Chicago Joe and the Showgirl 1990  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Emily Lloyd, Kiefer Sutherland, Patsy Kensit, Keith Allen, Liz Fraser, Alexandra Pigg, Ralph Nossek, Colin Bruce, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Harry Fowler, John Lahr, Angela Morant
Based on an actual murder case in 1944 Great Britain called "The Cleft Chin Murder Case," this is the tale of U.S. Army deserter Karl (Kiefer Sutherland) and stripper Betty (Emily Lloyd) who meet and embark on a crime spree, which eventually escalates to murder.
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 Iris 2001  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Eleanor Bron, Angela Morant, Penelope Wilton, Sioban Hayes, Juliet Aubrey, Joan Bakewell
After 40 years of marriage, playwright/novelist/philosopher Iris Murdoch (Judi Dench) is the subject of husband John Bayley's Jim Broadbent) memoirs. The story skips back and forth from young, sexually adventurous, Oxford student Iris (Kate Winslet) to Alzheimer-ridden Iris in this profile of an amazing woman's life. Jim Broadbent received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; Judi Dench and Kate Winslet were nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress.
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2. Iris (2001)
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