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Director: Joan Chen    More Info
Starring: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia, Elaine Stritch, Vera Farmiga, Sherry Stringfield, Jill Hennessy, J.K. Simmons, Sam Trammell, Mary Beth Hurt

 Will Keane (Richard Gere) has spent his life as a playboy enjoying life as a series of women enter and leave his domain. Now, he meets and falls for the beautiful, but terminally ill, Charlotte (Winona Ryder). Will is 48, and Charlotte is 22, but they enter into an affair. However, the affair appears doomed because of Will's unfaithfulness–unless Charlotte can convince Will to change his ways and help her through her illness.

Director: Harold Ramis    More Info
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor, Miriam Shor, Orlando Jones, Paul Adelstein, Toby Huss, Gabriel Casseus, Brian Doyle-Murray, Jeff Doucette

 Unhappy and lonely Elliot (Brendan Fraser) deals with the Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) and trades his soul for the chance to be married to the woman of his dreams, Allison (Frances O'Connor). As in the 1967 film version of the Faust saga, much goes wrong along the way.

Director: David McNally    More Info
Starring: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Tyra Banks, Melanie Lynskey, John Goodman, Adam Alexi-Malle, Izabella Miko, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Weston

 Violet (Piper Perabo) heads for New York, dreaming of becoming a successful songwriter, and enters a world unknown to her in South Amboy, NJ. She joins up with the Coyotes–Cammie (Izabella Miko) and Rachel (Bridget Moynahan)–and convinces Lil (Maria Bello) to hire her as a waitress at the Manhattan bar, Coyote Ugly. Soon, Violet is bumping and grinding on top of the bar, pouring drinks, and spritzing male customers with seltzer. Get the idea?

Director: Kris Isacsson    More Info
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth, Ashton Kutcher, Rosario Dawson, Henry Winkler, Lucie Arnaz, Lauren German

 College students Al (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and Imogen (Julia Stiles) meet at a bar and fall in love in this predictable boy-meets-girl romantic fantasy.

Director: James Ivory    More Info
Starring: Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston, James Fox, Madeleine Potter, Nicholas Day, Peter Eyre, Nickolas Grace

 This film is based on Henry James' novel about impossible marriages in the midst of upper-crust British society. When U.S. billionaire Adam Verver (Nick Nolte) and his daughter Maggie (Kate Beckinsale) meet socialite Mrs. Assingham (Anjelica Huston) in Europe, she introduces Maggie to penniless Prince Amerigo (Jeremy Northam), and they make plans to marry. Mrs. Assingham also encourages Adam to marry Charlotte (Uma Thurman). All does not end happily because it turns out that Charlotte and Amerigo were once lovers, and now they enter an adulterous relationship.

Director: Michael Almereyda    More Info
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Shepard, Diane Venora, Bill Murray, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Karl Geary, Paula Malcomson, Steve Zahn

 This Shakespeare classic is updated. The year is 2000 and set in hi-tech corporate America at the multinational conglomerate Denwick Corporation in Manhattan. Hamlet (Ethan Hawke) is struggling as a young filmmaker in New York City trying to gain control in his deceased father's company while also dealing with his mother Gertrude's (Diane Venora) marriage to her brother-in-law Claudius (Kyle MacLachlan). His father's Ghost (Sam Shepard) appears and wants Hamlet to be kind to Gertrude but to get revenge against Claudius who killed him. Once again, Shakespeare's drama proves timeless.

Director: Brad Anderson    More Info
Starring: Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio, Nadia Dajani, Tovah Feldshuh, Holland Taylor, Richard Portnow, Sean Gullette, Cara Buono, Jose Zuniga, Bronson Dudley

 New Yorker Ruby Weaver (Marisa Tomei) searches for love but typically ends up with men who have problems; therefore, it seems natural that when she meets Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio) he tells her that he has time-traveled back from the future–2470, to be exact. The story begins with a series of flashbacks as Ruby talks to her therapist Meg Ford (Holland Taylor) and tells her that Sam traveled back in time to escape prosecution for his sister's death and because he found a picture of Ruby at home and wanted to find her. Is Sam telling the truth, and will Meg be able to sort things out? Witty and entertaining.

Director: Stephen Frears    More Info
Starring: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins, Joelle Carter, Lili Taylor

 Set in the Chicago suburbs, this story is narrated by 30-something, record store owner Rob Gordon (John Cusack) who has not grown beyond the "obsession-with-music-and-chicks" stage. Rob's geeky co-owners of the record store are Barry (Jack Black) and Dick (Todd Louiso) who are so offbeat that they have been driving away customers. Meanwhile, Rob has other problems with his girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) who tires of him and starts dating Rob's neighbor Ian (Tim Robbins). Rob's solution to handling that problem is to track down his ex-girlfriends to find answers to his lack of success with women. The story is a wry and witty offering about music geeks and the rhythm of their lives: commitment, jobs, and falling in love.

