Miloš Forman
1) Amadeus
Description
It's 1781 and Antonio Salieri is the competent court composer to Emperor Joseph II. When Mozart arrives at court, Salieri is horrified to discover that the godlike musical gifts he desires for himself have been bestowed on a bawdy, impish jokester. Mad with envy, he plots to destroy Mozart by any means. Perhaps, even murder.
Description
Free-spirited con Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) fakes insanity and moves into the state mental hospital with what he calls the "nuts." Immediately, his contagious sense of disorder runs up against numbing routine. This means war! On one side is McMurphy. On the other soft-spoken Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), among the most coldly monstrous villains in film history. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army. Captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th century Spain. When Goya's beautiful muse is accused of being...
7) Hair
Pub. Date
1979.
Description
A musical look at life in America's turbulent 1960s. Features such music as "Age of Aquarius" and "Let the Sun Shine In.".
8) Ragtime
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
The lives and passions of a middle class, small town family are interwoven with the scandals and events of America in 1906.
9) Ragtime
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
From the E.L. Doctorow novel of 1906 America, a compelling story of human emotions and a reflection of the innocence, excitement, and drama of an important time in America's history. This film interweaves the lives and passions of a middle class, small town family against the scandals and events of a transitional America in 1906.
11) Valmont
Pub. Date
1989.
Description
Set in 18th century France, this is the story of two bored aristocrats, and the havoc they wreck when they decide to play sexual games with people's lives.
12) Amadeus
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th-century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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