Maps to the Stars (2014)
Drama
Recently released from a sanatorium, the enigmatic daughter of a wealthy Los Angeles psychiatrist becomes a personal assistant to one of her estranged father's clients, a famous actress.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Sarah Gadon, Olivia Williams
Director: David Cronenberg
Band of Outsiders / Bande à part (1964)
Crime | Drama
Three young people, Odile, Arthur and Frantz meet up at an English language class and become instant friends. They share an interest in literature and crime fiction. When Odile reveals that the house she is staying is loaded with loot, the three friends decide to stage a robbery. Of course, it all goes horribly wrong…
Starring: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Danièle Girard, Sami Frey
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Crime | Drama | Sport
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars in this gritty and inspirational movie based on a true story of a group of teenage delinquents given a second chance to redeem themselves by playing football. Sean Porter (Johnson) is a frustrated juvenile probation officer. Most of the kids in his detention camp are either sent back to prison once they leave or meet a violent end when they return to the streets. Desperately looking for a way to make a difference, he and his co-worker Malcolm Moore devise a plan to teach discipline and responsibility through the game of football. But with only four weeks before the start of the season, Porter must overcome insurmountable odds to put together a competitive team. It's a season that will test their minds, spirit, and bodies as Porter teaches his players the principles of good character, strength through resiliency, and genuine respect for one another.
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jade Yorker, Xzibit, Leon Rippy, Kevin Dunn, L. Scott Caldwell
Director: Phil Joanou
Believe Me (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Smart, handsome, and charming, there is no one who could say no to college senior Sam. But when a surprise tuition bill leaves him thousands of dollars in the hole, Sam is forced to think outside the box. Convincing his three roommates they can make a killing exploiting the gullible church crowd, the guys start a sham charity and begin campaigning across the country, raising funds for a cause as fake as their message. But when sweet tour manager Callie, the object of Sam's affections, discovers their ruse, it's Sam's moment, alone in the spotlight, to decide what he really believes.
Starring: Alex Russell, Zachary Knighton, Johanna Braddy, Miles Fisher, Sinqua Walls, Max Adler, Nick Offerman, Christopher McDonald
Director: Will Bakke
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Manuscripts Don't Burn / Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand (2013)
Drama
Based on true events, the story revolves around a manuscript detailing a 1995 failed assassination plot by the Iranian regime against twenty-one writers and journalists. Almost twenty years later, the existence of this document remains a threat and the head of the censorship board has hired two killers, Morteza and Khosrow, to collect the remaining copies and silence the participants.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
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The Investigator / The Investigation (2013)
Drama | Family | Sport
A veteran police detective becomes a criminal justice teacher and baseball coach at a local high school, leading him to the most important investigation of his life. Inspired by true events.
Starring: Wade Williams, Nicole Abisinio, David Sanborn
Director: Curtis Graham
The Originals (TV Series 2013- )
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
A spin-off from The Vampire Diaries and set in New Orleans, The Originals centers on the Mikaelson siblings, otherwise known as the world's original vampires: Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies), and Rebekah (Claire Holt). Now Klaus must take down his protégé, Marcel (Charles Michael Davis), who is now in charge of New Orleans, in order to re-take his city, as he originally built New Orleans. Klaus departed from the city after being chased down by his father Mikael, while it was being constructed and Marcel took charge. As Klaus has returned after many years, his ego has provoked him to become the king of the city. "Every King needs an heir" says Klaus, accepting the unborn child. The child is a first to be born to a hybrid (part vampire, part werewolf) and a werewolf (Hayley).
Starring: Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Phoebe Tonkin, Charles Michael Davis, Leah Pipes, Danielle Campbell, Steven Krueger, Claire Holt
Creator: Julie Plec
Supernatural (TV Series 2005- )
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) are two brothers with a special talent. Well-versed in the supernatural after their father became convinced that their mother was captured by unholy spirits, Dean and Sam dedicated their young lives to hunting down these otherworldly terrors. But adulthood saw Sam drift away from these preternatural activities, instead choosing to settle down in a life of domestic bliss with his girlfriend. But when the Winchesters' dad goes missing, both Dean and Sam know what they have to do – leading to some epic cross-country trips as the brothers try to find their father.
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles
Creator: Eric Kripke
Grace of Monaco / Grace de Mónaco (2014)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella, Parker Posey, Milo Ventimiglia, Derek Jacobi
Director: Olivier Dahan
Lucia de B. / Accused (2014)
Drama
A psychological thriller, based on one of the most controversial court cases in the Netherlands. Lucia, a nurse, is sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly having killed at least seven babies and elderly people.
Starring: Barry Atsma, Fedja van Huêt,Ariane Schluter, Annet Malherbe, Sallie Harmsen
Director: Paula van der Oest
It Was You Charlie (2013)
Comedy | Drama
IT WAS YOU CHARLIE is a dark comedy-drama that tells the story of a lonely graveyard shift doorman named ABNER, a once-accomplished sculptor and former college art teacher, but now sadly, a mere shadow of his former self. He is heartbroken because of an unresolved conflict with his brother over a woman he once loved, and is at the same time consumed with guilt and suicidal thoughts as he remains profoundly haunted a year after a terrible car accident that took the life of the young woman in the other vehicle. After meeting ZOE, a young, free-spirited taxi driver, something magical happens to Abner as he begins a quest to seek redemption, and reconcile his conflicted past.
