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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

2009

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

2009
7.3
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, her idea is met with skepticism by fellow workers, her parish priest, and even her own mother Janina.
Tuff Turf

1985

Tuff Turf

1985
5.9
The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.
Number Seventeen

1932

Number Seventeen

1932
5.5
A gang of jewel thieves hides out in an abandoned London house after a robbery, unaware that a detective is among them in disguise.
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

2009

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

2009
5.1
An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star Seann William Scott stars as the ambitious janitor who believes he has what it takes to coach the winning team.
Count Dracula

1970

Count Dracula

1970
5.8
A faithful adaptation of the classic tale portrays Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
The Mouse Trap

2024

The Mouse Trap

2024
4.2
It's Alex's 21st Birthday, but she's stuck at the amusement arcade on a late shift so her friends decide to surprise her, but a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to play a game of his own with them which she must survive.
The Hippopotamus

2017

The Hippopotamus

2017
6.4
Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
Happy Hunting

2017

Happy Hunting

2017
5
An alcoholic drifter must battle withdrawal and psychotic rednecks after he becomes the target of a deranged sporting event.
Summer in February

2013

Summer in February

2013
5.4
The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which included Alfred Munnings and Laura and Harold Knight. The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now regarded as one of Britain's most sought-after artists, is at the centre of the complex love triangle, involving aspiring artist Florence Carter-Wood and Gilbert Evans, the land agent in charge of the Lamorna Valley estate. True - and deeply moving - the story is played out against the timeless beauty of the Cornish coast, in the approaching shadow of The Great War.
Elevator

2013

Elevator

2013
5
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
Julia X

2011

Julia X

2011
4.8
Meeting a man on the Internet, Julia decides to see him in person, only to get abducted and branded with the letter "x" by that guy. A game of cat and mouse follows, but the story has an unexpected twist.
Sorority House Massacre

1986

Sorority House Massacre

1986
4.7
Upon joining a sorority, Beth is plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding killer, when her past comes back to haunt her.
Nightmare

1981

Nightmare

1981
5.6
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
The Monster Club

1981

The Monster Club

1981
5.8
A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting place for assorted creatures of the night. The vampire then regales him with three stories, each interspersed with musical performances at the club.
Passion Play

2011

Passion Play

2011
4.8
An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.
Mao’s Last Dancer

2009

Mao’s Last Dancer

2009
6.6
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
Escape to Athena

1979

Escape to Athena

1979
5.7
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.
Knightriders

1981

Knightriders

1981
6.2
A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their so-called king's delusions of grandeur.
The Importance of Being Earnest

1952

The Importance of Being Earnest

1952
7.2
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Kill Switch

2008

Kill Switch

2008
4.5
A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.