Leslie, My Name Is Evil / Manson Girl (2009)
Comedy | Crime | Fantasy
Perry, a sheltered chemical engineer, falls in love with Leslie, a former homecoming princess, when he becomes a jury member at her hippie death cult murder trial.
Starring: Peter MacNeill, Gregory Smith, Ryan Robbins, Anjelica Scannura, Kaniehtiio Horn, Kristen Hager
Director: Reginald Harkema
Primal (2010)
Horror | Thriller
Anja and five friends join anthropology student Dace on a journey to study a remote ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish bleeding confused she physically and mentally regresses to a vicious predatory state. Mel has gone primal. Mels lover and friends realize they are the prey as she savagely hunts them down. Before they can escape another one of them starts to regress posing a hideous choice kill their friends or be killed by them. Their only hope of survival is through a cave where Anja learns too late the meaning of the ancient rock art they came to study.
Starring: Krew Boylan, Ch'aska Cuba de Reed, Santiago Cuba de Reed, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Damien Freeleagus, Stephen Shanahan, Wil Traval, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith
Director: Josh Reed
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Bridesmaids (2011)
Comedy | Romance
Annie, is a maid of honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian, and a group of colorful bridesmaids on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she'll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you'll go for someone you love.
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Melissa McCarthy
Director: Paul Feig
Fat Girl / À ma soeur! (2001)
Drama
Elena is a gorgeous fifteen-year-old forced to drag along pudgy twelve-year-old Anais as she trolls for boys in the cafes of a seaside resort where their family is vacationing. Treating Anais with casual cruelty, Elena smooches a handsome young Italian as her sister gorges on a banana split and later, in their shared bedroom, commands her to sleep as the twentysomething Fernando climbs in through the window. As Elena is deflowered, Anais writhes in fascination, envy and her own budding desire. When Elena's transgression is revealed to their parents, their furious mother breaks off the holiday and embarks on the long drive home with the girls in the back seat. The summer vacation is over but, as they discover on a tension-filled journey home, the family adventure is not.
Starring: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti, Albert Goldberg
Director: Catherine Breillat
Blow Out (1981)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma, John Travolta gives one of his greatest performances as Jack, a movie sound-effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. He enlists the help of Sally (Nancy Allen), a possible eyewitness to the crime who may be in danger herself, to uncover the truth. With its jolting stylistic flourishes, intricate plot, profoundly felt characterizations, and gritty evocation of early-1980s Philadelphia, Blow Out is an American paranoia thriller unlike any other, as well as a devilish reflection on the act of moviemaking.
Starring: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden
Director: Brian De Palma
Something Wild (1986)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Charlie Driggs is a timid New York investment broker who lets himself be abducted during his lunch hour by an attractive nut named Lulu. While drunk, she drives him to a New Jersey hotel for some kinky sex and petty thievery, and later convinces him to accompany her to Pennsylvania and pose as her husband at her high school reunion. More misadventures ensue, and Charlie gradually finds himself loosening up and falling in love, but then the film makes a sudden left turn with the appearance of Ray, Lulu's real husband.
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Margaret Colin, Tracey Walter, Dana Preu
Director: Jonathan Demme
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Drama | Film-Noir
Sidney Falco is a New York press agent caught up in a complex relationship with the powerful newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker. Falco needs to get his showbiz clients placed in the newspapers, and hangs around Hunsecker hoping to garner a mention in his column. Hunsecker is obsessively protective towards his sister Susan, and his only apparent desire is to see an end to her budding romance with jazz musician Steve Dallas. Thus with Falco growing increasingly desperate, Hunsecker lets him know that the one way he can secure access to the column is to break up Susan and Steve, thereby setting in motion a chain of events which will tear them all apart.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Susan Harrison
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Summer Hours (2008)
Drama
Widely hailed by critics as 2009's best film, Summer Hours is the great contemporary French filmmaker Olivier Assayas's most personal film to date. Three siblings, played by Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, and Jérémie Renier, must decide what to do with the country estate and objects they’ve inherited from their mother. From this simple story, Assayas creates a nuanced, exquisitely made drama about the material of globalized modern living. Naturalistic and unsentimental yet suffused with genuine warmth, this is that rare film that pays respect to family by treating it with honesty.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Renier, Edith Scob, Dominique Reymond
Director: Olivier Assayas
Antichrist (2009)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
A couple is grieving the death of their young son. The mother is initially admitted to hospital following the incident, but her husband – a therapist – insists on taking her to their remote forest cabin, 'Eden', and looking after her himself. They immerse themselves in nature and act out their deep suffering in a sequence of increasingly bizarre and brutal rituals.
