Arrival (2016)
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors.
Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma, Mark O'Brien
Director: Denis Villeneuve
One Deadly Summer / L'été meurtrier (1983)
Drama | Mystery
In a small town in the south of France, an earnest auto mechanic and aspiring firefighter falls under the spell of a mysterious and sexy newcomer to his community. Their burgeoning romantic bond is complicated by her mental instability and a brutal secret from the past.
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jean Gaven, François Cluzet, Roger Carel
Director: Jean Becker
Camille Claudel (1988)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
The story of the troubled life of French sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin. The growth of this relationship coincides with the rise of Claudel's career, helping her overcome prejudices against female artists. However, their romance soon sours due to the increasing pressures of Rodin's fame and his love for another woman.
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill, Alain Cuny, Madeleine Robinson, Katrine Boorman
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Panfilov's 28 Men / Dvadtsat vosem panfilovtsev (2016)
Action | Drama | History | War
USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army's newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight soldiers of the Red Army's 316th Rifle Division, under the command of General Ivan Panfilov, that stopped the advance on Moscow of a column of fifty-four Nazi tanks of the 11th Panzer Division for several days. Though armed only with standard issue Mosin-Nagant infantry rifles and DP and PM-M1910 machine guns, all useless against tanks, and with wholly inadequate RPG-40 anti-tank grenades and PTRD-41 anti-tank rifles, they fought tirelessly and defiantly, with uncommon bravery and unwavering dedication, to protect Moscow and their Motherland.
Starring: Maksim Abrosimov, Sergey Agafonov, Maksim Belborodov, Andrey Bodrenkov, Oleg Fyodorov, Dmitriy Girev
Director: Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa
Something Wild (1961)
Drama
A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
Starring: Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Jean Stapleton, Martin Kosleck, Charles Watts
Director: Jack Garfein
Home Movie (2008)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
In the remote woods of Upstate New York, David and Clare Poe are attempting to live an idyllic life. However, their twin children's bizarre behavior might just tear the family apart.
Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Cady McClain, Amber Joy Williams, Austin Williams, Lucian Maisel, River O'Neal
Director: Christopher Denham
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
Drama | War
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Starring: Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Garrett Hedlund, Steve Martin, Chris Tucker
Director: Ang Lee
The Bronte Sisters / Les soeurs Brontë (1979)
Biography | Drama
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Patrick Magee, Hélène Surgère
Director: André Téchiné
One Night Only / Tian liang zhi qian (2016)
Action | Crime | Drama | Romance
After squandering his inheritance, a gambling addict befriends a prostitute who decides to help him find his daughter, while avoiding the local gangsters who want him to repay his debts.
Starring: Aaron Kwok, Zishan Yang, Lei Hao, Andy On, Jack Kao
Director: Matt Wu
The Slap / La gifle (1974)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Geography professor Jean has divorced his wife. His mistress has also left him. He has to do everything he can to be able to win his young daughter Isabelle's love and affection.
Starring: Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Isabelle Adjani, Nicole Courcel, Francis Perrin
Director: Claude Pinoteau
The Story of Adele H / L'histoire d'Adèle H. (1975)
Biography | Drama | History
Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley, Ivry Gitlis
Director: François Truffaut
Youth in Oregon (2016)
Comedy | Drama
A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living.
Starring: Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, Christina Applegate, Mary Kay Place, Josh Lucas, Nicola Peltz
Director: Joel David Moore
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American Violence (2017)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Fascinated by the root causes of violent behavior, world renowned psychologist, Dr. Amanda Tyler, has an opportunity to interview and analyze death row inmate Jackson Shea. As the interview commences, and Jack's fate hangs in the balance, Amanda must determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.
Starring: Bruce Dern, Denise Richards, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau, Columbus Short, Rob Gronkowski, Michael Paré
Director: Timothy Woodward Jr.
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Arbor Demon / Enclosure (2016)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
An adventurous woman with a secret from her husband insists the couple go camping to reconnect. Something in the woods wipes out a group of hunters nearby, preventing the couple from leaving their tent. Secrets and supernatural stories come to light, and they must determine if the real threat is inside or outside their enclosure.
Starring: Rob Bouton, Jake Busey, Fiona Dourif, Michelle Mills, Kevin Ryan, Bruce Williamson
Director: Patrick Rea
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Doubt (2008)
Drama | Mystery
A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Alice Drummond, Audrie Neenan
Director: John Patrick Shanley
An Actor's Revenge / Revenge of a Kabuki Actor / Yukinojô henge (1963)
Drama
Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yukinojo.
Starring: Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Narutoshi Hayashi, Eijirô Yanagi
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Alone in Berlin (2016)
Drama
Berlin, 1940. Working class couple Otto and Anna Quangel receive the news that their only son has lost his life in the battlefield and decide to resist the Nazi regime in their very own way. Soon the Gestapo is hunting "the threat".
Starring: Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl, Brendan Gleeson, Mikael Persbrandt, Katharina Schüttler, Louis Hofmann
Director: Vincent Perez
Frantz (2016)
Drama | History | War
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.
Starring: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Marie Gruber, Cyrielle Clair, Alice De Lencquesaing, Ernst Stötzner
Director: François Ozon
Younger Brother / Otôto (1960)
Drama
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
Starring: Keiko Kishi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Conflagration / Flame of Torment / Enjô (1958)
Drama
Goichi Mizoguchi, an aspiring Buddhist monk who became involved in the temple that was owned by his father, through a series of flashbacks, framed as a police interrogation, Mizoguchi unravels the story of his obsession with the temple beginning with his childhood.
Starring: Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôichi Funaki, Tamao Nakamura, Jun Hamamura, Tanie Kitabayashi, Michiyo Aratama
Director: Kon Ichikawa
