Focus Features: 10-Movie Spotlight Collection

Lost In Translation (2003)

In Sofia Coppola’s lyrical romantic tale, Bill Murray is Bob Harris, a past-his-prime American movie star who comes to Tokyo to shoot a television commercial. While staying at the hotel, the married Harris meets compatriot Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), the young, frustrated wife of a celebrity photographer (Giovanni Ribisi). The two lonely souls strike up a friendship while watching TV, singing karaoke, and going to parties, but can their relationship go any further? With Anna Faris. 102 min. C/Rtg: R

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

Scripter Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondry’s bittersweet, time-hopping romantic comedy stars Jim Carrey as a man who, upon learning that his free-spirited girlfriend (Kate Winslet) has undergone an experimental procedure to have all memories of their time together erased from her mind, agrees to the same treatment...only to regret his decision. Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood also star. 108 min. C/Rtg: R

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Keira Knightley shines as Elizabeth Bennet in this stunning adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic tale of romance in Georgian England. As one of five wealthy sisters pressured by their parents to get married, Elizabeth, despite being courted by several worthy suitors, finds herself inexplicably drawn to the egotistical young Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen). Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Jena Malone, Rosamund Pike, and Judi Dench co-star. 129 min. C/Rtg: PG

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) spends the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the beautiful wilderness of Wyoming’s Brokeback Mountain, partnering with rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal). The two men form a powerful bond they are compelled to hide from their families and from a society unprepared to accept their enduring connection. Director Ang Lee’s acclaimed, emotional drama also stars Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid. 135 min. C/Rtg: R

Atonement (2007)

Based on the Ian McEwan novel, this stirring drama focuses on the repercussions when Briony, a young English girl (Saoirse Ronan), jealous over her older sister Cecilia’s (Keira Knightley) relationship with their housekeeper’s son Robbie (James McAvoy), falsely accuses him of rape. Years later, as Robbie returns from prison and prepares to fight in World War II, a guilt-ridden Briony tries to set things right between her and sister. Vanessa Redgrave co-stars. 123 min. C/Rtg: R

Burn After Reading (2008)

The private memoirs of a disgraced CIA agent (John Malkovich) fall into the hands of a pair of dim-witted gym workers (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt) who mistake them for super-secret documents. Now, the stage is set for an ill-conceived blackmail plot that causes hilarious trouble for everyone involved, including Malkovich’s wife (Tilda Swinton) and her lover (George Clooney), who’s also pursuing McDormand. Richard Jenkins, J.K. Simmons, David Rasche co-star in the Coen Brothers’ comedic thriller. 96 min. C/Rtg: R

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Director/co-writer Wes Anderson’s charming comedy/drama is set on a small New England island in 1965 and tells the tale of Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward), two youngsters who decide to run away together in an effort to shake off their discontent. Their plan to escape goes beautifully and romance blooms-until the adults in their lives turn the town upside down looking for them. Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand co-star. 94 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

The Theory Of Everything (2014)

This rich biopic about famed British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (Best Actor Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne) charts his life by focusing on his relationship with Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones), a literature student he courts at Cambridge in the 1960s. They marry shortly after Hawking is diagnosed with motor neuron diseases, their love growing and evolving over the years as his body shuts down and his cosmological ideas dazzle the world. With David Thewlis, Emily Watson. 124 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

On The Basis Of Sex (2018)

By the early ‘70s, law professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) was all too familiar, in spite of her academic excellence, with professional hurdles stemming from her gender. She was steered to the case of a taxpayer denied an elder care write-off because he was an unmarried man--and Mimi Leder’s engrossing biopic chronicles the first steps in the future Supreme Court Justice’s path of tireless advocacy against sexual discrimination. Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Sam Waterston co-star. 120 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

Harriet (2019)

Born into slavery as Araminta Ross, the woman who would come to be known as Harriet Tubman is the subject of this powerful historical drama. After escaping to Philadelphia in 1849, Harriet (Cynthia Erivo) repeatedly put her own life in jeopardy as she helped other slaves make their way to freedom as part of the Underground Railroad. Leslie Odom, Jr., Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, Vanessa Bell Calloway, and Janelle Monáe also star. 125 min. C/Rtg: PG-13