Starring: Michael D. Cohen, Emma Fleury, Aaron Abrams, Anna Hopkins, Alon Nashman
Director: Emmanuel Shirinian
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Deep Powder (2013)
Drama | Thriller
When a teen from the wrong side of the tracks falls in love with a wealthy girl at the local boarding school, he agrees to help her smuggle drugs from Ecuador for the benefit of her upper crust friends. But when the plan unravels and he becomes the fall guy for their crimes, he is forced to decide how far he will go for the girl he loves.
Starring: Haley Bennett, Shiloh Fernandez, Logan Miller, John Magaro, Dana Eskelson, Josh Salatin, Colby Minifie
Director: Mo Ogrodnik
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Ambrosia (2012)
Drama
A beautiful and talented fashion designer's excitement in landing a dream job is complicated when her new boss takes more than a professional interest in her, which makes her question her own values, threatens her marriage, and forces her to make a life-changing decision.
Starring: Sahar Biniaz, Camyar Chai, Heather Doerksen, Pauline Egan
Director: Baharak Saeid Monir
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Fort McCoy (2011)
Drama | History | War
Frank Stirn (Eric Stoltz) moves with his family to become a barber for the American Army and POW camp at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1944. Embittered that he cannot fight, Frank must take a stand when a Nazi SS Officer threatens his wife (Kate Connor, playing her real-life grandmother). Her Catholic sister (Lyndsy Fonseca) falls for a Jewish soldier (Andy Hirsch) haunted by the battle of Monte Cassino and the death of his best friend (Matthew Lawrence). Their audacious friend (Camryn Manheim) encourages the couple, while the local priest (Seymour Cassel) cannot. Frank's daughter befriends a German prisoner boy during this magical summer, but war still finds its victims even thousands of miles from the battlefields in rural America.
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Kate Connor, Lyndsy Fonseca, Andy Hirsch, Camryn Manheim, Seymour Cassel, Brendan Fehr
Director: Kate Connor, Michael Worth
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The Homesman (2014)
Drama | Western
A claim jumper and a pioneer woman team up to escort three insane women from Nebraska to Iowa.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Hailee Steinfeld, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter, David Dencik
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Fair Play (2014)
Drama | Sport
The 1980s in Czechoslovakia. The young talented sprinter Anna (Judit Bárdos) is selected for the national team and starts training to qualify for the Olympic Games. As a part of the preparation she is placed in a secret "medical programme" where she's getting doped with anabolic steroids. Her performance is getting better, but after she collapses at the training, she learns the truth about the drugs. Anna decides to continue in her training without the steroids even though her mother (Anna Geislerova) is worried that she won't be able to keep up with other athletes and might not qualify for the Olympics, which she sees as the only chance for her daughter to escape from behind the Iron Curtain. After Anna finishes the last in the indoor race, her mother informs the coach (Roman Luknar) that Anna is no longer using steroids. They decide to apply the steroids to Anna secretly, pretending it's nothing but doses of harmless vitamins.
Starring: Vlastina Svátková, Berenika Kohoutová, Anna Geislerová, Roman Luknár, Judit Bárdos, Eva Josefíková
Director: Andrea Sedlácková
Domicile conjugal / Bed & Board (1970)
Comedy | Drama
Antoine Doinel and Christine Darbon are married and Antoine works dying flowers, and Christine is pregnant and gives private classes of violin. When Christine is near to have a baby, Antoine decides to find a new job, and he succeeds due to a misunderstanding of his employer. In a business meeting, he meets the Japanese Kyoko (Mademoiselle Hiroko) and they have an affair. When Christine accidentally discovers that Antoine has a lover, they separate. But later they miss each other and realize that they do love each other.
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade
Director: François Truffaut
Space Station 76 (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
A character-driven, domestic dramedy, which takes place in a 1970's version of the future, where personalities and asteroids collide.
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer, Marisa Coughlan, Jerry O'Connell
Director: Jack Plotnick
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Redeemed (2014)
Drama
Paul Tyson is a loving husband, devoted father and well-respected businessman on the brink of the biggest business deal of his career. And then Julia walks in. Breathtakingly beautiful, Julia is sent to manage the high-stakes buy-out of Paul's company but the relationship goes a bit farther than intended. As the pressures of a crumbling company creep in and intense new feelings abound, wedding vows get put on the back burner and the question arises… Just what is adultery.
Starring: Ted McGinley, Teri Copley, Grant Goodeve, Ana Ayora, Megan Alexander, Karen Peck
Director: David A.R. White
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Act of Faith (2014)
Drama
After the death of his beloved wife, Mr. Brady struggles to maintain a neighborhood diner in Atlanta Georgia, his few faithful waitresses, have become his only family. Their future is blurred as they too are simultaneously hit with their own personal misfortunes. Though difficult, these loyal women remain employees of Mr. Brady through his hardship, as he has become their respected father figure. When life challenges this little family on many fronts, they persevere and believe in the promise of a higher power.
Starring: John Amos, Cassi Davis, Tamala Jones, Paula Parker Jai, Keith Robinson
Director: Dan Garcia
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