Missing In Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
Action | Drama | Thriller | War
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams
Director: Lance Hool
Syriana (2005)
Drama | Thriller
Big oil means big money. Very big money. And that fact unleashes corruption that stretches from Houston to Washington to the Mideast and ensnares industrialists, princes, spies, politicos, oilfield laborers and terrorists in a deadly, deceptive web of move and countermove. This lightning-paced, whip-smart action thriller grips your mind and nerves with an intensity that doesn't let go for an instant.
Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon / Saam gwok dzi gin lung se gap (2008)
Action | Drama | History | War
His country torn asunder by civil war, Zhao, a common man heeds the call of duty and from the humblest of roots rises through the ranks on wings of courage and cunning to command an army charged with liberating the land from an evil warlord. Inspiring by action, honor and a dream of unifying his divided nation, Zhao's heroism becomes legend, but as the years pass and the throne changes hands the war still rages on. When a newly enthroned king decides peace can only be achieved by defeating the warlords once and for all, the aging Zhao embarks on his final and greatest campaign, a road to adventure that will crown his name in glory for all time.
Starring: Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Maggie Q, Vanness Wu, Andy On
Director: Daniel Lee
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish / Joze to tora to sakana tachi (2003)
Drama | Romance
An offbeat romantic story about an ordinary college boy (Satoshi Tsumabuki) who accidentally meets an extraordinary girl, and unexpectedly falls in love with her. Based on the novel by Seiko Tanabe, and directed by Isshin Inudou (La Maison de Himiko).
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Juri Ueno, Hirofumi Arai
Director: Isshin Inudô
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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
The Country Girl (1954)
Drama | Music
Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back when director Bernie Dodd offers him the leading role in his new musical. Frank however is very insecure, turns to alcohol and shuns even the smallest of responsibilities, leaving everything up to his wife Georgie who finds it harder and harder to cope with her husband's lack of spirit. Bernie tries to help Frank regain his self-confidence, believing that it is Georgie who's the cause of his insecurity.
Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
Director: George Seaton
Missing in Action (1984)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
Colonel James Braddock is an American officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, then escaped 10 years ago
Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress, James Hong
Director: Joseph Zito
Prison on Fire II / Jian yu feng yun II: Tao fan (1991)
Action | Crime | Drama
A story about the discord between two prisoners, pitted against each other through social circumstances: a mainland leader, Dragon, is blamed for the death of a fellow-inmate; and a Hong Kong local, Ching, is named as the squealer in order to cover up a murder committed by a sadistic prison officer and an unsavory mainlander inmate. The result–both Dragon and Ching are forced to become fugitives in order to escape the wrath of vengeance in-store for them from both sides; during the course of their escape, the two co-dependent "enemies" form a lasting kinship.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Sung Young Chen, Roy Cheung, Li Yu, Chi Hung Ng, Elvis Tsui, Kwong Leung Wong
Director: Ringo Lam
Silenced / Do-ga-ni (2011)
Drama
Gang In-ho, who is working to earn money for his daughter's surgery, is appointed to a school for hearing-impaired children in Gwangju. But what he discovers there is an ugly truth: the children are being physically and sexually abused by their teachers. When he decides to fight for the children's rights and expose the crimes being committed at the school, In-ho teams up with human rights activist Seo Yu-jin. But he and Yu-jin soon realize the school's principal and teachers, and even the police, prosecutors and churches in the community are actually trying to cover up the truth.
Starring: Yoo Gong, Yu-mi Jeong, Hyeon-soo Kim, Ji-yeong Kim, Jeong In-seo, Baek Seung-Hwan, Hye-jin Park
Director: Dong Hyeuk Hwang
Ride Away / Dal-lyeo-la ja-jeon-geo (2008)
Drama | Romance
Ha-jung (Han Hyo-Joo), a first-year college student, is interested in a boy namedSu-ook (Lee Young-Hoon) who works at a secondhand bookstore near her school. In order to see Su-wook, Ha-jung visits the shop to buy and sell books; over time, her lifestyle becomes focused on Su-wook. She learns that he rides around on his bicycle, and this leads her to learn to ride one. They begin to express their feelings for each other, but neither of them are aware of each other's painful secrets from the past.
Starring: Hyo-ju Han, Young-hoon
Director: Seong-woon Lim
A Thousand Words (2012)
Comedy | Drama
After stretching the truth on a deal with a spiritual guru, literary agent Jack McCall finds a Bodhi tree on his property. Its appearance holds a valuable lesson on the consequences of every word we speak.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ariel Winter, Kerry Washington, Clark Duke
Director: Brian Robbins
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Drama
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its anger and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing.
Starring: Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Sarah Polley
Director: Atom Egoyan
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series 2010- )
Crime | Drama | History
Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Kenneth Williams, Paul Sparks, Gretchen Mol, Michael Stuhlbarg, Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Anatol Yusef
Creator: Terence Winter
Rushmore (1998)
Comedy | Drama
A coming of age tale that centers on precocious 10th grader Max Fischer and his expulsion from the prestigious Rushmore Academy.
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox
Director: Wes Anderson
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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Biography | Drama
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. A mathematical genius, he made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery once he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over this tragedy, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg
Director: Ron Howard
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Gallants / Da lui toi (2010)
Action | Comedy | Drama
Weedy office worker Cheung is sent to a remote village to secure property rights for his real estate company. Two martial artists run the village's teahouse, which was once the kung-fu school of their teacher Master Law. Law is in fact lying unconscious upstairs in a three decades-long coma, but he awakes when gym boss and local landlord Pong attempts to secure the teahouse for redevelopment. Law mistakes Cheung for a former student and starts training him in preparation for a martial-arts tournament at Pong's gym that will decide all their fates.
Starring: Siu-Lung Leung, Kuan Tai Chen, Teddy Robin Kwan, You-Nam Wong, J.J. Jia, Jin Auyeung
Director: Clement Cheng, Chi-kin Kwok
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Prison on Fire / Gam yuk fung wan (1987)
Action | Crime | Drama
An explosive crime-drama that caused a sensation upon its release. Audiences gasped for breath from the bloodshed and violence, yet were deeply moved by the fraternal bond between the two leading characters. Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung are riveting as the inmates who get involved with the intracacies of the prision system.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung, Roy Cheung, Ka-Kui Ho, Chi Hung Ng, Kwong Leung Wong, Fui-On Shing
Director: Ringo Lam
The Visitor (2007)
Crime | Drama | Music | Romance
Walter (Richard Jenkins) is a disaffected college professor who has been drifting aimlessly through his life. When, in a chance encounter on a trip into New York, Walter discovers a couple has taken up residence in his apartment in the city, he develops an unexpected and profound connection to them that will change his life forever. As challenges arise for his tenants Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira), Walter finds himself compelled to help his new friends, and rediscovers a passion he thought he had lost long ago.
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Marian Seldes
Director: Tom McCarthy
Bandolero! (1968)
Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Western
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
Starring: James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Clyde Shelton is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice, a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the flawed justice system that failed his family, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of spectacularly diabolical assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented. Philadelphia is gripped with fear as Shelton's high-profile targets are slain one after another and the authorities are powerless to halt his reign of terror. Only Nick can stop the killing, and to do so he must outwit this brilliant sociopath in a harrowing contest of wills in which even the smallest misstep means death. With his own family now in Shelton's crosshairs, Nick finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who seems always to be one step ahead.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill
Director: F. Gary Gray
