The Truman Show (1998)
An insurance salesman is oblivious of the fact that his entire life is a TV show and his family members are mere actors As he starts noticing things and uncovers the truth, he decides to escape
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self expression
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America
The Way Back (2010)
Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India
Witness (1985)
While protecting an Amish boy who is the sole witness to a brutal murder and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened
Green Card (1990)
A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls school vanish without a trace Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind
Fearless (1993)
A mans personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash
The Plumber (1979)
A young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom
Gallipoli (1981)
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer
The Last Wave (1977)
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions