Bastards / Les salauds (2013)
Drama
An insidious web of money, sex and power powerfully acted, where an unsettling roundelay of damaged lives is sure to offend gentler tastes, in as increasingly rare film in which the graphic acts depicted seem more necessary than superfluous.
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni
Director: Claire Denis
Hours (2013)
Drama | Thriller
A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Starring: Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez, Nick Gomez
Director: Eric Heisserer
Gypsy (1962)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Musical
The story of how determined stage mother Rose dragged her daughters, June and Louise, into show business. Louise eventually became "Gypse Rose Lee", a world-famous striptease artist, on whose autobiography this story is loosely based. Filmed adaptation of the hit Broadway musical.
Starring: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Harry Shannon, Parley Baer, Ann Jillian
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
When her mom is attacked and taken from their home in New York City by a demon, a seemingly ordinary teenage girl, Clary Fray, finds out truths about her past and bloodline on her quest to get her back, that changes her entire life.
Starring: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jared Harris
Director: Harald Zwart
Gomorra / Gomorrah (2008)
Crime | Drama
Made up of six short episodes with six main characters–all revolving around the four-sided criminality between the port of Naples, Scampia, Castelvolturno and Terzigno, and based on the best selling book by Roberto Saviano, 'Gomorrah' is a story of power, money and blood. These are the "values" that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day; they have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the "system"- the Gomorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a "normal" life. The stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel and ostensibly fictional world, but one that is deeply rooted in reality.
Starring: Salvatore Cantalupo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale, Toni Servillo, Gigio Morra, Salvatore Abruzzese
Director: Matteo Garrone
Easy Rider (1969)
Drama
After scoring cocaine in Mexico, then re-selling it in California, two bikers set off on a cross- country trek to New Orleans.
Starring: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Luana Anders, Luke Askew
Director: Dennis Hopper
Easy Rider: The Ride Back (2013)
Adventure | Drama
In this revisionist drama, the film delves into the family lineage of Wyatt Williams, the character made famous by Peter Fonda in the original Easy Rider Movie. Centering around the Williams family, and their internal family struggles throughout the eras of the 40's to present day, as they struggle to connect with one another through the only way they know how. Their love of motorcycles and the freedom of the ride.
Starring: Chris Engen, Sheree J. Wilson, Jeff Fahey, Michelle Borth, Rance Howard, Lauralee Bell, Michael Nouri
Director: Dustin Rikert
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Hills Green (2013)
Drama
As a trying summer in Toronto comes to an end, longtime friends Shawn and Erin decide to take a week-long camping trip to escape their mounting obligations. At first they revel in the sights and sounds of the countryside, but soon ulterior motives and personal baggage begin to chip away at the foundation of their friendship.
Starring: Jennifer Krukowski, Adam Christie, Christopher Spaleta, Jamie Ricottone, David Grimes
Director: Krista Dzialoszynski, Ryan Glover
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Kilimanjaro (2013)
Drama | Romance
A man decides to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro after his relationship ends.
Starring: Brian Geraghty, Alexia Rasmussen, Chris Marquette, Abigail Spencer, Bruce Altman, Henny Russell, Jim Gaffigan, John Cullum, Diego Klattenhoff
Director: Walter Strafford
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Unconditional Love / Unconditional (2012)
Drama | Thriller
A loan shark, Liam, calls on his customers: a disabled mother and two teens, Kristen and Owen. Kristen flirts with him, but Liam's passion is for the naive Owen. Owen goes along with the shark's gender-bending fetish, creating a conflict with his coming-of-age.
Starring: Christian Cooke, Harry McEntire, Madeleine Clark, James Bolam, Melanie Hill
Director: Bryn Higgins
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Murderer / Saat yan faan (2009)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
A Hong Kong-set mystery centered on a detective who has been framed for a series of gruesome murders.
Starring: Aaron Kwok, Chun-Ning Chang, Siu-Fai Cheung, Kuan Tai Chen, Kar Lok Chin, You-Nam Wong, Josie Ho
Director: Chow Hin Yeung
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Vigil (1984)
Drama
In a remote valley a farmer dies. In his wake comes a hunter. The farmer's daughter watches him. He starts a relationship with her mother and helps her grandfather to build a strange new invention. To the child, he is a predator. She must expel him from her valley.
