El sur / El Sur (1983)
Drama | Romance
The story of Estrella, a young girl living in northern Spain who is fascinated with the secrets of the south that are embodied in her father.
Starring: Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Icíar Bollaín, Rafaela Aparicio
Director: Víctor Erice
The Fisher King (1991)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
A madman carries out a massacre in a popular New York bar, after hearing the popular DJ Jack Lucas rail against Yuppies. Dejected by remorse, the DJ strikes up a friendship with Perry, former professor who became unhinged and then homeless after witnessing his wife's violent death in the bar shooting. Jack seeks redemption by helping Perry in his quest to recover what he believes is The Holy Grail, from the private Library of a New York Socialite and to win the heart of Lydia, the girl Perry has fallen in love with.
Starring: Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer
Director: Terry Gilliam
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | Western
Arriving in Australia with nothing more than a saddle and his prized six-foot Sharps rifle, sharpshooter Matthew Quigley thinks he's been hired to kill off wild dogs. But when he realizes,instead, that his mission is murder – to "eliminate" the Aborigines from a wealthy cattle baron's land – Quigley refuses and quickly turns from hunter to hunted. Forced to wage a savage war against his former employer, Quigley proves that no one gets the best of a steely-eyed gunfighter – no one, that is, except the mysterious beauty who rides by his side.
Starring: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood, Ron Haddrick, Tony Bonner
Director: Simon Wincer
A Letter to Momo / Momo e no tegami (2012)
Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Following the death of her father, who left her a letter that never got beyond a greeting, Momo struggles to come to terms with her grief and guilt, and finds herself distanced from her mother. When the two move to a new home on a remote island in the Japanese Inland Sea, Momo befriends a young boy and his perceptive younger sister, a timid postman and three rascally goblins. With their help Momo prepares to take the plunge into her new life on the island.
Starring: Cho, Karen Miyama, Toshiyuki Nishida, Takeo Ogawa, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Ikuko Tani, Kôichi Yamadera, Yuka
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Entourage (TV Series 2004-2011)
Comedy | Drama
Vincent Chase is a young actor whose career is on the rise. Joining him on his journey to stardom are his childhood buddies Eric, Turtle, his brother Johnny Drama and his hot-tempered agent Ari Gold. Together, they'll navigate the highs and lows of Hollywood's fast lane, where the stakes are higher — and the money and temptations greater — than ever before.
Starring: Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Rex Lee, Perrey Reeves, Debi Mazar
Creator: Doug Ellin
Entourage (TV Series 2004-2011)
Comedy | Drama
Vincent Chase is a young actor whose career is on the rise. Joining him on his journey to stardom are his childhood buddies Eric, Turtle, his brother Johnny Drama and his hot-tempered agent Ari Gold. Together, they'll navigate the highs and lows of Hollywood's fast lane, where the stakes are higher — and the money and temptations greater — than ever before.
Starring: Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Perrey Reeves, Debi Mazar
Creator: Doug Ellin
10 Years / Ten Years (2011)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The night before their high school reunion, a group of friends realize they still haven't quite grown up in some ways.
Starring: Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Justin Long, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Lynn Collins, Brian Geraghty, Ari Graynor, Ron Livingston, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Porter, Chris Pratt
Director: Jamie Linden
Michael (2011)
Drama | Thriller
A drama focused on five months in the life of pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
Starring: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss, Victor Tremmel
Director: Markus Schleinzer
The Way (2010)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama
A father travels from the US to France to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling "El Camino de Santiago" from France to Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
Starring: Martin Sheen, Yorick van Wageningen, Deborah Kara Unger, James Nesbitt, Emilio Estevez
Director: Emilio Estevez
Plein soleil / Purple Noon (1960)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Tom Ripley is sent to Europe by Mr. Greenleaf to fetch his spoiled, playboy son, Philippe, and bring him back home to the States. In return, Tom will receive $5,000. Philippe toys with Tom, pretending he will go back home, but has no intentions of leaving his bride to be, Marge, and honoring his father's wishes. After some time passes, Mr. Greenleaf considers the mission a failure and cuts Tom off. Tom, in desperation, kills Philippe, assumes his identity, and lives the life of a rich playboy. However, he will need all his conman abilities to keep Philippe's friends and the police off the trail.
Starring: Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Romy Schneider, Marie Laforêt, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Billy Kearns
Director: René Clémentt
Playing by Heart (1998)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah's TV cooking show, and they must move beyond gentle barbs when she wants to know about an affair of his years ago. Mark is dying of AIDS, and his mother comes to his bedside: they must talk truthfully. Men have scalded Meredith so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to pull the solitary Keenan into her orbit: why is he reluctant? An adulterous couple meet at hotels for evening sex, but she is unwilling for the relationship to grow. Hugh tells tall tales, usually tragic, to women in bars. By the week's end, their parallel stories converge.
