Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Drama | Romance
Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards
Director: Stanley Kramer
Gibsonburg (2013)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sport
Gibsonburg is the true story of a boy's high school baseball team in Ohio that won 6 games and lost 17 games in the regular season. During the regular season, this team lost 13 games in a row and were mercy ruled 7 times. In a magical way, this same team won 8 games in a row to win the state championship! Baseball is the backbone of the film. However, Gibsonburg is much more of a love story coupled with an amazing mystery. Gibsonburg also deals with the real life trials and tribulations of high school students when coming of age.
Starring: Louis Bonfante, Lili Reinhart, Jonnie Wagner, Dusty Shidaker, Nick Schneider, Ryan Kunk, Judy Tenuta
Director: Jonathon Kimble, Bob Mahaffey
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Wise Blood (1979)
Comedy | Drama
US Army war veteran Hazel Motes may not be a believing Christian, somehow observations like the state of a run-down country church, meeting the ridiculous frauds on the streets and memories inspire him to take up, after initially fierce refusal, the part of a traveling preacher when a cab driver insists he looks like one in his new hat. He starts his own new Church of Truth, without the crucified Jesus, his first disciple being an 18-year old simpleton with a 'prophetic gift'…
Starring: Brad Dourif, John Huston, Dan Shor, Harry Dean Stanton, Amy Wright
Director: John Huston
The Night of the Generals (1967)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | War
The murder of a prostitute in Nazi occupied Warsaw draws Wehrmacht Major Grau into an investigation where the evidence points to one of three high ranking Generals. The trail leads Grau from Warsaw to Paris and straight into the 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, of which two of the Generals are deeply involved. Grau's case goes unfinished and it is not until 1965 when the true killer is brought to justice.
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret, Charles Gray
Director: Anatole Litvak
The Manxman (1929)
Drama | Romance
Despite their differing backgrounds, fisherman Pete and lawyer Philip have been life long friends on the Isle of Man. Pete wants to marry Kate, the landlord's daughter at the local inn, however Kate's father doesn't think he is good enough. Pete leaves the island to seek his fortune abroad and entrusts Kate to Philip, but they start to be attracted to each other.
Starring: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton, Clare Greet
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Song For Marion (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
Music-based family comedy written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams. Terrence Stamp plays Arthur, a grumpy old codger whose wife, Marion (Vanessa Redgrave), is terminally ill and is keen to spend her last days singing in an unconventional OAP's choir. Although Arthur disapproves of this behaviour, when Marion is no longer able to make practice he is compelled to take her place. As he meets his fellow singers he begins a voyage of self-discovery which will help him mend his relationship with his son, James (Christopher Eccleston), and begin preparing for a life without Marion.
Starring: Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Eccleston, Anne Reid
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Comedy | Drama
After fifteen years' service, Henri Boulanger is made redundant from his job. Shocked, he attempts suicide, but can't go through with it, so he hires a contract killer in a seedy bar to murder him at some unspecified time in the future. But almost immediately he meets and falls in love with Margaret…
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, Nicky Tesco, Joe Strummer, Serge Reggiani
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Random Harvest (1942)
Drama | Romance
A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident brings back memories of a former life of wealth and privilege while blocking all recollection of his existence since the war. Thus one man disappears, and another man long missing turns up and claims his vast inheritance. What does his devoted wife, whom he no longer recognizes, do?
Starring: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Admission (2013)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
At Princeton, an admissions officer gets involved with a less-than-model potential student.
Starring: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen, Wallace Shawn, Lily Tomlin, Gloria Reuben
Director: Paul Weitz
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The Pelayos / Winning Streak (2012)
Action | Drama
The Pelayos is the exciting adventure of a group of young people with few prospects, which are presented with a great opportunity to change their lives and enjoy a lifestyle absolutely counter, supplanting casinos worldwide with a method based on the imperfection of roulette. García Pelayo's family did "break the bank" of casinos on five continents, from Amsterdam to Las Vegas, from Paris to Macao. Inspired by these real events, THE PELAYOS tells of how ingenuity can make ordinary people get defeat powerful organizations.
Starring: Gonzalez Arantxa, Daniel Brühl, Sònia Casademont, Hui Chi Chiu, Xelo Curiel, Eduard Fernández, Lluís Homar
Director: Eduard Cortés
Shpion / Iron Spy (2012)
Action | Drama | Thriller | War
Set in 1941, just before Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. State security officers are on the trail of a deeply-embedded German spy.
