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Argentina:13 certified movies
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Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. |
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Based on true events, the extraordinary movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001. The movie tells the story of John Nash (Russell Crowe) who starts grad school at Princeton in 1947. Some people consider him to be mentally ill, others regard him as a math genius. He is very lonely as he doesn't much like people, and they don't like him either. John often misses classes and spends his time working on game theory. As a result, Nash gains a prestigious post at MIT's Wheeler House. Some time later he gets married to brilliant student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and is recruited by the CIA for top-secret code-breaking activities. Eventually, Nash's brilliance leads him to madness making him lose control of reality. Alicia wants to help her husband; drugs and shock therapy, however, turn Nash into a listless, crest-fallen person. But Nash starts struggling to gain some control over his mental state. After hard years of insanity John Nash ultimately manages to overcome his schizophrenia and win international recognition. |
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This true story happens at the end of the XVIII century, during the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, in France. Jeanne de la Motte-Valois (Hilary Swank) is a gorgeous elegant young aristocrat whose parents have been dispossessed of status, title and wealth by the king. Deceit is her only means to restore her family name and property. Jeanne invents a cunning and risky plan around a magnificent 647- diamond necklace made for the king’s lover. She wants to get the necklace and inveigles Cardinal Louis de Rohan (Jonathan Pryce), famous for his lust and dissipation, into her treacherous intrigue. On her way Jeanne will stop at nothing... |
| Ablaze
[2001,
USA]
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| "A firestorm of fiery action and scorching suspense!" |
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Hoping to make a killing on the insurance money, oil refinery owner Wendell Mays decides to burn the place to the ground. His greed endangers the lives of the entire town as the fireball creates a spreading inferno threatens to engulf the entire city, and stretches the abilities of the fire department and the local hospital to their breaking points. |
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The adventure drama follows the story of the most legendary American outlaws, daring young guys who, after returning to their hometown from the frontlines of the Civil War, are forced to declare a war on a ruthless, powerful railroad tycoon, Thaddeus Rains (Harris Yulin), who attempts to grab farmers' homesteads in order to move his rail line across the country. Jesse James (Colin Farrell) forms a gang made up of his elder brother Frank (Gabriel Macht), their companion Cole Younger (Scott Caan), and other farmers in order to disrupt the railroad company's expansion by sabotaging its tracks, robbing banks and distributing the stolen money to the poor. The so-called Robin Hoods soon become the subject of the greatest manhunt in American history, led by Allan Pinkerton (Timothy Dalton), the founder of the Secret Service. |
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A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch's descent into Alzheimer's Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends). |
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If siblings Darry (Justin Long) and Trish Jenner (Gina Phillips) had known that their routine road trip home for a holiday break would turn dangerous, they would have stayed at the college forever. The brother and sister saw HIM near a creepy ramshackle church in the middle of nowhere. The scary figure in a long black cloak and a wide-brimmed hat was dumping blood-stained packages into the basement. After seeing the Creeper (Jonathan Breck), the siblings should have quickly pressed the accelerator pedal and have gone as far as possible from this cursed place. But Darry and Trish made a fatal mistake when they decided to return and find out what HE had hid in the cellar of the lopsided church. Their reckless curiosity turned into the wildest nightmare... |
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'The Mexican' is a priceless antique pistol belonging to big boss Arnold Margolese (Gene Hackman) who is about to get out of jail. A small-time gangster, Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt), who has big problems with the mafia, is instructed to travel to Mexico so as to find this cursed legendary gun. What is worse is that he is at outs with his girl-friend Samantha (Julia Roberts) who demands that he break off with the mob. The problems multiply when the gun turns out to be hunted by many other bandits including two hired assassins. |
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1989, South London. Jack, an ebullient butcher, has died, and his last orders are to cast his ashes off the Margate Pier. His wife of 50 years, Amy, stays home, with the excuse of a visit to their mentally-disabled daughter. Jack's three closest friends, Ray, Vic, and Lenny - along with Jack's son Vince - head for Margate. Each has memories of Jack and of friendships, family, and conflicts. It's Vince's relationship with his dad that's the most complex, and Ray's long friendship with both Jack and Amy that holds things together. The last orders - to go to Margate and strew the ashes - become an invitation to recall what's done, what's left, and what's important. |
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Best friends will always help you even if they are not asked to. Wayne Lefessier (Steve Zahn) and J.D. McNugent (Jack Black) discover that their bosom buddy Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs) is planning to make the most terrible clam: to lead a cold-hearted beauty, Judith Fessbeggler (Amanda Peet ) to the altar. They plot to get their luckless buddy out of the clutches of this spiteful and ambitious damsel. Unfourtunately, the dudes are not famous for doing things in a proper way, therefore they are so senseless as to play "James Bond" and kidnap Judith. In her absence the dim-witted guys want to bring Darren and his old flame, Sandy Perkus (Amanda Detmer), together. So the duo starts to realize their risky screwball plan! |
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Set at the end of the XIX century in Cuba, the thriller depicts the story of dangerous, and sometimes deadly, love. Luis Antonio Vargas (Antonio Banderas), a wealthy coffee exporter, arranges to marry Julia Russell (Angelina Jolie), an American mail-order bride who he thinks is a virgin modest woman. But when he arrives at the port to meet her, Luis discovers that she is unlike the woman whose picture she sent and gets struck by her dazzling beauty, charm and seductiveness. Happy as a king, Luis enjoys his new life. Until his love story takes an unexpected fateful turn into a labyrinth of deception, betrayal and murder...
