Foolish Plan / Dai dai ji hua (2016)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
A man and his wife get themselves a huge gambling debt, and then accidentally get involved in a race with gangsters to obtain a magic mirror.
Starring: Jordan Chan, Jiro Wang, Lee Beom-Soo, Lawrence Ng, Jiajia Deng
Director: Dao Seng
Chikamatsu monogatari / The Crucified Lovers / The Tale of the Crucified Lovers (1954)
Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
Ishun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.
Starring: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa, Yôko Minamida
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
The Bad Guys (2018)
Comedy | Drama
During a fleeting return trip to his childhood home, a budding filmmaker is confronted by the now-grown ensemble of his old hometown friends – none of whom are aware that he intends to make his fortune off the shared childhood trauma that splintered them apart all those years ago. During an alcohol-fueled weekend of reminiscence and regret, the eccentric 20-somethings open old wounds, make new mistakes, and realize that the consequences of youth can follow you into adulthood.
Starring: Glen Powell, Mekenna Melvin, Erik Stocklin, Keith Nobbs, Paul Iacono, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Allegra Lucchesi
Director: Carlos Rincones
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
Biography | Drama | Romance
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.
Starring: Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Graham, Leanne Best
Director: Paul McGuigan
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches / La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes (2017)
Drama
After her father's death, a young woman raised in isolation struggles to make sense of her world.
Starring: Marine Johnson, Antoine L'Écuyer, Jean-François Casabonne, Alex Godbout, Laurie Babin
Director: Simon Lavoie
An American Tail (1986)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
Starring: Phillip Glasser, Amy Green, John Finnegan, Nehemiah Persoff, Erica Yohn, Pat Musick
Director: Don Bluth
The Outsider (2018)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza.
Starring: Jared Leto, Tadanobu Asano, Kippei Shîna, Rory Cochrane
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Juggernaut (2017)
Crime | Drama | Family
After a lengthy absence, a small town outlaw returns to his hometown, violently obsessed with the notion that his Mother's death was not a suicide.
Starring: Amanda Crew, Ty Olsson, Jack Kesy, Stephen McHattie, David Cubitt, Peter McRobbie
Director: Daniel DiMarco
Flay (2017)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
After the death of her mother, an estranged daughter struggles to save her brother, and those around her from a malevolent faceless spirit.
Starring: Violett Beane, Elle LaMont, A. Michael Baldwin, Johnny Walter, Dalton E. Gray
Director: Eric Pham
The Big Combo (1955)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
A police lt. is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown, because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown's girlfriend who despises him, for information instead.
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Prodigy (2017)
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A psychologist engages a dangerous, young genius in a battle of wits — unaware of the supernatural power the girl possesses, or that her life hangs in the balance.
Starring: Jolene Andersen, Aral Gribble, Harvey Q. Johnson, Savannah Liles, David Linski, Richard Neil, Emilio Palame
Director: Alex Haughey, Brian Vidal
Mask (1985)
Biography | Drama
A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Starring: Cher, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott, Laura Dern, Estelle Getty, Richard Dysart, Harry Carey Jr., Dennis Burkley, Lawrence Monoson, Ben Piazza
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Secret Beyond the Door… (1947)
Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
When a lovely wife and her new husband, settle in an ancient mansion on the East coast, she discovers he may want to kill her.
Starring: Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Barbara O'Neil
Director: Fritz Lang
Days of Power (2018)
Action | Drama | Music | Thriller
On their 2010 tour, an International Pop Star and band mates mysteriously disappear. As past and present merge, they find themselves searching for answers and fighting for more than just their own lives when a concealed industry is revealed.
Starring: Eric Roberts, Eliza Roberts, Jenny Hutton, Robert Venable, Alyssa Lee Lewis, Lara Wolf, Emily Norcia
Director: Jason Pagnoni
Eat Me (2018)
Drama | Thriller
Over the course of one torturous night, a suicidal woman and the violent home intruder that saved her life test the limits of human endurance and the boundaries of forgiveness.
Starring: Michael Shamus Wiles, Brad Carter, Jacqueline Wright
Director: Adrian Cruz
Dirt (2018)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Sport
In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.
Starring: Kevin Dillon, DeRon Horton, Christina Moore, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Matthew Glave, Blake Heron
Director: Alex Ranarivelo
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Downsizing (2017)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.
Starring: Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, Christoph Waltz, Alec Baldwin, Neil Patrick Harris
Director: Alexander Payne
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The Blue Hearts / Burû Hâtsu ga kikoeru (2017)
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance | Sci-Fi
An anthology of several short films by several directors where each has taken inspiration from a favourite song of his by the Japanese punk rock band. The segments include Be Kind to Others, Love Letter and A Boy's Song.
Starring: Hirofumi Arai, Towa Araki, Yôsuke Asari, Yû Fujisaki, Minori Hagiwara, Hayato Ichihara
Director: Noboru Iguchi, Ken Iizuka, Shin'ichi Kudô, Sang-il Lee, Takashi Shimizu, Ten Shimoyama
I Can Speak (2017)
Comedy | Drama
The film tells the story of an elderly woman who constantly files complaints with the local office about the wrongs that she sees around her each day. Along the way, she forms an unlikely friendship with a junior civil service officer who begins to teach her English. Though the film is a comedy, the genre serves as a vehicle to discuss the deeper topic of Korean comfort women during World War II.
Starring: Mun-hee Na, Je-hoon Lee
Director: Hyun-seok Kim
The Scapegoat (2012)
Drama
Set in 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, The Scapegoat tells the story of two very different men who have one thing in common – a face.
Starring: Matthew Rhys, Eileen Atkins, Anton Lesser, Jodhi May, Phoebe Nicholls, Andrew Scott
Director: Charles Sturridge
