steve Jobs
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of Steve Jobs, a successful entrepreneur and innovator, the founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
19) Titanic
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
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Description
Two people from different worlds meet and fall in love on the brief, tragic maiden voyage of the grand ocean liner Titanic.
20) Carnage
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, the evening becomes quite chaotic as the parents become increasingly childish.