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Best Friend from Heaven

2017

Best Friend from Heaven

2017
4
When a tragic accident takes the life of her dog, Tara is forced to cancel her wedding. With a little help from above, their small town rallies together to make sure these two are able to have the wedding of their dreams.
Hyde Out

2024

Hyde Out

2024
In the gripping cinematic tale, "Hyde Out," an ill-fated heist forces three felons to be on the run from the relentless pursuit of the law. With the local authorities hot on their trail, they find refuge within the seemingly ordinary home of Emily and Joe, an unsuspecting married couple. What starts off as a frantic attempt to escape imminent capture swiftly escalates into an unforeseen sequence of events. As hidden truths are revealed and loyalties tested, Emily is forced to confront her hidden demons, navigating a treacherous path to self-preservation throughout the ominous night.
Akron

2015

Akron

2015
7.2
Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.
Criminal Audition

2019

Criminal Audition

2019
5.8
An ex-lawyer and his team run an underworld service, they seek the most desperate and greedy to become fake criminals to take the fall for the rich and powerful's crimes in a process known as `Criminal Audition'.
The Body Beautiful

1991

The Body Beautiful

1991
5.9
This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. At the heart of Onwurah’s brave excursion into her mother’s scorned sexuality is a provocative interweaving of memory and fantasy. The filmmaker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real-life mother, Madge Onwurah.
Fast Girls

2012

Fast Girls

2012
6.1
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
A Heart for Christmas

2024

A Heart for Christmas

2024
5
A young girl's Christmas wish is fulfilled and complicated.
Reading Kate

2015

Reading Kate

2015
6
A down-on-his-luck academic is called to the side of his ex-wife, who may or may not be suffering from a debilitating disease.
You're Driving Me Crazy

1991

You're Driving Me Crazy

1991
3
Set within a mental ward, doctors try to cope with people suffering from a variety of ailments. Among the afflicted are a young man who believes his parents are really from outer space, a murderous television producer, and a prominent fashion photographer obsessed with a motivational record.
Surviving Family

2014

Surviving Family

2014
4.4
Terry hasn't seen or spoken with her family in 2 years. When she shows up unannounced on her father's doorstep - with her fiancé and a plan to get married in 5 days - she learns that she's not the only one with secrets.
Turning Point

2013

Turning Point

2013
A compelling drama of complacence, karma, moral justifications and redemption. A Nigerian-American playboy deals with the consequences after abandoning his American sweetheart for an arranged wife from back home.
Black Easter

2021

Black Easter

2021
5
Ram Goldstein and three of the world's top geniuses are commissioned to compete against other elite scientists in a race to create the first matter transfer machine. Ahmed Amir is financing the program at his technology institute. While engineering the project, Ram discovers time travel. However, he also uncovers that the institute is a shield for an extreme terrorist group with the intentions of using the technology as a weapon. Ram's friends are held hostage and he is forced to complete the machine. Meanwhile, Ahmed makes plans to travel back in time to kill Jesus and prevent the resurrection. Before Ram can escape, Ahmed hijacks the machine and sends a military team, led by Brandt, to kill Jesus. Their interference causes all hell breaks loose and mankind is thrown into an apocalypse. With no time to spare, only a genius with no faith and a man who lost his hold the fate of the world in their hands.
Retribution

2017

Retribution

2017
6.1
A hardened debt-collector goes on a 24-hour rampage through London in an attempt to avenge the brutal attack on his teenage daughter.
Magdala Rose

2019

Magdala Rose

2019
In 1244, during a time of religious persecution, Pope Innocent IV and King Louis IX of France sought to eradicate a pacifist Christian group known as Cathars. The last of the Cathar heretics found protection at the Castle of Montsegur. Here a dedicated group of about 100 defending knights, under the Leadership of Lord Raymond and his family, held a crusading army of over 10,000 mercenaries at bay for 9 months. To this day, many people believe that the Cathars were the guardians of a treasure of great significance, possibly even the Holy Grail. It is rumoured that in the last days of the siege a small group managed to slip away in the dead of night to retrieve this hidden treasure and get it safely away from the clutches of the Catholic Church. This is their story.
The Seventh Sign

1988

The Seventh Sign

1988
6
Abby is a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers, egging on plagues and following scripture word for word.
Asteroid

2021

Asteroid

2021
6.3
An out of touch family man moves with his wife and daughter from the big city to his dream house on the outskirts of a small town just in time for the apocalypse.
Elsewhere

2020

Elsewhere

2020
5.5
A man does everything in his power to keep ownership of a seaside cottage he built with his late wife.
Muse

2018

Muse

2018
4.1
A painter's life is forever changed when a mythical and deadly spirit from Celtic lore – a Leannán Sí – becomes his muse and lover.
Bagdad Cafe

2021

Bagdad Cafe

2021
Smack bang in the middle of nowhere (or was it somewhere on the legendary Route 66?) two women are thrown together by chance. Stranded tourist Jasmin stumbles out of her unhappy marriage and finds herself at Brenda’s remote cafe and motel. Ordinarily, no one would choose to stay at the Bagdad Cafe but in the dust and isolation, unexpected and extraordinary friendships begin to blossom. The lost are found as individuals transform into an eclectic community bound by music, magic and some very strong coffee.
Wolves

2022

Wolves

2022
4.7
When a young social recluse stumbles onto a series of unsolved cold cases he finds himself pulled deeper into society's dark underside and must face his own demons to learn the truth.