Unwritten Obsession

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying o...

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Richard Brooks

Cast

Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Hal Ashby

Cast

Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes...

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

Federico Fellini

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Mike Figgis

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Lee Tamahori

Cast

Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell