Drama Movies
Testing the Limits (1998)
Mike and Toni are on their way to the mountains for a romantic weekend, when their car breaks down. The couple take shelter in an empty cabin, unaware that it…
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God… Be Back by Five (1998)
Two young men who have been friends since early childhood decide to go on a trip to find a third friend who has long since disappeared. Stories they have heard…
Edge City (1998)
Prague Duet (1998)
Dr. Lauren is staying in Prague for a conference and falls in love with Czech writer Jiri Kolmar.
Sex Files: Pleasure World (1998)
Vacationers go to “Pleasure World” to make their sexual fantasies come true with the non-human staff.
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress…
The Boxer (1997)
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released…
Affliction (1997)
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
Lured Innocence (1997)
A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair.
Tricks (1997)
Ex-showgirl and part-time hooker Rogers loses her legitimate job at a casino because of an abusive trick. She gets revenge when she is blacklisted and her son is threatened.
The Winter Guest (1997)
It’s winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother,…
Afterglow (1997)
Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes…
Wag the Dog (1997)
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President’s adviser hires a Hollywood producer to…
Jackie Brown (1997)
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to…
The Education of Little Tree (1997)
Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents and starts to live with his Indian grandma and grandpa and learn the…
A Christmas Memory (1997)
A new version of Truman Capote’s 1956 tale based on his own bittersweet upbringing in Alabama. The story deals with a seven-year-old who forms a special friendship with his simple,…
The Apostle (1997)
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is brutally attacked and hospitalized, Melvin finds…
Open Your Eyes (1997)
A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
Spice World (1997)
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
Solomon (1997)
David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon, fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne…
First Love: The Litter on the Breeze (1997)
Faced with the task of creating a film about first love for his producer Wong Kar-wai, Kot ruminates on his creative process, his rejected ideas, and finally his two chosen…
Breast Men (1997)
We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, they split up and follow different…
In Your Dreams (1997)
The second of three contemporary stories showing in the Love Bites 1997 season. Clare accuses fellow-student Jamie of raping her after their first date. Three months later they face each…
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
Amistad (1997)
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in…
Forbidden Territory: Stanley’s Search for Livingstone (1997)
British explorer Henry Stanley travels to Africa in 1871 seeking missionary David Livingstone.
Ill Gotten Gains (1997)
WEST AFRICA 1869 – Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship – twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but a…
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult graduate-level math problems, his talents are…
The Second Civil War (1997)
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state’s border. News Net Television, a…
On Guard (1997)
France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri…
The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.
Borrowed Hearts (1997)
Single mom Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey) and her daughter Zoey pretend to be Kathleen’s boss’s “family” so he can close a major business deal with the mysterious Mexican financier Javier…
Under the Skin (1997)
Although married and pregnant Rose has always been mother’s favorite, it is younger sister Iris whose life is shaken up by mother’s death. Suffocating, Iris spirals out of control and…