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Detroit (2017)

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A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  John Boyega  •  Will Poulter  •  John Krasinski  •  Anthony Mackie

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  John Boyega  •  Will Poulter  •  John Krasinski  •  Anthony Mackie

All Good Things (2010)

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Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Jarecki
CAST:  Kirsten Dunst  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Kristen Wiig  •  Frank Langella

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Jarecki
CAST:  Kirsten Dunst  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Kristen Wiig  •  Frank Langella

The International (2009)

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An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Tykwer
CAST:  Clive Owen  •  Naomi Watts  •  Armin Mueller-Stahl  •  Ulrich Thomsen

An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Tykwer
CAST:  Clive Owen  •  Naomi Watts  •  Armin Mueller-Stahl  •  Ulrich Thomsen

The Divide (2012)

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Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Gens
CAST:  Lauren German  •  Michael Biehn  •  Milo Ventimiglia  •  Courtney B. Vance

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Gens
CAST:  Lauren German  •  Michael Biehn  •  Milo Ventimiglia  •  Courtney B. Vance

It's Such a Beautiful Day (2011)

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The concluding chapter of Don Hertzfeldt's animated trilogy of shorts about a man named Bill and his wavering mental state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Hertzfeldt
CAST:  Don Hertzfeldt  •  Sara Cushman

The concluding chapter of Don Hertzfeldt's animated trilogy of shorts about a man named Bill and his wavering mental state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Hertzfeldt
CAST:  Don Hertzfeldt  •  Sara Cushman

Blood Simple (1984)

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The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  John Getz  •  Frances McDormand  •  Dan Hedaya  •  M. Emmet Walsh

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  John Getz  •  Frances McDormand  •  Dan Hedaya  •  M. Emmet Walsh

Black Mass (2015)

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The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Cooper
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Joel Edgerton  •  Kevin Bacon  •  Dakota Johnson

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Cooper
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Joel Edgerton  •  Kevin Bacon  •  Dakota Johnson

Jalsa (2022)

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A hit and run of an 18-year-old girl becomes the hub of a wheel that sets into motion many a spoke - a journalist, a raging mother, a cop and a system all caught in an ethical dilemma. Questions are raised only to realize that the truth is rarely pure and never simple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suresh Triveni
CAST:  Vidya Balan  •  Shefali Shah  •  Manav Kaul  •  Rohini Hattangadi

A hit and run of an 18-year-old girl becomes the hub of a wheel that sets into motion many a spoke - a journalist, a raging mother, a cop and a system all caught in an ethical dilemma. Questions are raised only to realize that the truth is rarely pure and never simple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suresh Triveni
CAST:  Vidya Balan  •  Shefali Shah  •  Manav Kaul  •  Rohini Hattangadi

Lou (2022)

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A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Foerster
CAST:  Allison Janney  •  Jurnee Smollett  •  Logan Marshall-Green  •  Greyston Holt

A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Foerster
CAST:  Allison Janney  •  Jurnee Smollett  •  Logan Marshall-Green  •  Greyston Holt

Dunkirk (2017)

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The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Nolan
CAST:  Fionn Whitehead  •  Tom Glynn-Carney  •  Jack Lowden  •  Harry Styles

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Nolan
CAST:  Fionn Whitehead  •  Tom Glynn-Carney  •  Jack Lowden  •  Harry Styles

The Middleman (1976)

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A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Satya Banerjee  •  Pradip Mukherjee  •  Arati Bhattacharya  •  Gautam Chakraborty

A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Satya Banerjee  •  Pradip Mukherjee  •  Arati Bhattacharya  •  Gautam Chakraborty

Section 375 (2019)

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A filmmaker stands trial when a costume assistant on his movie accuses him of rape  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ajay Bahl
CAST:  Akshaye Khanna  •  Richa Chadha  •  Meera Chopra  •  Rahul Bhat

A filmmaker stands trial when a costume assistant on his movie accuses him of rape  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ajay Bahl
CAST:  Akshaye Khanna  •  Richa Chadha  •  Meera Chopra  •  Rahul Bhat

Winter's Bone (2010)

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After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Debra Granik
CAST:  Jennifer Lawrence  •  John Hawkes  •  Kevin Breznahan  •  Dale Dickey

After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Debra Granik
CAST:  Jennifer Lawrence  •  John Hawkes  •  Kevin Breznahan  •  Dale Dickey

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Demme
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  Meryl Streep  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Kimberly Elise

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Demme
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  Meryl Streep  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Kimberly Elise

Brooklyn Castle (2012)

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Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katie Dellamaggiore
CAST:  John Galvin  •  Elizabeth Vicary  •  Rochelle Ballantyne  •  Pobo Efekoro

Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katie Dellamaggiore
CAST:  John Galvin  •  Elizabeth Vicary  •  Rochelle Ballantyne  •  Pobo Efekoro

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)

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After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Padilha
CAST:  Wagner Moura  •  Irandhir Santos  •  André Ramiro  •  Pedro Van-Held

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Padilha
CAST:  Wagner Moura  •  Irandhir Santos  •  André Ramiro  •  Pedro Van-Held

Selma (2014)

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"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ava DuVernay
CAST:  David Oyelowo  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Carmen Ejogo  •  André Holland

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ava DuVernay
CAST:  David Oyelowo  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Carmen Ejogo  •  André Holland

No Way Out (1987)

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Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Donaldson
CAST:  Kevin Costner  •  Gene Hackman  •  Sean Young  •  Will Patton

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Donaldson
CAST:  Kevin Costner  •  Gene Hackman  •  Sean Young  •  Will Patton

Chappa Kurishu (2011)

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The film revolves around the lives of two people: Arjun (Fahad Fazil), a wealthy man in the construction business in Kochi who has an affair with his subordinate Sonia (Remya Nambeesan), even though he is preparing to be engaged to his family friend's daughter Ann ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sameer Thahir
CAST:  Vineeth Sreenivasan  •  Fahadh Faasil  •  Roma Asrani  •  Remya Nambeesan

The film revolves around the lives of two people: Arjun (Fahad Fazil), a wealthy man in the construction business in Kochi who has an affair with his subordinate Sonia (Remya Nambeesan), even though he is preparing to be engaged to his family friend's daughter Ann ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sameer Thahir
CAST:  Vineeth Sreenivasan  •  Fahadh Faasil  •  Roma Asrani  •  Remya Nambeesan

Night Moves (2014)

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The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kelly Reichardt
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Jesse Eisenberg  •  Alia Shawkat  •  Peter Sarsgaard

The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kelly Reichardt
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Jesse Eisenberg  •  Alia Shawkat  •  Peter Sarsgaard
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