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
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
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Priceless (2016)
Drama | Romance
A widower who loses custody of his daughter finds himself unable to hold down a job. He agrees to drive a truck across the country, no questions asked. But when he discovers what he is delivering, he is faced with a life-changing choice.
Starring: David Koechner, Bianca A. Santos, Jim Parrack, Joel Smallbone, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, Sarah Minnich
Director: Ben Smallbone
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The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Comedy | Drama
High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Blake Jenner, Haley Lu Richardson, Katie Stuart
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig
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Bleed for This (2016)
Biography | Drama | Sport
The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sport's most incredible comebacks.
Starring: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds, Ted Levine, Kimberly Howe
Director: Ben Younger
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Bottom of the World (2017)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A mysterious disappearance of a young woman leads her boyfriend on a journey for truth and perhaps his own unknown reality in this dark, hypnotic mystery that transcends the limitations of traditional narrative.
Starring: Jena Malone, Douglas Smith, Tamara Duarte, Jon McLaren, Ted Levine, Kelly Pendygraft, Mark Sivertsen
Director: Richard Sears
Sherlock (TV Series 2010- )
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's adventures in 21st Century London. A thrilling, funny, fast-paced contemporary remake of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic. The update maintains some traditional elements of the stories, such as the Baker Street address and the evil Moriarty. Although the events of the books are transferred to the present day, existing elements are incorporated into the new characters to "ground the forthcoming tales in reality, and appease ardent fans of the classic tales"; for example, Martin Freeman's Watson has returned from military service in Afghanistan. When speaking to The Sherlock Holmes Society of London and discussing the fact that the original Watson was invalided home after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880), Gatiss realised that "It is the same war now, I thought. The same unwinnable war".
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Louise Brealey, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Scott, Jonathan Aris, Amanda Abbington, Jonathan Aris
Creator: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
Stay (2005)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
This movie focuses on the attempts of a psychiatrist to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Kate Burton, Elizabeth Reaser, Bob Hoskins
Director: Marc Forster
All the Real Girls (2003)
Drama | Romance
Small-town love story of a young man with a reputation for womanizing and his best friend's sister.
Starring: Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Shea Whigham, Danny McBride, Maurice Compte, Heather McComb
Director: David Gordon Green
The Katsuragi Murder Case / Katsuragi jiken (2016)
Drama
Kiyoshi Katsuragi ran a small hardware store. He worked very hard and had his own family and home. He though he had the ideal family, but his 21-years-old son, Minoru, killed 8 people indiscriminately. His son is now a death-row inmate. Kiyoshi gets violent. Kiyoshi‘'s first son, Tamotsu, becomes isolated from his company‘'s restructuring and Kiyoshi‘'s wife, Nobuko, becomes crippled. Hoshino then appears in front of them. To show her opposition to the death penalty, she is going to marry Minoru.
Starring: Hirofumi Arai, Kaho Minami, Tomokazu Miura, Rena Tanaka, Tatsuya Wakaba
Director: Masaaki Akahori
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Drama | Romance
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Caren Pistorius, Emily Barclay, Anthony Hayes
Director: Derek Cianfrance
United States of Love / Zjednoczone stany milosci (2016)
Drama
Poland, 1990. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives, and fulfill their desires.
Starring: Julia Kijowska, Magdalena Cielecka, Dorota Kolak, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Tomasz Tyndyk, Andrzej Chyra, Lukasz Simlat, Marcin Czarnik
Director: Tomasz Wasilewski
About Ray / Three Generations (2015)
Comedy | Drama
After Ray decides to transition from female to male, Ray's mother, Maggie, must come to terms with the decision while tracking down Ray's biological father to get his legal consent.
Starring: Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon, Tate Donovan, Maria Dizzia, Sam Trammell
Director: Gaby Dellal
Sword Master / San shao ye de jian (2016)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Hong Kong cinema giants Derek Yee and Tsui Hark join forces in this 3D martial arts epic, about an elite swordsman who is haunted by his skill, and a challenger who aims to take his place at all costs.
Starring: Kenny Lin, Peter Ho, Yiyan Jiang, Mengjie Jiang
Director: Tung-Shing Yee
Yôkô: The Cherry Blossom / Yoko Sakura (2015)
Biography | Drama
In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. All of his students are drafted into the war which is nearing its end. He makes everyone promise that they will all meet again under the cherry blossoms upon their safe return. His students soon perish in the war. Masaaki Takaoka is wracked with guilt over their deaths. To comfort the spirits of his dead students, Masaaki Takaoka attempts to develop a new species of cherry blossoms which can bloom under any environmental conditions from subtropical to Siberia cold weather (where his students died).
Starring: Takashi Sasano, Yuki Kazamatsuri, Kôji Matoba, Maki Miyamoto
Director: Gen Takahashi
Eraser (1996)
Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams, James Coburn, Robert Pastorelli, James Cromwell
Director: Chuck Russell
Immortal Story / Hoi seung fa (1986)
Drama
A Japanese sport player visits Macau with his team and encounters charming young Chang Mei Lin. They meet again ten years later. He's pretty much the same, she's quite different, now working as a hostess. The Japanese man is found murdered, and most of the film is taken up by Mei Lin telling her story in flashback.
Starring: Sylvia Chang, Shingo Tsurumi, Wai Yiu, Paul Chun
Director: Yonfan
Ava's Impossible Things (2016)
Drama | Romance
When her mother makes a shocking request, sheltered Ava struggles with reality, escaping into a dream world where she summons up old friends and long forgotten desires.
Starring: Chloe Farnworth, Susan Duerden, Abigail Titmuss, Lauryn Nicole Hamilton
Director: Marina Rice Bader
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