Testament of Youth (2014)
Biography | Drama | History | War
A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I.
Starring: Kit Harington, Hayley Atwell, Alicia Vikander, Dominic West
Director: James Kent
American Bad Boy (2015)
Drama
Samuel's dream of buying a recording studio, making a hit record, and becoming a famous hip-hop artist has hit a snag. The money he borrowed to make it all happen is long over due. With the money all gone and the record far from finished, he becomes desperate for a solution. So when "The Bruce" – unscrupulous business man and owner of a string of male strip clubs – gives him only six months to pay back sixty-thousand dollars or say good-bye to his dream, Samuel knows what he's got to do. To make it all work, he going to take it all off. With his looks and his talents, raising enough money to pay off the loan and complete the record ought to be a cinch, but there's still a hitch. For his plan to work he'll have to keep it a secret for a number of reasons. One, because his "keeper" of a girlfriend would drop him if she ever found out. And two, because he's the son of one of the most prominent and respected preachers in the community. And while keeping his job hidden proves easy at first, it isn't long before word gets out. And now with lines to get into the club beginning to extend around the block, women are starting to talk. On top of these worries, "The Bruce" who will stop at nothing to keep his best money maker from getting away, has a plan of his own. For Samuel its too late to turn back and he's come too far to quit. It all comes down to a question of how much hiding is possible when it comes time to expose a star.
Starring: Katt Williams, Obba Babatundé, Ciarra Carter, Antoine Cleveland, Orlando Brown, Brittany Mayti
Director: Obba Babatundé
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The Cover Up / The Coverup (2008)
Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
The story centers on around the mysterious death of repeat drunk driving offender Kevin Thacker and the discovery of his body in an alley behind the Marshalltown, Iowa, police department after his latest DUI arrest.
Starring: Gabriel Mann, Eliza Dushku, John Savage, Mark Pellegrino, Lee Garlington, Jennifer Finnigan, Steve Eastin, Colby French, Michael Welch
Director: Brian Jun
Wassup Rockers (2005)
Comedy | Drama
Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls – and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous parents.
Starring: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usvaldo Panameno, Eddie Velasquez
Director: Larry Clark
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Surveillance expert Stephen stumbles onto beautiful female serial killer Joanna and obsessively follows her murderous trail for years. But Stephen turns from a passive observer into Joanna's guardian angel as their bizarre relationship blossoms.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Geneviève Bujold, Patrick Bergin, Jason Priestley
Director: Stephan Elliott
The Boxer (1997)
Drama | Romance | Sport
Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, boxer Danny Flynn returns to Belfast and, tired of violence, tries to lead a law-abiding life. He reconnects with Maggie, a former flame raising her son alone, and opens a community-center gym for both Catholic and Protestant youths, a decision which arouses anger among local militant IRA members.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Kenneth Cranham, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley
Director: Jim Sheridan
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A female lawyer takes an accused wife-murderer as a client, but finds herself morally compelled to betray him one way or another.
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang, Jack Warden, Dana Ivey, Luis Guzmán
Director: Sidney Lumet
Waterland (1992)
Drama | Mystery
Tom Crick, a high school history teacher, is having trouble connecting – with his class, with his wife. He ventures into telling his class stories about his young adulthood in the Fens district in England. The emotional wounds from his younger life wash over him in present day, affecting his work and his relationships with his students and his wife.
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Ethan Hawke, Sinéad Cusack, Cara Buono, Lena Headey, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Highway (2002)
Crime | Drama
Two friends hit the road to escape some homicidal gangsters with a score to settle in this angsty Gen-X flick set against the backdrop of the mid-'90s grunge music scene. Highway opens with its mohawked post-teen hero Jack, up to his usual routine: smoking pot, cleaning pools, and engaging in vigorous sex with a mobster's wife. It isn't long before vengeful thugs come calling to his Las Vegas trailer-park home, however, and Jack has to flee town with his drug-dealing best buddy, Pilot. The two decide to travel to Seattle — in the week preceding Kurt Cobain's suicide — and along the way they encounter a succession of drifters, losers, and hangers-on, including a sweet-hearted prostitute named Cassie.
