Stand by Me
Stand by Me (1986)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
It's the summer of 1959 in Castlerock, Oregon and four 12 year-old boys - Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern - are fast friends. After learning of the general location of the body of a local boy who has been missing for several days, they set off into the woods to see it. Along the way, they learn about... [show more]
Wil Wheaton
River Phoenix
Corey Feldman
Rob Reiner
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Comedy, Drama
This movie recounts the adventures of M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and... [show more]
Ralph Fiennes
F. Murray Abraham
Mathieu Amalric
Wes Anderson
Rush
Rush (2013)
Biography, Drama, Sport
Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their... [show more]
Daniel Brühl
Chris Hemsworth
Olivia Wilde
Ron Howard
Scent of a Woman
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Drama
Frank is a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over Thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she... [show more]
Al Pacino
Chris O'Donnell
James Rebhorn
Martin Brest
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Comedy, Drama
This film looks at life in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn on a hot summer Sunday. As he does everyday, Sal Fragione opens the pizza parlor he's owned for 25 years. The neighborhood has changed considerably in the time he's been there and is now composed primarily of African-Americans... [show more]
Danny Aiello
Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee
Spike Lee
True Romance
True Romance (1993)
Crime, Drama, Romance
In Detroit, Clarence Worley goes to the movie theater alone on the day of his birthday to watch some movies. The gorgeous Alabama Whitman accidentally drops her popcorn on Clarence and they watch the movie together. Later they go to a diner for pie, and end up having a one night stand. In the... [show more]
Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
Dennis Hopper
Tony Scott
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Documentary, Comedy, Crime
The story of how an eccentric French shop-keeper and amateur film-maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.
Banksy
Mr. Brainwash
Space Invader
Banksy
District 9
District 9 (2009)
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized... [show more]
Sharlto Copley
David James
Jason Cope
Neill Blomkamp
Young@Heart
Young@Heart (2007)
Documentary, Music
Documents the true story of the final weeks of rehearsal for the Young at Heart Chorus in Northampton, MA, whose average age is 81, and many of whom must overcome health adversities to participate. Their music is unexpected, going against the stereotype of their age group, performing songs, for... [show more]
Joe Benoit
Helen Boston
Louise Canady
Stephen Walker
Sally George
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Drama
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The... [show more]
Logan Lerman
Emma Watson
Ezra Miller
Stephen Chbosky
All the President's Men
All the President's Men (1976)
Drama, History, Thriller
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of White House fund organizers... [show more]
Dustin Hoffman
Robert Redford
Jack Warden
Alan J. Pakula
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
Documentary
In the basement of a Tokyo office building, 85 year old sushi master Jiro Ono works tirelessly in his world renowned restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro. As his son Yoshikazu faces the pressures of stepping into his father's shoes and taking over the legendary restaurant, Jiro relentlessly pursues his... [show more]
Jiro Ono
Yoshikazu Ono
Masuhiro Yamamoto
David Gelb
Once
Once (2006)
Drama, Music, Musical
An unnamed guy is a Dublin guitarist/singer/songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day, and singing and playing for money on the Dublin streets by night. An unnamed girl is a Czech who plays piano when she gets a chance, and does odd jobs by day... [show more]
Glen Hansard
Markéta Irglová
Hugh Walsh
John Carney
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Documentary, History, War
For nine months prior to World War II, in an act of mercy unequalled anywhere else before the war, Britain conducted an extraordinary rescue mission, opening its doors to over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. These children, or Kinder (sing. Kind), as they... [show more]
Judi Dench
Lory Cahn
Kurt Fuchel
Mark Jonathan Harris
The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor (1987)
Biography, Drama, History
This sweeping account of the life of Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China, follows the leader's tumultuous reign. After being captured by the Red Army as a war criminal in 1950, Pu-Yi recalls his childhood from prison. He remembers his lavish youth in the Forbidden City, where he was afforded every... [show more]
John Lone
Joan Chen
Peter O'Toole
Bernardo Bertolucci
Dig!
Dig! (2004)
Documentary, Music
A documentary on the rivalry between two rock bands. On one hand we have The Dandy Warhols, and its leader Courtney Taylor-Taylor, and on the other The Brian Jonestown Massacre, lead by Anton Newcombe. They used to be close friends but their differing lifestyles and ambitions, especially that of... [show more]
Anton Newcombe
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
Joel Gion
Ondi Timoner
Cape Fear
Cape Fear (1962)
Drama, Thriller
Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize Bowden and his family, particularly targeting Bowden's daughter,... [show more]
Gregory Peck
Robert Mitchum
Polly Bergen
J. Lee Thompson
Breaking Away
Breaking Away (1979)
Comedy, Drama, Sport
Best friends Dave, Mike, Cyril and Moocher have just graduated from high school. Living in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana, they are considered "cutters": the working class of the town so named since most of the middle aged generation, such as their parents, worked at the local limestone... [show more]
Dennis Christopher
Dennis Quaid
Daniel Stern
Peter Yates
Gattaca
Gattaca (1997)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the not-too-distant future, a less-than-perfect man wants to travel to the stars. Society has categorized Vincent Freeman as less than suitable given his genetic make-up and he has become one of the underclass of humans that are only useful for menial jobs. To move ahead, he assumes the identity... [show more]
Ethan Hawke
Uma Thurman
Jude Law
Andrew Niccol
Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday (1991)
Animation, Drama, Romance
A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.
