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The Tiger Hunter

2017

The Tiger Hunter

2017
5.7
A young Indian man relocates to 1970s Chicago to become an engineer, but when his job falls through, he resorts to an elaborate charade with misfit friends in order to woo his childhood sweetheart.
The Dream Children

2015

The Dream Children

2015
5.9
Alex wants to become a father. Steven, his partner, has to confront his insecurities and fear of change after a lifetime smothered by superficiality. Unable to adopt legally, but still eager to become parents, they decide to turn to the black market, adopting a child from a desperate young woman, who's return with a dangerous new boyfriend, threatens to destroy everything they love.
Tiger Orange

2014

Tiger Orange

2014
5.1
In the small Central California town where they grew up, two estranged gay brothers struggle to reconnect after the recent death of their father.
Tru Love

2013

Tru Love

2013
5.8
A lesbian with commitment issues befriends a widowed mother who is visiting her workaholic daughter.
Dressed in Blue

1983

Dressed in Blue

1983
6.1
A documentary about the lives of six transgender women in post-Franco Spain.
Underdogs

2013

Underdogs

2013
5.9
The story of a small-town high school football team in rural Ohio destined to play their cross-town rival, a perennial powerhouse, while standing up for an entire community.
Half of a Yellow Sun

2013

Half of a Yellow Sun

2013
5.1
An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war.
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

2003

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

2003
6.6
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks.
Abandon Ship

1957

Abandon Ship

1957
7.4
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over twenty desperate and injured passengers. As a hurricane approaches and the many wounded passengers struggle for life, difficult decisions must be made about who will remain on the boat and who must be cast to the sea in order to give others the chance to survive.
What's Cooking?

2000

What's Cooking?

2000
5.8
Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.
Time to Kill

1989

Time to Kill

1989
5
During the invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, a wounded Italian soldier ends up stranded in the desert after a truck wreck. He makes his way to the nearest army hospital, losing his sanity in the process.
Days of Grace

2012

Days of Grace

2012
6.5
Mexico City. 2002, 2006, 2010. A cop. A hostage. A wife. Corruption, violence, vengeance. Three destinies, during 30 days, during three Soccer World Cups. Three ways to fight in order to survive.
12 Days of Christmas Eve

2004

12 Days of Christmas Eve

2004
5.4
Calvin Carter, a successful business executive, has it all, but neglects those closest to him. On Christmas Eve, all that changes when the sign on his office building falls on him. He awakes in a hospital bed, attended to by Angie, a nurse who soon lets him know he has 12 days (12 chances) to get his act together and achieve the "perfect" Christmas Eve. If he doesn't, there will be dire consequences.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974
6.4
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
The Last Summer in La Boyita

2009

The Last Summer in La Boyita

2009
6.5
Young Jorgelina feels estranged from her boy-crazy older sister, who has entered adolescence and doesn't want to hang around with little kids anymore. Finding refuge in their Boyita camper-van, Jorgelina travels with her father to the countryside, where her lifelong playmate Mario is undergoing some unexpected changes.
Search and Destroy

1995

Search and Destroy

1995
4.9
A self-help guru's televised teachings inspire a down-and-out businessman to pursue his dream of making a movie.
Living Death

2006

Living Death

2006
4.2
Torture is the ultimate seduction when Victor, a powerful and dangerous millionaire, discovers that his beautiful wife Elizabeth (Kristy Swanson) is having a steamy affair with his best friend. And when the lovers' risky plan to get rid of him backfires, Victor's relentless anger and terrifying rage sends him over the edge on a shockingly sadistic quest for total revenge.
Beneath the Blue

2010

Beneath the Blue

2010
5.4
Dolphin experts confront the US Navy when its sonar program is suspected of causing the animals' deaths.
13 Moons

2002

13 Moons

2002
5.5
Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's career, and the fact that his estranged wife, Suzi, has just been arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, Lily, just serves to compound Banana's despair.
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

2006

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

2006
6
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many diaries he kept