The Lower Depths / Donzoko (1957)
Drama
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Ganjiro Nakamura, Minoru Chiaki
Director: Akira Kurosawa
In Good Company (2004)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Dan Foreman is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Carter Duryea, is half his age–a business school prodigy who preaches corporate synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Carter cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and Krispity Krunch, an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella. Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters, Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16, and is shocked when his wife tells him she's pregnant with a new child. Carter, in the meanwhile, is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion. Dan and Carter's uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Carter falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan's daughter Alex.
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger, David Paymer, Clark Gregg, Philip Baker Hall
Director: Paul Weitz
Zapomenuté světlo / Forgotten Light (1996)
Drama
Father Holy, a village priest, battles against the state and religious bureaucracies of 1980s Czechoslovakia in his fight to raise money for a new church roof. Permeated by his love for the villagers, his encounters are marked by his good humor. In his losing battle against Church and State, Holy is ordered to be transferred away from his parish and his allies. The Czech-American, Milena Jelinek, adapted this moving story from the the novel The Forgotten Light, by the 1930s Czech writer/poet and Catholic priest Jakub Deml.
Starring: Bolek Polívka, Veronika Zilková, Petr Kavan, Jirí Pecha, Antonín Kinský, Jirí Lábus, Richard Metznarowski
Director: Vladimír Michálek
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Zlaté kapradí / The Golden Fern (1963)
Drama
The grim tales rarely penetrated baladičnost that neústila to happy endings. In this case, however, still black and white material intensifies the tragic tone of the story of betrayed love. According to the draft Jan Drda filmed by director Jiri Weiss film about a simple shepherd who gains the favor of forest fairies – and even from her magical ferns. But the gift of a careless protagonist undervalued carelessly allow to enlist in the army, where he charmed the calculating and selfish general's daughter, so the nymphs forget … The main role will be introduced former actress idol Vit Olmer, who later became director.
Starring: Vít Olmer, Karla Chadimová, Frantisek Smolík, Daniela Smutná, Otomar Krejca
Director: Jirí Weiss
Origin: Spirits of the Past / Gin-iro no kami no Agito (2006)
Animation | Anime | Drama | Romance
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary. The machine, which has preserved a beautiful girl named Tula from the past, is activated. Tula has a "mission" that had been entrusted to her by the past…
Starring: Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yûko Kotegawa, Masaru Hamaguchi, Toshikazu Fukawa
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
The Quiet (2005)
Drama | Thriller
Dot (Belle), a young deaf and mute woman, is sent to live with her godparents (Falco and Donovan) and their daughter (Cuthbert). The new addition to the household realizes that everything is not copacetic in the home, and the family's dark come to light.
Starring: Camilla Belle, Elisha Cuthbert, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan
Director: Jamie Babbit
The Ides of March (2011)
Drama
An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon.
Starring: Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Evan Rachel Wood
Director: George Clooney
Václav (2007)
Comedy | Drama
Feature film based on a true story that took place during Vaclav Havel's vast amnesty in early 90s.
Starring: Ivan Trojan, Emília Vásáryová, Jan Budar, Sona Norisová, Jirí Lábus
Director: Jirí Vejdelek
Se7en / Seven (1995)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Lt. William Somerset, a burnt-out veteran cop, is on the brink of retirement. Forced to train his ambitious and eager replacement, Somerset is teamed with Detective David Mills on an investigation that draws these disparate cops deeper and deeper into the twisted world of a cunning and meticulous criminal. He is methodical, exacting and grotesquely creative. He is known as John Doe and he is the most vicious serial killer alive, fashioning murders based on the seven deadly sins. As each new victim is discovered, the detectives must combine their collective experiences to track the trail of a killer bent on seeking attrition for society's sins.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, R. Lee Ermey
Director: David Fincher
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
Drama | Romance
Upon hearing of her mother's death, jaded teenage loner Purslane Hominy Will returns to New Orleans for the first time in years, ready to reclaim her childhood home. Expecting to find her late mother's house abandoned, Pursy is shocked to discover that it is inhabited by two of her mother's friends: Bobby Long, a former literature professor, and his young protégé, Lawson Pines. These broken men, whose lives took a wrong turn years before, have been firmly rooted in the dilapidated house for years, encouraged only by Lawson's faltering ambitions to write a novel about Bobby Long's life. Having no intention of leaving, Pursy, Bobby Long and Lawson are all forced to live together. Yet as time passes, their tenuous, makeshift arrangement unearths a series of buried personal secrets that challenges their bonds, and reveals just how inextricably their lives are intertwined.