Starring: Jared Leto, Selma Blair, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Piven, Arden Myrin, John C. McGinley
Director: James Cox
Battle for Sevastopol / Bitva za Sevastopol (2015)
Biography | Drama | Romance | War
Battle for Sevastopol is biographical film about the life path of Lyudmila Pavlichenko woman-sniper who became a hero during the siege of Sevastopol in 1941–1942.
Starring: Yuliya Peresild, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Joan Blackham, Anatoliy Kot, Oleg Vasilkov, Nikita Tarasov, Stanislav Boklan
Director: Sergey Mokritskiy
Les souvenirs / Memories (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Romain, 23, is the watchman of a small Paris hotel. He does not know it yet but he is about to become a novelist… Madeleine is six decades older than him. She is his grandmother. Surprisingly enough, the age gap does not mean a thing for them: they mesh like magic. It looks as if they were born the same day. One day, Madeleine escapes from the nursing home where she has been placed against her will by her sons (one of whom, Michel, is Romain's father). Romain asks his employer for a leave and joins her in Etretat. Both have a wonderful day in the town of Madeleine's youth…
Starring: Michel Blanc, Annie Cordy, Mathieu Spinosi, Chantal Lauby, William Lebghil, Flore Bonaventura
Director: Jean-Paul Rouve
Hamlet (2000)
Drama | Romance | Thriller
Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Liev Schreiber, Diane Venora, Julia Stiles, Steve Zahn
Director: Michael Almereyda
Felicia's Journey (1999)
Drama | Thriller
A young woman travels to England to find her boyfriend and is befriended by a lonely, middle-aged man with a dark secret.
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Gerard McSorley
Director: Atom Egoyan
Red Corner (1997)
Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
An American businessman finds himself charged with murder and thrown headlong into China's nightmarish legal system in this tense thriller that was filmed covertly in Beijing for a week without government approval.
Starring: Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Byron Mann, Ken Leung
Director: Jon Avnet
Not Without My Daughter (1991)
Drama | Thriller
"Moody" is an Iranian doctor living in America with his American wife Betty and their child Mahtob. Wanting to see his homeland again, he convinces his wife to take a short holiday there with him and Mahtob. Betty is reluctant, as Iran is not a pleasant place, especially if you are American and female.
Starring: Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal, Roshan Seth, Georges Corraface, Sarah Badel
Director: Brian Gilbert
Heartburn (1986)
Comedy | Drama
An autobiographical look at the breakup of Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Maureen Stapleton, Stockard Channing, Richard Masur
Director: Mike Nichols
Murphy's Romance (1985)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Field plays a gutsy divorced mother eager to make it as a horse trainer on a small desert ranch. Enter the town's most eligible widower, Murphy Jones (Garner). The lovable, free-wheeling pharmacist befriends Emma and eventually comes a-courting.
Starring: Sally Field, James Garner, Corey Haim, Brian Kerwin, Anna Levine, Dennis Burkley
Director: Martin Ritt
Heroes (1977)
Comedy | Drama
Henry Winkler, Sally Field and Harrison Ford star in this heartwarming drama about a former soldier who finds hope for the future when he meets a young woman during a cross-country bus ride.
Starring: Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Val Avery, Olivia Cole, Dennis Burkley
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Popi (1969)
Comedy | Drama
Abraham is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. He is becoming very worried about them living in their run down neighborhood when one day he notices that Cubans who escape are lionized and given exceptional benefits. He thinks up a plot to have his sons washed ashore as cuban immigrants who will be adopted by rich anglos.
Starring: Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno, Reuben Figueroa, Miguel Alejandro, Arny Freeman
Director: Arthur Hiller
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
Drama | Family
After one year too many on the road with a ramshackle jazz band, Lem Siddons (Fred MacMurray) decides to put down roots. He marries sweetheart Vida Downey (Vera Miles) and embarks on a lifelong rollercoaster ride as a scoutmaster to a steady stream of high-spirited youngsters.
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charles Ruggles, Kurt Russell, Elliott Reid
Director: Norman Tokar
