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Prisoner of Honor (1991)
France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment of the Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus after being convicted…
Blonde Fist (1991)
A woman attempts to escape her domestic problems by fleeing to New York in search of her father. She finds him, and also new problems, some friendship, a romance, and…
Afraid of the Dark (1991)
A little boy, obsessed with blindness and violence, slowly gets trapped in his own delusions.
Let Him Have It (1991)
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek’s…
The Body Beautiful (1991)
This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image…
A Brief History of Time (1991)
This shows physicist Stephen Hawking’s life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking’s friends, family, classmates,…
Under Suspicion (1991)
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his…
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It’s there…
Edward II (1991)
England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and…
35 Up (1991)
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during…
Adventures in Dinosaur City (1991)
A scientist’s kids are sucked into a TV screen and wind up in the Stone Age with cavemen and dinosaurs.
The Commitments (1991)
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians…
Young Soul Rebels (1991)
Two disc jockeys have a friend’s murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.
Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
Chanticleer is a foolhardy farm rooster who believes his crows can actually make the sun come up and shine. When the sun rises one morning without Chanticleer’s crow, he leaves…
Barton Fink (1991)
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Riff-Raff (1991)
Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to…
The Pope Must Die (1991)
A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist’s son and marries him, against her straitlaced family’s wishes.
Secret Friends (1991)
During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call…
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the…
Robin Hood (1991)
The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991)
When an American plantation owner’s wife and her sister interrupt an African death ritual to save the sacrificial goat, the witch doctor places a curse on them, summoning a god…
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
A beautiful black gangster’s moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are…
Truly Madly Deeply (1991)
Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it’s almost as good as it…
A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is…
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
When Elizabeth returns to her mother’s home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her…
Howling VI: The Freaks (1991)
A villainous carnival owner traps a young werewolf to include in his growing menagerie of inhuman exhibits.
The Object of Beauty (1991)
American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel above their means, incurring a sizeable debt. When they are asked to pay a lavish dinner bill and…
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.
American Friends (1991)
Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby…
North of Vortex (1991)
A gay poet heads west from New York City in his convertible. He picks up a muscular sailor who’s bisexual; then Jackie, a waitress at a diner, joins them. Jackie…
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
Two minor characters from the play “Hamlet” stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it’s up to MacLeod and Ramirez to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet…
The Wanderer (1991)
Adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon poem The Wanderer, telling of a warrior’s loss of a beloved Lord and his subsequent loneliness as he tracks across countries, exiled from a community.
Vincent & Theo (1990)
The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. Based on the letters written between the two.
Ident (1990)
Explores the nature of man, not only with feet of clay, but with a face of clay as well. Within a colourless city of walls, corridors, and small rooms, a…
Next (1990)
William Shakespeare, without saying a word, gives a quick run through of all his plays in a very special audition.
Night of the Fox (1990)
This classic war mini-series stars George Peppard and Michael York in a gripping tale of danger, intrigue, and a deadly secret that could determine the fate of millions. U.S. Officer…
Hidden Agenda (1990)
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the “Troubles.” But when…
A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990)
Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of…