Starring: Danila Kozlovskiy, Fedor Bondarchuk, Vladimir Epifantsev, Sergey Gazarov, Viktor Verzhbitskiy, Anna Chipovskaya
Director: Aleksei Andrianov
Flirt (1995)
Drama | Romance
The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a "permanent" relationship, what do they choose to do?
Starring: Bill Sage, Dwight Ewell, Miho Nikaido, Martin Donovan, Hal Hartley
Director: Hal Hartley
We Were There: Part 2 / Bokura ga ita: Part 2 (2012)
Drama
During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano (Toma Ikuta) transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami (Yuriko Yoshitaka) promised to meet again. A couple of years later, Nanami is busy finding a job, while Yano's friend Takeuchi (Sousuke Takaoka) supports her. in the beginning, Yano and Nanami kept their relationship, even with the long distance between them, but Yano suddenly stops contacting Nanami…
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yuika Motokariya, Manami Higa
Director: Takahiro Miki
We Were There: Part 1 / Bokura ga ita (2012)
Drama
"We Were There" follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano (Toma Ikuta) & Nanami Takahashi (Yuriko Yoshitaka). During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the death of his girlfriend from a car crash. Nanami Takahashi falls in love with Motoharu Yano and must deals with his inability to let go of the past.
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yuika Motokariya, Manami Higa
Director: Takahiro Miki
Please Give (2010)
Comedy | Drama
Married antique-dealers, Kate and Alex plan on gutting the apartment they own next door to expand their own pad once Andra, the cranky, elderly widow who lives there, finally dies. When Kate, conflicted with her own guilt, befriends Andra's granddaughters, the results are anything but predictable.
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Elizabeth Keener, Elise Ivy, Catherine Keener, Josh Pais, Sarah Steele, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt
Director: Nicole Holofcener
White Heat (1949)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran, John Archer, Fred Clark
Director: Raoul Walsh
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Chicago Sun Times copy editor Josie Gellar (25), who was desperate to graduate from perfectionist copy editor to reporter, gets her chance when the goody owner orders the editor to cover the high-school scene by undercover. Josie, who was a frustrated, ridiculed nerd, gets a popular make-over from her drop-out, naturally funny brother Rob Geller. Both siblings find love and joys of youth again. But in Josie's case, it's sensitive bachelor teacher Sam Coulson, who enjoys sophisticated conversation. As the publication deadline approaches, the price of blowing their cover seems ever more daunting, yet inevitable unless she sacrifices her career.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan
Director: Raja Gosnell
The Ring (1927)
Drama | Romance | Thriller
Jack Saunders and Bob Corby are two boxers in love with Nellie. Jack and Nellie are married but their marriage is flat so she starts to look to Bob for comfort.
Starring: Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey, Harry Terry, Gordon Harker
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Together / Tian mi mi (2012)
Drama | Romance
Min Min runs a juice stall in Taipei's Yongle Market. Her husband Bin runs a small printing business in the neighborhood. Their daughter Hsiao Lan is dating a bad boy-type that keeps her out late at night, and their youngest son Hsiao Yang is helping his best friend get a date with a local café girl. One day, neighborhood girl Hsiao Li returns home and announces her engagement to a bookseller. However, Hsiao Li is getting cold feet about the marriage and starts spending time with Bin. Meanwhile, Min Min also finds herself growing closer to Hsiang, the friendly owner of a dress-making shop in the market.
Starring: Lieh Lee, Shao-Yang Huang, Sonia Sui, Kenny Bee, Umin Boya, Gina Li, Shaio-Hwei Chang, Jain-Ho Wu
Director: Chao-Jen Hsu
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase / Nasu: Suitcase no Wataridori (2007)
Animation | Drama | Sport
Legendary bycicle racer Marco Rondanini dies as team Pao Pao Beer is set to race in Japan. This makes team member Ciocci, close friend of Marco, start to think about quitting. Under heavy rain, Ciocci and Pepe must put that aside as Team Pao Pao struggles to reach another victory. Pepe continues to ride his bicycle both in competition and training. He often spends time with his other team mates while they train in beautiful scenery in Japan. While in Japan a local girl helps out the team before and during the race.
Starring: Yô Oizumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Daisuke Imanaka, Kôichi Yamadera, Maaya Sakamoto, Taro Shirato, Yuushi Sato, Bon Ishihara
Director: Kitaro Kosaka
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