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Weekend (2011)

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After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Haigh
CAST:  Tom Cullen  •  Chris New  •  Jonathan Race  •  Laura Freeman

After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Haigh
CAST:  Tom Cullen  •  Chris New  •  Jonathan Race  •  Laura Freeman

Paris, Texas (1984)

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A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wim Wenders
CAST:  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Nastassja Kinski  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Hunter Carson

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wim Wenders
CAST:  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Nastassja Kinski  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Hunter Carson

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)

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Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sanjay Leela Bhansali
CAST:  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Salman Khan  •  Ajay Devgan  •  Vikram Gokhale

Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sanjay Leela Bhansali
CAST:  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Salman Khan  •  Ajay Devgan  •  Vikram Gokhale

Always (2011)

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A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Song Il-gon
CAST:  So Ji-sub  •  Han Hyo-joo  •  Cho Seong-ha  •  Goo Seung-hyun

A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Song Il-gon
CAST:  So Ji-sub  •  Han Hyo-joo  •  Cho Seong-ha  •  Goo Seung-hyun

The Foreigner (2017)

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Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Jackie Chan  •  Pierce Brosnan  •  Orla Brady  •  Rory Fleck-Byrne

Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Jackie Chan  •  Pierce Brosnan  •  Orla Brady  •  Rory Fleck-Byrne

Jean de Florette (1986)

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In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Elisabeth Depardieu

In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Elisabeth Depardieu

In the Absence (2018)

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When the MV Sewol ferry sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from national authorities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yi Seung-jun
CAST:  Park Geun-hye  •  Yoo An-sil  •  Kim Sung-mook  •  Jeon Gwang-geun

When the MV Sewol ferry sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, over three hundred people lost their lives, most of them schoolchildren. Years later, the victims’ families and survivors are still demanding justice from national authorities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yi Seung-jun
CAST:  Park Geun-hye  •  Yoo An-sil  •  Kim Sung-mook  •  Jeon Gwang-geun

The Father (2020)

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A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florian Zeller
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Olivia Colman  •  Olivia Williams  •  Rufus Sewell

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florian Zeller
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Olivia Colman  •  Olivia Williams  •  Rufus Sewell

Children of Heaven (1997)

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Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Majid Majidi
CAST:  Reza Naji  •  Amir Farrokh Hashemian  •  Bahare Seddiqi  •  Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi

Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Majid Majidi
CAST:  Reza Naji  •  Amir Farrokh Hashemian  •  Bahare Seddiqi  •  Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi

The Legend of 1900 (1998)

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The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Tornatore
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Pruitt Taylor Vince  •  Mélanie Thierry  •  Bill Nunn

The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Tornatore
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Pruitt Taylor Vince  •  Mélanie Thierry  •  Bill Nunn

Anna Karenina (2012)

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In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Wright
CAST:  Keira Knightley  •  Jude Law  •  Aaron Taylor-Johnson  •  Kelly Macdonald

In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Wright
CAST:  Keira Knightley  •  Jude Law  •  Aaron Taylor-Johnson  •  Kelly Macdonald

Collateral Beauty (2016)

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Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Frankel
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Edward Norton  •  Kate Winslet  •  Michael Peña

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Frankel
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Edward Norton  •  Kate Winslet  •  Michael Peña

Covet: Island of Desire (2017)

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People who are on a fishing boat in a secluded countryside wake up to a deep desire in their heart. Money, sex, power ... In the uninhabited desert of endless desire, it turns out that somebody is found as a body and another person is on the island. Can they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Jin-sung
CAST:  Kim Hwa-yeon  •  Park Cho-hyeon  •  Han Jae Bum  •  Lee Min-Sik

People who are on a fishing boat in a secluded countryside wake up to a deep desire in their heart. Money, sex, power ... In the uninhabited desert of endless desire, it turns out that somebody is found as a body and another person is on the island. Can they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Jin-sung
CAST:  Kim Hwa-yeon  •  Park Cho-hyeon  •  Han Jae Bum  •  Lee Min-Sik

Amadeus (1984)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miloš Forman
CAST:  F. Murray Abraham  •  Tom Hulce  •  Elizabeth Berridge  •  Roy Dotrice

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miloš Forman
CAST:  F. Murray Abraham  •  Tom Hulce  •  Elizabeth Berridge  •  Roy Dotrice

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

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Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Vallée
CAST:  Matthew McConaughey  •  Jennifer Garner  •  Jared Leto  •  Denis O'Hare

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Vallée
CAST:  Matthew McConaughey  •  Jennifer Garner  •  Jared Leto  •  Denis O'Hare

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)

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Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karan Johar
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Kajol  •  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Jaya Bachchan

Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karan Johar
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Kajol  •  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Jaya Bachchan

Philomena (2013)

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A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Judi Dench  •  Steve Coogan  •  Michelle Fairley  •  Mare Winningham

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Judi Dench  •  Steve Coogan  •  Michelle Fairley  •  Mare Winningham

Splendor in the Grass (1961)

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A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Warren Beatty  •  Pat Hingle  •  Audrey Christie

A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Warren Beatty  •  Pat Hingle  •  Audrey Christie

The Elephant Man (1982)

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A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Hofsiss
CAST:  Kevin Conway  •  Penny Fuller  •  Richard Clarke  •  Glenn Close

A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Hofsiss
CAST:  Kevin Conway  •  Penny Fuller  •  Richard Clarke  •  Glenn Close

Empire of the Sun (1987)

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Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Christian Bale  •  John Malkovich  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Nigel Havers

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Christian Bale  •  John Malkovich  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Nigel Havers
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