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The Wendell Baker Story

2005

The Wendell Baker Story

2005
5.1
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
The Aristocrats

2005

The Aristocrats

2005
5.9
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005
7
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Turning Green

2005

Turning Green

2005
5.5
Set in late 1970s Ireland, it tells the story of 16-year-old James Powers, an American who finds himself lost after his mother dies and he is forced to live with his three Irish aunts. Displaced and depressed, he longs for a way to make it back to America. One lucky weekend in London, James discovers pornography and, desperate for cash, he decides to sell them back in Ireland. His success spreads wildly. After finding a possible way home, he must decide where home really is, and finds that one's place in the world is all a state of mind.
County General

2005

County General

2005
2
After he gets an 'F' on his latest assignment, film student Craig needs solid inspiration for his next short film. His girlfriend, Simone, who works at the local county hospital insists that the hospital's quack doctors, sexpot nurses, and hutty patients would be perfect source material for the budding director. Craig then takes a job as a lowly orderly at County General and soon wacky and harrowing hilarity ensues.
Fake Preacher

2005

Fake Preacher

2005
1
The story of a preacher in Harlem, New York who builds a successful church by fleecing the congregation. Losing his way and taking the dishonest path, this causes havoc in his life and in others, until it reaches a life and death situation. While he repent or redeem himself? Or is it too late to be saved?
Dirty Filthy Love

2005

Dirty Filthy Love

2005
6.6
A man's life falls apart as a result of his affliction with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome in this touching and funny tale.
Shadows in the Sun

2005

Shadows in the Sun

2005
6.2
An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.
Lethal Seduction

2005

Lethal Seduction

2005
2.8
Miranda Wells is an attorney with a sideline in immigration fraud and murder. Miranda's assistant, Carla, is unaware of her criminal activities. Rick Benes, a journalist setting out to expose Miranda, poses as David Lopez, an illegal immigrant, and takes a job in the office. Carla stubbles on incriminating files and Rick Benes pursuit of the story is threatened when he becomes infatuated with Miranda. Carla is attacked and her husband murdered, Miranda is the chief suspect. As the investigation progresses and Carla disappears from hospital, it is clear that Miranda will stop at nothing including murdering again to stay out.
Alchemy

2005

Alchemy

2005
5
Can an university computer scientist (Cavanagh) make a woman fall in love with his interactive computer before she succumbs to a well-known professor?
The L.A. Riot Spectacular

2005

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

2005
3
The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial for beating motorist Rodney King were found innocent. The city was engulfed by a massive riot, but the film plays these moments for laughs. In addition to recreating some of the images seen on television, the film skewers a variety of figures including the police, the media, and the citizens of the city.
Adam & Steve

2005

Adam & Steve

2005
5.5
Adam and Steve are two gay youths who have a one-night stand that ends embarrassingly. Nearly two decades later, Adam, now a Manhattan tour guide, and Steve, a psychiatrist, meet again -- but neither remembers the other from years before. The two begin dating, even playing matchmaker for their friends Michael and Rhonda, but their promising relationship hits a major snag when Adam and Steve finally recall their past connection.
The Great New Wonderful

2005

The Great New Wonderful

2005
5
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
Red Doors

2005

Red Doors

2005
5.5
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
Beauty Shop

2005

Beauty Shop

2005
6.3
Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profession. But after repeatedly butting heads with her shady, over-the-top boss, Jorge, Norris sets out to create her own salon -- even snagging a few of Jorge's employees and clients. Now, Jorge will do anything to shut her down.
Everything You Want

2005

Everything You Want

2005
4.9
A visionary and artistic young woman finds her love torn between her imaginary boyfriend and a real boy from one of her classes.
Down and Derby

2005

Down and Derby

2005
5.4
A local Pinewood Derby competition transforms an average group of dads into overzealous rivals desperate to build the winning car. As egos swell, the kids are lucky if they get to pick the paint color. While the dads are busy with outlandish gimmicks and sabotage, the underestimated scouts pull together and discover the true meaning of sportsmanship.
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy'

2005

Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy'

2005
4.7
An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
Heartless

2005

Heartless

2005
6.9
Comedy drama about a vain barrister who undergoes a personality change after having a heart transplant. Believing that this could be linked to the character of the donor, he travels to a village in Scotland to find out more about him, and there falls for the man's widow.
D.E.B.S.

2005

D.E.B.S.

2005
6.4
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.