Incendies (2010), Gone with the Wind (1939), Children of Men (2006), The White Ribbon (2009), Eastern Promises (2007), Cluny Brown (1946), Willow (1988), To Sleep With Anger (1990) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Midwife movies.
Storyline: Reverend Abner Hale (Max Von Sydow), a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley (Dame Julie Andrews) and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding, there comes tragedy.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: missionary, hawaii, 19th century, religion, based on novel, schooner, sea captain ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Although Peter and Kimani grew up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. After Kimani's father is jailed for following tribal customs, Kimani joins a band of rebels that wants all non-Kenyans out of their country. While Kimani believes in the cause, he does not agree with the indiscriminate killing of women, children, and those who will not join or agree with them. Even after the Mau Mau murder his little sister and brother, Peter still believes that there is a chance for peaceful co-existence and that he can stop most of the killing if he can reason with Kimani.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: based on novel, kenya, racism, colonialism, justice, rebellion, father daughter relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In seventeenth century Amsterdam, an orphaned girl Sophia (Alicia Vikander) is forcibly married to a rich and powerful merchant Cornelis Sandvoort (Christoph Waltz) - an unhappy "arrangement" that saves her from poverty. After her husband commissions a portrait, she begins a passionate affair with the painter Jan Van Loos (Dane DeHaan), a struggling young artist. Seeking to escape the merchant's ever-reaching grasp, the lovers risk everything and enter the frenzied tulip bulb market, with the hope that the right bulb will make a fortune and buy their freedom.
Plot Keywords: portrait, auction, sex scene, doctor, unfaithful wife, vanity, artist ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way.
Plot Keywords: baby, murder, f rated, title directed by female, female protagonist, severed penis, pregnancy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Barry: he slacks off at work, savors one-nights stands, and is getting older (young people call him "sir"). Then, he loses his testicles in an assault and gets a letter saying he's to become a father. He can't remember the woman and asks if she'll meet with him: she's Ginger, a solitary waspish woman about his age. He acknowledges paternity and wants to be a part of the pregnancy and parenthood. With reluctance and lots of put-downs, Ginger introduces him to her family, including the favored younger sister, and allows him to come with her to her doctor's. With his own father issues, a canny boss, brittle Ginger, and her vampy sister, can Barry hang in there?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: bare chested male, seduction, fear, nickname, video camera, childbirth, baby girl ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sir Patrick Stewart voices Drago, the magnificent dragon who became bonded with King Gareth. When the King dies, his potential heirs, twin grandchildren who possess the dragon's unique strengths, use their inherited powers against each other to vie for the throne. When Drago's source of power, known as the "Heartfire", is stolen, more than the throne is at stake. The siblings must end their rivalry with swords and sorcery, or the kingdom may fall.
Plot Keywords: death of father, kingdom, horseback riding, feminism, midwife, sheriff, arrogance ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: FBI agent Malcolm Turner is known best for being a brilliant, master of disguise. Malcolm's latest assignment sends him to small-town Georgia, where he's assigned to trap a brutal bank robber (and a recent prison escapee) who they suspect will be coming down to visit his ex-girlfriend Sherry and her son. Malcolm sets up a stakeout across from the home of a larger-than-life southern matriarch known as Big Momma, who's about to be visited by Sherry. It's a simple plan, but there's one big problem: Unbeknownst to Sherry, Big Momma has unexpectedly left town. So Malcolm, decides to impersonate the cantankerous Southern granny. Using a few tricks of disguise, he completely transforms himself into Big Momma, even taking on the corpulent septuagenarian's everyday routine-from cooking soul food to delivering babies to "testifying" at the local church. In the mean time, Malcolm starts falling for Sherry, who may or may not be hiding some stolen cash. Now, Malcolm/Big Momma must somehow find a ...
Plot Keywords: gender disguise, obesity, fat suit, surveillance camera, surprise birthday party, cross dressing, transvestism ...
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