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1	Enchanted April (1992) more movies like this directed by Mike Newell featuring Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Alfred Molina, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, Michael Kitchen Previously filmed in 1935 with Ann Harding, Enchanted April, a romantic novel by Elizabeth, was remade in 1992. The first film skips along superficially at 66 minutes: the second, directed by the always intriguing Mike Newell, runs 101 minutes, allowing for richer characterizations and a bottomless reserve of brilliant dialogue. Two cloistered, ... see all copies from $41.99!
2	Tea With Mussolini (1999) more movies like this directed by Franco Zeffirelli featuring Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea With Mussolini is a drama with comic accents about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935, when, as one character puts it, "Mussolini was just a man who made the trains run on time." Luca (played by Charlie Lucas) is a boy living in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.20!
3	101 Dalmatians (1996) more movies like this directed by Stephen Herek featuring Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie There are more puppies than you can shake a rolled up newspaper at in this live-action remake of the Disney animated favorite 101 Dalmatians. Roger (Jeff Daniels) is a designer of computer games who shares his home with his pet dalmatian, Pongo. One day, Roger takes Pongo for a walk in the park and the dog sets his eyes on a beautiful female ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99!
4	Dance with Me (1998) more movies like this directed by Randa Haines featuring Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright, Jane Krakowski, William Marquez, Harry Groener Randa Haines directed this dance drama, focusing on young Cuban Rafael Infante (Latino singer Chayanne) after the death of his mother. Rafael leaves Cuba for Houston, where he meets his father John Burnett (Kris Kristofferson) for the first time. Burnette is unaware that the young man is his son, and Rafael can't figure out how to tell him. Rafael ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.21!
5	I Love You to Death (1990) more movies like this directed by Lawrence Kasdan featuring Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix, William Hurt, Keanu Reeves, Miriam Margolyes Lawrence Kasdan's black comedy about a wife's ultimate revenge against her womanizing husband is based on a true story about the wife of a pizzeria owner who decided to kill her cheating husband. When her attempt to murder him failed, the husband refused to press charges against her because he felt she had done the right thing. Kevin Kline is the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00!
6	Dennis the Menace (1993) more movies like this directed by Nick Castle, Jr. featuring Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson John Hughes continues the trend he began with the Home Alone series in Dennis the Menace, the Hughes-scripted film version of Hank Ketcham's long-running comic strip, cartoon show, and television comedy. The film opens as Dennis (Mason Gamble) is seen careening down a sidewalk in a beautiful and idealistic suburban town on his training-wheeled ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.24!
7	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) more movies like this directed by Dan Ireland featuring Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Zoe Tapper, Anna Massey, Robert Lang An elderly widow and a young would-be author strike up an unlikely friendship in this comedy drama. Mrs. Palfrey (Joan Plowright) has been uneasy since the death of her husband, and she decides to move from her long-time home in Scotland to London so she can be closer to her grandson Desmond (Lorcan O'Toole). Mrs. Palfrey settles into the ... see all copies from $4.90! new only from $14.04!
8	Avalon (1990) more movies like this directed by Barry Levinson featuring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Eve Gordon, Elizabeth Perkins, Lou Jacobi, Leo L. Fuchs, Joan Plowright, Elijah Wood The third of director Barry Levinson's autobiographical "Baltimore Trilogy" (the first two entries were Diner and Tin Men), Avalon covers nearly forty years in the lives of an immigrant Jewish family. Sam Krichinsky (Armin Mueller-Stahl) emigrates to Baltimore in 1914, where Sam's brothers Gabriel (Lou Jacobi), Hymie (Leo L. Fuchs), and Nathan ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.46!
9	I Am David (2004) more movies like this directed by Paul Feig featuring Ben Tibber, James Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Hristo Shopov, Silvia De Santis A young boy is sent on a remarkable odyssey as he flees a Communist prison camp in this historical drama, set in Eastern Europe in the early '50s. David (Ben Tibber) is a 12-year-old boy who was sentenced with his parents to a Bulgarian labor camp when they were found guilty of political subversion; he hasn't seen his folks in years, and looks to ... see all copies from $5.23! new only from $10.82!
10	Jane Eyre (1996) more movies like this directed by Franco Zeffirelli featuring William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan Plowright, Anna Paquin, Geraldine Chaplin Director Franco Zeffirelli stresses emotional realism over gothic chills in this restrained adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic. The screenplay, by Zeffirelli and Hugh Whitmore, remains relatively faithful to the original story, beginning with a condensed look at the troubled childhood of young Jane (Anna Paquin) and her mistreatment by a ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $10.95!
11 view cover	The Summer House (1993) more movies like this directed by Waris Hussein featuring Jeanne Moreau, Joan Plowright, Julie Walters, Lena Headey, David Threlfall Martin Sherman adapted Alice Thomas Ellis' novel for this comedy about a suburban Englishwoman who's about to settle on marriage with her mother-dominated next door neighbor until everyone's comfortable life is disrupted by a visit from her exotic and flamboyant friend Lili (Jeanne Moreau, in a scene-stealing performance). Nicole Gagne, All ... see all copies from $3.38!
12 view cover	Rock My World (2001) more movies like this directed by Sidney J. Furie featuring Peter O'Toole, Joan Plowright, Alicia Silverstone, Lochlyn Munro, Jaimz Woolvett Veteran hack director Sidney J. Furie directs the silly straight-to-video comedy Rock My World. The aging stuffy English aristocrats Lord and Lady Foxley (Peter O'Toole and Joan Plowright) have fallen on hard times, so they loan out the use of their mansion to the American rock band Global Heresy. When the band's bass player mysteriously ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $4.75!
