A bear almost kills him, & frontiersman Hugh Glass is left behind to die. He struggles to survive the winter cold & track down the man who killed his son.
Irrational Man (2015)
A small college philosophy professor, despairing that life has no purpose even though a female prof & an adoring student bed with him, finds meaning in murdering an allegedly evil man, thus improving the world.
CRIMES and MISDEMEANORS (1989)
A man gets away with a crime, killing his mistress, & a filmmaker loses the girl & his belief in a moral universe in a tale questioning morality & a just God.
Mortdecai (2014)
Mortdecai is an unflappable Lord, but a shady art dealer, whose wife & manservant have far more brains. He & Mi5 are searching for a stolen Goya painting that a terrorist also wants because it contains info about gold hidden by the Nazis.
Foxcatcher (2014)
Olympic Wrestling God medal winners Mark & Dave Schultz join Team Foxcatcher, bankrolled by wealthy but eccentric John du Pont, the story ending in tragedy.
Dead Man Walking (1995)
A nun risks upsetting her colleagues, her family, & parents of two dead lovers by becoming the spiritual counselor to the vain man who raped & killed them.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
in City is a place where greed, vengeance, and murder are the order of the day. The interwoven tales involve characters from Frank Miller’s graphic novels.
The Fisher King (1991)
A selfish radio jock sets into motion a mass killing & meets the crazed husband of a victim who now thinks he is a knight on a quest for the Holy Grail. Seeking atonement, the ex-jock sets out to help the “knight.”
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A woman married to an older diner owner falls for a drifter, and the two plot to do away with him, but a local DA becomes suspicious of their relationship.
God’s Pocket (2014)
There is a sadness about this movie, made just before Philip Seymour Hoffman’s tragic death, but it’s well worth watching. Click the movie’s title to read my entire review.