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, John Travolta, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger, Dane Rhodes, David Jensen, Clayne Crawford
Director: Shainee Gabel
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Beautiful Girls (1996)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
In this post-coming-of-age comedy, a piano player at a crossroads in his life returns home to his friends and their own problems with life and love. The high school reunion in a small Massachusetts town gives the group of buddies plenty of opportunities to try and sort out their views about women. From the former stud-turned-snowplow operator to the aspiring nightclub musician who escaped to New York, these clueless cads can only hope for some female guidance.
Starring: Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman, Noah Emmerich, Annabeth Gish, Lauren Holly
Director: Ted Demme
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Štěstí / Something Like Happiness (2005)
Comedy | Drama
Three young adults in Most sort out feelings and responsibilities: Monika's boyfriend has left for the States, her mother wants her to join him there, and if the invitation does come, what should she do? Toník is a nice guy, his love for Moni is unrequited. He's trying to rebuild his family's crumbling house; a nearby factory has made an offer to buy the land. With Moni, he watches out for the two young sons of Dasha, their friend who's in a hopeless long-term affair with a married man: Dasha is at once unstable, unrealistic, neglectful of her boys, and cruel to those who help. For whom is this something like happiness?
Starring: Tatiana Vilhelmová, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Marek Daniel, Zuzana Krónerová
Director: Bohdan Sláma
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Deck the Halls (2011)
Drama | Mystery
Detective Regan Reilly and cleaning-woman-turned-private-eye Alvirah Meegan, investigate the kidnapping of Regan's father and a young female driver just before the holidays. The race is on to rescue the pair and get them home in time for Christmas.
Starring: Scottie Thompson, Kathy Najimy, Jane Alexander, Luciana Carro, David Selby
Director: Ron Underwood
Protektor / Protector (2009)
Drama
A Czech journalist joins a Prague radio station what broadcasts Nazi propaganda in order to protect his Jewish wife. However, as the Nazi rule over Czechoslovakia calls for more and more collaboration, his relationship with his wife spirals downward.
Starring: Matthias Brandt, Jan Budar, Marek Daniel, Cyril Drozda, Tomás Mechácek, Klára Melísková, Martin Mysicka
Director: Marek Najbrt
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Animation | Comedy | Drama
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye- opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
Starring: Jim Carrey, Steve Valentine, Daryl Sabara, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Troubleshooter / Hae-gyeol-sa (2010)
Action | Crime | Drama
Ex-detective and now private eye Kang Tae-Sik (Sol Kyung-Gu) enters a love motel to take pictures of a couple for an unknown client. Kang Tae-Sik is then shocked to discover a bloody slain woman on the bed. Kang Tae-Sik flees the scene when the police arrive and mistakenly believes he is the killer. A mysterious man then calls Kang Tae-Sik and offers to clear his name if he kidnaps a high-profile lawyer embroiled in a political scandal. Even more mystifying, the caller is constantly aware of Kang Tae-Sik's every move. Kang Tae-Sik must now use all of his muscles and the bevy of technological gadgetry at his disposal to clear himself and find the mastermind behind this intricate conspiracy.
Starring: Kyung-gu Sol, Jeong-jin Lee, Dal-su Oh, Sae-Byeok Song
Director: Hyeok-jae Kwon
Off Limits / Gardiens de l'ordre (2010)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
During a night patrol that goes wrong, Simon and Julie, two ordinary police officers, injure a young executive who has shot dead one of their team members for no reason. Wrongly accused of a blunder and dismissed by their superiors, they decide to prove their innocence by carrying out an investigation into the drug responsible for their attacker's mad outburst.
Starring: Cécile De France, Fred Testot, Julien Boisselier
Director: Nicolas Boukhrief
The Wayshower (2011)
Drama
Running from his mistakes, Jesus heads to Helper, Utah to reconnect with his mentor/teacher John-Roger's past. Through dreams and a Mystical book, he learns from his mentor's past-life mistakes. He realizes he must confront his own inner conflict, forgiving the past and self examining himself, he finds peace and reunites with his Mentor/teacher.
Starring: Jsu Garcia, Eric Roberts, Peter Stormare, Sally Kirkland
Director: Jsu Garcia, John-Roger
Taking Off (1971)
Comedy | Drama | Music
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
Starring: Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey, Audra Lindley
Director: Milos Forman
Moneyball (2011)
Biography | Drama | Sport
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Bennett Miller
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