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Director: Lars von Trier
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Action | Drama | War
As US soldiers land on the island of Guadalcanal, hoping to capture it from the Japanese, the job of venturing into the jungle falls to the 'C for Charlie' company and the troops are faced by both the enemy and struggles within their own camp. The war takes a heavy toll upon the young soldiers, leading them on a path of disillusion and possibly death.
Starring: Kirk Acevedo, Sean Penn, Penelope Allen, James Caviezel, George Clooney
Director: Terrence Malick
Setup (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A betrayed diamond thief teams up with a mob boss to get revenge on his former partner.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Ryan Phillippe, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, James Remar, Randy Couture, 50 Cent, Will Yun Lee
Director: Mike Gunther
True Blood (TV Series 2008-2014)
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
The series follows Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid living in Louisiana who can read people's minds, and how her life is turned upside down when the Vampire Bill, walks into her place of employment two years after vampires 'came out of the coffin' on national television.
Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Jim Parrack, Carrie Preston, Alexander Skarsgård, Todd Lowe, Deborah Ann Woll, William Sanderson, Kristin Bauer
Creator: Alan Ball
Detective K / Jo-seon Myeong-tam-jeong (2011)
Action | Comedy | Crime | History | Mystery
Detective K tells about the adventures of Joseon's top detective as he investigates, as ordered by the King, a series of mysterious murders that is plaguing the country.
Starring: Myung-min Kim, Dal-su Oh, Ji-min Han, Jae-yong Lee, Hyeon Woo
Director: Seok-yun Kim
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Comedy | Horror | Teen
The ever-naïve Cindy Campbell, seeking a career in home healthcare, finds work with a creepy old lady in an even creepier old house haunted by a ghostly presence. Throw in a good-looking guy next door and the threat of aliens intent on global domination and Cindy's instantly up to the top of her extremely blond head in danger. Our fearless heroine catapults into action once again struggling to decipher ominous messages from the beyond, looking for love in some very weird places and trying to save the world from mass destruction. As she struggles to discover life-saving answers, Cindy encounters horrific plane crashes, bodacious blind girls, village idiots, disheveled rappers, kinky contraptions, psycho survivalists, alien sphincters and even Oprah!
Starring: Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Simon Rex, Anthony Anderson
Director: David Zucker
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Comedy | Horror | Teen
A follow-up spoof that picks up from where the original satire left off, taking aim at supernatural thrillers such as "The Exorcist" and "Stigmata" among others. This time around, Shorty, Ray, Cindy and Brenda are tricked by their professor into visiting a haunted house as part of a school project.
Starring: Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall, Christopher Masterson
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Scary Movie (2000)
Comedy | Horror | Teen
This hilarious, must-see comedy smash places Carmen Electra, Marlon Wayans, Jon Abrahams, and some of today's hottest young stars in a wickedly funny send-up of today's most popular horror movies! A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody! With Shannon Elizabeth, Shawn Wayans, and Cheri Oteri adding sidesplitting performances, there's nothing to fear in this scary movie … unless you're afraid of laughing too much.
Starring: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Cheri Oteri, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Ashita no Jô / Tomorrow's Joe (2011)
Drama | Sport
Ashita no Joe tells the tale of a wandering orphan named Joe Yabuki. He falls into one of Tokyo's slums and gets into a fight with a local gang and his street fighting skills gets him the attention of a washed up alcoholic boxing trainer. Until he sticks up for Joe when the gang comes back to finish Joe, Joe decides to live with the trainer. Despite the trainer's generosity, Joe is still committing money making scams and lands him in prison. While serving time, he meets another boxer named Rikiishi Tooru who gets Joe interested in boxing. Upon release, Joe then pursues a boxing career.
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Karina, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûsuke Iseya
Director: Fumihiko Sori
The Football Factory (2004)
Crime | Drama
Seen through the eyes of four men, all of who have a different story to tell, a gripping story of football violence in middle England. Tommy Johnson, a bright thirty year old with a steady job and close family. Billy Bright, a right wing fascist who forms part of the older generation of the Chelsea Headhunters but is full of bitterness in what he sees as a country that has failed him. Zeberdee, a mouthy hooligan whose life has already run into the cul de sac of crime and drugs. And Bill Farrell, a seventy year old war veteran who tries to enjoy every day to the limit.
Starring: Danny Dyer, Frank Harper, Tamer Hassan, Roland Manookian, Neil Maskell, Dudley Sutton, Jamie Foreman
Director: Nick Love
Bee Movie (2007)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Bee Movie is a comedy that will change everything you think you know about bees. Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice – honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bee's honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling in life is to set the world right by suing the human race. That is until the ensuing chaos upsets the very balance of nature. It is up to Barry to prove that even a little bee can spell big changes in the world.
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman
Director: Stephen Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Death Sentence (2007)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.
Starring: Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, Kelly Preston, Jordan Garrett, Stuart Lafferty, Aisha Tyler, John Goodman
Director: James Wan
