The Getaway King

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually ...

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Sam Peckinpah

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Peter Webber

Cast

Gaspard Ulliel, Aaran Thomas, Gong Li

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Zack Snyder

Cast

Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West

A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Kim Ki-duk

Cast

Lee Seung-yun, Jae Hee, Kwon Hyuk-ho

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Mary Harron

Cast

Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Willem Dafoe