Standard (1989)

The Emperor Jones

65/100

Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

Retribution

Trading Places

75/100

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

52/100

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

August: Osage County

72/100

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

Bloodline

80/100

A family of adult siblings find that their past secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep of a brother returns home.

The Returned

71/100

A small town's residents are stunned when recently deceased locals begin returning from the dead. What should be a miracle soon becomes a nightmare.

The Messengers

66/100

A mysterious object crashes on earth and a group of unconnected strangers die from an energy pulse it emits, but then re-awaken to find out that they have been deemed responsible for preventing the impending apocalypse.

Between

60/100

After a mysterious disease kills every resident over 22 years old, survivors of a town must fend for themselves when the government quarantines them

Humans

80/100

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.