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Some Mother's Son

1996

Some Mother's Son

1996
6.7
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
Side Out

1990

Side Out

1990
5.6
A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.
An American Christmas Carol

1979

An American Christmas Carol

1979
6.2
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.
The Strawberry Statement

1970

The Strawberry Statement

1970
6.2
A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.
The Slingshot

1993

The Slingshot

1993
6.1
Stockholm in the 1920s. Young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother and a boxing brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them, Roland makes slingshots which he sells. His rebellious ways has gotten him the special attention of his school teacher, who always makes sure that Roland is punished. Roland also tries to make extra money by repairing bicycles, a successful business that in the end lands him in hot water.
A Good Man in Africa

1994

A Good Man in Africa

1994
5.2
Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary has an eye for beautiful women around him, especially Hazel, a native beauty, with whom he is having an affair. Things get complicated because Sam Adekunle, a man running for president of the country, wants a favor from Leafy in return after he has accepted the invitation to visit London. The proposition involves swaying a prominent doctor's opposition to a plan that will make Adenkule filthy rich.
Fight for Your Life

1977

Fight for Your Life

1977
6.1
A minister dispenses justice on three convicts who take his family hostage.
Gumshoe

1971

Gumshoe

1971
6.3
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Sheba, Baby

1975

Sheba, Baby

1975
5.7
Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
The Last American Hero

1973

The Last American Hero

1973
5.7
A young hell raiser quits his moonshine business and tries to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen. Loosely based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1982

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1982
7.9
In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.
Born to Win

1971

Born to Win

1971
5.3
A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
The Return of Superfly

1990

The Return of Superfly

1990
5.7
In this third entry in the Superfly films, Priest returns to New York from Paris to find who is responsible for his friend's murder. With a couple of new friends, he attempts to bring the killers to justice while trying not to get into criminal activity like he did years ago.
War Pony

2023

War Pony

2023
6.5
The interlocking stories of two Lakota boys growing up on Pine Ridge Reservation. At 23, Bill just wants to make something of himself. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Matho can’t wait to become a man. Bound by their shared search for belonging, each of the boys grapple with identity, family, and loss, as they navigate their unique paths to manhood.
Spinning Gold

2023

Spinning Gold

2023
5.4
A biopic of 1970s record producer Neil Bogart, co-founder of Casablanca Records.
Sublime

2022

Sublime

2022
7
When 16-year-old Manu realises that he has fallen in love with his bandmate Felipe, turbulent emotions start brewing beneath the surface. How do you avoid losing a friendship once its very foundation has shifted?
Please Baby Please

2022

Please Baby Please

2022
5.8
After witnessing a murder in the gritty streets of 1950s Manhattan, newlyweds Suze and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple's sexual identity.
Parallel

2024

Parallel

2024
6
Grief-stricken after the loss of her child, Vanessa takes refuge at a lake house only to be met with an aberration of herself from a parallel universe and realizes the multiverse gates hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever.
The Harbinger

2022

The Harbinger

2022
4.6
A family moves their troubled daughter to a small town, where people suspect she is responsible for a series of mysterious deaths. Fearing something evil followed them, the tormented parents must do whatever it takes to save their daughter.
The Highwayman

2022

The Highwayman

2022
6.1
Famed highway robber Dick Turpin finds himself on the run in the English countryside having accidentally kidnapped the Earl of Pembroke's feisty daughter, Elizabeth. As her fiance Winthroppe attempts to track them down, Elizabeth begins to fall for the dashing highwayman, leaving Turpin with no choice but to face off against Winthroppe in a fight for Elizabeth's heart - and her fortune.