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The Icebreaker

2016

The Icebreaker

2016
6
The story is based on the real events of 1985. The team of a Russian polar icebreaker “Mikhail Gromov” discovered a giant iceberg. The ship came into collision while attempting to take cover from the weather and is forced to drift with ice along the Amundsen Sea coast. The crew of “Gromov” spent 133 days of polar night trying to find a way out of their icy trap. They have no room for mistakes; one wrong move and the vessel is crushed by ice.
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party

2015

Henry Gamble's Birthday Party

2015
5.9
Unfolding over the course of one very eventful day in his life, at 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry's afternoon birthday pool party, the guests include an assortment of grown-ups from the family church, as well as Henry’s secular and religious teen friends — including the closeted young Logan, who clearly has eyes for Henry.
Dance-Off

2014

Dance-Off

2014
5.9
Two cross-town rival dance teams go head to head for the National Nationals Championship.
Reaching for the Moon

2013

Reaching for the Moon

2013
6.6
In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. This eternal triangle plays out against the backdrop of the military coup of 1964. Bishop’s moving poems are at the core of a film which lushly illustrates a crucial phase in the life of this influential Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
Dear Santa

2011

Dear Santa

2011
6.3
Crystal, a rich party girl, finds a little girl's letter to Santa asking for a new mother, and she vows to win over the father and daughter before the holidays.
Darling Companion

2012

Darling Companion

2012
5
The story of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband. And then her husband loses the dog.
Within Our Gates

1920

Within Our Gates

1920
6
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
Deadline

2009

Deadline

2009
5
A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
A Christmas Gift from Bob

2020

A Christmas Gift from Bob

2020
6.7
James Bowen finds himself the target of an animal welfare investigation that threatens to take away his beloved cat, Bob, at Christmas.
Detainment

2018

Detainment

2018
6.7
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.
Vincent N Roxxy

2016

Vincent N Roxxy

2016
5.4
A small town loner and a rebellious punk rocker unexpectedly fall in love as they are forced on the run and soon discover violence follows them everywhere.
The Face Reader

2013

The Face Reader

2013
6.9
An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
My Giant

1998

My Giant

1998
5.3
Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.
My Little Bride

2004

My Little Bride

2004
7.2
A teenage girl tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an arranged marriage with a man in his twenties.
The Outlaw

1943

The Outlaw

1943
5.4
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl Rio's place after Billy is shot.
Fear City

1984

Fear City

1984
5.3
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Warriors of Heaven and Earth

2003

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

2003
6.2
A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors might unite to protect the travelers.
Eichmann

2007

Eichmann

2007
6
Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution.
Special

2006

Special

2006
6.3
A lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.
Beyond the Mask

2015

Beyond the Mask

2015
5.5
A former assassin tries to redeem himself by becoming a masked highwayman in Colonial America.