Director: Amy Heckerling    More Info
Starring: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Greg Kinnear, Zak Orth, Thomas Sadoski, Jimmi Simpson, Dan Aykroyd, Twink Caplan, Robert Miano, Colleen Camp

 Adjusting to freshman year at NYU can be difficult for a Midwesterner–as farm boy Paul Tannel (Jason Biggs) learns. Not only do his roommates boot him out of the dorm, but Paul falls for classmate Dora (Mena Suvari) who just happens to be having an affair with Professor Edward Alcott (Greg Kinnear). Despite the contrived plot, the story is a modest success with its appealing characterizations.

Director: Jay Roach    More Info
Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Nicole DeHuff, Jon Abrahams, Thomas McCarthy, Phyllis George, James Rebhorn, Owen Wilson

 When Greg (Ben Stiller) meets his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo) at her sister Debbie's (Nicole DeHuff) wedding at Oyster Bay, he intends to use the occasion for asking her father (Robert De Niro) for Pam's hand in marriage. But, from the moment of Greg's arrival, he plunges into an ever-deepening pool of social disasters as he tries to fit into the family's world. This is one very funny movie. Followed by a sequel, "Meet the Fockers."

Director: Peter Gould    More Info
Starring: Lloyd Bridges, Josh Charles, Alexandra Wentworth, Beau Bridges, Walter Olkewicz, Kristy Swanson, Edie McClurg, Cindy Bridges, Christopher T. Gray, Don Perry

 Aspiring Jewish writer Peter Silverblatt (Josh Charles) sets off from California to help his girlfriend Melanie Branson (Alexandra Wentworth) out of a tough situation. Melanie has been visiting her family home in Georgia, where family members (Lloyd Bridges plays the father) turn out to be more than a little eccentric. She had pleaded with Peter to find an excuse to get her back to L.A. earlier than planned. Peter's arrival on the scene sets off a new turn of events.

Director: Donald Petrie    More Info
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Caine, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, John DiResta, Candice Bergen, Heather Burns, Melissa De Sousa, Wendy Raquel Robinson

 The FBI gives agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) an assignment to go undercover as a beauty contestant in the Miss United States pageant. Her mission: prevent a terrorist bombing at the pageant site. Her problem: she is a tomboy and requires a major makeover to perform as a credible contestant. Good fun.

Director: Neil LaBute    More Info
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart, Tia Texada, Crispin Glover, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Allison Janney, Kathleen Wilhoite

 Two romantic fantasies evolve after Betty (Renee Zellweger) witnesses hit men Charlie (Morgan Freeman) and Wesley (Chris Rock) murder her no-good husband Del (Aaron Eckhart). Betty blocks out all memory of the trauma, climbs into her Buick, and plans to meet the man of her dreams: Dr. David Ravell (Greg Kinnear)–a soap opera character she imagines, in her muddled state, to be her long lost lover. Unknown to Betty, that Buick just happens to contain the drugs that Del stole from Charlie and Wesley. Hence, those two are in hot pursuit. Along the route–the Grand Canyon, to be precise–Charlie begins to fantasize about a romance with Betty. Once in L.A., Betty is mistaken for an ambitious actress, and the fun begins.

Director: Mimi Leder    More Info
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Angie Dickinson, James Caviezel, Jay Mohr, Jon Bon Jovi, David Ramsey, Gary Werntz, Rusty Meyers

 When Social Studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) assigns an extra-credit project, 11-year-old Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) takes it to heart. The assignment: find a way to make the world a better place. Trevor's solution: a chain letter involving good deeds and asking those on the receiving end to "pay it forward." The acting is very good in this upbeat story.

Director: Taylor Hackford    More Info
Starring: Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, Pamela Reed, David Caruso, Anthony Heald, Stanley Anderson, Gottfried John, Alun Armstrong, Michael Kitchen

 When Alice Bowman's (Meg Ryan) husband Peter (David Morse) is kidnapped by anti-government guerillas in South America, ransom specialist Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe) is called in to negotiate. During the ensuing months of discussions, Terry and Alice begin to realize they have an attraction for each other.

Director: Jule Gilfillan    More Info
Starring: Catherine Kellner, David Wu, Sarita Choudhury, Geng Le, Josh Lucas, Chen Shiang-chyi, Matthew Faber, Rachel DeWoskin, Daming Chen, Biao Fu

 This US/China co-production depicts the culture shock of the West meeting the East. In this case, it is two friends–Leah Quinn (Catherine Kellner) and Richard Kao (David Wu)–who have known each other since high school and, now, meet again in Beijing. Both become involved in romantic relationships that change their views of the world.

