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Adalynn

2023

Adalynn

2023
3.5
In order to keep herself and her newborn baby alive, a mother must fight to overcome postpartum depression, grief, inner demons, sinister impulses, and an unseen tormentor until her husband can return home from his business trip to help her.
Pretty Hurts

2025

Pretty Hurts

2025
7
To win scholarship money for college, Lauren enters the same beauty pageant her mom once dominated in her youth. Lauren is thrust into a dark, toxic world of cutthroat competition and manipulation. Too preoccupied with the pageant, Lauren doesn’t realize that her best friend Rae is falling seriously ill with an uncommon and potentially deadly disease — meningitis B – prompting her to turn the pageant platform into a tool for awareness.
Never Alone

2022

Never Alone

2022
When a high school romance is ended by Covid lockdowns, a new teacher uses music to lift their spirits and keep their love alive, even during the darkest of times.
Freeway Killer

2009

Freeway Killer

2009
4.6
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer easily avoided police at first. But as police closed in and the killer’s pattern grew more erratic, the only question was how many more will die?
Iron Temple

2021

Iron Temple

2021
7.4
IFBB Pro Tony Torres built a lucrative lifestyle which came crashing down after covering for a friend who committed a murder. After being chased by the FBI he was sent to prison for five years. Once he did his time, Tony had to build back his life.
Two a Penny

1967

Two a Penny

1967
1.7
Set in London's Swinging Sixties, Cliff Richard plays Jamie Hopkins, an art student whose desperate need for money leads him to dabble in the underworld of drug dealing. Cliff has stated that Two A Penny, his most dramatically challenging movie role ever, is the film he is proudest of. He has stated, "if I did want to send a fiolm as a CV, I would send that one". It is certainly his most demanding and controversial role; cynical, self centered and highly manipulative, Jamie Hopkins lies, steals and double-crosses his mother (Dora Bryan), forces himself on his girlfriend (Ann Holloway) and gets involved in fist fights with criminals. Through the influence of his girlfriend, a born again Christian, is the possibility that he may reform, yet in the mystery of the film's by-line "He promised to love her forever….today" lies the possibility that he may well not.
Wild Target

1993

Wild Target

1993
6.4
Victor Meynard, a hit man who still lives with his mother, is becoming more reluctant to pull the trigger during assignments. He meets a young man, Antoine, whom he takes under his wing after being unable to kill him. Their lives change when he meets Renée, an art forger who has earned the wrath of powerful mob leaders. Unwilling to assassinate the new object of his affections, Victor must run and hide with two new friends in tow.
Traffic Signal

2007

Traffic Signal

2007
5.7
Silsila is the "manager" of one traffic signal, that is he collects the "hafta" (protection tax) from each signal squatter plying his trade. There's Tsunami, a little scavenger boy, there's Rani - a Gujrati girl selling ethnic clothes on the sidewalk, and there's Dominic - a drug addict and the prostitute who feels for him...
Hope Dances

2017

Hope Dances

2017
6.7
Hope Douglas has a dream but her parents have thrown her into battle between playing sports and dancing ballet. When a tragedy strikes, Hope has to make a difficult choice that will decide her fate - which way does she go?
The Academy of Muses

2015

The Academy of Muses

2015
6.8
On returning from class, a teacher is questioned by his wife, who distrusts his pedagogic project: an “Academy of the Muses” inspired by classical references, which is supposed to contribute to regenerating the world through poetry. The controversial project triggers a series of situations dominated by words and desire.
A Great Divide

2023

A Great Divide

2023
4.4
The Lee family leave the Bay Area for a fresh start in the rural expanses of Wyoming, only to encounter hostility and xenophobia in their new community. How they confront these issues will break them - or make them stronger.
Abigail Harm

2013

Abigail Harm

2013
4
Abigail Harm is a woman living in a fictionalized New York City, who, after being granted a wish by a strange visitor, asks for love and learns of a creature who might provide it. Inspired by the Korean folktale "The Woodcutter and the Nymph.
Fred Won't Move Out

2012

Fred Won't Move Out

2012
5
Fred (Elliott Gould) lives with his Alzheimers' struggling wife, Susan in their home of over fifty years. Fred's grown up children try to convince him to move into a care home alongside Susan, however, he does not approve of this idea.
The Darkness Outside

2022

The Darkness Outside

2022
2.5
8 year old Briana vanishes from her bedroom without a trace one night. Her aunt Madeline and others involved in the ensuing search fall into harm's way as the mysterious forces behind Briana's disappearance are revealed.
Dance Rivals

2024

Dance Rivals

2024
8
An unexpected turn of events introduces her to the intense LA dance scene and in no time she is teaching dance and competing against the pros - but can she juggle both while falling in love?
Prime Orbit

2023

Prime Orbit

2023
4.9
When humanity evacuates the planet because of the imminent collision with an asteroid, Manuel is set apart and left behind. Now he will have to survive an automated last resort mission to save the Earth. It’s the only option to reunite with his brother.
Carnival Story

1954

Carnival Story

1954
4.3
In search of a better life, a German girl named Willi joins an American carnival passing through Munich. While traveling from town to town, she is torn between two suitors: cruel carnival barker Joe and kindhearted high-dive artist Frank. Frank gets the upper hand when he asks Willi to join his act. The partners soon become the most popular attraction at the carnival. But tragedy is only a slip away.
Disappear

2020

Disappear

2020
Disappear talks about the acceptance of death as a decisive step towards adulthood, and specifically about this “passage ritual” in the “Millennial” generation, since they have had to grow up seeing life through a screen.
Landing Up

2018

Landing Up

2018
4.9
When a young woman finds herself living life on the streets she learns the art of picking up men to put a roof over her head. But when she meets the guy of her dreams her secret threatens to ruin their perfect relationship.
Desire for Beauty

2013

Desire for Beauty

2013
Four people turn to plastic surgery as the last resort in their search for perfection - their appearances will change, but will their lives?