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Sleepwalking (2008)

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When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his responsibilities. After Child ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Maher
CAST:  Nick Stahl  •  AnnaSophia Robb  •  Charlize Theron  •  Woody Harrelson

When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his responsibilities. After Child ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Maher
CAST:  Nick Stahl  •  AnnaSophia Robb  •  Charlize Theron  •  Woody Harrelson

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

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A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Kaufman
CAST:  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Samantha Morton  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Michelle Williams

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Kaufman
CAST:  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Samantha Morton  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Michelle Williams

God's Pocket (2014)

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A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Slattery
CAST:  Christina Hendricks  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Eddie Marsan  •  John Turturro

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Slattery
CAST:  Christina Hendricks  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Eddie Marsan  •  John Turturro

The Woodsman (2004)

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A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicole Kassell
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  David Alan Grier  •  Kyra Sedgwick  •  Benjamin Bratt

A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicole Kassell
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  David Alan Grier  •  Kyra Sedgwick  •  Benjamin Bratt

The Railway Man (2013)

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A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Teplitzky
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Colin Firth  •  Jeremy Irvine

A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Teplitzky
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Colin Firth  •  Jeremy Irvine

The Seventh Continent (1989)

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Chronicles three years of a middle class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, only troubled by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence however, they are actually planning something sinister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Birgit Doll  •  Dieter Berner  •  Leni Tanzer  •  Silvia Fenz

Chronicles three years of a middle class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, only troubled by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence however, they are actually planning something sinister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Birgit Doll  •  Dieter Berner  •  Leni Tanzer  •  Silvia Fenz

The Piano Teacher (2001)

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Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Annie Girardot  •  Benoît Magimel  •  Anna Sigalevitch

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Annie Girardot  •  Benoît Magimel  •  Anna Sigalevitch

Anesthesia (2016)

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Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Blake Nelson
CAST:  Kristen Stewart  •  Glenn Close  •  Corey Stoll  •  Katie Chang

Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Blake Nelson
CAST:  Kristen Stewart  •  Glenn Close  •  Corey Stoll  •  Katie Chang

American Honey (2016)

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A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Arnold
CAST:  Sasha Lane  •  Shia LaBeouf  •  Riley Keough  •  Raymond Coalson

A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Arnold
CAST:  Sasha Lane  •  Shia LaBeouf  •  Riley Keough  •  Raymond Coalson

Blonde (2022)

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From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Dominik
CAST:  Ana de Armas  •  Adrien Brody  •  Bobby Cannavale  •  Julianne Nicholson

From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Dominik
CAST:  Ana de Armas  •  Adrien Brody  •  Bobby Cannavale  •  Julianne Nicholson

Brothers (2009)

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When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Sheridan
CAST:  Tobey Maguire  •  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Natalie Portman  •  Sam Shepard

When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Sheridan
CAST:  Tobey Maguire  •  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Natalie Portman  •  Sam Shepard

Fruitvale Station (2013)

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Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Coogler
CAST:  Michael B. Jordan  •  Octavia Spencer  •  Melonie Diaz  •  Ahna O'Reilly

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Coogler
CAST:  Michael B. Jordan  •  Octavia Spencer  •  Melonie Diaz  •  Ahna O'Reilly

Ken Park (2002)

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Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Clark  •  Edward Lachman
CAST:  James Ransone  •  Tiffany Limos  •  Stephen Jasso  •  Maeve Quinlan

Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Clark  •  Edward Lachman
CAST:  James Ransone  •  Tiffany Limos  •  Stephen Jasso  •  Maeve Quinlan

Magnolia (1999)

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An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Thomas Anderson
CAST:  Julianne Moore  •  William H. Macy  •  John C. Reilly  •  Tom Cruise

An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Thomas Anderson
CAST:  Julianne Moore  •  William H. Macy  •  John C. Reilly  •  Tom Cruise

The Great Gatsby (2013)

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An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Tobey Maguire  •  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Carey Mulligan  •  Joel Edgerton

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Tobey Maguire  •  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Carey Mulligan  •  Joel Edgerton

Caché (2005)

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A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Juliette Binoche  •  Annie Girardot  •  Bernard Le Coq

A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Juliette Binoche  •  Annie Girardot  •  Bernard Le Coq

The Whale (2022)

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A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Aronofsky
CAST:  Brendan Fraser  •  Sadie Sink  •  Ty Simpkins  •  Hong Chau

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Aronofsky
CAST:  Brendan Fraser  •  Sadie Sink  •  Ty Simpkins  •  Hong Chau

Room (2015)

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Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenny Abrahamson
CAST:  Brie Larson  •  William H. Macy  •  Joan Allen  •  Sean Bridgers

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenny Abrahamson
CAST:  Brie Larson  •  William H. Macy  •  Joan Allen  •  Sean Bridgers

6 Balloons (2018)

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Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marja-Lewis Ryan
CAST:  Abbi Jacobson  •  Dave Franco  •  Tim Matheson  •  Jane Kaczmarek

Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marja-Lewis Ryan
CAST:  Abbi Jacobson  •  Dave Franco  •  Tim Matheson  •  Jane Kaczmarek

Heaven Knows What (2015)

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A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benny Safdie  •  Josh Safdie
CAST:  Arielle Holmes  •  Caleb Landry Jones  •  Eléonore Hendricks  •  Yuri Pleskun

A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benny Safdie  •  Josh Safdie
CAST:  Arielle Holmes  •  Caleb Landry Jones  •  Eléonore Hendricks  •  Yuri Pleskun
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