Miki Imai
Toshirô Yanagiba
Yoko Honna
Isao Takahata
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Action, Adventure, Romance
Before Krypton exploded and Jor-El put his baby son, Kal-El, in a rocket ship to Earth, the benevolent ruler was forced to banish three irredeemable criminals to another dimension called The Phantom Zone. The trio's leader, General Zod, vowed revenge. Later, of course, Kal-El grew up to become... [show more]
Gene Hackman
Christopher Reeve
Marlon Brando
Richard Donner
Richard Lester
The Song Remains the Same
The Song Remains the Same (1976)
Documentary, Music
The members of Led Zeppelin are called back from vacation by manager Peter Grant to play Madison Square Garden. The film is enhanced by each of the band member's personal fantasies (hallucinations?), such as the opening scene (which is awfully confusing the first time around) in which Peter Grant,... [show more]
Robert Plant
Jimmy Page
John Paul Jones
Peter Clifton
Joe Massot
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the middle of the night, private eye Philip Marlowe drives his friend Terry Lennox to the Mexican border. When Marlowe returns home police are waiting for him and learns that Terry's wife Sylvia has been killed. He's arrested as an accessory but released after a few days and is told the case is... [show more]
Elliott Gould
Nina van Pallandt
Sterling Hayden
Robert Altman
Blue Collar
Blue Collar (1978)
Crime, Drama
Three workers, Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel), and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto), are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together. One night, when they steal away from their wives to have some fun, they get the idea to rob the local union's bureau safe. First they think it is a... [show more]
Richard Pryor
Harvey Keitel
Yaphet Kotto
Paul Schrader
All or Nothing
All or Nothing (2002)
Drama
Penny's love for her partner, taxi driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil's and Penny's life,... [show more]
Timothy Spall
Lesley Manville
Ruth Sheen
Mike Leigh
Little Big Man
Little Big Man (1970)
Adventure, Drama, Western
Jack Crabb is 121 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. He recounts being captured and raised by indians, becoming a gunslinger, marrying an indian, watching her killed by General George Armstrong Custer, and becoming a scout for him at Little Big Horn.
Dustin Hoffman
Faye Dunaway
Chief Dan George
Arthur Penn
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
While attending a medical conference in Paris, American physician Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife, retired musical theater actress and singer Jo McKenna née Conway, and their adolescent son Hank McKenna decide to take a side trip to among other places Marrekesh, French Morocco. With a knife plunged into... [show more]
James Stewart
Doris Day
Brenda de Banzie
Alfred Hitchcock
Funny Girl
Funny Girl (1968)
Biography, Comedy, Drama
Early twentieth century New York. Fanny Brice knows that she is a talented comedienne and singer. She also knows that she is not the beauty typical of the stage performers of the day, she with skinny legs and a crooked nose among other physical issues. So she knows she has to use whatever other... [show more]
Barbra Streisand
Omar Sharif
Kay Medford
William Wyler
Thief
Thief (1981)
Action, Crime, Drama
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specializing in high-profile diamond jobs. After having spent many years in prison, he has a very concrete picture of what he wants out of life--including a nice home, a wife, and kids. As soon as he is able to assemble the pieces of this collage, by... [show more]
James Caan
Tuesday Weld
Willie Nelson
Michael Mann
The Sweet Hereafter
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Drama
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its anger... [show more]
Ian Holm
Sarah Polley
Caerthan Banks
Atom Egoyan
High Plains Drifter
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Drama, Mystery, Western
A Stranger (Clint Eastwood) rides into in the dusty mining town of Lago, where the townspeople are living in the shadow of a dark secret. After a shoot-out leaves the town's hired-gun protectors dead, the town's leaders petition the Stranger to stay and protect them from three ruthless outlaws who... [show more]
Clint Eastwood
Verna Bloom
Marianna Hill
Clint Eastwood
Jesus Camp
Jesus Camp (2006)
Documentary
Jesus Camp follows several young children as they prepare to attend a summer camp where the kids will get their daily dose of evangelical Christianity. Becky Fischer works at the camp, which is named Kids on Fire. Through interviews with Fischer, the children, and others, Jesus Camp illustrates the... [show more]
Mike Papantonio
Lou Engle
Becky Fischer
Heidi Ewing
Rachel Grady
Elizabeth
Elizabeth (1998)
Biography, Drama, History
This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Cate Blanchett
Liz Giles
Rod Culbertson
Shekhar Kapur
That Sugar Film
That Sugar Film (2014)
Documentary
One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights... [show more]
Damon Gameau
Hugh Jackman
Milla Bakaitis
Damon Gameau
Summer Wars
Summer Wars (2009)
Animation, Action, Adventure
Kenji Koiso, an eleventh grade math genius, agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natuski. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of the family matriarch. His job is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt... [show more]
Ryûnosuke Kamiki
Nanami Sakuraba
Mitsuki Tanimura
Mamoru Hosoda
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Action, Adventure, Thriller
CIA chief Hunley (Baldwin) convinces a Senate committee to disband the IMF (Impossible Mission Force), of which Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is a key member. Hunley argues that the IMF is too reckless. Now on his own, Hunt goes after a shadowy and deadly rogue organization called the Syndicate.
