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Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

1987

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

1987
6.4
Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.
Wenn wir uns begegnen

2008

Wenn wir uns begegnen

2008
4.8
It's the 24th of December: The emergency department of a district hospital is preparing for a turbulent night: head physician Professor Singer, who has lost his wife and is even more involved in the work, and the surgeon Hannah Cornelsen, who talks about the work can forget that she and her husband have dwelt apart. On Christmas Eve, the hospital will become a microcosm in which a wide variety of people and destinies will meet - and for everyone, life will be in a completely different light next morning.
The Lion

2003

The Lion

2003
6.4
In Africa in the fifties, during the Mau-Mau war, young Patricia's friendship with a lion she raised for years.
Fusa

1995

Fusa

1995
5.8
Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory.
Investigator by Profession

1984

Investigator by Profession

1984
6.2
A locker room janitor at the train station notices that a suitcase was put in a locker by a man, but pulled out by another man. This suitcase appeared to be stuffed with money. This incident allows a police detective to uncover a huge criminal organization responsible for theft, smuggling and murder.
Mama macht’s möglich

2003

Mama macht’s möglich

2003
5.7
To avoid losing her house, unemployed widow Pia Brandt forges her references and gets a job as a private secretary. Pia is to assist the noble Isabel Haberland. Pia also has to keep the ladies of high society happy. And her four lively children are not easy to keep away. When she falls in love with the potential husband of the Haberland's daughter, Pia's nerve-wracking balancing act becomes an acid test.
Der Prinz von nebenan

2008

Der Prinz von nebenan

2008
5.4
Einfache Leute

2007

Einfache Leute

2007
2.6
A boy has to decide between coming out and being a professional swimmer. He takes the latter, marries and gets a son. 19 years later the whole thing explodes.
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

1980

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

1980
5.5
Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the prosecution of her husband, John, charging him with raping her.
Journey

1995

Journey

1995
6.2
Deserted by their mother, a young boy and his sister discover the true meaning of family while living with their grandfather.
Break of Dawn

1988

Break of Dawn

1988
6
The true story of the first Spanish-language radio announcer and political activist, Pedro J Gonzalez
Heads

1994

Heads

1994
2.2
A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and reluctantly gets involved with the nutty daughter of his editor. Before long he discovers that he is the prime suspect in the murders.
Leona's Sister Gerri

1995

Leona's Sister Gerri

1995
6.4
Millions have seen the photograph, and no one who has seen it will ever forget it. A naked woman, dead from a botched illegal abortion, lying on a motel room floor. The picture appeared in Ms. Magazine in April 1973, and quickly became a symbol for the abortion rights movement. LEONA'S SISTER GERRI tells the dramatic story of Gerri Santoro, a mother of two and the "real person" in the now famous photo. Should the media have used this image? What circumstances led to Gerri's tragic death? Powerfully addressing issues of reproductive rights and domestic violence, this video is a moving portrait of Gerri Santoro's life and society's response to her death.
The Invasion of Carol Enders

1974

The Invasion of Carol Enders

1974
3.8
Television thriller about a woman is possessed after a brutal attack.
America's Dream

1996

America's Dream

1996
6.4
Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each of which is directed by a respected black director.
Komitas

1988

Komitas

1988
6
The film is dedicated to the Armenian monk and genius composer Komitas, and the 2 million victims on his people in Turkey in 1915. The final 20 years of Komitas life were spent in various mental hospitals. The destiny of Komitas? This is the magic beauty of Armenian culture and the abhorrent brutality of Armenian history. A cultural and artistic world that was slaughtered with a curved knife. A humanity that doggedly advances towards an apocalyptic catastrophe, that does not recognize its own original purpose, eradicates its own memory, its final roots.
Effi Briest

1970

Effi Briest

1970
4.6
In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house that she believes has a ghost.
Safe

1993

Safe

1993
4.8
Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.
Killjoy

1981

Killjoy

1981
7.9
A romantic rivalry leads to an innocent woman's murder. Or is it a hoax crime, part of a cunning deception? At City General Hospital, two young doctors engage in a move-and-countermove rivalry over Laury Medford. It may be more than Laury's beauty that motivates the men. Her father is the hospital's chairman of the board. Marrying her would be an inside track to the chief of staff post. Meanwhile, a senior hospital staffer, who is the mother of one of the two doctors, plots to enhance her son's chances, a mysterious outsider who says he knew the dead woman tails the two men, and Laury may be more than she appears. Murder? Hoax? The answer isn't revealed till the final freeze-frame.
The Wharf Rat

1996

The Wharf Rat

1996
4.6
Two brothers live on the opposite sides of the law. One a cop, the other working the waterfront as a crooked businessman. When the policeman is mysteriously murdered, the crook becomes spurred to vengeance and joins forces with a journalist to nail the dirty cops who ordered the hit.