Punished / Bou ying (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
When a tycoon's daughter is found dead of cocaine overdose after being rescued from abduction, he will stop at nothing to avenge her.
Starring: Anthony Wong, Richie Ren, Janice Man, Maggie Cheung, Candy Lo, Charlie Cho, Lei Lam, Jun Kung
Director: Wing-cheong Law
Swordsmen / Wu xia (2011)
Action | Drama
It is 1917 Yunnan and Liu Jinxi lives a quiet life with his wife Yu and their two young sons Xiaotian and Fangzheng. Liu runs a paper mill and the village prospers. One day, two fugitives arrive demanding money and after a long fight with Liu, end up dead. The bigger one is identified as an especially powerful fighter. Liu becomes a local hero but detective Xu Baijiu, an expert in physiology and pressure points, is puzzled how a seemingly ordinary man like Liu was able to defeat two hardened fugitives…
Starring: Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wei Tang, Xiao Ran Li, Yu Wang, Kara Hui, Wu Jiang, Yu Kang, Hua Yan
Director: Peter Chan
Coriolanus (2011)
Drama | Thriller
Caius Martius 'Coriolanus', a revered and feared Roman General is at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother Volumnia to seek the exalted and powerful position of Consul, he is loath to ingratiate himself with the masses whose votes he needs in order to secure the office. When the public refuses to support him, Coriolanus's anger prompts a riot that culminates in his expulsion from Rome. The banished hero then allies himself with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius to take his revenge on the city.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox, Lubna Azabal, Ashraf Barhom
Director: Ralph Fiennes
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Albert Nobbs (2011)
Drama
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Starring: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
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Before and After (1996)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
When teenage son Jacob is being accused of murdering his girlfriend, the well-respected and close-knit Ryan family is in turmoil. Jacob flees, father Ben destroys possible evidence, the village community turns hostile and mother Carolyn is forced to temporarily close her doctor's practice. Then Jacob gets arrested and soon finds himself and his family entangled in a web of truth, trust and lies, all on his way to court.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Beginning of the Great Revival / The Founding of a Party / Jian Dang Wei Ye (2011)
Drama | History
A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Starring: John Woo, Yun-Fat Chow, Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Bingbing Fan, Leehom Wang, Ye Liu, Xun Zhou, Nick Cheung, Jie Dong, Xueqi Wang, Kun Chen, Daoming Chen, Alex Fong, Chao Deng, Miriam Yeung, Xiaodong Guo, Lei Huang, Benshan Zhao, Wei Fan, Tao Guo, Xuebing Wang, Guoli Zhang
Director: Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang
Lan Kwai Fong / Xi ai ye pu (2011)
Drama | Romance
Lan Kwai Fong (LKF), a well-known party location in Hong Kong with loads of nightclubs and bars. Everyone likes to go to LKF for fun, one night stands or even true love. LKF has captured the joys and sorrows of many… One night, Steven – a regular of LKF met the flight attendant – Jennifer. They had sex on the first night they met but both could feel love come along. They had another date on New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, misunderstanding tore them apart and Jennifer decided to disappear from LKF. After eight months, Steven meets with Jennifer again and hopes to restart a relationship with her. However, Jennifer is no longer single, she's now his boss, Leslie's girlfriend. At the same time, Steven receives a call that his close friend collapsed and had to be sent to hospital. His friend encouraged him to follow his heart. When he finally decides to tell Jennifer about his feelings, Jennifer is already engaged to Leslie. Steven is heart-broken. He accepts the job promotion to stay at an overseas' branch office. His friends throw him a farewell party. He reunites with Jennifer again at the party. Will the two be together again after everything they've been through in this place with tons of one night stands happening every night?
Starring: Pak-yu Chan, Yung Cheng, Steven Dasz, Jun Kung, Seth Leslie, Shiga Lin, Emme Wong, Seli Xian, Miki Yeung
Director: Wilson Chin
The Woman in Black (2012)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
Young lawyer Arthur Kipps travels to a remote village to organize a recently deceased client's papers, where he encounters the ghost of a scorned woman set on vengeance.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Roger Allam, Sophie Stuckey, Misha Handley
Director: James Watkins
The Green Berets (1968)
Action | Drama | War
Story centers around the operations of a Special Forces Unit in Vietnam, their colonel, and a reporter who covers the action.
