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Topper

2025

Topper

2025
5.3
Once a top rising comedian, Topper quickly falls from grace and finds himself struggling to get by in the cutthroat comedy scene of LA. His inability to face and accept his childhood has kept him from progressing. After an unexpected visit from a ghost of his past, Topper must return to Detroit to face his past and come to terms with his demons, before his dream and possibly himself dies off.
Cooped Up

2024

Cooped Up

2024
A teenage boy gets stuck inside his own house.
Crosshairs

2013

Crosshairs

2013
3.1
Hired to enact revenge on a man who savagely beat a beautiful Russian débutant, Jack Verlaine is pressed between his newly acquired job and a persistent man named, Brill, who offers him a chance to advance higher in his seedy career. But when an estranged lover reappears in Verlaine's regimented existence, he soon realizes the new elements in his life may be just a plot to uncover his true identity.
Ba

2024

Ba

2024
6.3
A single father is deceived into a treacherous career as the grim reaper, while his precocious daughter Collette grows increasingly suspicious of his whereabouts.
Platinum

2022

Platinum

2022
A mysterious man arrives in Houston, and gets the opportunity of a lifetime, when Ice, a pretty hooker with considerable business acumen, gives him the name Platinum and teaches him the pimp game. Platinum quickly becomes the coldest pimp in the city, until his disturbing past catches up to him, and he kills the niece of a very powerful drug dealer, The Word. The Word wastes no time aiming his revenge at Platinum, and everyone he knows.
Obscura

2020

Obscura

2020
2
A photographer named Andrew Kaleen incidentally gets wrapped up in a series of murders delivered through clues in the form of 35mm film.
Aerial Gunner

1943

Aerial Gunner

1943
4.4
Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.
Paper Dream

2012

Paper Dream

2012
8.5
A determined woman goes to great lengths to achieve her childhood dream of becoming a mother. When life leaves her out of options, where will she turn?
Dakota

2008

Dakota

2008
6
Brian and Jack were inseparable; now they barely speak. Their formerly close-knit group has all but disbanded in the wake of encroaching adulthood. But when Jack tries to hang himself from a plant hook while house-sitting, he inadvertently triggers an impromptu reunion that brings the old gang back together and could change everything. Forever. Welcome to DAKOTA: friendship, fistfights, concussions, quarter-life crises, blow-ups, breakdowns, toy guns, telemarketing, love, lies, and breakfast - all in someone else's home. In this dark, offbeat comedy everyone comes together to examine what went wrong. Along the way, they may just remind each other what went right.
Milltown Pride

2011

Milltown Pride

2011
3
A coming of age story for Will Wright, an enthusiastic baseball player in South Carolina during the 1920s.
After the Axe

1981

After the Axe

1981
4.6
This full-length drama depicts the reality of managers getting fired and the emergence of a new industry specialized in handling executive terminations. The film was made with the cooperation of the business community, which helped script some of the scenes and provided authentic locations. The central figure, D.R. "Biff" Wilson, 44, is a composite figure based on extensive conversations with fired executives.
Happy FKN Sunshine

2023

Happy FKN Sunshine

2023
2
A teenager growing up in a poor industrial town struggles to create a better life through music.
Block Burner

2012

Block Burner

2012
10
Based on the true-life rags to riches story of Young Block. Born without a father, and raised by his mom and her abusive boyfriend, Young Block learns the games and struggles of growing up in the hood.
Family of Strangers

1993

Family of Strangers

1993
5.8
Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery: when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted and, later, that her conception was the product of a rape.
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story

1999

And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story

1999
5.5
Based on the autobiography of Sonny Bono, this film focuses on the volatile relationship between Sonny and Cher during the early 60's to their messy divorce in the late 70's.
Voyage of the Chimera

2021

Voyage of the Chimera

2021
5
A young, civilian aristocrat with no practical military experience must lead his bottom-dollar crew on a dangerous mission and overcome his youth, inexperience, and self doubt in this microbudget sci-fi drama.
Daddy I Love Him

2023

Daddy I Love Him

2023
In this soul-stirring drama, a young woman falls in love with a mysterious young man and struggles to keep it hidden from her parents.
On Fire

1987

On Fire

1987
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be better for him until he learns that the department wants to retire him. He does so reluctantly. He then falls into a deep depression because, while most people look forward to retirement, he doesn't. So, his wife and children do their best to lift his spirits but all he does is push them away.
Panic in Echo Park

1977

Panic in Echo Park

1977
4.9
A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.
The Lyric

2022

The Lyric

2022
An aspiring singer discovers the lyrics in a song written for her could lead her to the killer of the writer who wrote it.