Director: Guy Ritchie    More Info
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Serbedzija, Jason Statham, Mike Reid, Ewen Bremner, Lennie James

 Guy Ritchie scores again with this very funny crime thriller involving several plots, which take place as members of London's underworld try to get their hands on an 84-carat diamond. The fun involves trying to figure out who will finally get–and hold onto–the diamond.

Director: Nancy Meyers    More Info
Starring: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein, Lauren Holly, Delta Burke, Valerie Perrine, Judy Greer

 Chicago advertising executive Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) loses out in the selection for a top job in his agency. Instead, Darcy Maguire (Helen Hunt) wins the spot. Nick survives a freak hair dryer accident and discovers that he can now hear what women think. At first, he uses this new power to his own benefit–he is especially effective at stealing Darcy's ideas and using them as his own. Later, when he begins to sympathize with problems women encounter, he finds himself falling in love with Darcy.

Director: David Raynr    More Info
Starring: Shane West, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Marla Sokoloff, James Franco, Aaron Paul, Julia Sweeney, Manu Intiraymi, Kip Pardue, Scott Vickaryous, Richard Schiff

 In this modern-day "Cyrano de Bergerac" story, high school jock Chris Campbell (James Franco) gets his friend Ryan (Shane West) to write love letters to Maggie Carter (Marla Sokoloff) after Maggie rejects Chris' initial overtures. At the same time, Chris helps Ryan connect with Ashley (Jodi Lynn O'Keefe). Through e-mails and phone calls, Chris and Maggie along with Ryan and Ashley set up dates for the prom. But, are they really "perfect" couples?

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet    More Info
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Artus de Penguern, Urbain Cancelier, Dominique Pinon, Maurice Benichou, Claude Perron, Michel Robin

 Amelie (Audrey Tautou), a shy waitress working in the Montmarte section of Paris, begins meddling in the lives of those around her. While the result is brighter lives for those she touches, Amelie is forced to face her own loneliness and must find enough confidence to pursue Nino Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz) in her quest for love. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Foreign-Language Film.

Director: Barry Levinson    More Info
Starring: Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett, Billy Bob Thornton, Troy Garity, Stacey Travis, Brian F. O'Byrne, Bobby Slayton, January Jones, Azura Skye, Peggy Miley

 Prison friends–Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton)–hijack a cement truck, break out of prison, and begin a series of bank heists that turns them into folk heroes. Plans go well, until a neurotic housewife (Cate Blanchett) is taken hostage only to become their lover. She just cannot decide between them so opts for both. A fun comedy caper.

Director: Jez Butterworth    More Info
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Mangan, Kate Lynn Evans, Alexander Armstrong, Sally Phillips, Jo McInnes, Ben Miller

 Using a "From Russia with Love" website, John Buckingham (Ben Chaplin) gets to know Nadia (Nicole Kidman) by mail. But, when Nadia leaves Russia and comes to England to marry John, he is less than pleased with her and tries to send her back. Next, Nadia's cousins (Vincent Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz) come knocking on John's door, and, before he can blink an eye, he is involved in a dangerous con game.

Director: Sharon Maguire    More Info
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, Celia Imrie, Embeth Davidtz, Honor Blackman

 Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a 30-something single woman who lives in London, works in the publishing industry, and worries about not finding success–both romantically and professionally. After being snubbed by Mark (Colin Firth), Bridget begins writing in her diary about trying to cut back on wine, cigarettes, and men. She begins getting sexy e-mails from her boss Daniel (Hugh Grant) and meets him for dinner. Daniel tells her that he and Mark went to college together, and Mark seduced his fiancee. Later, Bridget runs across Mark again, he expresses an interest in her, and now both men compete for Bridget's attention. Zellweger excels in her role of the biologically ticking Bridget, and she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

Director: John Madden    More Info
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, Irene Papas, Patrick Malahide, Aspasia Kralli, Michael Yannatos, Gerasimos Skiadaressis

 Based on Louis de Bernieres' best-selling novel, this story begins when Mandras (Christian Bale) leaves his fiancee, Pelagia (Penelope Cruz), behind and goes off to fight the Greeks during World War II. Before long, Captain Antonio Corelli (Nicolas Cage) arrives on the scene and is quartered in the home of Pelagia's father, Dr. Iannis (John Hurt). The result: love at first sight between Pelagia and Captain Corelli–despite more than a few problems.

Director: John McKay    More Info
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor, Kenny Doughty, Bill Paterson, Caroline Holdaway, Joe Roberts, Josh Cole, Gary Powell, Christian Burgess

 Three single friends–headmistress Kate (Andie MacDowell), police inspector Janine (Imelda Staunton), and gynecologist Molly (Anna Chancellor)–have been meeting weekly to console each other. But, the consolation turns to jealousy when Kate embarks on an affair with a much younger man, Jed Willis (Kenny Doughty).