List of the best Roger Spottiswoode movies: Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness(2012), Shake Hands With the Devil(2007), A Street Cat Named Bob(2016), Under Fire(1983), The Children of Huang Shi(2008), Tomorrow Never Dies(1997), Mesmer(1994), The Best of Times(1986), The 6th Day(2000), Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole(2003), Time Flies When You're Alive(1989), And the Band Played On(1993) ... ...
Documentary, War
USA|UK|Rwanda|Palestine|Israel|Ireland
2012
80 Minutes
Director
Lekha Singh
"Beyond Right & Wrong" looks at areas of conflict around the world and asks what it takes to forgive, and what it takes to ask for forgiveness under the most difficult of circumstances. ... See full summary »
Drama
Canada
2007
112 Minutes
Director
Roy Dupuis Deborah Kara Unger Owen Sejake James Gallanders Odile Katesi Gakire Michel Mongeau John Sibi-Okumu Robert Lalonde Tom McCamus Akin Omotoso
The story of General Romeo Dallaire's frustrated efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
Biography, Drama
UK
2016
103 Minutes
Director
Luke Treadaway Ruta Gedmintas Joanne Froggatt Anthony Head Caroline Goodall Ruth Sheen Darren Evans Beth Goddard Nina Wadia Franc Ashman
cat stray animal musician street performer love interest drug addict singer pet owner social worker emotional endearing engaging lighthearted positive london apartment animal care animal rescue relationships pet care
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Adventure, Drama
USA|Mexico
1983
128 Minutes
Director
Nick Nolte Joanna Cassidy Gene Hackman Ed Harris Alma Martinez Holly Palance Ella Laboriel Samuel Zarzosa Jonathan Zarzosa Raul Picasso Oswaldo Doria
photojournalist journalist love interest rebel soldier president gritty intense suspenseful nicaragua revolution death corruption media love triangle civil war love transformation 1970s
Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somozoa regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.
Drama, History
Australia|China|Germany|USA
2008
125 Minutes
Director
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Radha Mitchell Chow Yun-Fat Michelle Yeoh David Wenham Guang Li Matthew Walker Shane Briant
child journalist nurse orphan communist survivor gripping inspiring china mongolia desert journey orphans war communism quest love transformation 1930s
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.
Action
UK|USA
1997
119 Minutes
Director
Pierce Brosnan Jonathan Pryce Michelle Yeoh Teri Hatcher Joe Don Baker Ricky Jay Gotz Otto Judi Dench Desmond Llewelyn Vincent Schiavelli Geoffrey Palmer
james bond secret agent media mogul spy wife witty thrilling lighthearted china england pacific ocean media espionage government war sabotage romance pursuit quest 1990s
James Bond sets out to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.
Biography
Austria|Canada|UK|Germany
1994
107 Minutes
Director
Alan Rickman Amanda Ooms Gillian Barge Jan Rubes David Hemben Anna Thalbach Simon McBurney Martin Schwab Shirley Douglas Peter Dvorsky
doctor pianist wife rival government official gripping somber vienna paris theater street office medicine ambition medical breakthrough rumors scandal franz anton mesmer rivalry transformation
A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."
Comedy
USA
1986
104 Minutes
Director
Robin Williams Kurt Russell Pamela Reed Holly Palance Donald Moffat Margaret Whitton M. Emmet Walsh Donovan Scott R. G. Armstrong Kirk Cameron
bank employee mechanic wife father-in-law teammate son rousing amusing lighthearted charming california football field bank garage regret football reunion family feud redemption high school
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Sci-Fi
USA
2000
124 Minutes
Director
Arnold Schwarzenegger Tony Goldwyn Michael Rapaport Michael Rooker Sarah Wynter Wendy Crewson Rodney Rowland Terry Crews Ken Pogue Colin Cunningham Robert Duvall
pilot clone agent mad scientist wife daughter engaging tense headquarters house death kidnapping cloning bible pursuit mystery discovery rescue 2010s
Futuristic action film about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.
Drama
2003
96 Minutes
Director
Susan Sarandon Aidan Devine Cynthia Mace Paulino Nunes Steven Cumyn Carl Marotte Lorne Cardinal Kenneth Welsh Linlyn Lue Richard Waugh Kathryn Zenna
physician researcher technician friend gripping emotional inspiring antarctica research station south pole stranded breast cancer biopsy survival helping others daunting task discovery rescue 1990s
Stranded at an Antarctic research facility, Dr. Jerri Nielsen (Susan Sarandon) must treat herself for breast cancer.
Drama
1989
90 Minutes
Director
A true account of actor Paul Linke's efforts to hold his family together after his wife is diagnosed with cancer.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
1993
140 Minutes
Director
Matthew Modine Alan Alda Lily Tomlin Richard Gere Steve Martin Anjelica Huston Swoosie Kurtz Ian McKellen Bud Cort Phil Collins David Dukes
doctor scientist politician gay/lesbian somber sad powerful profound center for disease control and prevention laboratory hospital africa aids science homosexuality death struggle underdog quest 1980s
Fear, rivals and ignorance block a doctor's (Matthew Modine) crusade in the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
Action
1988
109 Minutes
Director
Sidney Poitier Tom Berenger Kirstie Alley Clancy Brown Richard Masur Andrew Robinson Kevin Scannell Frederick Coffin
fbi agent thief guide fiancée jewel thief boyfriend confident engaging suspenseful tense thrilling intense pacific northwest canadian border jewelry shop mountain wilderness city hostage situation extortion
An FBI agent (Sidney Poitier) and his mountain guide (Tom Berenger) track a killer trying to cross from Washington into Canada.
Drama
2000
115 Minutes
Director
Bob Hoskins Jeffrey DeMunn Rosa Blasi Luis Avalos Denise Blasor Nestor Carbonell Tony Plana John Verea Richard Masur David Marshall Grant Michael Sorich
dictator president wife mistress major colonel gritty fascinating panama palace church manuel noriega political corruption political coup drug trade assassination dictatorship fall rise 1980s
A tongue-in-cheek account of the rise of Panama's Manuel Noriega and the subsequent U.S. invasion of his country.
Drama
UK
2018
86 Minutes
Director
Minka Kelly Andie MacDowell Chad Michael Murray Makenzie Vega Donna Biscoe Donny Boaz Alyshia Ochse Havana Blum Seaton Stanley Chase Stokes
woman mother old flame friend pregnant woman brother amusing charming emotional endearing playful chicago beach house charleston, s.c. beach family home hard times returning home saving the planet turtles
Based on the hit short film Full Disclosure, The Black Spot follows an agent in the International Off-world Trade Federation as he uncovers some dark secrets. He is forced to go on the run ... See full summary »
Drama
2002
96 Minutes
Director
Stockard Channing Sam Waterston Shane Meier Kristen Thompson Joseph Ziegler B.J. McLellan David Broadhurst Yani Gellman Damien Atkins Drew Nelson Philip Eddolls
gay man mother father killer attorney friend powerful solemn emotional wyoming court college matthew shepard hate crime homophobia murder grief family transformation love
Parents (Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston) deal with the murder of their homosexual son (Shane Meier) who was beaten and left for dead by two assailants.
Adventure
2014
120 Minutes
Director
Brando Quilici Dakota Goyo Goran Visnjic Bridget Moynahan Racine Bebamikawe Duane Murray Jacqueline Loewen Kendra Leigh Timmins James Durham
young boy polar bear cub moving amusing inspiring incredible intense canada border wilderness traveling wild animals adventure discovery crusade adventure growing up quest 2010s