Excellent ensemble realisation of James Joyce's story of mortality, in which each character has his or her moment of epiphany in the course of a social evening.

A brilliant, emotionally honest lesson in Shakespearean acting and interpretation.

How can the human heart survive when the father of your children and the husband who provides for you is the man who abducted you, took you away from everybody you knew and took away even your name?

Faithful to the play, great classical performance from Jose Ferrer in the title role.

Not entirely true to the book, but captures some of the magic of renewal through contact with nature.

Kurosawa does Shakespeare magnificently again with this Buddhist take on King Lear.

The more they flee the plague, the more the returning crusaders spread it across the land. Classic meditation on death and the human spirit.

There are situations in which the only choice is to acquiesce in evil or sacrifice your life. A masterpiece.

A culture clash that proves fatal. An allegory of the absence in the heart of modern Australia that is the Aborigines.

Another heartrending scene with Lillian Gish portraying a child distraught.

Pyschological study with some very natural portrayals of people being innocently happy - before the corruption of wealth sets in. Vivid imagery.