The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her dreary life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film "The Purple Rose of Cairo." After losing her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to her surprise... [show more]
Mia Farrow
Jeff Daniels
Danny Aiello
Woody Allen
The Swimmer
The Swimmer (1968)
Drama
Neddy Merrill has been away for most of the Summer. He reappears at a friend's pool. As they talk, someone notices that there are pools spanning the entire valley. He decided to jog from pool to pool to swim across the whole valley. As he stops in each pool his interactions tell his life story.
Burt Lancaster
Janet Landgard
Janice Rule
Frank Perry
Sydney Pollack
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Action, Adventure, Drama
In the twenty-fourth century, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E has been ordered to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone by the Federation to avoid interference with their battle against the insidious Borg. Witnessing the loss of the battle, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ignores orders and takes... [show more]
Patrick Stewart
Jonathan Frakes
Brent Spiner
Jonathan Frakes
The Band's Visit
The Band's Visit (2007)
Comedy, Drama, Music
On an ordinary day, the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrives in Israel from Egypt for a cultural event, only find there is no delegation to meet them, nor any arrangements to get to their destination of Petah Tiqva. When they find their own ride, they arrive instead at the remote town of... [show more]
Sasson Gabay
Ronit Elkabetz
Saleh Bakri
Eran Kolirin
Monsieur Lazhar
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Comedy, Drama
Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long healing process, nobody in the school is aware of Bachir's painful former life; nor that he is at risk of being deported at any moment. Adapted from Evelyne... [show more]
Mohamed Fellag
Sophie Nélisse
Émilien Néron
Philippe Falardeau
Twinsters
Twinsters (2015)
Documentary, Biography
On February 21, 2013, Samantha, an American actor living in Los Angeles, received a message via Facebook that would drastically change her life. It was from Anaïs, a French fashion design student living in London. Anaïs' friends viewed a video on YouTube featuring Samantha. They were immediately... [show more]
Skylar Astin
Anaïs Bordier
Jacques Bordier
Samantha Futerman
Ryan Miyamoto
Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Crime, Drama
A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed. While Matthew Poncelet and Sister Prejean desperately... [show more]
Susan Sarandon
Sean Penn
Robert Prosky
Tim Robbins
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Comedy, Music
Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've... [show more]
Hugo Weaving
Guy Pearce
Terence Stamp
Stephan Elliott
El Dorado
El Dorado (1966)
Drama, Romance, Western
Hired gunman Cole Thornton turns down a job with Bart Jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend. Some months later he finds out the lawman is on the bottle and a top gunfighter is heading his way to help Jason. Along with young Mississippi, handy with a knife and now armed with a... [show more]
John Wayne
Robert Mitchum
James Caan
Howard Hawks
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
You Can Count on Me
You Can Count on Me (2000)
Drama
Adult siblings Sammy Prescott and Terry Prescott have had a special bond with each other since they were kids when their parents were tragically killed in a car accident. That bond is why single mom Sammy, who still lives in the family home in Scottsville, upstate New York with her eight year old... [show more]
Laura Linney
Matthew Broderick
Amy Ryan
Kenneth Lonergan
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
Midnight Run
Midnight Run (1988)
Action, Comedy, Crime
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin). The FBI has had no success in locating The Duke, so when Jack finds him in next to no time, they are a little embarrassed. In order to collect... [show more]
Robert De Niro
Charles Grodin
Yaphet Kotto
Martin Brest
Milk
Milk (2008)
Biography, Drama, History
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and... [show more]
Sean Penn
Josh Brolin
Emile Hirsch
Gus Van Sant
Blood Simple
Blood Simple (1984)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Texas bar owner Julian Marty, who is generally regarded as not a nice person, hires shady private detective Loren Visser, who is able to obtain what Marty requests evidence - in this instance, photographic - that his wife, Abby, and one of his bartenders, Ray, are having an affair. As Ray and Abby... [show more]
John Getz
Frances McDormand
Dan Hedaya
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
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
Restrepo
Restrepo (2010)
Documentary, Biography, History
Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's year dug in with the Second Platoon in one of Afghanistan's most strategically crucial valleys reveals extraordinary insight into the surreal combination of back breaking labor, deadly firefights, and camaraderie as the soldiers painfully push back the... [show more]
The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
Juan 'Doc Restrepo
Dan Kearney
Tim Hetherington
Sebastian Junger
Bullitt
Bullitt (1968)
Action, Crime, Thriller
San Francisco Police Lieutenant Bullitt's tasked by ambitious Walter Chalmers, to guard Johnny Ross, a Chicago mobster who's about to turn evidence against the organisation. Chalmers wants Ross' safety at all cost, or else Bullitt will pay the consequences.