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards, Angelina Jolie, Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart, Madeleine Stowe
Director: Willard Carroll
The Assassins / Tong que tai (2012)
Drama
Years after defeating Lü Bu and other rival warlords to gain supremacy in northern China, Warlord Cao Cao forced Emperor Xian to grant him the title of a vassal king, "King of Wei". Cao Cao then had the Bronze Sparrow Platform constructed as a display of power, as rumors spread that he would replace the Emperor. Meanwhile, a pair of young lovers, who have undergone five years of training as assassins in a prisoner-of-war camp, are preparing to accomplish a secret mission.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Yifei Liu, Hiroshi Tamaki, Alec Su, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Dahong Ni, Lu Yao, Xin-zhi Qiu
Director: Linshan Zhao
The Taste of Money / Do-nui mat (2012)
Drama
"The Taste of Money" deals with the world of the wealthiest of "Chaebul" families and their desires, love, hatred, sex and murder… Young-Jak (Kim Kang-Woo) has worked for CEO Yoon (Baek Yun-Shik) for the past 10 years. He graduated from a prestigious university, but beckons at the call of CEO Yoon everyday. CEO Yoon is married to Baek Geum-Ok (Yoon Yeo-Jung), the daughter of the wealthiest man in Korea. They have a daughter Na-Mi (Kim Hyo-Jin) and a son Cheol (On Joo-Wan). Due to their extreme wealth, the family wields virtually unlimited power in Korea. Their daughter Na-Mi is the only person that disagrees with her family's actions. Meanwhile, CEO Yoon did not marry Geum-Ok because of love, but rather because of her wealth. For virtually his entire life he has worked for Geum-Ok and her father. Throughout this time, CEO Yoon has felt humiliated. Now, CEO Yoon wants to leave Geum-Ok and her family. Yoon is in love with their Filipino housemaid Eva (Maui Taylor) and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. Geum-Ok has no doubt that she will have her husband back. After CEO Yoon leaves, Young-Jak takes over his role in the family. He too soon becomes addicted to the taste of money…
Starring: Yun-shik Baek, Hyo-jin Kim, Kang-woo Kim, Ju-wan On, Maui Taylor, Yeo-Jung Yoon
Director: Sang-soo Im
House of Lies (TV Series 2012- )
Comedy | Drama
A subversive, scathing look at a self-loathing management consultant from a top-tier firm. Marty, a highly successful, cutthroat consultant is never above using any means (or anyone) necessary to get his clients the information they want.
Starring: Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, Josh Lawson, Dawn Olivieri, Donis Leonard Jr., Glynn Turman
Creator: Matthew Carnahan
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Comedy | Drama
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage.
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Maria Bello, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall
Director: Jason Reitman
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Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Comedy | Drama
When an irresponsible and child-like dad is barred from seeing his kids, he disguises himself as a woman and applies for the job of housekeeper for his ex-wife. The disguise of a sturdy matron works a beneficial change on him as well…but how long can he keep the act up.
Starring: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday, Martin Mull
Director: Chris Columbus
Monster's Ball (2001)
Drama | Romance
Hank, an embittered prison guard, lives with his aging racist father, Buck, and his own twenty something son, Sonny. Hank and Sonny work for the local prison where they are preparing the electric chair for a black inmate. After the man is executed, Hank falls in love with Letitia, the inmate's widow. This emotionally charged affair forces Hank to re-evaluate how deeply prison work and his father's infectious hatred have affected his soul.
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, Peter Boyle, Sean Combs
Director: Marc Forster
Vincent & Theo / Van Gogh (1990)
Biography | Drama
The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.
Starring: Tim Roth, Paul Rhys
Director: Robert Altman
Extracted (2012)
Drama | Sci-Fi
A scientist who has invented a technique to watch people's memories finds himself in a dangerous situation after he's tasked with entering a heroin addict's mind to see whether the man committed murder
Starring: Sasha Roiz, Jenny Mollen, Dominic Bogart, Richard Riehle, Nick Jameson
Director: Nir Paniry
Miami Vice (2006)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy (Naomie Harris) as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell), who may seem unorthodox, but is actually procedurally sound, is charismatic and flirtatious until he gets romantically entangled with Isabella (Gong Li), the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one–especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves. Working deeply undercover is dangerous and alluring…especially when Crockett and Tubbs go where their badges don't count…
Starring: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Towles
Director: Michael Mann