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Derek Zoolander has been the dominant male model in the industry for three years thanks to his patented "look," Blue Steel. On the night of the VH1 Fashion Awards, what should be his fourth trophy goes to an upstart model named Hansel. Adding to the insult, a story in Time magazine brands him an idiot. Derek decides to retire and seek out his roots. Meanwhile, the new prime minister of Malaysia has upset a secret coalition of fashion designers by promising to raise the minimum wage, effectively ending their supply of cheap labour in sweatshops. Sensing disaster, the covert group charges Mugatu, the current king of haute couture, to find a mindless male model to brainwash into assassinating the new world leader. Derek, rejected by his family, stumbles predictably into Mugatu's hands and the only ones who can save him are the reporter who took away his good name, his rival Hansel, and a mysterious model from the past who sheds light on the whole conspiracy. They have to work against time and Derek's ineptitude to stop him from killing on the night Mugatu reveals his newest clothing line with the Malaysian minister as his "honoured guest." |
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Meet Joseph 'Joe' Blake (Bruce Willis) and Terry Lee Collins (Billy Bob Thornton), the most successful bank burglars in the USA. Without firing a shot, with the help of their great charisma and insolence, the irresistible macho Joe and the hypochondriac Terry, always complaining of his imaginary illnesses, have robbed more banks than anybody else. It seemed that these suave, witty bandits would always lucky. But as the fates decree, the two fall in love with hot housewife Kate Wheeler (Cate Blanchett), who craves adventures and gets involved in their heists. As a result, everything in their lives goes topsy-turvy! |
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Set on the remote Isle of Jersey in 1945, the horror drama focus on a beautiful young woman named Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) who raises her two small kids alone waiting for her husband to return from the front. All her worries are connected with a rare disease of Nicholas (James Bentley) and Anne (Alakina Mann) who are deathly allergic to bright light. But Grace's anxiety becomes aggravated when Anne reveals to her mother that she sees ghosts appearing in every room of the house. At first, the devout woman refuses to believe that other-worldly beings can intrude into the world of the living. However, events over the next few days persuade her that there are other people, invisible and terrible, in the house with them. |
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A tight-collared workaholic ad executive, Nelson Moss (Keanu Reeves), is devoted to his career and can't imagine another lifestyle. One day he has to beg off work for a couple of hours to take a driving test. At the Department of Motor Vehicles he meets lively, eccentric Sara Deever (Charlize Theron), who is different from the other women in his life. Sara is a beautiful temptress who each month starts a new romantic relationship with no commitments, no pressure, no dependence and no infatuation. Before moving on to the next "patient" she helps her lover to change his life for the better. This time, she, however, falls deeply in love with Nelson, Mr. November, who is determined to give up his career and change his habitual way of life in order to make Sara happy. Will the two live a blissful life? |
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She is an exceptional case. Divinely beautiful, incredibly clever and courageous – a rose without thorn! She speaks foreign languages, is skilled in hand-to-hand fighting and weapons training, and able to survive in extreme conditions. There is no woman on the planet to compare with her. This girl is a daughter of Lord Richard Croft (Jon Voight). Her name is Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie). She is a tireless adventurer and archeologist who travels to exotic places in search of lost treasures and artifacts. This time she must find the unique artifact that grants the possessor ultimate power over space and time. Lara starts a race against time to get the two halves of the Triangle of Light before a crew of villains called the Illuminati acquires the talisman. The destiny of the human race is in Lara's delicate and safe hands... |
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The biopic follows the life and career of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) also known as ‘The Greatest’. He was the only boxer to become the world’s heavyweight champion three times. He was born in 1942 and was called Cassius Clay. When in 1954 somebody stole his new bike, Ali couldn’t stand up for himself, so he went to a gym to learn how to fight. Ali trained six days a week and was soon really good at running, skipping and, of course, boxing. In 1964 Clay converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. The movie depicts his rise and fall in sports and politics, including forfeiture of his boxing license and championship title for his principled refusal to serve in the military during the Vietnam War and his comeback battles against Joe Frazier and George Foreman. |
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A 32-year-old British woman named Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) indulges in bad habits, especially smoking, drinking and overeating, and has no scruple in saying what crosses her mind. The worst thing is that she is single and can't find the right man. Her caring parents (Gemma Jones and Jim Broadbent) try to bring her into contact with their neighbors' modest son, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), but Bridget is attracted to her handsome boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). She eventually arrives at a decision to turn over a new leaf, to work off her excess weight and to keep a diary in which she will record her achievements. However, making dreams come true and finding true love turns out to be much more difficult than expected... |
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Daryl Chase (Orlando Jones), a prosperous New York investment banker, considers the idea of stealing another man's passport and assuming his identity to be very good. He goes on the run after being wrongly charged with laundering Mexican drug cartel money and desperately tries to take shelter. But the hapless man soon comes to realize that he has jumped out of the frying-pan into the fire. Freddy Tiffany (Eddie Griffin), whose name he is using, proves to be a tough street hustler who is even more wanted by the police than he is. Chase must find a way to get out of a scrape before he has to pay a heavy price for Tiffany's sins. |
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Welcome to the Far Future when Man has made a technological breakthrough. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, the human race hopes to cope with the polar cap melting which causes the raise of the ocean waters and coastal flooding. Moreover, Cybertronics Manufacturing has created companion robots to replace friends, lovers or kids. One of these androids is David (Haley Joel Osment), a 12-year-old boy programmed to love and adopted by a Cybertronics employee, Henry Swinton (Sam Robards), and his wife, Monica (Frances O'Connor). David’s appearance and behaviour is not different from other kids. Even his love to the adoptive parents is quite real. One day David realizes that to be a human being is something totally different than to be a robot. David dreams of being a real kid to be loved and journeys out into the forests to find someone who can make his dreams come true. |
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