Hamlet

Dec 19, 1990

2h 10m

★ 6.6

The extraordinary adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tale of vengeance and tragedy.

Overview

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Icon Productions

Nelson Entertainment

Hamlet Trailers

Cast

Hamlet

Mel Gibson

Gertrude

Glenn Close

Claudius

Alan Bates

The Ghost

Paul Scofield

Polonius

Ian Holm

Ophelia

Helena Bonham Carter

Horatio

Stephen Dillane

Laertes

Nathaniel Parker

Guildenstern

Sean Murray

Rosencrantz

Michael Maloney

The Gravedigger

Trevor Peacock

Osric

John McEnery

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6.7

Sleepless in Seattle

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5.6

Sliver

May 21, 1993

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.

6.9

Tsotsi

Dec 23, 2005

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.

7.5

Dolls

Oct 12, 2002

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.

7.3

A Man for All Seasons

Dec 13, 1966

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.

7.5

Pandora's Box

Jan 30, 1929

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

6.9

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

May 13, 1919

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

7.2

2046

Sep 29, 2004

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

6.9

The Murderers Are Among Us

Oct 15, 1946

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.

7.9

Heat

Dec 15, 1995

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

7.4

Scarface

Apr 9, 1932

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

7.6

A Few Good Men

Dec 11, 1992

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

7.7

Cool Hand Luke

Nov 1, 1967

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.

7.6

Doctor Zhivago

Dec 22, 1965

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

7.9

Aparajito

Oct 11, 1956

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7.3

Dead Man

Dec 23, 1995

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