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After the Apocalypse

2004

After the Apocalypse

2004
5
A futuristic drama about five survivors trying to make sense of a New World after a devastating urban catastrophe challenges their basic human needs. Set in a bleak, post-urban landscape in the aftermath of the Third World War, the film presents a strangely limited environment where a single woman and four men are forced to communicate without words as a result of destructive gasses from the war. When their pasts are erased by the war, they are forced to recreate their lives both individually and collectively.
Dangerous Ones

2022

Dangerous Ones

2022
A New York City couple decide to take a getaway trip to Texas, but unknowingly cross paths with the wrong kind of people.
Likemeback

2019

Likemeback

2019
3.2
Just out of high school, Lavinia, Carla and Danila leave for a yachting holiday. Accompanied only by a skipper, the three of them sail along the Croatian coast at the start of a new stage in their lives. Full of dreams, free and laid-back, they are unaware that sharing everything on the social media is about to transform their holiday into a brutal rite of passage to adulthood in which nothing, especially their friendship, will ever be the same again.
Dreams of Paper & Ink

2022

Dreams of Paper & Ink

2022
An elderly novelist re-visits the crossroads of his first and 2nd love through memory, imagination and a typewriter.
Off the Beaten Path

2019

Off the Beaten Path

2019
Emily and Sydney struggle with more than just the elements when they find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Dead Envy

2018

Dead Envy

2018
5
A drama/thriller about rock music, obsession, shampoo and death. Aging rock musician David Tangiers hasn't given up on the idea of recording a comeback album, even though he now works as a hairstylist in the salon he owns with his wife Cecily. After a mysterious new talent named Javy Bates makes his way into David's life, Cecily tries to recruit him to help David with his music, only to find that Javy has an agenda of his own..
Nostradamus

1994

Nostradamus

1994
5.7
A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.
Sugar Valentine

2004

Sugar Valentine

2004
1.5
One man must choose between his heart and his profession. Based on the true life story of Sugar Valentine, a man born into a family of Pimps finds that he is increasingly becoming disillusioned with the "game." And now he must face his biggest challenge of all: Falling in love.With added documentary testimonials from local prostitutes, Sugar Valentine the movie, will become an underground classic.
Burn It All

2022

Burn It All

2022
3
After her father leaves her mother for her best friend, a devastated Bobbie embarks on a chaotic campaign of revenge.
Watch Phoenix Rise

2014

Watch Phoenix Rise

2014
3
Watch Phoenix Rise is the tale of a young lady named Phoenix who is just another "pretty face" in the hood until she decides to become an "urban model" . where she discovers that her growing fame has a downside as it tests her relationships with friends and family.
The Buddy Holly Story

1978

The Buddy Holly Story

1978
7.2
A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invited to record in Nashville, where they encounter creative differences with the producing staff. Later they play a major booking at the Apollo Theater, scheduled there under the mistaken assumption that they're a black band. Holly's career eventually goes solo -- until the tragic day the music dies.
Treason

2020

Treason

2020
4
On a desert ranch, Grant Wilson rules a made-up nation with his family as his only subjects. When his son takes the mission too far and his daughter questions everything, Grant fights for control in the face of family, country, and reality.
Color of the Cross

2006

Color of the Cross

2006
3
A retelling of the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, based on the idea that he was a black man whose death was a racially motivated hate crime.
Viridian

2025

Viridian

2025
5.3
A family hunting trip goes awry when a stranger in the woods is accidentally shot. As each family member denies responsibility, they begin to suspect that it wasn’t an accident after all.
Orion

2015

Orion

2015
3.8
In a desolate, future world, after civilization has collapsed, a wanderer fights to save a virgin mother from a powerful magician and, with her, searches for a mythical city containing the world's last survivors.
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

1976

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

1976
5.6
Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system. As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager.
Voyager

1991

Voyager

1991
6.1
April 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico, where he learns that he became a father in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France and meets cute, young Sabeth. Is it fate?
Green Butterflies

2017

Green Butterflies

2017
7.1
Mateo is an intelligent boy who falls in love with Daniel, but when everyone reveals that relationship, Mateo is at a crossroads, and he will have to decide between fighting his adversities or giving up everything, even his life.
A Is for Acid

2002

A Is for Acid

2002
6.8
Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940s. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.
My Stepson, My Lover

1997

My Stepson, My Lover

1997
3.1
A kind nurse finds herself embroiled in a tense and potentially deadly family affair when she falls for the son of her ruthless new husband.