Film fans are always seeking those fine dramatic elements which make up a good movie.
Browsing through the options with satellite TV movie packages, you will not be disappointed.
Whether you are looking for big-time stars or lesser known actors, intense dramas are heating up satellite movie networks right now.
Here are 5 films to check out.
1.
Tell No One.
For film fans used to being bored by foreign movies, Tell No One is the ultimate antidote.
A modern film noir in the tradition of Vertigo and D.
O.
A.
, the action follows the apparent return of a woman long thought dead.
Someone is trying to contact her doctor husband, still in mourning some years later, to let him know she is living outside France, but living nonetheless.
After it turns out there are many people who do not want the two of them to connect, a fierce search begins, with the doctor himself wanted by the police.
Check out this dynamic film in high definition on HBO.
2.
Gran Torino.
Film fans celebrated the return of Clint Eastwood to the screen after the living legend threatened to only work from behind the camera.
Gran Torino has in many ways the vintage Eastwood character: controversial, violent and nowhere near politically correct.
For a political activist, Eastwood makes his performance convincing, his commitment total.
He pulls all the strings in this picture, which follows the Hollywood formula but does it better than the others.
See it on premium satellite TV networks.
3.
The Wrestler.
Mickey Rourke made one of the biggest Hollywood comebacks in recent memory, but he also proved that he would go the full distance.
Not letting any unnerving similarities of his character to his real life affect his performance, Rourke shows the courage of a real artist.
Marisa Tomei also shines as his love interest, another broken-down character hoping for one last shot at happiness.
Darren Aronofsky goes far beyond the range of his previous films in this stirring drama.
4.
Frost/Nixon.
Ostensibly about a real-life series of interviews between the Frost and the disgraced Nixon, director Ron Howard pulled out a number of different dramatic elements.
Above all, Frank Langella manages to make his Nixon human and pathetic while letting that presidential dignity lurk in the background.
Would he seek some sort of redemption by confessing or would he need to be tricked into talking by a less-than-respected journalist? History and film fans will appreciate this HD drama playing on HBO networks.
5.
Quantum of Solace.
If you are talking about a Bond film, you know there are going to be plenty of subplots and deranged villains on the menu.
In this case, new Bond Daniel Craig has some small wars to wage in South America, as the bad guys are up to all kinds of world domination with the aid of corrupt dictators.
As usual, Bond is fighting to keep the West alive and free by throwing a wrench into the spokes of the bad guys' plots.
Check out this action-packed film on Showtime in high definition.