The Pianist
This adaptation of “The Pianist” is a true story about Wladyslaw Zpilman (a Polish Jewish radio station pianist). He sees Warsaw changing as World War II starts. Szpilman is forced…
Chinatown
In 1937 Los Angeles, private investigator Jake ‘J.J.’ Gittes is a specialist in cases involving cheating spouses. Hollis Mulwray is his current target. His wife accuses him of cheating. Gittes…
Rosemary’s Baby
Rosemary Woodhouse is a young Catholic woman who wants to start a family. She and Guy move in to the Bramford, New York’s famous building. It is filled with horror…
Bitter Moon
A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic’s wife.
The Ghost Writer
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician’s assistant drowns…
Carnage
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim’s parents invite Zachary’s parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the…
Frantic
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant,…
Oliver Twist (2005)
Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From…
Based on a True Story
After the huge success of her autobiographical debut, Delphine Dayrieux discovers there are a lot of hateful people among the crowd. Elle, the passionate admirer and mysterious new friend, takes…
Death and the Maiden
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Repulsion
In London, Belgian immigrant Carol Ledoux shares an apartment with her older sister Helen, and works as a manicurist at a beauty salon. Helen uses the word "sensitive" to describe…
Knife in the Water
Cul-de-sac
A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful French wife, are initially the unwilling…
When Angels Fall
The Fat and the Lean
A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of…
The Fearless Vampire Killers
The elderly bat researcher, professor Abronsius and his assistant, Alfred, go to a remote Transylvanian village looking for vampires. Alfred falls in love with the inn-keeper's young daughter Sarah. However,…
Tess
Wessex County, England during the Victorian era. Christian values dominate what are social mores. These mores and her interactions with two men play a large part in what happens in…