Enemy (2013)
Mystery | Thriller
A man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Sarah Gadon, Stephen R. Hart, Jane Moffat
Director: Denis Villeneuve
7 cajas / 7 Boxes (2012)
Action | Thriller
A young boy takes a job carting seven boxes around the city in the hopes of making some quick cash, only to discover the police and his competition are after the boxes and their mysterious contents.
Starring: Celso Franco, Lali Gonzalez, Víctor Sosa, Nico García
Director: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori
Ring 0: Birthday / The Ring 0 / Ringu 0: Bâsudei (2000)
Horror
The film takes place 30 years prior to the events of Ring, and depicts the life of 19-year-old Sadako Yamamura, the antagonist of previous films. In this film, her role shifts to that of a protagonist.
Starring: Yukie Nakama, Seiichi Tanabe, Kumiko Asô, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Ryûshi Mizukami
Director: Norio Tsuruta
The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
Comedy | Romance
Ben Stiller stars as Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor who finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila (Malin Akerman). But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he's jumped the gun. Take home the Farrelly Brothers' hysterical twist on boy-meets-girl, The Heartbreak Kid, and prepare to have a blast!
Starring: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Jerry Stiller, Malin Akerman, Rob Corddry, Carlos Mencia
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Gatchaman / Gacchaman (2013)
Action | Sci-Fi
Set in the near future in Tokyo, Japan. The evil terrorist organization Galactor has declared war on the world. The group possesses more advanced technology than governments and occupies over half of the planet. Dr. Kozaburo Nambu of the International Science Organization gathers together 5 superhero ninja agents, known collectively as Gatchaman, to stop Galactor.
Starring: Tôri Matsuzaka, Ryôhei Suzuki, Gô Ayano, Ayame Gôriki, Tatsuomi Hamada, Eriko Hatsune, Shidô Nakamura, Gorô Kishitani, Ken Mitsuishi
Director: Tôya Satô
Semi-Pro (2008)
Comedy | Sport
Semi-Pro is an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA – a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Will Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song "Love Me Sexy" to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon's franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive, Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible – win.
Starring: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Andrew Daly, Will Arnett
Director: Kent Alterman
About a Boy (2002)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
In London, wealthy bachelor Will Freeman and introverted, sad 12-year-old Marcus forge an unexpected friendship. Will inspires Marcus to gain confidence and style while the mature-beyond-his-years Marcus helps the carefree Will mature and embrace the responsibility of adulthood in a way he never has before.
Starring: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Natalia Tena, Sharon Small
Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Afflicted / Ends of the Earth (2013)
Horror | Thriller
Best friends Derek and Clif set out on a trip of lifetime. Their plan: travel to the ends of the earth, see the world, and live life to the fullest. But the trip soon takes a dark and bloody turn. Just days in, one of the men shows signs of a mysterious affliction which gradually takes over his entire body and being. Now, thousands of miles from home, in a foreign land, they must race to uncover the source before it consumes him completely. Footage meant to be travel memories may now become evidence of one of the most shocking discoveries ever captured on film…and perhaps will be their only postcard home.
Starring: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse
Director: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse
Tai-Chi Master / Tai ji: Zhang San Feng (1993)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Thriller
A Ming Dynasty avenger which pits a man and woman againts a former friend who now works for the oppressive Royal Eunuch's forces. However when the man reaches a stalemate with his Tai Chi training that literally makes him crazy, the fiesty woman manages to cover for him until the forces of nature finally offer him insight and his breakthrough enhancement.
Starring: Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Siu-Ho Chin, Fennie Yuen, Cheung-Yan Yuen, Shun Lau, Hai Yu
Director: Woo-ping Yuen
I Am I (2013)
Drama
I AM I is the story of a young woman, Rachael, who meets the father she never knew, Gene, at her mother's funeral. She discovers that her father is completely delusional and believes her to be her dead mother. After Rachael visits Gene in an assisted living home, she learns that he suffers from a disease called Korsakov's Syndrome, a form of retrograde amnesia and that her mother had placed him in this facility for treatment a year earlier. He does not remember anything past the age of thirty-three, and believes that he is still a young man. Unable to convince him of who she really is, Rachael decides to go along with her father's delusions by pretending to be her mother and discovers that under this guise, she and Gene can have "normal" conversations. Before long, Rachael is visiting Gene everyday, finding new ways to bring elements from his past into their present relationship. What began as a search for understanding has become romantic and joyful, but it can't go on forever. As Rachael pieces together the past and plays out memories for Gene, her need to be seen by her father, for who she truly is, grows strong.
Starring: Simon Helberg, Jason Ritter, Kevin Tighe, James Morrison, Jocelyn Towne
Director: Jocelyn Towne
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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, Carrie Preston, Alexander Skarsgård, Todd Lowe, Deborah Ann Woll, Kristin Bauer van Straten
Creator: Alan Ball
Dances of Flame / Honoo no mai (1978)
Drama | Romance
Takuji spies a house on the hill while wandering on the beach. He is invited in and treated as an honoured guest, especially by the lovely young Kiyono. They soon marry, but as the year is 1940, the oncoming war threatens. Takuji disappears, then returns, then is enlisted.
Starring: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Toshio Hosokawa, Michiyo Kogure, Michiko Araki, Ichirô Arishima, Midori Kanazawa
Director: Yoshisuke Kawasaki
Highway (2014)
Drama | Romance
The story begins on the eve of the wedding of Veera Tripathi (Alia Bhatt), the daughter of a rich business tycoon. She is on the highway with her fiance when she is abducted. The gang who kidnaps her panics when they find out that her father has links in the government. However, Mahabir Bhati (Randeep Hooda), one of her abductors, is willing to do whatever it takes to see this through. They continuously move to different cities, to avoid being tracked by police. As the days go by, Veera finds peace in her bondage to the point that she confides in him of her troubled childhood. Her fear of abduction is taken over by a sense of freedom. At one point while crossing a check post, the police forcefully search the truck, but Veera, surprisingly even to herself, hides. Veera confesses to Mahabir about her home where her uncle molested her, a fact which was hushed up by her mother. She concludes that she loves the journey and doesn't want to go back to her life. Mahabir can't help but care for Veera and his anger fades though slowly, he decides to let her go. Veera refuses and insists on staying with Mahabir. They both take shelter in a hilltop house. The following morning, a shootout starts as police has tracked them down. Mahabir is shot dead on the spot, while a shocked Veera is returned to her parents. Disturbed by the incident, Veera tells her family the truth about her abusive uncle and her desire of not living with them anymore. It ends with Veera shown working and living on a hill station on her own, with memories of the days she spent with Mahabir.
Starring: Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda, Durgesh Kumar, Pradeep Nagar, Saharsh Kumar Shukla
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Deewaar / Wall / I'll Die for Mama (1975)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
As a youth, Vijay struggles as a dockworker. Eventually, he becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while younger brother, Ravi, is an educated, upright policeman. But in the end, it all comes down to, who does mother love more?
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh
Director: Yash Chopra
Summer of Sam / The Son of Sam (1999)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Starring: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli, Patti LuPone
Director: Spike Lee
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Drama | History
Anne of the Thousand Days concentrates on the romance between Britain's King Henry VIII and his ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn. After holding out for marriage rather than an illegitimate union, Anne marries Henry after he sheds himself of Katherine of Aragon, thus causing a rift between the Crown and the Catholic Church. Anne's inability to produce a male heir leads Henry to look about for other suitable mates. Henry's sinister right-hand man Cromwell arranges for Anne to be condemned on a charge of adultery,after which she is beheaded, while Henry disconsolately sits in Windsor Castle, regretting this callous example of political expediency.
Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Richard Burton, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos
Director: Charles Jarrott
Chicago P.D. (TV Series 2014- )
Action | Drama
District 21 of the Chicago Police Department is made up of two distinctly different groups: The uniformed cops who patrol the beat and deal with street crimes, and the intelligence unit, the team that combats the city's major offenses, such as organized crime, drug trafficking and high-profile murders. Leading the intelligence team is Sgt. Hank Voight, a man not against skirting the law in the pursuit of justice. Demanding and tough, only those who can take the heat survive under Voight's command. Take Det. Antonio Dawson for example. Despite a troubled history with his boss, Dawson has ambitions of running the unit. If that means facing off against Voight every day, he'll persevere. From the street cops with dreams of moving up to the elite crew who are already in, "life on the job" is a daily challenge.
Starring: Jason Beghe, Jon Seda, Sophia Bush, Jesse Lee Soffer, Patrick John Flueger, Marina Squerciati, Archie Kao, Elias Koteas
Creator: Dick Wolf, Matt Olmstead
Chicago Fire (TV Series 2012- )
Action | Drama
No job is more stressful, dangerous or exhilarating than those of the Firefighters, Rescue Squad and Paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51. These are the courageous men and women who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way. But the enormous responsibilities of the job also take a personal toll.
Starring: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, Yuri Sardarov, Eamonn Walker, Christian Stolte, Randy Flagler, Joe Minoso, Charlie Barnett, David Eigenberg, Lauren German, Anthony Ferraris
Creator: Derek Haas, Michael Brandt
Chicago Fire (TV Series 2012- )
Action | Drama
No job is more stressful, dangerous or exhilarating than those of the Firefighters, Rescue Squad and Paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51. These are the courageous men and women who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way. But the enormous responsibilities of the job also take a personal toll.
Starring: Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, Yuri Sardarov, Eamonn Walker, Christian Stolte, Randy Flagler, Joe Minoso, Charlie Barnett, David Eigenberg, Lauren German, Anthony Ferraris
Creator: Derek Haas, Michael Brandt
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate / Turning Gate / Saenghwalui balgyeon (2002)
Drama
Actor Kyung Soo (Kim Sang Kyung, Memories of Murder) leaves Seoul to visit an old classmate. The reunion with his friend does not amount to much, but the trip does lead to some romantic encounters. He gets involved with two women, first a young college student (Ye Ji Won, Old Miss Diary) whom he leaves without a moment's thought and then a woman (Chu Sang Mi, Everybody Has Secrets) whom he deems his fated partner. As Kyung Soo becomes increasingly invested in this second relationship, he begins to notice certain coincidences and similarities that recall past pairings, blurring his conception of exactly which woman, which relationship, he is so desperately holding on to.
Starring: Sang-mi Choo, Ji-won Ye
Director: Sang-soo Hong