Starring: Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Fiona Kay, Gordon Shields
Director: Vincent Ward
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El Norte / The North (1983)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller
"When will we find a home?" Rosa asks her brother Enrique at the end of their long journey. Alone in a strange land, they have only each other. The search for roots and the importance of family inform Gregory Nava's and Anna Thomas's lyrical and emotionally powerful El Norte, just as they will the filmmakers' later My Family, which showed at Sundance in 1995. One of the first films to portray faithfully the plight of Central American political refugees, El Norte is a remarkable fusion of documentary realism and visual poetry. When their father is killed and their mother arrested by the military, Rosa and Enrique flee the coffee fields of Guatemala for el norte, a place they know only from pictures in their godmother Josefita's Better Homes and Gardens magazines. Their trip is often harrowing, taking them through the teeming squalor of Tijuana to the anonymous streets of Los Angeles, but there is time for joy and laughter, too. They learn English in a lively night school, and when Rosa is intimidated by the laundry room in the house she is cleaning at her new job, she washes the clothes by hand and spreads them on the lawn to dry as she used to do at home. Thomas's eloquently crafted characters are brought to vibrant life by Zaide Gutierrez's and David Villalpando's remarkable performances, and the authentic music and James Glennon's moody cinematography create an indelible sense of place.
Starring: David Villalpando, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, John Martin, Trinidad Silva, Tony Plana, Larry Cedar
Director: Gregory Nava
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
Drama | Romance | War
John Gavin plays Ernst Gräber, a soldier on the Russian-German Front in 1944 venturing home to Hamburg on a rare furlough. Upon arrival, he discovers a city that bears little resemblance to the one he left behind – and so, through the rubble of the air-raids, he searches desperately for fragments of his family's shattered lives. But amid the shards, he falls in love with Elisabeth (Liselotte Pulver), the charming daughter of a doctor who in years prior tended to the Gräber family. Ernst thus activates a magnetism that compels both individuals toward one another in love… even as it hurtles them headlong into epochal death.
Starring: John Gavin, Liselotte Pulver, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore, Keenan Wynn, Dieter Borsche
Director: Douglas Sirk
Jobs / jOBS (2013)
Biography | Drama
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, James Woods, Dermot Mulroney, Amanda Crew, Josh Gad, Matthew Modine
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
The Guardian (2006)
Action | Adventure | Drama
After losing his crew in a fatal crash, legendary Rescue Swimmer, Ben Randall (Kevin Costner), is sent to teach at "A" School, an elite training program for Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, in THE GUARDIAN. Wrestling with the loss of his crew members, he throws himself into teaching, turning the program upside down with his unorthodox training methods. While there, he encounters a young, cocky swim champ, Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher), who is driven to be the best. During training, Randall helps mold Jake's character, combining his raw talent with the heart and dedication required of a Rescue Swimmer. Upon graduation, Jake follows Randall to Kodiak, Alaska, where they face the inherent dangers of the Bering Sea. In his initial solo rescue, Jake learns firsthand from Randall, the true meaning of heroism and sacrifice.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Dule Hill
Director: Andrew Davis
Marafon / Marathon (2013)
Comedy | Drama
Tolik, a man disappointed in life, meets mysterious woman who proposes him to participate in the big marathon in the US.
Starring: Anatoliy Belyy, Aleh Neliubin, Mikhail Porechenkov, Anna Mikhalkova, Sergey Gazarov, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Scott Engrotti
Director: Karen Oganesyan
Breaking Bad (TV Series 2008-2013)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Walter White, a struggling high school chemistry teacher is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine accompanied by a former student, Jesse Pinkman with the aim of securing his family's financial future before he dies.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte
Creator: Vince Gilligan
Breaking Bad (TV Series 2008-2013)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Walter White, a struggling high school chemistry teacher is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine accompanied by a former student, Jesse Pinkman with the aim of securing his family's financial future before he dies.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte
Creator: Vince Gilligan
SPEC / Keizoku 2: SPEC – Keishichou kouanbu kouan daigoka mishou jiken tokubetsu taisakugakari jikenbo (TV Series 2010 )
Drama | Thriller
Like the original series, "SPEC" will revolve around a pair of police detectives as part of a special division solving difficult cases (Mishou). Touma Saya is a woman with an IQ of 201 and an inability to "read the atmosphere" in social situations. Due to a previous case, her left arm is in a sling. Her partner Sebumi Takeru used to be the star performer of the Metropolitan Police. After some incident however, he was transferred to Mishou. Those two track down offenders with special abilities(SPEC) who managed to get away with their crimes.
Starring: Erika Toda, Ryô Kase, Raita Ryû, Kasumi Arimura, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Saki Fukuda, Tetsushi Tanaka, Yu Tokui, Kohki Okada, Kazuyuki Matsuzawa, Ryuuji Sainei, Yû Shirota, Ken Yasuda, Kippei Shîna, Takeshi Itô
Creator: Yumie Nishiogi
