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10 Things I Hate about You

Based on Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," the film follows the new kid at school Cameron as he courts the beautiful Bianca. Unfortunately Bianca can't date unless her "shrew" sister Kat also dates, so Cameron is forced to enlist the school bad boy Patrick to get a date for Kat.

127 Hours

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

1408

Adapted from the short story 1408 by Stephen King

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is an adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is an adventure film directed by Stuart Paton.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest to discover who made it.

2010

2010: The Year We Make Contact is based on Arthur C. Clarke's sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film follows a Russian and American joint effort to return to the Discovery One (left in orbit around Jupiter in the first film) and find out what happened.

2010: Moby Dick

A modern reworking of Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" in which an obsessed with revenge Captain of an experimental nuclear-armed submarine attempts to chase down a 500 foot long ancient double-jawed relative of a sperm whale on a deadly and destructive rampage.

25th Hour

The film follows Monty Brogan (Edward Norton), a convicted drug dealer on his last day before he goes to prison. He has numerous loose ends to tie up as well as finding out who was the person who informed the police.

30 Days of Night

Adapted from the three-issue horror comic book mini-series written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith

4.50 from Paddington

4.50 from Paddington is an adaptation of an Agatha Christie mystery directed by Martyn Friend.

48 Shades

48 Shades is a comedy film directed by Daniel Lapaine.

50 Ways of Saying Fabulous

Adapted from the novel 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (1995) by Graeme Aitken

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Tony Randall plays seven different roles in this movie about an ancient Chinese man who brings his magical circus to a small western town. After experiencing the circus, the lives of the townsfolk are changed forever.

A Beautiful Mind

Brilliant but psychologically-damaged mathematician John Nash (Russell Crowe) accepts secret cryptology work and ends up descending into his own personal nightmare.

About a Boy

Will, a lazy immature man boy, learns what it takes to be a grown up through the introduction of Marcus into this life.

About Schmidt

Jack Nicholson stars as the recently retired Warren Schmidt. Warren is forced to simultaneously cope with the loss of his long time wife, along with his daughter's marriage to a man of whom he does not approve of.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.

A Bridge Too Far

Setting after D-Day, Field Marshall Montgomery has devised the largest airbourne operation of all time and the worst, called Market Garden to drop 35,000 men behind enemy lines and capture the seven bridges between the allied lines and Germany.

A Caribbean Mystery

While Miss Marple is on vacation in a luxurious Caribbean resort, a fellow guest confides he has evidence that another resident of the hotel is an unscrupulous serial murderer but is poisoned before he can reveal his identity to her.

A Caribbean Mystery

While Miss Marple is on vacation in a luxurious Caribbean resort, a fellow guest confides he has evidence that another resident of the hotel is an unscrupulous serial murderer but is poisoned before he can reveal his identity to her.

A Carol Christmas

A strict, uncaring talk show host is shown the error of her ways when she is visited by three ghosts on the eve before Christmas. But is there really a warm hearted little girl beneath that tough exterior?

A Christmas Carol

Tells the classic Dickens tale of Scrooge and his visits with the Ghosts of Chrismas Past, Present, and Future.

A Christmas Carol

Scrooge is a somewhat unpleasant man who hates Christmas. Some ghosts are going to show him the evil of his ways.

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. All showing him parts of his life & how he's remembered. After seeing his future, Scrooge changes his ways and celebrates with his employee, Bob Cratchit, a man he denied to spend with his family.

A Christmas Story

Ralphie sets his mind on getting a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas and goes through many motions to give hints to his parents.

A Civil Action

Jan Schlichtmann is a personal injury lawyer who is representing six families of Woburn whose children died of leukemia after contamination of the water supply. Based on a true story of the case of Anderson v. Cryovac.

A Clockwork Orange

Stanley Kubrick's futuristic social satire about youth violence and psychiatry, starring Malcolm McDowell in an iconic role.

Adam Bede

In 1799 rural England emotions run high when two men, one rich and one poor love the same girl, driving the confused girl to drastic measures.

A Dangerous Method

Film adaptation of the 1992 play "The Talking Cure" by Christopher Hampton.

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent is a drama film directed by Otto Preminger.

Agent 'Z' and the Penguin from Mars

A History of Violence

Adapted from the graphic novel A History of Violence (1997) written by John Wagner and illustrated by Vince Locke

A Kiss Before Dying

Aladdin

Aladdin, the Diamond in the Rough, is led on a quest to find the magic lamp. The Genie within allows him three wishes, as per custom.

Alatriste

In XVI Century Imperial Spain, Diego Alatriste is brave soldier in service of his majesty fighting in the cold lands of Flandres. Upon returning to Spain after the war he finds an Empire barely holding itself together and is forced into becoming a sword for hire.

Alex Cross

After Washington DC police detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Silent film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Alice in Wonderland

Based on the story by Lewis Carol.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Based off of characters and settings in Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Black and white silent film based around Alice's adventures in Wonderland.

A Little Princess

A Little Princess

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

All the King's Men

Adapted from the book All the King's Men(1946) by Robert Penn Warren

All the Little Animals

All the Little Animals

All the Pretty Horses

Almost Dead

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