Steve McQueen
Jacqueline Bisset
Robert Vaughn
Peter Yates
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Crime, Drama
Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term "friends" is suspect. As a small time hood, Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate, he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank robbing/kidnapping hoodlum chums. But who else is... [show more]
Robert Mitchum
Peter Boyle
Richard Jordan
Peter Yates
What's Love Got to Do with It
Biography, Drama, Music
Anna Mae Bullock always had a special voice. Soon after arriving in St. Louis to live with the mother who had walked out when she was small, she soon attracts the attention of pop group leader Ike Turner. She becomes his band's singer, his wife, and mother to his children - not all hers. In love... [show more]
Angela Bassett
Laurence Fishburne
RaéVen Kelly
Brian Gibson
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
Drama
Carrie Watts lives the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish is revisit, just once before she dies, Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble... [show more]
Geraldine Page
John Heard
Carlin Glynn
Peter Masterson
Broadway Danny Rose
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Comedy
Danny Rose is a manager of artists, and although he's not very successful, he nevertheless goes out of his way to help his acts. So when Lou Canova, a singer who has a chance of making a come-back, asks Danny to help him with a problem, Danny helps him. This problem is Lou's mistress Tina. Lou wants... [show more]
Woody Allen
Mia Farrow
Nick Apollo Forte
Woody Allen
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Biography, Drama, Sport
Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. Showing unusual precocity at the outdoor matches at Washington Square in New York City, he quickly makes friends with a hustler named Vinnie who teaches him speed chess.... [show more]
Joe Mantegna
Ben Kingsley
Max Pomeranc
Steven Zaillian
Taking Off
Taking Off (1971)
Comedy, Drama, Music
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
R
93 min
Lynn Carlin
Buck Henry
Georgia Engel
Milos Forman
R
93 min
Unknown
My Name Is Nobody
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
Comedy, Western
Jack Beauregard, once the greatest gunslinger of the Old West, only wants to move to Europe and retire in peace, but a young gunfighter, known only as "Nobody," idolizes him and wants to see him go out in a blaze of glory. He arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and... [show more]
PG
116 min
Terence Hill
Henry Fonda
Jean Martin
Tonino Valerii
PG
116 min
Unknown
Kenny
Kenny (2006)
Comedy
From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Ignored and unappreciated, he is one of the cogs in society's machinery; a knight in shining overalls taking care of business with his faithful 'Splashdown' crew. Follow Kenny as he tackles every... [show more]
Shane Jacobson
Travis Golland
Chris Davis
Clayton Jacobson
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Growing up in the Redneck country isn't easy for shy Jess Aarons, with a father struggling to make ends meet, three arrogant bigger sisters and a 'baby' he has to take to school and watches generally. In class he bonds with cheeky newcomer Leslie Burke, whose scientist parents moved into the... [show more]
Josh Hutcherson
AnnaSophia Robb
Zooey Deschanel
Gabor Csupo
The Unbelievable Truth
The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where me meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did, but they are all wary of him, especially Audry's father.
Adrienne Shelly
Robert John Burke
Chris Cooke
Hal Hartley
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Documentary, Biography, News
Documentary photographer Zana Briski journeyed into Calcutta's underworld to photograph the city's prostitutes. In return, she offered to teach the prostitutes' children the basics of photography so that the kids could document their own lives on the streets of one of the world's poorest cities. The... [show more]
Kochi
Avijit Halder
Shanti Das
Zana Briski
Ross Kauffman
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
The cartoonish and childish character Pee-wee Herman goes on a big adventure for the first time ever when his beloved shiny new bicycle is stolen by his nemesis Francis Buxton, a fellow man-child and neighborhood rich "kid." And he sets off on an obsessive cross-country journey, determined to... [show more]
Paul Reubens
Elizabeth Daily
Mark Holton
Tim Burton
The Great Mouse Detective
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Animation, Adventure, Family
In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself.
Vincent Price
Barrie Ingham
Val Bettin
Ron Clements
Burny Mattinson
Dave Michener
Cool Runnings
Cool Runnings (1993)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Four Jamaicans form their country's first ever bobsled team to compete in the upcoming 1988 Winter Olympics. They enlist the help of a disgraced former Olympic gold winner to reluctantly coach them. However, when they reach Canada they're treated as outsiders by the other teams, who fear they'll... [show more]
John Candy
Leon
Doug E. Doug
Jon Turteltaub
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Comedy, Crime, Family
A gangster movie in which all the gangsters are played by children. Instead of real guns and ammo, they use "splurge guns" that cover the victim in whipped cream. The story tells of the rise of Bugsy Malone and the battle for power between Fat Sam and Dandy Dan.
