Release Date: 2007-12-14

Overview: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Rating: 7.332 (1183 votes)

Release Date: 1998-12-25

Overview: The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

Rating: 7.315 (3290 votes)

Release Date: 2004-10-17

Overview: During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.

Rating: 7.322 (3611 votes)

Release Date: 2007-09-21

Overview: After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

Rating: 7.798 (9729 votes)

Release Date: 2009-10-22

Overview: A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.

Rating: 6.815 (355 votes)

Release Date: 2007-03-22

Overview: A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.

Rating: 7.208 (1112 votes)

Release Date: 2008-09-13

Overview: Natalie is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that Keith has something to hide. As the free-spirited Keith shows Natalie how to embrace what life offers, they grow closer -- until a secret tests the bounds of their relationship

Rating: 7.063 (456 votes)

Release Date: 1992-09-16

Overview: Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.

Rating: 7.232 (672 votes)

Release Date: 1998-10-02

Overview: Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in Hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.

Rating: 7.2 (2367 votes)

Release Date: 2009-11-24

Overview: Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's uptight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?

Rating: 5.54 (755 votes)

Release Date: 2009-04-24

Overview: A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

Rating: 6.696 (785 votes)

Release Date: 2004-12-08

Overview: A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

Rating: 7.25 (1677 votes)

Release Date: 2001-12-25

Overview: When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.

Rating: 6.33 (1398 votes)

Release Date: 2009-06-08

Overview: A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

Rating: 8.012 (6862 votes)

Release Date: 2013-11-08

Overview: While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

Rating: 7.495 (4395 votes)

Release Date: 1987-12-23

Overview: A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.

Rating: 7.308 (2834 votes)

Release Date: 2002-04-11

Overview: Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

Rating: 6.3 (1933 votes)

Release Date: 2001-12-14

Overview: From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.

Rating: 7.854 (10531 votes)

Release Date: 1993-11-24

Overview: Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.

Rating: 7.194 (6292 votes)

Release Date: 2012-09-09

Overview: In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

Rating: 7.367 (6422 votes)