List of the best Agnieszka Holland movies: Europa, Europa(1990), Olivier Olivier(1992), The Secret Garden(1993), In Darkness(2011), Angry Harvest(1985), Mr. Jones(2019), Washington Square(1997), The Third Miracle(1999), Julie Walking Home(2002), To Kill a Priest(1988), Spoor(2017), Shot in the Heart(2001) ... ...
War, Drama, History
Germany|France|Poland
1990
115 Minutes
Director
Marco Hofschneider Julie Delpy André Wilms Ashley Wanninger Hanns Zischler Klaus Kowatsch Halina Labonarska Delphine Forest René Hofschneider Jorg Schnass Nathalie Schmidt
teenager nazi girlfriend father bleak emotional suspenseful germany poland russia orphanage nazism holocaust world war ii survival deception growing up forbidden love 1940s
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Drama
France
1992
110 Minutes
Director
François Cluzet Brigitte Roüan Jean-François Stévenin Grégoire Colin Marina Golovine Frédéric Quiring Faye Gatteau Emmanuel Morozof
veterinarian wife son daughter police chief hustler emotional creepy somber small town paris household disappearance loss family dysfunction identity mental illness fall transformation 1990s
Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and Serge, a country veterinarian, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Drama
UK|USA
1993
101 Minutes
Director
Kate Maberly Heydon Prowse Maggie Smith John Lynch Andrew Knott Laura Crossley Walter Sparrow Irène Jacob
orphan uncle servant friend creative emotional dreamy england mansion garden neglect absence death self-discovery imagination loneliness discovery metamorphosis 1990s
A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets.
Drama, History
Poland|Germany|Canada
2011
145 Minutes
Director
Robert Wieckiewicz Benno Fürmann Agnieszka Grochowska Maria Schrader Herbert Knaup Kinga Preis Krzysztof Skonieczny Marcin Bosak Julia Kijowska Jerzy Walczak Oliwier Stanczak
sanitation worker jew nazi gripping suspenseful moving lvov, poland sewer world war ii occupation leopold kozlowski unlikely hero holocaust sacrifice transformation 1940s
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov.
Drama
West Germany
1985
102 Minutes
Director
Armin Mueller-Stahl Elisabeth Trissenaar Hans Beerhenke
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Biography, Drama, History
Poland|UK|Ukraine
2019
118 Minutes
Director
James Norton Vanessa Kirby Peter Sarsgaard Joseph Mawle Krzysztof Pieczynski Marcin Czarnik Beata Pozniak Fenella Woolgar
welshman journalist gripping gritty profound soviet union famine soviet union journalism discovery rescue underdog 1930s
A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.
Drama
USA
1997
115 Minutes
Director
Jennifer Jason Leigh Albert Finney Ben Chaplin Maggie Smith Judith Ivey Betsy Brantley Jennifer Garner Peter Maloney Robert Stanton
In this adaptation of the Henry James novel set in 19th-century New York City, a wealthy spinster with an overbearing father is pursued by a handsome fortune hunter who may be only after her money.
Drama
USA
1999
119 Minutes
Director
Ed Harris Anne Heche Armin Mueller-Stahl Charles Haid Michael Rispoli James Gallanders Jean-Louis Roux Ken James Caterina Scorsone Barbara Sukowa Bob Jarvis
priest bishop daughter atheist intense moving solemn emotional church chicago czechoslovakia roman catholicism faith doubt canonization desire mother/daughter relationship discovery transformation forbidden love
The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, re-discovers his own purpose in life.
Drama
Germany|Canada|Poland|USA
2002
118 Minutes
Director
Miranda Otto William Fichtner Lothaire Bluteau Ryan Smith Bianca Crudo Jerzy Nowak Boguslawa Schubert Maciej Stuhr Maria Seweryn
faith healer mother husband twin son mistress tender sad emotional heartwarming canada ski resort family home poland cancer healing infidelity faith marriage mother/child relationship
Her son dying of cancer and her relationship falling apart, Julie flees to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1988
116 Minutes
Director
Christopher Lambert Ed Harris Joanne Whalley-Kilmer David Suchet Joss Ackland Tim Roth Pete Postlethwaite Timothy Spall Cherie Lunghi
A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2017
128 Minutes
Director
Kasia Adamik Agnieszka Mandat-Grabka Wiktor Zborowski Jakub Gierszal Patrycja Volny Miroslav Krobot Borys Szyc Andrzej Grabowski Andrzej Konopka Tomasz Kot Marcin Bosak
A retired woman gets mixed up in a mystery when avid hunters in her mountain village begin turning up dead, and there are deer tracks next to their bodies.
Drama
2001
99 Minutes
Director
Giovanni Ribisi Elias Koteas Amy Madigan Eric Bogosian Lee Tergesen Sam Shepard Terry Beaver Vivienne Shub Tom Quinn Rosemary Knower William Zielenski
brother murderer death row inmate journalist mother chilling gripping shocking utah prison courtroom household capital punishment death sentence brother relationship violence gary gilmore media circus rescue discovery
The brother of condemned killer Gary Gilmore comes to terms with his brother's crimes and his family's violent legacy.
Drama
2006
89 Minutes
Director
Mercedes Ruehl J.D. Pardo Lupe Ontiveros Henry Darrow Corey Stoll Leela Savasta Avan Jogia Jacqueline Samuda
Gwen Araujo was a young trans woman who was just beginning to find her feet when she was murdered by a group of men. Gwen's mother, Sylvia, is left to battle against prejudice when the case goes to trial.