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Blood on the Sun

1945

Blood on the Sun

1945
5.9
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.
Amber Alert

2016

Amber Alert

2016
6
A 20 year old man takes a bus full of young children hostage in exchange for money to help his sick mother. Meanwhile a detective must over come doubt from family and co-workers while she tries to negotiate with the hostage taker.
Two of Us

2020

Two of Us

2020
7
Nina and Madeleine have been sharing their lives and the landing between their two apartments for decades. After more than 20 years of loving in the shadows, Madeleine promises Nina she will tell her family the truth. It takes an unexpected event to show her the importance of living your truth.
Lost Boy

2015

Lost Boy

2015
4.8
When Laura Harris's kidnapped son returns after eleven devastating years, what she thinks will be a dream come true turns out to be a family nightmare.
Dark Angel

2019

Dark Angel

2019
6.4
Based on the second book in the Casteel Series, Heaven has finally found the new life she always dreamed of with her newly discovered grandparents. Upon closer inspection, beauty and riches hide sinister secrets Heaven has tried desperately to rid herself of.
Ultraman Arc the Movie: The Clash of Light and Evil

2025

Ultraman Arc the Movie: The Clash of Light and Evil

2025
7.8
A mysterious space sage entrusts Yuma with challenges that surpass the limits of his imagination with a stake too high. He asks, "Should you fail… then you… will lose your power as Arc." The burden of protecting Hoshimoto City alongside SKIP members are twisted by Sascal, who manipulates them, sending challenge after challenge toward Yuma. Battling giant kaiju, an evil alien bent on destruction, and a warped dimension where even time itself is distorted, Yuma must confront the ultimate test. Will he... will Ultraman Arc overcome the greatest challenge yet and protect the future, surpassing the limits of the power of imagination?
Adventures of a Mathematician

2021

Adventures of a Mathematician

2021
6.2
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
Down in the Delta

1998

Down in the Delta

1998
6.2
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.
The Assassin Next Door

2009

The Assassin Next Door

2009
5.5
In an old apartment building on the wrong side of the tracks, two women, unknown to each other, live across the hall on the second floor. Galia is an assassin involved against her will with the local sex-traffic mafia. All she wants is to reunite with her little daughter that she left back home in Ukraine . Eleanor is a grocery store cashier and a battered wife. She dreams of winning the lottery and running away from her abusive husband. Galia and Eleanor don't know each other, but as neighbors they share two things: an adjoining wall and a strong need to plan their escape. As Galia disobeys her latest contract, a woman target, and Eleanor discovers that she's pregnant, the two women decide to take action against their oppressors in a fight for survival and freedom.
Magic

2021

Magic

2021
10
Based on the play 'Magic' by G.K Chesterton. A conjurer, feeling cornered by a hostile audience, turns an evening of simple parlor magic into a night of madness by performing one last trick. How does he do it? That is the grand question.
Beautiful Prison

2016

Beautiful Prison

2016
4.9
Ben is a brain damaged young man who awakens from a violent accident to a restored intellect and supernatural abilities, which allow him to control the happenings of his world.
The Penitent Thief

2021

The Penitent Thief

2021
5.8
The story of the two unnamed men who were crucified alongside Jesus and how they came to be beside him on the cross that fateful day. Dismas and his brother Jotham, along with Gestas, another young man who will share their fate, suffer tragedy and injustice at the hands of a band of thieves and a ruthless Roman centurion. Theirs is a story of survival against the odds, but they cannot outrun their destiny.
Just in Time for Christmas

2015

Just in Time for Christmas

2015
6.2
Lindsay is faced with a life-altering decision as Christmas approaches: Stay in her tiny hometown and marry boyfriend Jason or accept a coveted post teaching at an Ivy League college on the other side of the country. What to do? Fortunately for Lindsay, she has some big-time help in the form of a magical messenger who is able to transport her three years into the future to see how it would all turn out.
The Last Laugh

1924

The Last Laugh

1924
7.7
An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel, is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.
200 Meters

2020

200 Meters

2020
6.7
Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, but separated by the wall. Their unusual living situation is starting to affect their otherwise happy marriage, but the couple does what they can to make it work. Every night, Mustafa flashes a light from his balcony to wish his children on the other side a goodnight, and they signal him back. One day Mustafa gets a call that every parent dreads: his son has been in an accident. He rushes to the checkpoint where he must agonisingly wait in line only to find out there is a problem with his fingerprints and is denied entry. Desperate, Mustafa resorts to hiring a smuggler to bring him across. His once 200-meter journey becomes a 200-kilometer odyssey joined by other travellers determined to cross.
The Strange Woman

1946

The Strange Woman

1946
6.1
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
While She Was Out

2008

While She Was Out

2008
5.6
Della Myers, a suburban housewife, lives with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. On Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall to buy gift-wrap. In the jam-packed parking lot, she notices an old car taking up two spaces and decides to leave a note on the windshield calling them out. After the mall closes, her car is blocked by the old car and she's threatened by four thugs. She escapes in her vehicle, but they drive after her. She crashes at a dead end construction site at the edge of a forest. What unfolds in the desolate woods is Della's lone fight for survival against a gang of angry young men with murderous intent.
Tethered

2021

Tethered

2021
4
TETHERED is a sci-fi mystery set in the present day. Detective Sam Morris starts on a missing-persons case that puts her own personal world into upheaval.
Bruthas 321

2018

Bruthas 321

2018
Three bruthas born on the same day at the same hospital three minutes apart but never met each other. After 34 years has past the three bruthas meet by Faith and find out all three have something in common.
The Center of the World

2001

The Center of the World

2001
5
A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap dancer at a club. He's depressed, withdrawing from work, missing meetings with investors. He wants a connection, so he offers her $10,000 to spend three nights with him in Vegas, and she accepts with conditions. Is mutual attraction stirring?