List of the best Scott Hicks movies: Shine(1996), The Boys Are Back(2009), Snow Falling on Cedars(1999), The Lucky One(2012), No Reservations(2007), Fallen(2016) ... ...
Biography, Drama
Australia
1996
105 Minutes
Director
Geoffrey Rush Justin Braine Sonia Todd Armin Mueller-Stahl Noah Taylor Lynn Redgrave John Gielgud Googie Withers Alex Rafalowicz Nicholas Bell Chris Heywood
pianist doctor restaurant manager father mental patient uplifting emotional gutsy concert hall london sanatorium restaurant piano family feud mental illness recovery dreams father/son relationship fall transformation
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Comedy, Drama
Australia|UK
2009
104 Minutes
Director
Clive Owen Emma Booth Laura Fraser George MacKay Nicholas McAnulty Julia Blake Chris Heywood Erik Thomson Natasha Little Lewis Fitz-Gerald Nakia Pires
A sports writer becomes a single parent in tragic circumstances.
Drama, History
USA
1999
126 Minutes
Director
Ethan Hawke James Cromwell Richard Jenkins James Rebhorn Sam Shepard Eric Thal Max von Sydow Youki Kudoh Rick Yune Jan Rubes Celia Weston
japanese-american fisherman newspaper reporter wife love interest judge somber endearing emotional profound pacific northwest fishing village household courtroom drowning murder postwar america discrimination family feud unrequited love
A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
Romance, Drama
USA
2012
101 Minutes
Director
Zac Efron Taylor Schilling Blythe Danner Riley Thomas Stewart Jay R. Ferguson Adam LeFevre Robert Hayes Joe Chrest Russell Durham Comegys Sharon Morris Ann McKenzie
marine sergeant young woman son melodramatic mushy uplifting iraq north carolina kennel family home colorado unlikely romance veterans destiny trust quest love 2010s
A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.
Romance, Drama
USA
2007
104 Minutes
Director
Catherine Zeta-Jones Aaron Eckhart Abigail Breslin Patricia Clarkson Jenny Wade Bob Balaban Brian F. O'Byrne Lily Rabe Eric Silver Arija Bareikis John McMartin
chef boss niece assistant heartwarming amusing greenwich village new york city restaurant cemetery house big city new romance competition death career adoption unintended consequences rivalry love
The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.
Romance, Fantasy, Drama
2016
87 Minutes
Director
Joely Richardson Hermione Corfield Addison Timlin Jeremy Irvine Harrison Gilbertson Lola Kirke Sianoa Smit-McPhee Daisy Head Malachi Kirby Chris Ashby Juliet Aubrey
teen boy teen girl love interest romantic interest student angel engaging fascinating emotional school united kingdom love crime reform true love heaven hell love forbidden love transformation
On Luce Price's first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school, her attention is captured by the strangely familiar Daniel Grigori. She soon discovers he is a fallen angel who has battled over her for centuries.