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Poster for Carmilla

1989 · ★ 4.0 (2)

Lonely young Marie and her father live on a plantation just before the Civil War. Their placid lives are invaded when they rescue a mysterious woman from a carriage wreck, and soon bodies start turning up with holes in their necks...

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Poster for Bankable

2012 · ★ 5.8 (17)

The wealthy Deville family loses their fortune at the same time the unassuming Ricci family suddenly become internet millionaires; things look bleak until their mutual banker suggests Mr. Deville goes to work for the Riccis!

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Poster for Flag Wars

2003 · ★ 4.1 (9)

Filmed over four years, this documentary focuses on the impacts of gentrification as gay white professionals move into a largely black working-class neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.

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Poster for Hometown Christmas

2018 · ★ 6.1 (23)

Back in Louisiana for Christmas, Noelle Collins has big plans to resurrect the town’s live nativity, a beloved tradition that her late mother used to put on. Things become complicated, however, when Noelle runs into her high school sweetheart, Nick Russell, a rising baseball star also back home due to a recent injury. Still feeling the burn from their senior year break-up, their lives are pushed together even further when they learn their parents share an attraction and want to be more than just friends. When things begin to fall apart with the live nativity, Nick and Noelle reluctantly team up to pull off the show and find themselves growing close, uncovering a hometown love for each other and the joy of Christmas that both never really faded away.

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Poster for Shadow Billionaire

2009 · ★ 6.6 (10)

DHL Founder and billionaire Larry Hillblom seemed to have vanished into thin air when he failed to return from a routine flight in his vintage Seabee over the Pacific. After his disappearance, a dark side of Larry emerged. Even before he was officially declared dead, bar girls throughout Southeast Asia came forward claiming to have had children by Larry and seeking a piece of his vast fortune. BILLIONAIRE unravels the secretive and scandalous life of this enigmatic and reclusive tycoon. The battle over his estate took on epic proportions, pitting impoverished, teenage prostitutes against Larry's former business associates and several of the largest law firms in the world. In the end it is a David and Goliath story, as a surprising hero emerges to untangle the web and discover the startling truth.

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Poster for Girls State

2024 · ★ 7.3 (15)

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in Missouri navigate an immersive experiment to build a government from the ground up.

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Poster for Joy

2010 · ★ 6.0 (15)

Joy is an emotionally damaged young woman of eighteen, who was given up at birth, to grow up in homes and with foster families. She lives on the fringes of society, getting by on benefits and earning a little extra by playing the accordion in the subway. In addition, she is a skilled shoplifter and has never been caught.

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Poster for Horizon

2013 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for Little Ida

1981 · ★ 5.3 (3)

Little Ida's mother is working for the Germans during WW2, and she is also having a relationship with a German SS-officer. Ida is experiencing the problems of having a mother who is involved with the enemy, without being old enough to understand what is actually going on.

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Poster for Wedding Palace

2013 · ★ 6.0 (3)

After being abandoned at the altar, Jason courts the girl of his dreams on the Internet. When she arrives in Los Angeles for their wedding, there's an unexpected surprise.

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Poster for Fall

2008 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In this beautiful romance, a woman follows a stranger through New York City while creating a vivid fantasy with him in her mind.

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Poster for Bitter Orange

2013 · ★ 5.2 (11)

Despite her short skirt and bobbed hair, Myrtle’s no flapper—she’s a career girl with her eye on the prize. But over the course of an evening in the company of Jack, a bootlegger, she’s forced to ask herself what she really wants: a legitimate career, or success at any cost.

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Poster for Mazel Brouk

2022 · ★ 6.0 (3)

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Poster for Haiku

2009 · ★ 5.0 (1)

Kawase's entry in the Haiku project

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Poster for Classmates

2023 · ★ 8.5 (2)

A computer mixup gives two college freshmen the chance to swap places but things take a turn when the switch puts them both in danger.

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Poster for Eduart

2006 · ★ 4.6 (10)

Based on true events, a young man raised in a cruel and oppressive family environment, leaves Albania with the dream of becoming a rock star and living a better life. His reckless character and his youth passions lead him to commit a murder in Athens. Chased by everyone, even by his own self, he is imprisoned under the harshest conditions. With the help of a German doctor, he learns to feel sympathy for others and guilt for his crime. His deep remorse will lead him from darkness to light.

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Poster for Safe

1993 · ★ 4.8 (5)

Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.

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Poster for Rosalie

2024 · ★ 6.6 (81)

France, 1870s. Rosalie is a young woman unlike any other. She hides a secret: she was born with a face and body covered in hair. She’s concealed her peculiarity all her life to stay safe, shaving to fit in. Until Abel, an indebted bar owner unaware of her secret, marries Rosalie for her dowry. Will Abel be able to love Rosalie and see her as the woman she is, once he finds out the truth?

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Poster for Scrambled

2024 · ★ 5.3 (34)

When a doctor visit reveals her fertility may be in jeopardy, thirty-something Nellie Robinson stares down the barrel of a future without options and decides to freeze her eggs.

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Poster for Broken Mirrors

1984 · ★ 5.9 (11)

Diane and Dora are two prostitutes who begin to rebel against their lot in life. Meanwhile, in another part of town, a murderer is at large.

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