Stellan Skarsgård
1) Insomnia
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Norwegian
Description
Stellan Skarsgard plays an enigmatic Swedish detective with a checkered past who arrives in a small town in northern Norway to investigate the death of a teenage girl. As he digs deeper into the heinous killing, his own demons and the tyrannical midnight sun begin to take a toll.
2) Hope
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Norwegian
Appears on list
Description
Based on filmmaker's Maria S�dahl's own experiences, this is the story of Anja and Tomas, longtime romantic partners whose large, blended family is upended when Anja receives a grave medical diagnosis. Anja and Tomas are forced to recalibrate their long-term relationship in ways that only a profound crisis can inspire.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Based on the acclaimed Jerzy Kosinski novel, THE PAINTED BIRD is about one boy's journey through Eastern Europe at the bloody close of World War II. As he struggles for survival, The Boy suffers through extraordinary brutality. In a defining scene, one of the peasants shows The Boy the flight of a captive bird, whom the man has painted and then released back into its own flock. The bird is immediately ripped apart because it is different from its...
6) Chernobyl
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Epic five-part miniseries dramatizing the events surrounding the 1986 nuclear accident, as told through the stories of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Wimbledon, 1980. The rainiest summer in decades. The world is waiting to see the number one tennis player in the world, Bjorn Borg, claim his fifth Wimbledon title. But few know of the drama behind the scenes: at only 24, Borg is close to the end, run-down, worn out and ridden with anxiety. Meanwhile, the challenger John McEnro, 20, has decided to replace his former hero on the Wimbledon throne. A story about the price of success.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Directed by Oscar-winner Milos Foreman, "Goya's Ghosts" is a sweeping historical epic, told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgard). Set against the backdrop of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army. Brother Lorenzo (Javier Bardem), an enigmatic, cunning member of the Inquisition's inner circle who becomes infatuated with Goya's teenage...
Series
Film Movement volume year 9, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Norwegian
Description
Seventeen-year-old Erling is a rumored murderer and therefore sent to the Bastoy Boys Home correctional facility. Once there he clashes with the island facility's governor who believes manual labor, rigid discipline, and harsh punishment is the only way to turn these boys around. Refusing to accept the constant abuse, Erling leads the boys in a violent uprising that will bring them head to head with no less than the Norwegian Army.
10) Romeo and Juliet
Publisher
Brainstorm Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Adapted by Julian Fellowes (Downtown Abbey) from the play by William Shakespeare.
11) The physician
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
At the traumatic passing of his mother, a young boy discovers his gift of foretelling death. As an adult he travels to Persia to find the doctor of doctors in the city of Isfahan, hoping to develop his special powers.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Hoping to distance himself from the fallout of a libel conviction, journalist Mikael Blomkvist retreats to a remote island in Sweden's far north where the unsolved murder of a young girl still haunts her industrialist uncle forty years later. Ensconced in a cottage on the island where the killer may still roam, Blomkvist's investigation draws him into the secrets and lies of the rich and powerful, and throws him together with one unlikely ally: tattooed,...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Norwegian
Description
The honorable citizen Nils plows snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, but when his son is mistakenly murdered, Nils takes action, which ignites a war between the vegan gangster "the Count" and the Serbian mafia boss Papa.
14) Ronin
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A group of freelance intelligence agents work together to steal a mysterious package, only to have a doublecross throw things into confusion.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
While on vacation, a married couple unwittingly befriends a flamboyant and charismatic Russian named Dima, who, unbeknownst to them, is a kingpin money launderer for the mafia. When Dima confides to his new friends that he plans to escape from the mob, they're quickly swept into the dangerous world of international espionage. The unlikely companions must undertake a perilous journey through Paris, Bern, and London in order to save Dima and his family....
16) Dune
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Paul Atreides, a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
17) Cinderella
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the transformative power of kindness with Disney's Cinderella, a modern classic that shines with beauty, imagination...and magic! Despite being bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters, a spirited Ella refuses to despair or retaliate, choosing instead to honor her mother's last words: "Have courage and be kind". Then one day, she meets a remarkable, like-minded man in the woods and she resolves to take charge of her fate in hopes of seeing...
18) Amistad
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship is seized, the captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. An enthralling courtroom battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation.
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Toby is a disillusioned director, currently heading commericals, who becomes pulled into a world of fantasy and memory when he's reunited with a Spanish cobbler he cast as Don Quixote in a student film years earlier. The old man now believes himself to be the legendary character, and Toby to be Sancho Panza, who must play along with the delusion as he also attempts to fulfill his professional duties and rescue a young woman who believed his seductive...
20) Metropia
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Conspiracy abounds as Roger, guided by voices in his head, navigates an underground oil starved world. Vincent Gallo and Juliette Lewis lend their voices this award-winning animated thriller. Winner of the Future Film Festival Digital Award at the **Venice Film Festival** . Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival**.
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