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Underdog

2019

Underdog

2019
4.5
A young girl meets a MMA coach and they quickly form a bond based on their mutual struggles with their own addictions.
What Have I Done to Deserve This?

1984

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

1984
7.1
A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.
Ice Castles

2010

Ice Castles

2010
6.3
Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, and most painfully of all, leave her hometown boyfriend behind. When a tragic fall leaves her blind, she needs someone to believe in her, to love her; someone to convince her she has the strength to skate and dream again.
Female Jungle

1956

Female Jungle

1956
5.5
Alcoholic detective investigating the murder of an actress starts getting worried when all fingers begin to point at him.
Len and Company

2015

Len and Company

2015
5.5
A successful music producer quits the industry and exiles himself in upstate New York, but the solitude he seeks is shattered when his estranged son and the pop star he's created come looking for answers.
7 Suns

2009

7 Suns

2009
6.6
A man called "The Black" is hired to smuggle a group of undocumented migrants into the United States. He wants to quit the smuggling business and claims this is his last trip. His superiors, now suspicious, send Gavilan, a younger smuggler, to keep an eye on him. During the troubled crossing, the smugglers fight and eventually lose part of their human cargo. "The Black" escapes from his former associates but also needs to ecape from the Border Patrol.
Christmas Cottage

2008

Christmas Cottage

2008
6.3
Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist after he learns that his mother is in danger of losing the family home.
Flammenmädchen

2021

Flammenmädchen

2021
6.9
First barns burn, then an old house burns. A fire brigade goes around. A corpse burned beyond recognition is found in the old house. Intention or amazing coincidence? Franzi Heilmayr and Martin Merana believe in coincidence - until the evidence suddenly points in a completely different direction. And deadly danger still emanates from there.
Five Fifty Five

2021

Five Fifty Five

2021
The hardest part for Oma and Dayo is not realizing they are in toxic relationshipts. With the help of Dr. Pat they are able to let go of their toxic past.
A Date for Mad Mary

2016

A Date for Mad Mary

2016
6.4
"Mad" Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison for something she'd rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend, Charlene, is about to get married and Mary is maid of honor. When Charlene refuses Mary a 'plus one' on the grounds that she probably couldn't find a date, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong.
Everlasting

2016

Everlasting

2016
5
"Everlasting" is an award-winning thriller about a High School student who travels from Colorado to L.A. to find the truth behind the murder of his girlfriend.
The Burning Season

2024

The Burning Season

2024
Alena and her husband spend a summer up at Luna Lake Resort. JB runs the place. He and Alena begin a dangerous and passionate secret affair. Summers only. That's the rule. Until they break it. A sexy and tragic love story - told backwards.
Blinder

2013

Blinder

2013
4.8
An ex footballer, embroiled in a scandal, returns to his hometown to clear his name and reignite an old flame.
Bellas de Noche

1975

Bellas de Noche

1975
5.1
The Boxer Germán Bronco Torres loses his license, and works as bouncer at the cabaret El Pirulí, where he falls for the fichera Carmen, and befriends of the pimp Margarito Fuensanta El Vaselinas, who lost a bet and has to pay to a gangsters. For 500 pesos for El Vaselinas, Bronco prepares a trap in the cabaret to the taxi driver Raul, to seduce his girlfriend, not knowing that the victim is his own sister Lupita.
The Sins of Dorian Gray

1983

The Sins of Dorian Gray

1983
5.7
In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her image on film, then proceeds to sleep and connive her way to the top, knowing that her screen test, and not she, will show the ravishes of time and of her immoral transgressions.
A God Without a Universe

2015

A God Without a Universe

2015
3.4
After several years in prison, Anders is finally released. His sister Mia is looking forward for them to reconnect and rediscover their close bond. However, the past is not easy to escape and the two sibling's brutal childhood still haunts them both. Anders quickly falls back into his old destructive habits, while Mia soon discovers a much more sinister side of herself and the people around her
Stay the Night

2022

Stay the Night

2022
6.7
A failed work opportunity prompts chronically single Grace to pursue a one night stand with a stranger. Turns out he's an on-the-outs professional athlete in town with a problem of his own. Maybe they can help each other.
Valley of the Heart's Delight

2006

Valley of the Heart's Delight

2006
6
When a fatal kidnapping ignites a firestorm of suspicion and rage in idyllic 1933 San Jose, California, a hard-nosed young reporter takes on the powers-that-be to prevent the lynching of two men he believes are innocent.
Peridot

2022

Peridot

2022
5.8
Gabriel, a young male gigolo, works on Skid Row to send money to his mother back home. He forms the most unlikely friendship with Martha, an elderly woman and renowned author. “Peridot” breaks down the barriers and labels in a deeply ageist culture – a story that exemplifies that love and friendship know no age, race, gender, or label.
School of Hard Knocks

2013

School of Hard Knocks

2013
Two friends go separate ways after witnessing a crime in their youth. One moves to the south, the other to the mean streets of Philly. After reuniting as young adults "Lit" makes plans for his college-bound friend "Boo" and introduces him to a world of big money, fast living, and unlimited sex. Boo has a big heart and a thick skull with plenty of haters, and when his character gets tested in life and love, it's unknown if he has what it takes to survive.