Bill Condon

Gods and Monsters 1998

The last days of Frankenstein (1931) director James Whale are explored.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave

7.3 IMDB Rating 114 Views
Dreamgirls 2006

Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due?

Category: Drama, Music, Musical

Stars: Jamie Foxx,Beyoncé Knowles,Eddie Murphy,Danny Glover

6.5 IMDB Rating 7,306 Views
The Good Liar 2019

Consummate con man Roy Courtnay has set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Betty McLeish, worth millions. But this time, what should have been a simple swindle escalates into a cat-and-mouse game with the ultimate stakes.

Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Jim Carter

6.6 IMDB Rating 3,977 Views
The Fifth Estate 2013

The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society-and what are the costs of exposing them?

Category: Biography, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Peter Capaldi,David Thewlis,Anatole Taubman,Alexander Beyer

6.2 IMDB Rating 4,480 Views
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 2011

The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the towns people of Forks.

Category: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner

4.9 IMDB Rating 16,900 Views
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 2012

After the birth of Renesmee/Nessie, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.

Category: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner

5.5 IMDB Rating 17,590 Views
Beauty and the Beast 2017

A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.

Category: Family, Fantasy, Kids, Musical

Stars: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans

7.1 IMDB Rating 18,632 Views
Mr. Holmes 2015

An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.

Category: Drama, Mystery

Stars: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,393 Views