Tom Cruise
Rebecca Ferguson
Jeremy Renner
Christopher McQuarrie
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback.
Everlyn Sampi
Tianna Sansbury
Kenneth Branagh
Phillip Noyce
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mick Haller is a defense lawyer who works out of his Lincoln. When a wealthy Realtor is accused of assaulting a prostitute, Haller is asked to defend him. The man claims that the woman is trying to get some money out of him. But when Haller looks at the evidence against him, he learns that this case... [show more]
Matthew McConaughey
Marisa Tomei
Ryan Phillippe
Brad Furman
Clerks II
Clerks II (2006)
Comedy
A calamity at Dante and Randal's shops sends them looking for new horizons, but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional fast-food restaurant. Free from his dead-end job and lodged in a new one, Dante begins to break free of his rut, planning to move away with his clingy fiancée. He is ready... [show more]
Brian O'Halloran
Jeff Anderson
Rosario Dawson
Kevin Smith
Get Carter
Get Carter (1971)
Crime, Thriller
A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother's death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies, deceit, cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle's underworld, leading, he hopes, to the man... [show more]
Michael Caine
Ian Hendry
Britt Ekland
Mike Hodges
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (1983)
Drama, Music
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Robert Duvall
Tess Harper
Betty Buckley
Bruce Beresford
Lincoln
Lincoln (2012)
Biography, Drama, History
In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time,... [show more]
Daniel Day-Lewis
Sally Field
David Strathairn
Steven Spielberg
The Assault
The Assault (1986)
Drama, History, Romance
In January 1945, during the 2nd world-war, the Dutch resistance kills a collaborator in the street where the 12 year old Anton Steenwijk lives. The man was shot in front of his neighbors house, but is moved by them to the house of the family Steenwijk. Because of this, his father, mother and brother... [show more]
Derek de Lint
Marc van Uchelen
Monique van de Ven
Fons Rademakers
Rosewood
Rosewood (1997)
Action, Drama, History
Ving Rhames stars as Mann, a drifter caught in Rosewood, a town filled with racial prejudice. He ends up aiding the surviving African-Americans escape the town, with the help of a humble store owner played by Jon Voight.
Jon Voight
Ving Rhames
Don Cheadle
John Singleton
Bad Boys
Bad Boys (1983)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mick O'Brien, a sixteen-year-old juvenile delinquent preying on Chicago's unsuspecting people, is arrested and taken to Rainford Juvenile Correctional Facility for negligent homicide. Unfortunately, his latest victim was an innocent eight-year-old boy. As a result, hell-bent on avenging his death,... [show more]
Sean Penn
Reni Santoni
Jim Moody
Rick Rosenthal
Swingers
Swingers (1996)
Comedy, Drama
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
Vince Vaughn
Heather Graham
Jon Favreau
Doug Liman
Truly Madly Deeply
Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. They were even happy enough to be able to live happily ever after, (not often the case) and then Jamie died. Nina is left with a house full of rats and handymen, a job teaching foreigners English and an ache that fills... [show more]
Juliet Stevenson
Alan Rickman
Jenny Howe
Anthony Minghella
The Buddy Holly Story
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Biography, Drama, Music
The musical career of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou", a song about his first girlfriend, to the meteoric run of "That'll Be the Day" up the charts, to his marriage, breakup with the Crickets, reunion with the Crickets, and untimely... [show more]
Gary Busey
Don Stroud
Charles Martin Smith
Steve Rash
Avalon
Avalon (1990)
Drama
A Polish-Jewish family arrives in the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century and they and their children try to build themselves a better future in the promised land.
Aidan Quinn
Elizabeth Perkins
Leo Fuchs
Barry Levinson
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students. Also along is Snoopy and Woodstock. While everyone is excited about the opportunity to travel to a foreign country, Charlie is disturbed by a letter he receives from a mysterious girl from France who... [show more]
Scott Beach
Bill Melendez
Daniel Anderson
Bill Melendez
Phil Roman