Kate Winslet
1) Matilda
Author
Publication Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Matilda, a brilliant, sensitive little girl, uses her talents and ingenuity to seek revenge on her crooked father, lazy mother, and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, her wicked headmistress, and save her beloved teacher, Miss Honey.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Publication Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A 10-year-old girl befriends a beautiful wild fox she names Lily. Bit by bit, in woods and fields blanketed by snow and carpeted by wildflowers, the girl and Lily build an extraordinary friendship as the fox leads her human companion on adventures bold, funny, and even sometimes scary. Narrated by Kate Winslet.
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Dressmaker tells the story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage. After years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly. She also falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy, and armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong....
6) Contagion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Publication Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Kate Winslet plays Mare Sheehan, a small-town Pennsylvania detective who investigates a local murder as life crumbles around her. The seven-part limited series is an exploration into the dark side of a close community and an authentic examination of how family and past tragedies can define our present.
8) Ammonite
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In 1800s England, acclaimed but unrecognized fossil hunter Mary Anning ... works alone on the rugged Southern coastline. With the days of her famed discoveries behind her, she now searches for common fossils to sell to tourists to support herself and her ailing mother. When a wealthy visitor entrusts Mary with the care of his wife Charlotte Murchison ... she cannot afford to turn his offer down. Proud and relentlessly passionate about her work, Mary...
9) Deep Sea
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
Description
An adventure that lets you swim alongside some of the most exotic creatures on the planet. Among them are Green Sea Turtles who gather off Kona so that Surgeonfish can strip harmful algae from their shells; an ominous, predatory Humboldt Squid that changes color four times per second like a flashing strobe light; and an underdoge Mantis Shrip, who claws have the speed of a .22-caliber bullet, in battle against a hungry octopus.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Well-known playwright James M. Barrie finds his career at a crossroads when his latest play flops and doubters begin to question his future. Then by chance he meets a widow and her four adventurous boys. Together they form a friendship that ignites the imagination needed to produce Barrie's greatest work. Traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties of adult life with the spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the...
11) Flushed Away
Publisher
Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The story of Roddy, an upper-crust society mouse who is rather rudely evicted from his Kensington flat when he is flushed down into Ratropolis, the bustling sewer world found under London's streets.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
13) Titanic
Author
Publisher
Paramount
Publication Date
2012
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
While traveling on the doomed Titanic with her mother and fiancé, a wealthy socialite falls in love with a poor artist.
14) Blackbird
Author
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An older woman with ALS and her husband invite their extended family for a final gathering before she ends her life on her own terms.
15) Steve Jobs
Publisher
Universal Studios Canada Inc
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
16) Wonder Wheel
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator and his beleaguered wife.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet plays Mare Sheehan, a small-town Pennsylvania detective who investigates a local murder as life crumbles around her. From creator and writer Brad Ingelsby, with all episodes directed by Craig Zobel, the seven-part limited series is an exploration into the dark side of a close community and an authentic examination of how family and past tragedies can define our present.
19) Flushed away
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story of Roddy, an upper-crust society mouse who is rather rudely evicted from his Kensington flat when he is flushed down into Ratropolis, the bustling sewer world found under London's streets.
20) A little chaos
Publication Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A romantic drama following Sabine, a strong-willed and talented landscape designer, who is selected to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV's new palace at Versailles. In her new position of power, she challenges gender and class barriers while also becoming professionally and romantically entangled with the court's renowned landscape artist Andre Le Notre.