Crashout (1955)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot.
Starring: William Bendix, Arthur Kennedy, Luther Adler, William Talman, Gene Evans, Marshall Thompson, Beverly Michaels
Director: Lewis R. Foster
Kicking and Screaming (1995)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
Starring: Josh Hamilton, Olivia d'Abo, Parker Posey, Chris Eigeman, Cara Buono, Eric Stoltz
Director: Noah Baumbach
Between Us (2012)
Drama
The film is about two couples who meet as old friends and discover their lives are tainted by money, success, sex and children.
Starring: Julia Stiles, Melissa George, Taye Diggs, David Harbour
Director: Dan Mirvish
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Congratulations (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
JIM and BRIDGET are on a road trip to visit Jim's mother on the anniversary of his father's death. Along the way, Jim proposes and Bridget says no. When they arrive at his mother's house, she showers them with congratulations. Caught up in the moment, they pretend to be engaged for the weekend.
Starring: Brian Dietzen, Abby Miller, Debra Jo Rupp, Kevin Rankin, Terryn Westbrook, Blaise Miller, Parvesh Cheena
Director: Juan Cardarelli, Eric M. Levy
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Night Across the Street / La noche de enfrente (2012)
Drama
A drama centered on an office worker on the verge of retirement who begins to relive both real and imagined memories.
Starring: Christian Vadim, Sergio Hernández, Valentina Vargas, Chamila Rodríguez
Director: Raoul Ruiz
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Michael Clayton (2007)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Michael Clayton is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach. Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.
Starring: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Amy Hargreaves
Director: Tony Gilroy
Self Medicated (2005)
Biography | Drama
Based on true events. On the edges of Las Vegas, 17-year-old Andrew's life is spiraling out of control. Unable to cope with the loss of his father, Andrew's descent into drugs and violence is gaining momentum, and the once promising young man is now headed for self-destruction. Andrew's mother, helpless to control her son and fighting an addiction of her own, refuses to watch idly as her only child destroys himself. As a last resort, she hires a private company to forcibly kidnap and confine him in a locked-down and corrupt psychiatric hospital. As Andrew is subjected to the secret physical and emotional abuses of the program something inside him is re-awakened. He must somehow get free to save what's left of his life, but to do that, he knows he must first face his own demons head-on.
Starring: Diane Venora, Monty Lapica, Michael Bowen
Director: Monty Lapica
Hatari! (1962)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Adventure, camaraderie, love and laughs combine against the breathtaking vistas of Africa in this 1962 treat as an American game catcher and a photographer who strikes a deal to travel with his trapping crew.
Starring: John Wayne, Hardy Krüger, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons, Bruce Cabot, Gérard Blain
Director: Howard Hawks
Barrio Brawler (2013)
Action | Crime | Drama
A martial arts instructor must enter the world of illegal pit fighting in order to save his family and his dojo.
Starring: Marco Antonio Alvarez, Dennis Ruel, O.G. Dave Rivera, Morgan Benoit, Stacey Rose, E. Ambriz DeColosio
Director: Jose Montesinos
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Harriet the Spy (1996)
Comedy | Drama | Family
Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. But when Harriet's friends find her secret notebook the tables are turned on her. Can she win her friends back and still keep on going with the spy business?
Starring: Michelle Trachtenberg, Gregory Smith, Vanessa Lee Chester , Rosie O'Donnell, J. Smith-Cameron
Director: Bronwen Hughes
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Crime | Drama
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Rose Byrne, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Bruce Greenwood
Director: Derek Cianfrance
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Drama | Thriller | Western
After outlaw leader Ben Wade is captured in a small town, his gang continue to threaten. Small-time rancher Dan Evans is persuaded to take Wade in secret to the nearest town with a railway.
Starring: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana, Henry Jones, Richard Jaeckel
Director: Delmer Daves
Nowhere to Run (1993)
Action | Drama | Romance
An escaped prisoner hiding from authorities, Sam always manages to be in the wrong place at the right time. Risking his hard-fought freedom, he aids a beautiful young widow against a ruthless developer who wants her land. Hunted by the police and the developer's hired killers, Sam pulls no punches in his furious fight for survival.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kieran Culkin, Rosanna Arquette, Ted Levine, Joss Ackland, Allan Graf
Director: Robert Harmon
Christmas Rose / Sheng dan mei gui (2013)
Drama | Thriller
Paralyzed at a young age, Jing is a kind piano teacher who leads a quiet life. One day, she is allegedly molested by her doctor Zhou, who is promptly arrested and charged. The prosecutor of the case is Tim, an idealistic lawyer who join the law world to punish the guilty. However, as Tim's investigator Nam helps him peel back the pieces, the more complex the case becomes. Soon, Tim begins to question the truth surrounding Jing's story.
Starring: Chen Chang, Pat Ha, Aaron Kwok, Kai Chi Liu, Gwei Lun-Mei, Yu Xia
Director: Charlie Yeung
Land of Hope / Kibô no kuni (2012)
Drama
An elderly couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a small residential area. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents learn they must evacuate, but the elderly couple owns a farm, with the evacuation line draped across their front yard. The father wants to stay, but the son wants him to go. Meanwhile, the son's wife Izumi (Megumi Kagurazaka) learns she is pregnant.
Starring: Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Ohtani, Jun Murakami, Megumi Kagurazaka, Hikari Kajiwara, Yutaka Shimizu
Director: Shion Sono
Double Indemnity (1944)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client's death.
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers
Director: Billy Wilder
Good Vibrations (2012)
Biography | Drama | Music
Biopic chronicling the life of the Northern Irish music promoter Terri Hooley, who championed the emerging Belfast punk music scene during the 1970s. Eager to shift thoughts away from those of the Troubles, music fanatic Terri (Richard Dormer) opens a record store, 'Good Vibrations', in the heart of one of Belfast's roughest districts. As the shop gains a loyal following, Terri, operating on a shoestring, decides to start a small record label with the aim of launching some of the local bands he's discovered, notably The Undertones. In it strictly for the music, Terri's naivety in business soon causes conflict, particularly at home, but the impassioned support for the Undertones first single, 'Teenage Kicks', by Radio 1 DJ John Peel, soon helps to justify Terri's overarching vision for an alternative Ulster.
Starring: Jodie Whittaker, Liam Cunningham, Dylan Moran, Mark Ryder, Richard Dormer
Director: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
I Declare War (2012)
Action | Comedy | Drama
Bang, bang, you're dead. No, really dead. A group of twelve year old kids play war in a forest but the audience views the action through their eyes. They fire real machine guns, hear mortars exploding around them, and dodge bloody shrapnel from grenades. I Declare War is a movie for young and adult audiences alike, featuring twelve to thirteen year old actors in the tradition of Stand By Me. With overtones of Lord of the Flies, I Declare War is a parable for not only events broadcast nightly on newscasts throughout the world, but a chilling depiction of the capacity for youth and man to take charge and to win at all costs.
Starring: Siam Yu, Gage Munroe, Michael Friend, Aidan Gouveia, Mackenzie Munro, Alex Cardillo
Director: Jason Lapeyre, Robert Wilson
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What Maisie Knew (2012)
Drama
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Alexander Skarsgård, Diana García, Joanna Vanderham, Onata Aprile
Director: David Siegel
Mud (2012)
Drama
Two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios-he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn't long until Mud's visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon
Director: Jeff Nichols
