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Scarrafone

2022

Scarrafone

2022
Agnese lives in an isolated house in the middle of the hills. She cultivates her garden in the sunlight and lives a quiet life of routine in the company of a mysterious guest she keeps locked in a room in the darkness of her house.
Prayers for Bobby

2009

Prayers for Bobby

2009
8.1
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.
The Wild Goose Lake

2019

The Wild Goose Lake

2019
6.7
A gangster ends up making a mistake that causes every gun on both sides of the law to point at him. While on the run, he comes across a mysterious woman who might get him out of trouble or make things worse.
Sliding Doors

1998

Sliding Doors

1998
6.6
Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.
I Am Michael

2015

I Am Michael

2015
5.5
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
Lore

2012

Lore

2012
6.8
After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. Led by the eldest, 14 year-old Lore, the children are forced to confront their parents’ actions and the reality of a new world.
Mind Game

2004

Mind Game

2004
7.5
Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
Jeremiah

1998

Jeremiah

1998
6.8
The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God appears to Jeremiah in different human guises on several occasions, and makes it clear that he has been selected to announce God's message to the people of Jerusalem.
The Duel

2016

The Duel

2016
5.4
A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.
The Harvest

2023

The Harvest

2023
As cultural traditions are slowly becoming a burden of the past, a son returns home knowing that family is the only thing that binds him and his ailing father together.
Well Wishes

2015

Well Wishes

2015
5
After losing his job on a coin-toss a man concocts a fantastical plan to build an enterprise of harvesting coins from wishing fountains.
Hours

2013

Hours

2013
6.6
A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Alias Maria

2015

Alias Maria

2015
5
A vision of Colombia's inhuman armed conflict, seen through the eyes of a young - and pregnant - girl soldier.
The Playroom

2013

The Playroom

2013
5.1
Four children in their attic hideaway make up a fantastic story, while downstairs their parents weave a drunken intrigue of their own.
The English Teacher

2013

The English Teacher

2013
5.5
Small-town Pennsylvania schoolteacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject. Then a former star pupil reenters her life after failing as a playwright in New York City. Seeing in his script the inspiration that she has always longed to instill in her students, this dyed-in-the-wool romantic enlists the help of long-suffering drama teacher Carl to mount the work as the high school’s next and riskiest production.
Under the Shadow

2016

Under the Shadow

2016
6.5
After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.
Misunderstood

1967

Misunderstood

1967
7.5
The story of a widower and his two sons, focusing on their complex and sometimes difficult relationships.
Baby Assassins: 2 Babies

2023

Baby Assassins: 2 Babies

2023
6.6
Chisato and Mahiro must pay four years of overdue fees or lose their membership in their assassin guild. They take part-time jobs, but find themselves in the middle of an armed robbery and being hunted by other assassins.
Threads

1985

Threads

1985
7.6
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
The Stoning of Soraya M.

2009

The Stoning of Soraya M.

2009
7.6
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.