 Charlotte Gray 2001  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon, Rupert Penry-Jones, Ron Cook, Anton Lesser, John Pierce Jones, Wolf Kahler, John Benfield, Jack Shepherd
During World War II, Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett) joins the French Resistance as an undercover courier in order to track down her RAF pilot lover, Peter Gregory (Rupert Penry-Jones), whose plane had been shot down over France. Disguised as "Dominique," Charlotte goes to Vichy France where she finds intrigue and a new romance.
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Escape from Sobibor 1987  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Escape
Director: Jack Gold
Cast: Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer, Harmut Becker, Jack Shepherd, Emil Wolk, Simon Gregor, Linal Haft, Jason Norman, Robert Gwilym, Eli Nathenson, Kurt Raab, Eric P. Caspar, Hugo Bower, Klaus Grunberg
During World War II, Jewish death camp prisoners at Sobibor plot an against-all-odds escape from their Nazi captors. There are 600 inmates, almost 300 escape, and many would later be recaptured and killed. But, their decision–considering whether or not to reduce themselves to killers–to fight against the Nazis does result in the Nazis closing the death camp and planting a forest in its place. The film is based on a true story.
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No Escape 1994 R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Kevin J. O'Connor, Tom Laughlin, Ian McNeice, Jack Shepherd, Michael Lerner, Ernie Hudson
The year is 2022 when Robbins (Ray Liotta) is sent to prison for life–a prison that is run by a sadistic warden and from which no one has ever escaped. Robbins has trouble "adjusting" and is sent to an even bigger hell: an island where the worst inmates are sent, and "survival of the fittest" is the name of the game.
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The Object of Beauty 1991  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast: John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich, Rudi Davies, Joss Ackland, Bill Paterson, Ricci Harnett, Peter Riegert, Jack Shepherd, Rosemary Martin
Jake (John Malkovich) and Tina (Andie MacDowell), who live way beyond their means, are currently residing in a London hotel. When Tina's valuable Henry Moore sculpture is stolen, the couple creates even more problems for themselves as greed and infidelity take center stage.
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Something to Hide 1972  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Shattered
Director: Alastair Reid
Cast: Peter Finch, Shelley Winters, Colin Blakely, John Stride, Linda Hayden, Harold Goldblatt, Rosemarie Dunham, Jack Shepherd, Graham Crowden, Helen Fraser
A pregnant woman, Lorelei (Linda Hayden), becomes the unwelcome houseguest of Harry Field (Peter Finch) after he comes to her aid.
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 Wonderland 1999 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Ian Hart, John Simm, Stuart Townsend, Kika Markham, Jack Shepherd, Enzo Cilenti, Sarah-Jane Potts
Set in London during a four-day period (Thursday through Sunday), this drama centers on three sisters–Debby (Shirley Henderson), Nadia (Gina McKee), and Molly (Molly Parker)–who weather their own crises amidst the teeming metropolis filled with anonymous faces.
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| 1. Charlotte Gray (2001)
2. Escape from Sobibor (1987)
aka: Escape
3. No Escape (1994)
4. The Object of Beauty (1991)
5. Something to Hide (1972)
aka: Shattered
6. Wonderland (1999)
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