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A Rising Tide

2015

A Rising Tide

2015
6.1
After his family's well-established Atlantic City restaurant is destroyed during Hurricane Sandy, a young chef must grow up quickly, taking the biggest risks of his life, both in business and love.
Skin

2008

Skin

2008
6.4
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Trafficking

2023

Trafficking

2023
6.1
Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from trafficking, forcing him into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with his boss.
Death of a Vlogger

2019

Death of a Vlogger

2019
5.5
An ambitious vlogger experiences the dark side of the internet when his latest video, which features an alleged haunting, goes viral.
Nobody's Watching

2017

Nobody's Watching

2017
5.9
Nico is a famous actor in Argentina, but in New York, nobody takes notice. He needs to juggle bartending, babysitting and odd jobs to keep himself afloat. But when old friends from Buenos Aires come to visit, he needs to juggle the image of his old life with the reality of the struggling actor in New York City.
Remembering Every Night

2024

Remembering Every Night

2024
6.7
A visit to the employment office, practicing dance steps, making music with friends: several women’s everyday lives are captured in long shots and with a superb sense of place. A film like a summer's day, bright, friendly, with the occasional chill.
You & Me

2018

You & Me

2018
6
A young deaf woman meets a recently blinded man. What follows is a funny and moving love story about life’s universal challenges and joys.
Smiles of Sad Men

2018

Smiles of Sad Men

2018
6.7
A writer gets into a rehab where he meets a lot of successful men who destroyed their lives with alcohol.
Billionaire Boys Club

2018

Billionaire Boys Club

2018
5.7
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establishes a get rich quick scam that turns deadly.
Gemma Bovery

2014

Gemma Bovery

2014
6.1
Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.
Asli Naqli

1962

Asli Naqli

1962
5.5
Renu lives a poor lifestyle with her family. Shattered and devastated with the deaths of her father and brother, Renu decides to take up the mantle of feeding her family, hiding her dad's death from her ill and fragile mother, and goes along pretending that her father is still alive. Things brighten up when a homeless young man, Anand, enters her life, both fall in love with each other and want to get married. But once again fate plays a cruel joke on Renu as she subsequently finds out that Anand is not who he claims to be, but is in fact, a playboy, the grandson, nicknamed 'Prince", of one of the wealthiest man in town, Dwarkadas, and Anand is scheduled to get married to Rekha - the only heir to a multi-million rupee estate. Watch as events unfold and the effect this news has on the townspeople and Renu's mom.
The Mannsfield 12

2007

The Mannsfield 12

2007
3
In Mannsfield State Penitentiary, the warden has a special place for the most successful hustlers in the joint. It's called East Wing. If you live here it's because you have a hustle so sweet the warden wants you close so that his kick backs come easier.
Just a Sigh

2013

Just a Sigh

2013
6.2
In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix makes a quick escape to Paris. On the train she meets a mysterious English stranger and, for the most fleeting of afternoons, imagines what the future could hold down a different road.
Trouble Will Find Us

2020

Trouble Will Find Us

2020
8
Tess is an ambitious lawyer with a bright future. Henry is a charismatic artist whose career is in decline. Despite their obvious differences, a chance encounter leads to Tess and Henry falling for each other. What follows are periods of joy and romance as we are granted intimate access to the couple’s journey together. Soon the obstacles of life begin to surface and Tess and Henry are forced to endure a wind of change. Realising that love is about compromise and commitment, how far are both willing to go in order to save their relationship?
The Prodigal Planet

1983

The Prodigal Planet

1983
5.5
About to executed by the forces of the Antichrist, a fundamentalist Christian guerrilla is rescued by an Antichrist agent pretending to be a double agent for the Believers' Underground. The agent hopes to trick the Christian into leading her to the dissidents' hidden base. Meanwhile, Armageddon and the Second Coming draw nigh.
Memories of Anne Frank

2010

Memories of Anne Frank

2010
7.2
The story of Anne Frank and her friend, Hanneli Goslar, their first meeting in Amsterdam, their daily lives, the German occupation, and their sudden separation when the Frank family went into hiding.
Crossing Over

2009

Crossing Over

2009
6.1
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
Chopper

2000

Chopper

2000
6.8
The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.
I Dream of Jeanie

1952

I Dream of Jeanie

1952
3.6
The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.
A War Story

2018

A War Story

2018
In 1997, Osama bin Laden declared war on the USA and Pulitzer Prize winning CNN correspondent Peter Arnett embarked on a mission to locate and interview him. A War Story follows the dramatic events leading up to the interview and the Kiwi journalist's horror on 9/11, as he recalled bin Laden's veiled threats.