Starring: John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton
Director: Ray Kellogg, John Wayne
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The Grey (2012)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
A group of oil-rig roughnecks are left stranded on the sub-arctic tundra after their plane experiences a complete mechanical failure and crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. The survivors, battling mortal injuries, biting cold and ravenous hunger, are relentlessly hunted and pursued by a vicious pack of rogue wolves.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, Nonso Anozie
Director: Joe Carnahan
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Bobbie is an addict and small-time thief. When one of his jobs goes bad, Mel is called in to patch him up. Mel offers him a chance at a bigger score. Over time, Mel and his girlfriend Sid become almost like parents to Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie, but this can't last.
Starring: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Director: Larry Clark
Nightwatch (1997)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin
Director: Ole Bornedal
Three Monkeys / Üç maymun (2008)
Drama
A family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to to get through their hardships.
Starring: Yavuz Bingol, Hatice Aslan, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Ercan Kesal
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Red Tails (2012)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Bryan Cranston, Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo
Director: Anthony Hemingway
The Capture / La capture (2007)
Drama
Rose almost never never lies. She has a natural elegance and sincerity that few girls have 20 years. Yet neither his friends nor his lovers know its past. She was great at hiding it, even if it is still haunted by her violent father. She lives with her boyfriend Nathan in Montreal. After two years's absence, she returns to visit his mother and his brother Felix in their suburban home. Family background doesn't has not changed. Their fates and the concern she decided's intervention in their lives. With the help of two boys, Rose receivership his father in an apartment rented for that purpose. The girl will try to change the beauty. But the implacable will of Rose meets the immovable resistance of the father. It's Rose is changing and slowly becoming the head of the family …
Starring: Catherine de Léan, Laurent Lucas, Pascale Bussières
Director: Carole Laure
Green Street Hooligans 2 / Hooligans 2 – stand your ground (2009)
Crime | Drama | Sport
Following the deadly climax of "Green Street Hooligans," several members of the West Ham firm and numerous members of Millwall end up in jail. The GSE quickly discover the brutality of life on the inside, as they are constant targets of the superior numbers and better-financed Millwall crew.
Starring: John Bariamis, Nicola Bertram, Matt Candito, Lonnie Cayetano, Paul Cullen
Director: Jesse V. Johnson
Dragon Tiger Gate / Lung Fu Moon (2006)
Action | Drama
Tiger Wong is a highly skilled martial artist with a strong sense of justice. While eating at a floating restaurant, he chances upon a bully. Unable to stand by and watch him terrorize the victims he defeats the bully using his special move – Dragon Slaying Leg Eighteen. At the same time, he unwittingly grabs a gold medal. It turns out that this gold medal is the Lousha Death Plaque given by the leader of the Lousha Gate, Shibumi. Whoever owns the gold medal has the power to demand the full cooperation of Lousha Gate. Tiger, unaware of the medal's powers, is ambushed by the gang during his celebrations. As fate has it, he is saved by Dragon Wong, the bodyguard of one of the gangsters, who is sent to retrieve the medal.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Jie Dong, Xiao Ran Li
Director: Donnie Yen, Wilson Yip
Transit (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A family on a road trip is stalked by criminals who stashed stolen money in their car.
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Diora Baird, Sterling Knight, James Frain, Elisabeth Röhm
Director: Antonio Negret
Asalto al Cine / The Cinema Hold Up (2011)
Drama
An in depth story from a forgotten social class in Mexico. Asalto al cine tells the tale of four youngsters: Negus, Chale, Sapo and Chata. Friends since childhood, the teenagers come from a block of flats in Mexico's Guerrero colony and have too
much time on their hands. They start toying with the idea of robbing a cinema. Each has a different problem and finds his own reason to go ahead with the heist. The adventure brings them into a head-on clash with their lives and threatens the only thing they have: their friendship.
Starring: Gabino Rodríguez, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Ángel Sosa, Paulina Avalos, Dolores Heredia
Director: Iria Gómez Concheiro
Ultimo tango a Parigi / Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Drama | Romance
A middle-aged American, whose wife has just committed suicide, meets a young French girl when they both view an apartment in Paris at the same time. They begin a strange, anonymous sexual relationship in the empty apartment, agreeing not to divulge any personal information to each other.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti, Catherine Allegret, Catherine Breillat
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