13 view cover	Equus (1977) more movies like this directed by Sidney Lumet featuring Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Harry Andrews Richard Burton plays a psychiatrist who attempts to discover why young Peter Firth has taken to mutilating live horses. In probing Firth's psyche, Burton discovers that the source of the boy's obsession is his mother, Joan Plowright, who has raised Firth with a convoluted set of values. Even as he gets closer to the reason behind Firth's ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $10.89!
14 view cover	Back to the Secret Garden (2000) more movies like this directed by Michael Tuchner featuring Camilla Belle, Joan Plowright, George Baker, Cherie Lunghi, Leigh Lawson Although Frances Hodgson Burnett did not feel the need to write a sequel to her classic fantasy novel The Secret Garden, this did not prevent producer Norman Rosemont from commissioning just such a sequel. Set in 1946, Back to the Secret Garden finds Mary Lennox, the youthful heroine of the original novel, all grown up and far removed from her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.82!
15 view cover	Merchant of Venice (1973) more movies like this directed by John Sichel, Jonathan Miller featuring Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Anthony Nicholls, Jeremy Brett Olivier stars in this production of the Shakespearean tragedy about greed and vengeance. All Movie Guide see all copies from $10.95! new only from $17.04!
16 view cover	Widows' Peak (1994) more movies like this directed by John Irvin featuring Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar, Jim Broadbent In the Irish town of Kilshannon in the 1920s, a matriarchal clique of widows tightly sets the rules for behavior. Heading the town's ruling circle is the doughty Mrs. Counihan (Joan Plowright). The only non-widow in town is a reclusive middle-aged spinster, Miss O'Hare (Mia Farrow), who seems to be guarding some kind of secret. Crashing into this ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $8.00!
17 view cover	Revolution (1985) more movies like this directed by Hugh Hudson featuring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright, Steven Berkoff This period drama about the American Revolution has an overlay of rhetoric that thwarts the action, flattening out the story about a man and his loved ones caught up in the events of the time. Tom Dobb (Al Pacino) falls in love with Daisy McConnahay (Nastassja Kinski), an aristocrat who deserts her class to fight alongside the rebels. Tom teaches ... see all copies from $4.98!
18 view cover	Mr. Wrong (1996) more movies like this directed by Nick Castle, Jr. featuring Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Dean Stockwell, Joan Plowright Popular comic and television personality Ellen DeGeneres had her first starring role in a feature film in this black comedy. Martha Alston (DeGeneres) is a thirtysomething single working as a producer for a talk show. Ever since Martha's younger sister got married, her parents have been after her to settle down, but Martha has had little luck ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
19 view cover	And a Nightingale Sang (1991) more movies like this directed by Robert Knights featuring Tom Watt, Phyllis Logan, Joan Plowright, John Woodvine Originally aired on the Masterpiece Theatre television series and set in Great Britain towards the end of WW II, this romantic drama chronicles the sacrifices made by a blue-collar woman and her family. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $4.99!
20 view cover	Drowning by Numbers (1988) more movies like this directed by Peter Greenaway featuring Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson, Jason Edwards Peter Greenaway wrote and directed this typically surreal and iconoclastic black comedy. Three generations of women who share the same name -- 63-year-old Cissie Colpitts (Joan Plowright), her daughter Cissie Colpitts II (Juliet Stevenson), and granddaughter Cissie Colpitts III (Joely Richardson) -- have all discovered the same way of dealing with ... see all copies from $9.17!
21 view cover	Frankie and Hazel (2000) more movies like this directed by JoBeth Williams featuring Joan Plowright, Mischa Barton, Ingrid Uribe, Richard Yniguez Two friends get their first taste of adult responsibilities in this made-for-cable comedy-drama. Francesca (Mischa Barton) and Hazel (Ingrid Uribe) are two 12-year-old girls growing up in Percaucus, an economically depressed community that's seen better days. Hazel, who has an avid interest in politics and history, is upset with the slow decay of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99!
22 view cover	The Entertainer (1960) more movies like this directed by Tony Richardson featuring Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Joan Plowright, Roger Livesey, Alan Bates, Albert Finney Laurence Olivier recreates his stage role of Archie Rice in this in-your-face film adaptation of John Osborne's play. The son of a legendary music hall comedian (Roger Livesey), Archie is strictly a third-rater, headlining a tacky music hall revue in a seedy seaside resort town. Archie can't admit that he's a failure, and his grim insouciance ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
23 view cover	A Place for Annie (1994) more movies like this directed by John Gray featuring Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker, Joan Plowright, Jack Noseworthy In this touching drama, a kind-hearted pediatric nurse tries to adopt an HIV-positive baby and ends up taking care of its troubled, dying mother as well. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $3.00!
24 view cover	Britannia Hospital (1982) more movies like this directed by Lindsay Anderson featuring Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright, Jill Bennett This dark comedy charts the chaos that results when the panicked staff of a major English hospital attempts to prepare for a visit by the Queen Mother, only to face every problem imaginable. Britannia Hospital clearly attempts to recapture the anarchic bite of director Lindsay Anderson's previous satires If... and O Lucky Man, but fails to achieve ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.75!
25 view cover	Brimstone and Treacle (1982) more movies like this directed by Richard Loncraine featuring Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Suzanna Hamilton The arrival of a mysterious stranger disrupts the lives of the members of a British family in this dark, psychological thriller. The stranger is one Martin Taylor (Sting), a dangerous charmer who ingratiates himself with the Bateses, a dignified, older couple (Denholm Elliott and Joan Plowright). The couple becomes especially fond of Martin after ... see all copies from $15.49! new only from $16.59!

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