American Fiction (2023)
Comedy | Drama
A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown
Director: Cord Jefferson
The Fallout (2021)
Drama
High schooler Vada navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family, friends and view of the world are forever altered.
Starring: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Shailene Woodley, Julie Bowen, John Ortiz, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp
Director: Megan Park
Horse Girl (2020)
Drama
A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.
Starring: Alison Brie, Debby Ryan, John Reynolds, Molly Shannon, John Ortiz, Paul Reiser
Director: Jeff Baena
Bumblebee / Transformers 6 (2018)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Pamela Adlon, Kenneth Choi, John Ortiz, Glynn Turman, Gracie Dzienny, Rachel Crow, Megyn Price, Nina Cheek, Vanessa Ross, Jason Drucker
Director: Travis Knight
The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris O'Dowd, Ziyi Zhang, John Ortiz
Director: Julius Onah
Peppermint (2018)
Action | Drama | Thriller
Five years after her husband and daughter are killed in a senseless act of violence, a woman comes back from self-imposed exile to seek revenge against those responsible and the system that let them go free.
Starring: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Richard Cabral, Juan Pablo Raba, Annie Ilonzeh
Director: Pierre Morel
Take the Lead (2006)
Drama | Music
The real story of a dance teacher who believed in the talent of a group of problem kids.
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Yaya DaCosta, Rob Brown, Alfre Woodard, John Ortiz, Laura Benanti
Director: Liz Friedlander
Nostalgia (2018)
Drama
A mosaic of stories about love and loss, exploring our relationship to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.
Starring: Jon Hamm, Catherine Keener, John Ortiz, Nick Offerman, James Le Gros, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn
Director: Mark Pellington
A Dog's Purpose (2017)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
A dog looks to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes and owners.
Starring: Britt Robertson, Dennis Quaid, Peggy Lipton, Luke Kirby, John Ortiz, Juliet Rylance
Director: Lasse Hallström
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The Finest Hours (2016)
Action | Drama | History | Thriller
In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz
Director: Craig Gillespie
Blackhat / Cyber (2015)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, William Mapother, Holt McCallany, John Ortiz, Wei Tang
Director: Michael Mann
The Drop / Animal Rescue (2014)
Crime | Drama
Bob is the bartender at a drop bar, a location at which the city's criminals store their dirty money. His life is upended and the people he cares for endangered after thieves rob the bar.
Starring: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, James Frecheville
Director: Michaël R. Roskam
The Drop / Animal Rescue (2014)
Crime | Drama
Bob is the bartender at a drop bar, a location at which the city's criminals store their dirty money. His life is upended and the people he cares for endangered after thieves rob the bar.
Starring: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, James Frecheville
Director: Michaël R. Roskam
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Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem / AVPR / Alien vs. Predator 2 (2007)
Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In the sequel to the hit 2004 film AVP, the Alien-Predator war continues. A Predator scout ship crash lands in a small Colorado town. The Aliens on board escape and kill all the Predators except one. Now this lone warrior must destroy all the Aliens as well as the Predalien that survived from the first AVP, while the people of the town are helplessly caught in the middle of all the mayhem.
Starring: Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, Ariel Gade
Director: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Fast & Furious / Fast & Furious 4 (2009)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
When tragedy returns fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) to Los Angeles, his long dormant feud with FBI agent Brian O'Conner (Walker) threatens to reignite–until they discover a common enemy. Dom and Brian declare a precarious truce as they try to outmaneuver their adversary and exact revenge. From convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, the two men push the limits of what is possible behind the wheel as they live for speed, drive for the rush and break all the rules!
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, Laz Alonso
Director: Justin Lin
