Films These are some of my favourites. You might like them too. If you click on the Order button, you go straight to Amazon and (at no cost to you) I get a wee percentage that helps support this website. Thanks! 1 Giant Leap Produced, directed and composed by Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto A visual album fusing sound, images and spoken word from around the world Order Now 12 Angry Men Starring Henry Fonda Order Now A Beautiful Mind Starring Russell Crowe Winner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind is direct by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer Order Now A Man for all Seasons Featuring an all star cast - Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, Susannah York and Vanessa Redgrave "A picture that inspires admiration, courage and thought" (The New York Times) Order Now All the President's Men Starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman Two Washington reporters stumble upon what was to become known as the Watergate Scandal. Order Now American Graffiti Starring Richard Dreyfuss A Californian night in 1962 finds four young men leaving college and beginning to party. Order Now Apollo 13 Starring Tom Hanks Drama based on the events of the Apollo 13 space flight which saw three American astronauts stranded in a crippled spacecraft miles from earth. Order Now Billy Elliot Starring Julie Walters, Gary Lewis, Jamie Bell When Billy Elliot chooses ballet classes over boxing lessons his life is changed forever. He decides to keep the lessons secret from his father, a coal miner, but when his ballet instructor persuades him to try out for the Royal Ballet School in London, Billy must make the choice between family responsibilities and his dreams... Order Now Chariots of Fire The story of the intense rivalry between two British athletes as they prepare for and participate in the 1924 Olympic Games. Order Now Children of a Lesser God Starring William Hurt and Marlee Matlin Based on the Tony Award-winning play and nominated for five Academy Awards, this sensitive drama stars William Hurt as an idealistic tutor of the deaf who becomes involved with an angry, confused woman trying to cope with her handicap in a hearing world. Order Now Dead Poet's Society Starring Robin Williams Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches but his charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. Order Now Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller "Death of a Salesman" has been called the greatest American play of the 20th Century. Order Now Field of Dreams Starring Kevin Costner "If you build it, he will come". With these words, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner) is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Order Now Mr. Holland's Opus Starring Richard Dreyfuss A composer of music shares his musical passion with his students and learns that life isn't always predictable. Order Now Philadelphia Starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington Two men launch an historic and moving struggle against society's ignorance and intolerance. One man is fighting for his reputation, his life and ultimately for justice. The other is battling to overcome his own society's prejudice and fear. And they are both fighting for something uniquely important. Philadelphia is one of the most powerful and critically acclaimed movies of our time. Order Now Stand And Deliver Starring Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris A true story about a modern miracle. Order Now The Celluloid Closet Narrated by Lily Tomlin An amazing history of Hollywood's films from the perspective of the gay and lesbian stories carefully placed within well-known films. Order Now The Shawshank Redemption Starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman This film is an extraordinary tale of hope, friendship and survival inside a maximum security prison. Order Now The Straight Story The true story of how seventy-three year old Alvin Straight, who is determined to make it up with his ailing elder brother, travels the three hundred miles on his lawnmower!. Order Now Thirteen Days Starring Kevin Costner Set over thirteen days in 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis, this film tells the story of that tense and explosive situation. Order Now Truly Madly Deeply Starring Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson Truly Madly Deeply is an intelligent, moving, and deeply funny story about love and death. Order Now Tuesdays with Morrie Starring Jack Lemmon "When you know how to die, you know how to live" Order Now