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Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage.

The Djinn having been released from his ancient prison seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to…

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and…

The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.

In the not so distant future mankind has squandered their resources. A team of specialists is sent to the nearby asteroid field to retrieve an asteroid that will serve to…

Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter between two figures on the balcony of hotel near…

This is the story of the beautiful young Pervirella. Set in the mythical English land of Condon, the grotesque, power-mad Queen Victoria builds a wall around the country and establishes…

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night…

Korean War–era veterans and ex-classmates “Gunner” Casselman and “Sonny” Burns reunite upon their return home. Gunner, who spent the war years abroad, is trying to convince his mother that his…

The lives of an Iowa farmer’s three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family’s fertile farm.

Infused with a few moments of pathos, this off-beat comedy centers on a trio of Taiwanese outcasts who go looking for love.

A cannibalistic rapist rises from the grave as a flesh-eating zombie sex maniac! Two Seattle cops, a satanic cult and a flying demon fetus try to stop the lust-crazed ghoul…

An unmarried aristocrat (Jacqueline Bisset) resists the advances of the adventurous man (Peter Weller) whom she actually desires, causing him to turn his attentions to her new ward (Amy Locane)…

Two honest cops decide to cross the line for a one time score. But a simple plan to shake up an illegal arms dealer goes bad, resulting in his death….

The second chapter of the “Troublesome Night” series, this movie consists of three stories. The first story is about a girl that called a radio show for advice and comfort…

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied…

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate…

In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.

In Hollywood, the lives of a successful film producer, his wife, a police detective and a surveillance agent intersect after a botched abduction.

A personal memoir reflecting upon director Stanley Kwan’s career and identity, set upon the backdrop of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong. Kwan adopts a complicated cinematic structure which includes…

1997 documentary, part of the Taiwan-produced series “Personal Memoir of Hong Kong”, is both a self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by…

Littlefoot and his friends the gang in their next when a swarm of leaf gobblers had destroyed their homes and this forces them to find a new home but yet…

Jake is a 16-year-old girl whose mother left her. She finds her older sister Darlene in L.A., but Darlene turns her away. Darlene’s neighbor Marci takes pity on Jake, allowing…

Lee Plenty is an almost broke would-be novelist and Havilland Savage is a rich and very beautiful woman and his friend. When she invites him to her home for New…

A nature field researcher is investigating the strange extinction of small animals and insects in the area, which indicates that something is wrong. His suspicions are soon to be proven…

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Sara marries Gaten a single father who is African-American. Not long after they’re married Gaten dies. So Sara has to take care of Gaten’s daughter, Clover. Problem is she and…

In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It’s an anecdotal and philosophical memoir, moving from topic to topic, fully conscious of a man “of a certain age”…

The story of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), one of the first well-known female painters, including her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi.

Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a…

A married woman, who’s been getting seductive phone calls from a lesbian, and a man, who believes he might be a werewolf, are about to find out who they deep…

Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po live over the hills and far away, in a magical land where anything can happen. It is the land where television comes from. When…

Obsessed with perfection, young gymnast Andie Bradley nearly starves herself to realize her dream of making the Olympic gymnastics team.

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an “In-Valid” who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite…

Four young black men kill a white woman. Now the D.A. is very cautious how to pursue this case because it might start a riot. And adding fuel to the…

Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5…

The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them…

The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce their product abroad where labor is cheaper while…

Junk Food consists of four intertwining stories. The first and fourth sections show the morning routine of an blind, old Japanese woman, waking up, buying bread and milk, praying at…

Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games,…