List of the best Chris Menges movies: A World Apart(1988), Second Best(1994), The Lost Son(1999), CrissCross(1992) ... ...
Drama
UK|Zimbabwe
1988
113 Minutes
Director
Barbara Hershey Jodhi May David Suchet Jeroen Krabbé Paul Freeman Tim Roth Linda Mvusi Yvonne Bryceland Albee Lesotho Nadine Chalmers Carolyn Clayton-Cragg
daughter mother father activist emotional spirited south africa johannesburg, south africa household school apartheid racism social change bigotry childhood family growing up discovery love 1960s
1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|USA
1994
105 Minutes
Director
William Hurt Chris Cleary Miles Keith Allen Prunella Scales Jane Horrocks Alan Cumming John Hurt
single father child social worker neighbor uncle prisoner tense powerful emotional wales camp prison house adoption father/son relationship aids parenthood transformation love 1990s
Graham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?
Crime, Drama
UK|France|USA
1999
102 Minutes
Director
Daniel Auteuil Nastassja Kinski Katrin Cartlidge Ciarán Hinds Marianne Denicourt Bruce Greenwood Billie Whitelaw Cyril Shaps Jamie Harris Hemal Pandya Billy Smyth
Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1992
100 Minutes
Director
Goldie Hawn Arliss Howard David Arnott James Gammon Keith Carradine J.C. Quinn Steve Buscemi Paul Calderon
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A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.