Our Little Sister

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Cast

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise

After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Jan Svěrák

Cast

Andrei Khalimon, Zdeněk Svěrák, Libuše Šafránková

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Hiroyuki Okiura

Cast

Yoshikatsu Fujiki, Sumi Mutou, Hiroyuki Kinosha

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil th...

Runtime

2h 41m

Director

David Lean

Cast

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to...

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi