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Poster for Running Fence

1977 · ★ 5.8 (4)

Second in the series by the Maysles brothers documenting the monuments/sculptures of Christo, whose art projects are landscape-scaled, and more "pop" performance art designed to question how we relate to art in the public sphere, especially when it's as oblique, non-political (at least, that is what he would claim), and neutral as running a fence through a landscape.

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Poster for The Girl from Monaco

2008 · ★ 5.1 (109)

A brilliant and neurotic attorney goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil, who turns him into a complete wreck... Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard will step in and put everything back in order... Or will he ?

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Poster for Tastes of Horror

2023 · ★ 5.3 (14)

A new concept horror IP cross project that turns six selected works out of 19 serial webtoons of the same name (Tastes of Horror) into movies. "DingDong Challenge: The reason why you shouldn't do dance challenge carelessly", "Four Legged Beast: Story of meeting a doppelganger with broken neck", "Jackpot: what happened when I took a taxi nearby", "The Residents-Only Gym: A woman who appears after 10 PM", "Rehabilitation: Cruel clinical trials currenly underway in the lab", and "Gluttony: The strange things that happened during a live broadcast."

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Poster for Fanfic

2023 · ★ 6.9 (90)

Two high school students form an intense connection as they navigate the challenges of discovering and expressing their truest selves.

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Poster for At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal

2019 · ★ 7.2 (64)

A look inside the USA gymnastics sexual abuse scandal that shook the sports world in 2017 depicting a landscape in which women spend their youth seeking victory on a world stage, juxtaposed against a culture where abuse prevails and lives are damaged forever.

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Poster for Dokumushi: Toxic Insects

2016 · ★ 2.6 (5)

7 strangers are locked up in building. There is nothing to eat in the building. They see a big stock pot, a butcher‘s knife and a watch to count 7 days. The 7 strangers are locked in the building for 7 days and they have to kill each other until there is only 1 person left. The 7 people go insane due to hunger and stress.

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Poster for A Balloon's Landing

2024 · ★ 7.3 (18)

A frustrated Hong Kong writer, Tian-Yu, meets a Taipei street gangster, Xiang, and the two of them embark on a journey to find the Bay of Whales, a place that leads to paradise.

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Poster for Outlaw

2020 · ★ 3.4 (9)

Gay teen Nikita is in love with the most popular boy in his school, Alpha. Rebellious Outlaw, to whom anything appears to be permissible, watches on as their relationship develops. Simultaneously, we follow the tragic love story of a transgender dancer Nina and a Soviet general, set in 1985.

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Poster for With This Ring

2015 · ★ 5.9 (51)

After attending their friend Elise's wedding to Nate on New Year's Eve, Trista, a career-­driven talent agent, Viviane, a successful gossip columnist, and Amaya, a struggling actress, make a pact to get married within the year to either a new love or a man waiting in the wings. But the close friends face their own set of challenges - Trista has not gotten over her commitment-­phobic ex-­boyfriend Damon, Viviane is secretly in love with Sean, the father of her son, and Amaya is desperate to break up her boyfriend Keith's unhappy marriage so they can live happily ever after. Each woman starts the year with high hopes and dreams of what will happen over the next 12 months... but will they all make it to the altar?

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Poster for Generation Terror

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Horror bleeds into the 21st Century in an incisive documentary looking back at the late 1990s film industry on a global scale to find out what happened at the turn of the millennium to allow for the huge wealth of horror films flooding out from all corners of the globe. From SCREAM (1996), THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) and FINAL DESTINATION (2000), to WRONG TURN (2003), HOSTEL (2005) and SAW (2004), with insight from Joe Lynch, Xavier Gens and Bill Malone who track the technology, the industry and the societal changes behind the next generation of horror films.

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Poster for Living Loud

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In 2020 Fogo Azul, an all-woman and non-binary drumming group from New York City traveled to Salvador, Brazil to learn from Banda Dida, the first black, female samba reggae drumming troupe and participate in Carnival. Then in 2022 Adriana Portela, the charismatic leader of Dida, traveled to New York to rehearse with the 115 women of Fogo Azul to participate in the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island. What follows is a portrait of empowerment, joy, inclusion, and the enduring power of the drum.

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Poster for The Woman Who Missed Home

2005 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Anna, married to a husband much older than she, longs to see her island, which is right across the island she lives. She has never visited it again since her marriage. Thus, she persuades Mathio, a young shepherd to take her there with a 'borrowed' boat. He accepts, hoping for a romantic adventure. However, all she wants is to see her island. Her husband follows her ...

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Poster for LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High

2018 · ★ 6.1 (25)

After a mysterious school opens across the street, the students of Super Hero High find themselves up against a new threat. Now, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl and the rest of the DC Super Hero Girls not only have to worry about the well-being of their grades, but the safety and security of friends, family and the rest of civilization. The girls must figure out how to put a stop to this evil, new cross-town rival and save the world once again

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Poster for Nietzsche in Russia

2008 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche never went to Russia – yet he was always fascinated by this mysterious country and wanted to visit it. This film gives him the possibility to do so after all. However, Nietzsche doesn’t arrive in 19th century Russia, but in a modern country which has been trying for years to create the civilization described by Nietzsche 150 years ago.

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Poster for Bollywood Dream

2011 · ★ 7.5 (1)

A group of Brazilian girls go to India hoping to become Bollywood actresses.

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Poster for Facing Mirrors

2012 · ★ 6.1 (21)

Rana has chosen a path in order to support her family, while Adineh (Eddie) has fled his home and city to escape his complicated situation as a transsexual man prevented from living as his true self by his family. They find themselves on the same journey and caused to know each other in a better way.

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Poster for Singing When We're Young

2013 · ★ 5.7 (3)

Singing When We're Young is a Chinese Drama

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Poster for Spicy Police Flower 1

2023 · ★ 7.0 (1)

This drama tells the story of how the police arranged for special forces member Tang Shiyu to get close to the sister of drug lord Zhao Wenjiu in order to infiltrate the drug trafficking gang and capture him. Meanwhile, in the midst of the operation, Zhao's enemy, the notorious drug lord Chen Jiahua, enters China seeking revenge. Tang Shiyu finds herself caught between the two sides, collecting evidence while also making contact with Zhao's subordinates, including Hua Jiu. After a series of twists and turns, Hua Jiu begins to trust Tang Shiyu, and with her help, all the criminals are brought to justice. The story reflects how as a police officer, one must not only distinguish between right and wrong and punish evil while promoting good, but also must be willing to risk their life to rescue people in danger. Tang Shiyu, as a woman, demonstrates exceptional intelligence and the ability to turn danger into safety, not inferior to male team members.

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Poster for Sitting in Bars with Cake

2023 · ★ 7.0 (107)

Extrovert Corinne convinces Jane, a shy, talented baker, to commit to a year of bringing cakes to bars, to help her meet people and build confidence. But when Corinne receives a life-altering diagnosis, the pair faces a challenge unlike anything they've experienced before.

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Poster for I Love Pinochet

2001 · ★ 6.5 (4)

An investigation into why so many conservative Chileans continue to be supporters of the brutal Pinochet dictatorship of the 1970s and 1980s.

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