Cymbeline / Anarchy (2014)
Drama
A gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich, John Leguizamo, Penn Badgley, Dakota Johnson
Director: Michael Almereyda
Léolo (1992)
Comedy | Drama
Young Leo Lauzon is torn between two worlds – the squalid Montreal tenement that he inhabits with his severely dysfunctional (and largely insane) family, and the imaginative world that he constructs for himself through his writings.
Starring: Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Julien Guiomar, Pierre Bourgault, Giuditta Del Vecchio, Gilbert Sicotte
Director: Jean-Claude Lauzon
Baadasssss! / How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003)
Biography | Drama
Mario Van Peebles's half documentary/half homage to his father Melvin's 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Nia Long, Joy Bryant, Ossie Davis, Terry Crews, David Alan Grier
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Biography | Drama
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.
Starring: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, Brittany Murphy, Clea DuVall, Elisabeth Moss
Director: James Mangold
Powder (1995)
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as Powder struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do extraordinary things.
Starring: Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum, Brandon Smith, Bradford Tatum
Director: Victor Salva
The Rapture (1991)
Drama | Mystery
Sharon, a bored, beautiful telephone operator seeks excitement in orgiastic sex with strangers. Later, tormented by feelings of emptiness, she attempts suicide. Comforted by members of a cult-like religion who are preparing for the second coming of Christ – "The Rapture" – Sharon undergoes a religious conversion that is hallucinatory, frightening and ultimately tragic.
Starring: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Patrick Bauchau, Darwyn Carson, Stéphanie Menuez, Sam Vlahos
Director: Michael Tolkin
Big Wednesday (1978)
Drama | Sport
The lives of some California surfers from the early '60s to the '70s.
Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Todd Lookinland
Director: John Milius
Club Life (2015)
Drama
After his dad has a stroke, Johnny (Jerry Ferrara, Entourage), a scrappy kid from Brooklyn who works as a limo driver, is in a bind: the hospital is asking for money, and his father has no health insurance. One lucky night Johnny inadvertently helps out Mark (Danny Abeckaser, Holy Rollers), a successful New York City club promoter, and is offered a job. Short on cash and eager to make a name for himself, Johnny jumps into the greed, emotion and ambition of the club world, planning the party to end all parties.
Starring: Jessica Szohr, Jerry Ferrara
Director: Fabrizio Conte
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Targeting (2014)
Drama | Thriller
A female soldier returns from Afghanistan and begins running surveillance on an Afghan person-of-interest that she learns is living in her hometown.
Starring: Tajana Prka, Bobby Naderi, James O'Shea, Fereshta Kazemi, Brooke J. Ferrell
Director: Tarique Qayumi
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Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht / Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Drama | History
Follow-up to the TV trilogy "Heimat" in the fictional village Schabbach in the Hunsrück region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Starring: Jan Dieter Schneider, Antonia Bill, Maximilian Scheidt, Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Kriese, Philine Lembeck, Mélanie Fouché
Director: Edgar Reitz
The Flash (TV Series 2014- )
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion – and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. Labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become… The Flash.
Starring: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh, Jesse L. Martin, Keiynan Lonsdale
Creator: Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns, Andrew Kreisberg
Racing Stripes (2005)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport
A zebra raised on a farm in Kentucky dreams of becoming a racehorse in this heartwarming tale that combines live action and computer animation.
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck, Gary Bullock, Wendie Malick, M. Emmet Walsh
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Far from Vietnam / Loin du Vietnam (1967)
Documentary | Drama | War
In seven different parts, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamees army during the Vietnam-war.
Starring: Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais
Director: Joris Ivens, William Klein, Agnès Varda, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais
Apollo 13 (1995)
Adventure | Drama | History
It had been less than a year since man first walked on the moon, but as far as the American public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight- until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time-and the odds- to bring them home.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan
Director: Ron Howard
Who Is Undercover / The King of Brand / Wang pai (2014)
Drama | Thriller
Five women have been arrested and kept in a prison because one of them is suspected to be "Ace," a core figure in the resistance movement. As the five women are tortured and played against each other for the identity of "Ace," a resistance fighter risks his life to rescue the women from captivity.
Starring: Chiling Lin, Tony Leung, Gillian Chung, Vivian Wu, Meng Tingyi, Christopher Lee, Kent Cheng
Director: Jianhui Fan
The Soong Sisters / Song jia huang chao (1997)
Drama | History | Romance
The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling (the oldest) married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling (the youngest) married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world's fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Vivian Wu, Winston Chao, Hsing-kuo Wu, Zhenhua Niu, Elaine Jin, Wen Jiang
Director: Mabel Cheung
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Drama
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Starring: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Eugene Pallette, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee
Director: Frank Capra
Intersection (1994)
Drama | Romance
Vincent Eastman has to choose between his wife of 16 years, Sally, or his new love, Olivia.
Starring: Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau, Jennifer Morrison, Alan C. Peterson
Director: Mark Rydell
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
Drama | Horror | Romance
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Lesley-Anne Down, John Gielgud, Robert Powell
Director: Michael Tuchner
Evelyn (2002)
Drama
Based on real-life events, this drama follows the story of Desmond Doyle, whose wife has left him and whose three children — Evelyn, Maurice and Dermot — are taken from him and placed in orphanages. Authorities deem Doyle's dire financial straights unacceptable for raising children, and the unemployed father vows to reunite his family. But he faces the judgment of the Irish Supreme Court.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies, Stephen Rea, John Lynch, Sophie Vavasseur
Director: Bruce Beresford
