Kundun (1997)
Biography | Drama | History | War
The incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders – Tibet's Dalai Lama – and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history.
Starring: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang
Director: Martin Scorsese
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
Betrayed by his childhood friend Fernand (Guy Pearce), sailor Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is found guilty of trumped-up charges and sent to the island prison of Chateau d'If. Thirteen years later, having learnt the art of fencing from the Abbé Faria (Richard Harris), a fellow inmate who also revealed to him the location of a vast treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo, Edmond realises that the time has come and carries out a daring escape attempt. Taking the treasure for himself, he reappears as the Count of Monte Cristo and becomes the talk of Parisian society; but he soon learns that Fernand has married Mercedès (Dagmara Dominczyk), Edmond's own childhood sweetheart, and starts drawing up his plans for revenge.
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Drama | Family | Fantasy
A six-year-old has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle… Santa Claus. The arrival of one Kris Kringle, a department store Santa who believes he's the genuine article, turns the skeptical child's world upside down.
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, Mara Wilson, Robert Prosky
Director: Les Mayfield
Sharkwater (2006)
Documentary
A reasoned defense of sharks' place in our ecosystem and a horrifying illustration of what is befalling them around the world. It is revealed that shark attacks are few and far between. And even when they do occur, wounds tend to be superficial. As it turns out, sharks happen to be the ocean's most important predator, the top of the food chain; their presence is ecologically vital to maintaining the sea's balance. And on this level, sharks – and humans as well – are facing environmental catastrophe.
Starring: Rob Stewart, Paul Watson, Patrick Moore, Erich Ritter, Boris Worm
Director: Rob Stewart
Tony (2009)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
A thriller centered on a serial killer in a rundown London suburb.
Starring: Frank Boyce, Lorenzo Camporese, Cyrus Desir, Peter Ferdinando, Lucy Flack, Ian Groombridge
Director: Gerard Johnson
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The Apocalypse (2007)
Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
In this epic disaster film of faith, a mother and father search for their only child as a giant asteroid headed for Earth triggers a series of apocalyptic events.
Starring: Rhett Giles, Jill Stapley, Kristen Quintrall, Tom Nagel, David Shick, Amol Shah, Shaley Scott
Director: Justin Jones
The Hagstone Demon (2011)
Horror
Douglas Elmore is an alcoholic writer and caretaker haunted by visions of his dead wife and pursued by supernatural forces bent on revenge for his past deeds. When tenants start turning up dead in the hallways and stairwells of his brownstone apartment building, Douglas suspects a strange but sexually alluring homeless prostitute named Karna who sleeps in his basement by day and prowls the empty city by night. But as the bodies pile up, Douglas is torn between his growing obsession with Karna and the threat of becoming a prime suspect in a murder investigation. Douglas must find the origin of the evil residing in the old Hagstone building before the secrets of his past return to destroy him.
Starring: Mark Borchardt, Nadine Gross, Cyndi Kurtz, Sasha Andreev, Gizelle Erickson
Director: Jon Springer
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa / Madagascar 2 (2008)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Hoping to return to New York via a penguin-piloted plane, the four animal friends crash land in the plains of Africa, where a surprise awaits for Alex the Lion.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
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Madagascar (2005)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) have lived their entire lives in blissful captivity, with regular meals provided and an admiring public to adore them. Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty allows his curiosity to get the better of him and, with the help of some prodigious penguins, makes his escape to explore the world he's been missing. Alex, Melman and Gloria go after him, but before they can go wild in the streets, they are captured, crated and put on a ship to Africa… to be ultimately set free. When those plotting penguins sabotage the ship, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria find themselves washed ashore on the exotic island of Madagascar. Now, these native New Yorkers have to figure out how to survive in the wild and discover the true meaning of the phrase "It's a jungle out there."
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Beacon77 (2009)
Horror | Thriller
Two young women arrive at a curious penthouse apartment, led by one's crush on her tutor. However, her love interest doesn't live alone. He's part of a trio of computer hackers about to embark on the ultimate job on the world's most mysterious mainframe. Whilst doing so, they unlock more than they bargain for with supernatural and ultimately fatal results. Can this seemingly insignificant chain of events, which have thrown this group together, be construed as fate? Can the beacon provide a signal of hope or is it a web of manipulation, paranoia and ultimately… murder?
Starring: Kelly Adams, Jonathan Rhodes, Lucy Evans, Calita Rainford, David Horton
Director: Brad Watson
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
A young Viking named Hiccup lives on the windswept island of Berk, where his father Stoic the Vast is the tribe's feared chief, and fighting dragons is part of every young warrior's training. But Hiccup's destiny of becoming a prized dragon fighter takes an unexpected diversion when he saves and befriends an injured dragon, Toothless. Hiccup now embarks on a mission of his own to convince his tribe to abandon its barbaric tradition of ruthless dragon-slaying and try out some new methods.
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Átame! / Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance
Ricky is released from a mental hospital, and knows exactly what he wants to do. He hunts down Marina, a porn film star he once had sex with, and tries to convince here to be his wife. She is a bit reluctant, so he ties her up… Will this approach endear him to her?
Starring: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Francisco Rabal
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Dead Alive / Braindead (1992)
Comedy | Horror
Lionel, an innocent young man, is forced to care for domineering mother and finds the task a whole lot more demanding after she's bitten by the cursed Sumatran rat monkey. Passing the point of death, Lionel's mother sucks friends and family into her gruesome existence among the living dead and Lionel is sent spiraling into a ghoulish nightmare.
Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody
Director: Peter Jackson
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich.
Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean
Director: Spike Jonze
Megamind (2010)
Action | Animation | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
The supervillain Megamind finally conquers his nemesis, the hero Metro Man… but finds his life pointless without a hero to fight.
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, David Cross
Director: Tom McGrath
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Rome Open City / Roma, città aperta (1945)
Drama | War
Rome, 1944. Giorgio Manfredi, one of the leaders of the Resistance, is tracked down by the Nazis. He goes to his friend Francesco's, and asks Pina, Francesco's fiancée, for help. Pina must warn a priest, Don Pietro Pellegrini, that Giorgio needs to leave the town as soon as possible…
Starring: Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno, Harry Feist, Giovanna Galletti
Director: Roberto Rossellini
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How I Ended This Summer / Kak ya provel etim letom (2010)
Drama
A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel, a recent college graduate, are spending months in complete isolation on the once strategic research base. Pavel receives an important radio message and is still trying to find the right moment to tell Sergei, when fear, lies and suspicions start poisoning the atmosphere…
Starring: Grigoriy Dobrygin, Sergey Puskepalis, Igor Chernevich, Artyom Tsukanov, Ilya Sobolev
Director: Aleksey Popogrebskiy
My Nanny's Secret (2009)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
What she hides may cost her everything she loves.
Starring: Haylie Duff, Jessica Steen, Eric Johnson, Dillon Casey
Director: Douglas Jackson
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian and their small army of friends rescue Han Solo from the clutches of the menacingly ugly Jabba the Hutt and go on to do battle with the Empire, even after Darth Vader has broken off in his own
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Sebastian Shaw, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz
Director: Richard Marquand
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Luke Skywalker and his loyal band team up to do battle with Empire's forces who decide to enact revenge. Yet, Luke is empowered by the Jedi master Yoda in learning to master the Force, something he will need when he meets Darth Vader in a startling confrontation.
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz
Director: Irvin Kershner