Jodie Foster
Scott Baio
Florence Garland
Alan Parker
Dolphin Tale
Dolphin Tale (2011)
Drama, Family
A lonely and friendless boy finds and untangles a hurt dolphin that is caught in a crab trap. He becomes very attached to the dolphin when the tail must be taken off to save the dolphin's life. The boy believes the dolphin would be able to swim normally if it was given a prosthetic tail.
Morgan Freeman
Ashley Judd
Harry Connick Jr.
Charles Martin Smith
The Matrix
The Matrix (1999)
Action, Sci-Fi
Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary... [show more]
Keanu Reeves
Laurence Fishburne
Carrie-Anne Moss
Lana Wachowski
Lilly Wachowski
Scarface
Scarface (1983)
Crime, Drama
Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his... [show more]
Al Pacino
Michelle Pfeiffer
Steven Bauer
Brian De Palma
Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior... [show more]
Peter O'Toole
Alec Guinness
Anthony Quinn
David Lean
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
History is turned on its comic head when, in tenth-century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who will join him at the Round Table in Camelot. Gathering up the men is a tale in itself but after a bit of a party at Camelot, many decide to leave only to be stopped by God, who... [show more]
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Eric Idle
Terry Gilliam
Terry Jones
The Sting
The Sting (1973)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Johnny Hooker, a small time grifter, unknowingly steals from Doyle Lonnegan, a big time crime boss, when he pulls a standard street con. Lonnegan demands satisfaction for the insult. After his partner, Luther, is killed, Hooker flees, and seeks the help of Henry Gondorff, one of Luther's contacts,... [show more]
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Robert Shaw
George Roy Hill
The Art of Flight
The Art of Flight (2011)
Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Two years in the making, "The Art of Flight" gives iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends the opportunity to redefine what is possible in the mountains. Experience the highs, as new tricks are landed and new zones opened, alongside the lows, where avalanches, accidents, and wrong-turns strike.
Travis Rice
Mark Landvik
John Jackson
Curt Morgan
Casino
Casino (1995)
Crime, Drama
This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas--it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a... [show more]
Robert De Niro
Sharon Stone
Joe Pesci
Martin Scorsese
Gone Girl
Gone Girl (2014)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark... [show more]
Ben Affleck
Rosamund Pike
Neil Patrick Harris
David Fincher
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
Sign 'o' the Times
Sign 'o' the Times (1987)
Documentary, Music
Music legend Prince and his band perform 13 numbers, most of them from his double album, "Sign 'o' the Times." This is high-energy stuff: neon signs flash above the stage, suggesting the honky-tonk district of a big city, and between numbers there are vignettes of street life. Sheila E., Boni Boyer... [show more]
Prince
Sheila E.
Sheena Easton
Prince
David Hogan
Albert Magnoli
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys (1995)
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
James Cole, a prisoner of the state in the year 2035, can earn parole if he agrees to travel back in time and thwart a devastating plague. The virus has wiped out most of the Earth's population and the remainder live underground because the air is poisonous. Returning to the year 1990, six years... [show more]
Bruce Willis
Madeleine Stowe
Brad Pitt
Terry Gilliam
Children of Men
Children of Men (2006)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
London, 2027. In this dystopian world, humans have been incapable of reproducing for eighteen years for an unknown reason, meaning the imminent extinction of the species. Britain is the one remaining civilized society on the planet, which has resulted in people wanting to immigrate there. As such,... [show more]
Julianne Moore
Clive Owen
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Alfonso Cuarón
Boyhood
Boyhood (2014)
Drama
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as... [show more]
Ellar Coltrane
Patricia Arquette
Ethan Hawke
Richard Linklater
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way (1993)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Puerto Rican ex-con pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito Brigante takes on the job of running a... [show more]
Al Pacino
Sean Penn
Penelope Ann Miller
Brian De Palma
Grizzly Man
Grizzly Man (2005)
Documentary, Biography
A docudrama that centers on amateur grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell. He periodically journeyed to Alaska to study and live with the bears. He was killed, along with his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, by a rogue bear in October 2003. The films explores Treadwell's compassionate life as he found... [show more]
Timothy Treadwell
Amie Huguenard
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Letters from Iwo Jima
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Action, Adventure, Drama
The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) is... [show more]
Ken Watanabe
Kazunari Ninomiya
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Clint Eastwood