Rush plays classical pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a nervous breakdown and spent years institutionalized before reemerging to perform again.

Cruise plays the title role of a high-powered sports agent who loses his job and has to get his life back together again.

In this sweeping romantic epic, Fiennes plays a horribly burned amnesiac who, through flashbacks, struggles to remember a tragic love.

Harrelson portrays the controversial porn publisher Larry Flynt, following his transformation from a small town strip-club owner to a born-again Christian and, ultimately, unlikely defender of the First Amendment.

Newcomer Thornton plays a mildly retarded inmate who returns to his hometown after spending 25 years in an asylum for a brutal murder.