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C.O.D.E.

2025

C.O.D.E.

2025
Dallas artist Malik Schaefer, also known as Code, is a rising star in the underground rap scene. Although his checkered past has led him down the wrong road at times, with the help of his best friend, Styles, Malik is back on the fast-track to success. That is, until he reconnects with the dangerous love of his life, Sophia Ortega, who threatens to destroy it all. Malik must decide to either follow his heart or live by the code that has served him well for many years: family over everything.
Waiting for Lightning

2012

Waiting for Lightning

2012
5.8
Documentary about the life of skateboarder Danny Way and his attempt at jumping over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard.
The Holy Roller

2010

The Holy Roller

2010
5.5
A struggling preacher is tricked into starting a church in a nightclub by its unscrupulous owner, who sees it as a way to repay his gambling debts to an underworld boss. Things go from bad to worse when the underworld boss sends his number one hit-man to clean up the situation
Zulu

2013

Zulu

2013
6.7
As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.
ADDicted

2017

ADDicted

2017
6.5
Classes. Football. Finals. A bad break up. An over-bearing mom. Like many college kids, what helps Drew Dawson stay balanced is Adderall, a prescription he's been on since age 10 for ADD. His ex-girlfriend Ashley Ross is trying to win him back by helping him with school, but Drew finds himself suspended from the football team when his professor, Jeff Mueller accuses him of plagiarism. The pressure mounts as he must get back on the team and appease his mother, Kate, who is in the public eye as she is running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. As his life spirals out of control, Professor Mueller offers to help. What will it take for Drew to wake up and trust in himself without Adderall?
The Wanderers

1979

The Wanderers

1979
7
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
Next Stop, Christmas

2021

Next Stop, Christmas

2021
6.4
Angie wonders what her life would be like if she had married a former boyfriend who became a famous sportscaster. She takes the train home to spend Christmas with her family and inexplicably finds herself 10 years in the past. With the advice of the train's enigmatic conductor, Angie has the chance to revisit that Christmas and learn what — and who — is truly important to her.
Common Law Wife

1961

Common Law Wife

1961
3.8
Shug, a rich old man, throws out his longtime live-in mistress and moves in his young, sexy niece, who's just returned home after making a living as a stripper in New Orleans. The mistress doesn't intend to go without a fight, however, and while Shug tries to make peace between the two women, he doesn't realize that his niece has her own plans for him.
Deadfall

2012

Deadfall

2012
6
A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
The Man Who Would Be King

1975

The Man Who Would Be King

1975
7.5
Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.
Anari

1959

Anari

1959
7.2
Raj Kumar is an honest, handsome and intelligent young man. Working as a painter, he is unable to earn a living. One day Raj finds a wallet containing money and returns it to the man it belongs to. Impressed by his honesty, the man employs him to work in his office as a clerk.
Snapshots

2002

Snapshots

2002
3.8
An aging hippy and a beautiful young woman meet in Amsterdam and find love.
The Steel Claw

1961

The Steel Claw

1961
4.7
A Marine stationed in the Philippines loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. When the Japanese invade the Philippines, he is called back into service to rescue a general held by Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines. Attaching a steel prosthetic in place of his missing hand, he and his men set out on the mission, which turns out to be not quite what he was told it was.
The Follower

2019

The Follower

2019
The Follower is a lighthearted comedy with one central theme: "God doesn't always call the qualified, but He always qualifies the called."
Last Woman on Earth

1960

Last Woman on Earth

1960
4.4
Harold Gern, a shady businessman from New York, is spending a holiday in Puerto Rico with his attractive wife Evelyn. They are joined by Martin Joyce, Harold's lawyer, who has come to discuss the latest indictment. Harold invites him along on a boat trip during which all three try out some newly bought scuba diving equipment. When they resurface, they find out that the world has changed forever.
Bubblegum and Broken Fingers

2011

Bubblegum and Broken Fingers

2011
3
"If you don't have your own plan, you'll damn sure be a part of someone else's." That quote kicks off the first of multiple story lines, in the crime ensemble "Bubblegum & Broken Fingers." This character-driven collage of sex, violence and survival is equal parts western, gangster and love stories. We follow the journey of a mysterious silver briefcase and witness the havoc it brings each new owner.
Write Place, Write Time

2022

Write Place, Write Time

2022
5.4
Paige’s mom wants her to follow in her footsteps – she owns a big conglomerate company but Paige just wants to be a writer. When Joan makes it clear she wants to sell Atlas Publishing because of their lack of clients and subsequent income, Paige sees it as an opportunity to give it one last go, except this time she’ll write under a pseudonym, so no one – not even Atlas Publishing’s last hope Daniel – will know that it’s her family who poses the threat in the first place.
Raise Your Voice

2004

Raise Your Voice

2004
6.5
A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the academy, she experiences a whole new way of life in the big city, far from the small town lifestyle she's used to.
The Quiet Earth

1985

The Quiet Earth

1985
6.6
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
Southern Gospel

2023

Southern Gospel

2023
6.6
Samuel Allen's life collapses, but he wants to pursue his childhood goals and become a preacher. To do this, the rock n roll star has to fight against his past demons.