Marquis de Sade: Justine / Marquis de Sade's Justine / Justine and Juliet (1969)
Drama | Horror
A woman named Justine is used and abused by all manner of perverts, freaks and sexual deviants.
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Romina Power, Maria Rohm, Rosemary Dexter, Jack Palance, Akim Tamiroff
Director: Jesús Franco
The Orphanage / El orfanato (2007)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Laura spent the happiest years of her childhood growing up in an orphanage by the seaside, cared for by the staff and fellow orphans whom she loved as brothers and sisters. Now, thirty years later, she returns with her husband Carlos and Simon, their 7-year-old son, with a dream of restoring and reopening the long-abandoned orphanage as a home for disabled children. The new home and mysterious surroundings awaken Simon's imagination and the boy starts to spin a web of fantastic tales and not-so-innocent games… A troubling web that begins to disturb Laura, drawing her into the child's strange universe which resonates with echoes of long-forgotten, deeply unsettling memories of her own childhood. As the opening day draws near, tension builds within the family. Carlos remains sceptical, believing that Simon is making everything up in a desperate bid for attention. But Laura slowly becomes convinced that something long-hidden and terrible is lurking in the old house, something waiting to emerge and inflict appalling damage on her family.
Starring: Belén Rueda, Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Mabel Rivera
Director: J.A. Bayona
Term Life (2016)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A guy wanted around town by various hit men hopes to stay alive long enough for his life insurance policy to kick in and pay out for his estranged daughter.
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Vince Vaughn, Jonathan Banks, Jon Favreau, Taraji P. Henson, Annabeth Gish
Director: Peter Billingsley
I Saw the Light (2015)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, David Krumholtz, Cherry Jones, Maddie Hasson
Director: Marc Abraham
Cemetery of Splendor / Rak ti Khon Kaen (2015)
Drama | Fantasy
Soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are transferred to a temporary clinic in a former school. The memory-filled space becomes a revelatory world for housewife and volunteer Jenjira, as she watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with no family visitors. Jen befriends young medium Keng who uses her psychic powers to help loved ones communicate with the comatose men. Doctors explore ways, including colored light therapy, to ease the mens’ troubled dreams. Jen discovers Itt’s cryptic notebook of strange writings and blueprint sketches. There may be a connection between the soldiers’ enigmatic syndrome and the mythic ancient site that lies beneath the clinic. Magic, healing, romance and dreams are all part of Jen’s tender path to a deeper awareness of herself and the world around her.
Starring: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat Chaiburi, Tawatchai Buawat
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Organizer / I compagni (1963)
Drama
At the turn of the century, suffering Italian factory workers, with the help of a poverty-stricken professor, form a labor union to fight for better conditions.
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli, Bernard Blier, Mario Pisu
Director: Mario Monicelli
Caligula / Caligola (1979)
Drama | History
The decadent side of high definition! Before Rome… Before Gladiator… The most controversial film of all time as you've never experienced it before! Combining lavish spectacle and award-winning stars, this landmark production was shrouded in secrecy since its first day of filming. Now, this unprecedented edition presents a more revealing Caligula than ever before, with a high-definition transfer from negative elements and hours of never-before-seen bonus material!
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, John Steiner
Director: Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione, Giancarlo Lui
Showgirls (1995)
Drama
Nomi’s dreams and desires to make it big in Vegas are as sharp as a stiletto heel. When she catches the eye of Cristal, the Stardust’s sexy headliner, Nomi is on the brink of living her dream. But she soon realizes that there is only room for one starlet on the marquee… and that either she or Cristal will have to take the fall!
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Kites (2010)
Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller
J, a streetsmart, carefree young guy on the wanted list is mortally wounded and left to die in the harsh Mexican desert. The only thing that keeps him alive is his quest to find Natasha, a woman engaged to another man, but destined to be his. While Natasha speaks only Spanish, J does not understand a word of it but the two are able to communicate through the language of love and passion.
Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori, Steven Michael Quezada
Director: Anurag Basu
Perfetti sconosciuti / Perfect Strangers (2016)
Comedy | Drama
Seven long-time friends get together for a dinner. When they decide to share with each other the content of every text message, email and phone call they receive, many secrets start to unveil and the equilibrium trembles.
Starring: Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Valerio Mastandrea, Alba Rohrwacher
Director: Paolo Genovese
Medeas (2013)
Drama
A daring and lyrical exploration of alienation and desperation through the intimate observation of a family's inner lives and their relationship to each other and their environment. Without moral judgment, it probes the boundaries of human behavior and the lengths to which people can be driven for love and self-preservation.
Starring: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Brían F. O'Byrne, Mary Mouser, Ian Nelson, Maxim Knight
Director: Andrea Pallaoro
Living with My Mother / Nagasaki: Memories of My Son / Haha to kuraseba (2015)
Drama
Set in post-World War II Japan, midwife Nobuko is resolved to move on as she stands at the grave of her son Koji who died, alongside thousands of others, when the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on the civilians in the southern city of Nagasaki. However, upon returning home she is visited by an apparition. which continues to return in order to commiserate and reminisce with the woman about the past, family, affection and war.
Starring: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kazunari Ninomiya, Haru Kuroki
Director: Yôji Yamada
The Face of Jizo / Chichi to kuraseba (2004)
Drama
Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince her to start her new life. But Mitsué obstinately refuses his warm and humorous encouragements : « People were killed in my place. I do not have the right to find happiness », she says.
Starring: Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Kazuo Kuroki
Les innocentes / Innocent (2016)
Drama
In 1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent.
Starring: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne, Joanna Kulig, Pascal Elso
Director: Anne Fontaine
The Crossing Guard (1995)
Drama
Freddie Gale is a seedy jeweler who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston, Robin Wright, John Savage, Piper Laurie
Director: Sean Penn
The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
Drama
A man suffering an incredible amount of loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.
Starring: Selena Gomez, Paul Rudd, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Ehle, Craig Roberts, Frederick Weller
Director: Rob Burnett
From Vegas to Macau III / Du cheng feng yun III / Ao men feng yun 3 (2016)
Comedy | Drama
Interpol arrest Ken and Mark as they find out the USD 15 billion dirty money of DOA has been deposited into their secret bank accounts. They suspect both Ken and Mark have embezzled the illicit money while pretending to assist in the investigation. Ken and Mark are then sent to jail, where they are attacked by some mysterious mercenaries. Luckily, Michael comes to their rescue in the nick of time with the help of Kitty, the cousin of Ko Chun and Long Wu Jr., the son of Long Wu. Ken?s head is injured, he wakes up to find himself at Michael?s home in Singapore. A beauty named Kammy, together with her boss, a mysterious tycoon, J.C. appear to invite Michael and Ko Chun to a charity casino night. Ken disguises himself as Ko Chun to accompany Michael to the party held at the Paradise Island in Thailand. And Ken finds his beloved one Molly in a high-tech lab. Who is the mastermind setting Ken up behind the scenes?
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Andy Lau, Nick Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau, Yuchun Li
Director: Jing Wong
Brothers of the Wind (2015)
Adventure | Drama | Family
A young boy tries to save the life of an eagle that had been thrown out of its nest.
Starring: Jean Reno, Manuel Camacho, Tobias Moretti, Eva Kuen
Director: Gerardo Olivares, Otmar Penker
Seattle Road (2015)
Drama | Romance
Two young artists use love as a safety net against the fear and pain in their lives in order to propel them deeper into their art.
Starring: Kelly Lynch, Maximillian Roeg, Julia Voth
Director: Ryan David
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The Phenom (2016)
Drama | Family | Sport
A Major League rookie pitcher loses control over his pitching and is sent down to the minor leagues, where he begins sessions with an unorthodox sports psychologist. In the process, hidden conflicts with his overbearing father are brought to light.
Starring: Johnny Simmons, Paul Giamatti, Ethan Hawke, Paul Adelstein, Elizabeth Marvel, Marin Ireland
Director: Noah Buschel
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