The Island (1980)

Summary: Journalist Blair Maynard takes his son Justin to investigate pirate activity off the Florida coast. A plane crash strands them on an island of modern-day pirates, who brainwash Justin. Blair tries to rescue him and take him home.

Release Date: June 13, 1980

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Michael Ritchie

Writer: Peter Benchley

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions

Distributor: MCA Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Scream Factory, MCA/Universal Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000

Domestic: $ 15,716,828

Aliyah (2012)

Summary: Drug dealer Alex finds hope for a new start when his cousin offers him a job in Israel. Now he must make the final score while balancing a new romance, a past lover, a lifelong friendship, and his brother's addiction. In French w/...

Release Date: September 19, 2012

Genre: Drama

Director: Elie Wajeman

Writers: Gaëlle Macé

, Elie Wajeman

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: 24 Mai Productions, Les Films Pelléas, France 2 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Wallpaper Productions, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), France Télévisions, Région Rhône-Alpes, Soficinéma 8

Distributor: Film Movement

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 8,253

Kill the Messenger (2014)

Summary: Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.

Release Date: October 09, 2014

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Michael Cuesta