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Trumbo

2015

Trumbo

2015
7.2
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Dream Horse

2021

Dream Horse

2021
7
The inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan Vokes. With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites. Their investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks and becomes a beacon of hope in their struggling community.
Lukewarm

2012

Lukewarm

2012
5
Luke Rogers was the ideal "Christian". Now in his mid-twenties, Luke has found himself far from the good Christian life he used to lead.
Hot Property

2016

Hot Property

2016
4.3
Hot Property is an (un)romantic comedy about love, greed and estate agents. Melody Munro is a corporate spy with a big problem - she’s spending everything she has and a few things she hasn't on her lavish lifestyle. But when she gets caught embezzling money from her company she is fired on the spot. No more car, no more credit cards, she can't even afford Nespresso capsules. When her (now ex) friend and landlord calls to throw her out of the flat, it is the final blow. She will take no more. Melody vows to defend ‘her’ home at all costs. She uses her spy skills to take on her landlord, a raft of hipster tenants and a psychotic estate agent
The Violent Years

1956

The Violent Years

1956
4.3
A newspaper publisher's daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, and having makeout parties when her parents are away. Their "fence" gets them to trash the school on request of sinister un-American clients, and they run afoul of the law, apple pie, and God himself.
Payback

2021

Payback

2021
5.8
Mike Markovich, a young stockbroker at a Mob-controlled Wall Street firm, is betrayed and imprisoned for six years. When he is released, his deadly quest for vengeance begins.
Once in a Valentine

2024

Once in a Valentine

2024
Once in a Valentine tells the story of a woman haunted by past trauma who faces her fears and finds unexpected love, risking everything on one suspenseful night
The Nightmare Nanny

2013

The Nightmare Nanny

2013
5.5
Stay-home mom Annie is reluctant to return to work, until she finds Amber, the perfect nanny for her 3-year-old daughter Jenny. But as Annie's young daughter grows closer and closer to Amber, Annie begins to feel like she's being pushed out of her own life. When Jenny suddenly vanishes one day,Annie's search for her missing daughter leads her to the terrifying truth about the dark past of the woman she trusted with her child.
Haunted by Her Name

2024

Haunted by Her Name

2024
2
When a young nomad begins the journey home from his ex-girlfriend's funeral, he finds himself desperately trying to escape increasingly real visions of her vengeful ghost.
War Cake

2020

War Cake

2020
3.5
Judith, a small-town senior on the verge of graduation, struggles against the pressure of her strict religious upbringing and is pushed to extreme lengths when a terrible event brings her entire world crashing down.
Away from Everywhere

2017

Away from Everywhere

2017
3.3
A struggling writer emerges from rehab and reunites with his estranged brother, but soon descends into a tragic love triangle and is forced to confront a devastating reality.
Baby Boom

1987

Baby Boom

1987
6.4
J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along with J.C., agreed children aren't part of the plan. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a distant relative dies and the will appoints her the caretaker of their baby girl, Elizabeth. The baby's sudden arrival causes Steven to leave, breaking off their relationship. Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But she won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all and on her own terms too!
The Fatal Game

1996

The Fatal Game

1996
8.2
In 1994, New Zealand mountaineer, Mark Whetu, summitted Mt Everest with climbing partner and friend Mike Reinberger. However it was late in the day and after a freezing night on the summit, Whetu was faced with a terrible decision...to leave Reinberger or stay with him forever.
Guns Along The Trail

1935

Guns Along The Trail

1935
3
A government agent goes undercover in a traveling medicine show to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters. A John Wayne classic in Vibrant Color! *Colorized and re-titled version of "Paradise Canyon" by Legend Films in 2007.
The Attic Door

2009

The Attic Door

2009
3.7
A young brother and sister are abandoned in the vast and lonely landscape of the 19th century American West. Each day, they struggle to keep up the family farm, anxiously waiting for their parents to return. With nowhere to escape, the two siblings are about to discover that they are not entirely alone. As much as they try to deny the truth, something behind the attic door has awakened and they must now face their greatest fear. THE ATTIC DOOR is the story of love, loss, loneliness, and the truth behind childhood fears.
Dance Me Outside

1995

Dance Me Outside

1995
6.6
Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian Silas Crow is forced to write a personal essay in order to get a much-desired job, he tells the story of the rape and murder of an Indian girl by a drunken thug. When the killer received a lenient two-year sentence for manslaughter, the First Nations community felt shock and anger—and tried desperately to deal with the after-effects of this lack of justice.
The Hard Ride

1971

The Hard Ride

1971
4
While in Vietnam, a GI promises his dying buddy that he'll take care of his motorcycle, "Baby", when he gets back home. After his discharge, he meets up with his dead friend's girlfriend, gets the bike, and then runs into trouble from some other bikers who don't like the idea of his having the motorcycle or the girl.
Rabbit Hole

2010

Rabbit Hole

2010
6.7
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Welcome to Redville

2023

Welcome to Redville

2023
4.1
A young couple on the run from the law after a botched robbery takes refuge in a small desert town where strange townsfolk and the lure of one final heist threatens their relationship and their lives.
Serena

2014

Serena

2014
5.6
North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s – George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving a man’s life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers George’s hidden past and faces an unchangeable fate of her own, the Pemberton’s passionate marriage begins to unravel leading toward a dramatic reckoning.