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The Drop Spot

2022

The Drop Spot

2022
Regular guy, Mike, mistakenly receives a package from a crew member of notorious drug dealer, Big Black, while at work. With his best friend, JD, by his side, the the two must figure what to do: return the package or sell it themselves. With a child to look after and provide for, what should be a simple decision, turns out to be a lot more complicated.
A Sinister Research

2023

A Sinister Research

2023
2
Sergio Evangelista is a private investigator who while recording everything on video, solves cases from his particular office: a park in the city. One day, he will be commissioned to find the whereabouts of Gabriel Insuasti, a young man who has been missing for months. As he makes his inquiries and the facts become clear, will discover that the truth behind it all could become creepy.
Intern Detective

2019

Intern Detective

2019
5.6
Oh Tae Shik, rather, Oh Kyeon Shik, who has been preparing to become a detective while working a different job, is a private establishment security guard who earns 880,000 won in Daechi Dong, Gangnam. Thanks to his dream of becoming a detective, he is like a bulldozer who does not know how to give up. He always watched CSI and Detective Columbo's movies, analyzing their traits and building his dream of becoming a great detective. He manages to pass the written test, but he doesn't meet the hearing baseline and fails. Then one day, coincidence happens and a fugitive on the run gets caught by Kyeon Shik when he throws a bottle of water he just bought at the runner. Kyeon Shik becomes a hero thanks to this.
Away and Back

2015

Away and Back

2015
6
Jack Peterson, a widowed father of three young children, encounters Ginny Newsom, a wildlife biologist, whose mission is tracking trumpeter swans, a family of which settle in a pond on the Peterson farm. Could that be romance in the air?
The Runway

2010

The Runway

2010
6.1
The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces the town to build a runway to get him home.
Enter Three Dragons

1978

Enter Three Dragons

1978
6.6
Sammy is involved with gangsters to save his relative from a problem so he calls Dragon Hung from America to help him.
Marihuana

1936

Marihuana

1936
3.6
A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married. However, during a drug deal her boyfriend is killed leaving Burma to fend for herself. Burma then becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption.
Arrowsmith

1931

Arrowsmith

1931
6.5
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Outpost

2023

Outpost

2023
5
After a violent attack, a woman searches for strength in the solitude of a lookout job, but is overwhelmed by something darker.
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?
A Wake

2019

A Wake

2019
5.9
The children in a religious family clash with their parents as they prepare for the wake of their brother, Mitchel. Teenage Mason desperately tries to reach his lost identical twin through spiritual means. Precocious preteen Molly meticulously organizes the event expecting everything to go exactly as planned. Megan, their older sister, returns home after a long absence, no longer interested in repressing the truth. Their Baptist grandmother and parents attempt to maintain normalcy when an unexpected stranger, Jameson, arrives -- forcing the family to face secrets and lies around Mitchel's death.
Hwang Jin Yi

2007

Hwang Jin Yi

2007
6.6
Although born a daughter of an aristocratic family, Jin-yi discovers the secret behind her birth and enters into a life in a brothel as a gisaeng.
The Loneliest Planet

2012

The Loneliest Planet

2012
5.6
Backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains, walking for hours, an engaged couple and their tour guide trade anecdotes and play games to pass the time, until a momentary misstep, that takes only two or three seconds, changes everything.
Stacy's Knights

1983

Stacy's Knights

1983
3.7
Everyone has a talent, and dreams do come true. Stacy Lancaster has an incredible knack for Blackjack. Once she joins up with daring Will Bonner the two young gamblers are on a non-stop roll. Soon the casino wants to even the odds. How long can their winning streak last?
City of Hope

1991

City of Hope

1991
6.7
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
Story of a Junkie

1985

Story of a Junkie

1985
5.9
Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin addiction.
Crossover

2006

Crossover

2006
3.6
The clock strikes midnight, money changes hands, the crowd is on their feet, and the court is alive with fast-paced razzle-dazzle basketball. These players don't play for a school or a pro team. They play for the street and it's underground...way underground.
Murder in the Hamptons

2005

Murder in the Hamptons

2005
5.4
After multi-millionaire Ted Ammon is found bludgeoned to death at his East Hampton estate, the fingers point to his estranged wife, Generosa Rand, and her lover, an electrician named Danny Pelosi.
Flowers for Algernon

2000

Flowers for Algernon

2000
5.6
Charlie Gordon is mentally handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. When he gets picked for experimental surgery it looks like his dream may finally come true. But the surgery has side effects that could could kill Charlie. Can Charlie survive being just plain old "Charlie Gordon" and will his newfound romance survive this test of character?
My Love Affair with Marriage

2023

My Love Affair with Marriage

2023
6.1
From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a girl should act. But as she grew older something didn't seem right with the concept of love: the more she tried to conform, the more her body resisted. A story about the acceptance of the inner female rebellion.