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Freeheld

2015

Freeheld

2015
7.2
New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Cheap Thrills

2021

Cheap Thrills

2021
Two strangers hook up and then talk about hook-up culture, the first time they had sex, coming-out and what it feels like to be gay in a largest Moslem country in the world.
House of Hummingbird

2019

House of Hummingbird

2019
7.5
14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, and exploring young love.
They Look Like People

2016

They Look Like People

2016
6.2
Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian.
Resolution Song

2018

Resolution Song

2018
8
A young man's family torn apart by tragedy reaches out to begin rebuilding trust and seek healing by through the only thing that speaks through pain; the healing power of music.
Brothers of War

2015

Brothers of War

2015
4.2
When a bitter rivalry between two brothers finally erupts into bloody, life-changing violence it is younger bother Greg who signs up for frontline battle in France. Greg discovers a world of uncompromising brutality as we follow him on his journey through France at the outbreak of World War 2.
Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia

2017

Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia

2017
3.9
An agoraphobic man and a female Marine become emotionally entangled as they struggle to escape from their personal prisons.
Chicago Heights

2010

Chicago Heights

2010
2.7
Nathan Walker is a young man living in Chicago Heights, Illinois, many miles south of downtown Chicago. He finds himself entwined every day in the lives of his neighbors. They're polite, friendly, down-to-earth people. But in any community, individuals have their own private passions that their neighbors will never know. Each has a dark secret, a disappointed dream, a fervent hope, a spirit-breaking fear. We accompany Nathan while he comes of age and observe with him as the layers fall away from this seemingly random array of ordinary people who, below their practiced, Christian surfaces, are extraordinarily human.
City of Love

2023

City of Love

2023
Spencer, a troubled rideshare driver in Los Angeles, goes to dangerous lengths to reconnect with the world he lost after spending 20 years in jail.
Blame

2018

Blame

2018
6.6
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to "The Crucible".
The Beat Beneath My Feet

2014

The Beat Beneath My Feet

2014
6.3
Teenage boy Tom lives with his single mum in a flat in South London. Into the flat below moves Steve, an anti-social former Rock God who faked his death 8 years ago. Tom agrees not to reveal his secret on condition that he teaches him the dark arts of Rock Guitar.
A Christmas Carol

2020

A Christmas Carol

2020
7.5
The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes to extraordinary tableaux of modern dance.
The Secrets of Bella Vista

2022

The Secrets of Bella Vista

2022
6.7
Tess Delaney gets the surprising news by estate executor Damhnaic McAuley that she has inherited half of an apple orchard from the father she never knew and has a half-sister she didn’t know about. When she visits the orchard and connects with her new-found family, she learns that the orchard is deep in debt. Using her knowledge as an antiques expert, Tess and her half-sister work to unravel the mystery of their grandmother’s “treasure” that could hold the key to saving the orchard. And, in the process, Tess ultimately finds a new understanding of herself.
Sam's World

2024

Sam's World

2024
Sam–a non-binary mid 20s sex worker–navigates romantic, sociality and an impending pregnancy-related decision over the course of a weekend in New York City.
Brian Banks

2019

Brian Banks

2019
7.2
An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.
The Marquise of O

1976

The Marquise of O

1976
6.7
A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.
Milgram and the Fastwalkers

2018

Milgram and the Fastwalkers

2018
10
A world-class psychiatrist takes on a new patient who is experiencing strange dreams, and is reluctantly drawn into the dark world of aliens and UFOs.
Lipstick

1976

Lipstick

1976
5.2
An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But justice will be served.
The Extraordinary Tale of the Times Table

2014

The Extraordinary Tale of the Times Table

2014
4.9
Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl suffers an obsessive compulsive disorder, boy and girl live happily ever after.
Fisher

2021

Fisher

2021
2.5
In the small town of Eden, Tennessee, a neglected and naive teenage girl named Clara Banks has made a habit of deceiving people online for gifts, a gambit known as "catfishing." She thinks it's all fun and games until she hooks the attention of the wrong person. A short time later, events set into motion spiral out of control as someone begins stalking Clara and her friends. As the consequences of her actions return to haunt her, twisted messages start showing up at Clara's home, causing her to fear for her life. Will she ever feel safe again now that the evil has come knocking?