List of the best Mick Jackson movies: The Race for the Double Helix(1986), Denial(2016), The Bodyguard(1992), Volcano(1997), The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest(2002), The Memory Keeper's Daughter(2008), Indictment: The McMartin Trial(1995), Temple Grandin(2010), Threads(1984) ... ...
Drama
USA
1986
107 Minutes
Director
Jeff Goldblum Tim Pigott-Smith Alan Howard Juliet Stevenson Betsy Brantley Yves Aubert Anthony Benson Clive Panto Rupert Massey Geoffrey Chater Nicholas Fry
scientist biologist friend rival engaging spirited england cambridge university laboratory dna jim watson francis crick science competition friendship discovery quest rivalry 1950s
In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
Drama
UK|USA
2016
110 Minutes
Director
Rachel Weisz Tom Wilkinson Timothy Spall Andrew Scott Jack Lowden Caren Pistorius Alex Jennings Harriet Walter Mark Gatiss John Sessions Nikki Amuka-Bird
professor historian lawyer neo-nazi friend brooding emotional intense london lecture hall auditorium courtroom auschwitz restaurant holocaust denial libel lawsuit truth vindication
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Romance, Drama
USA
1992
130 Minutes
Director
Kevin Costner Whitney Houston Gary Kemp Bill Cobbs Ralph Waite Tomas Arana Michele Lamar Richards Mike Starr Christopher Birt De'Vaughn Nixon
singer bodyguard manager stalker roadie sister emotional backstage stage hotel mansion concert hall death threat stalking unlikely romance pop music stardom love quest 1990s
A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.
Action
USA
1997
102 Minutes
Director
Tommy Lee Jones Anne Heche Gaby Hoffmann Don Cheadle Jacqueline Kim Keith David John Corbett Michael Rispoli John Carroll Lynch
father geologist daughter assistant police officer doctor spectacular tense melodramatic los angeles hospital sewer street volcano emergencies natural disasters earthquakes father/daughter relationship race against time rescue
A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles, threatening to destroy the city.
Comedy
USA|Poland
2002
105 Minutes
Director
Adam Garcia Rosario Dawson Jake Busey Enrico Colantoni Ethan Suplee Anjul Nigam Gregory Jbara Dan Butler Linda Hart
researcher artist hacker fat person germaphobe computer programmer offbeat hilarious endearing silicon valley institution laboratory boardroom apartment e-commerce marketing entrepreneurial spirit romance technology underdog
A freelance agent must transport a package for a mysterious employer, leading him into a web of betrayal and deceit.
Drama
2008
96 Minutes
Director
Dermot Mulroney Emily Watson Gretchen Mol Hugh Thompson Krystal Hope Nausbaum Emma Colbert Tyler Stentiford Jamie Spilchuk Owen Pattison Rob Stewart
A nurse (Emily Watson) raises a girl who has Down syndrome after the father (Dermot Mulroney) abandons her at childbirth.
Drama
1995
135 Minutes
Director
James Woods Mercedes Ruehl Sada Thompson Henry Thomas Shirley Knight Alison Elliot Joe Uria Mark Blum Lolita Davidovich
lawyer rival therapist mother emotional uneasy los angeles courtroom child molestation sexual abuse trial lawyers investigation mcmartin preschool trial discovery mystery 1980s
Lawyers (James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl) and the media argue the case of alleged child abuse at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Drama, Biography
2010
110 Minutes
Director
Claire Danes Catherine O'Hara Julia Ormond David Strathairn Stephanie Faracy Barry Tubb Melissa Farman Michael Crabtree
scientist farmer autistic person mother aunt professor inspiring uplifting emotional powerful colorado campus ranch slaughterhouse arizona family home temple grandin autism animal husbandry family
The scientist (Claire Danes) becomes an advocate for autistics and the humane treatment of livestock.
Drama
1984
110 Minutes
Director
Reece Dinsdale Karen Meagher Rita May David Brierley Nicholas Lane Jane Hazlegrove
survivors city official farmer newlywed bleak frightening sheffield, england fallout shelter town hall nuclear attack apocalypse pregnancy quest transformation 1980s
Young lovers Ruth and Jimmy find their quiet lives in Sheffield, England, threatened when the Soviet Union and United States go to war.