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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)

Κ-12
| 2h 59min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action
4.2/5 (with 11,780 votes)

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

Directed by Peter Jackson - With Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, ...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)

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| 3h 21min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action
4.2/5 (with 11,295 votes)

Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

Directed by Peter Jackson - With Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002)

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| 2h 59min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action
4.2/5 (with 10,240 votes)

Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

Directed by Peter Jackson - With Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, ...

Cruel Intentions(1999)

1h 38min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 1,499 votes)

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.

Directed by Roger Kumble - With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Louise Fletcher, Joshua Jackson, ...
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Traffic(2000)

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| 2h 27min | Thriller, Drama, Crime
3.5/5 (with 941 votes)

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh - With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Quaid, Don Cheadle, Tomas Milian, ...

Confessions of a Shopaholic(2009)

1h 44min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 1,196 votes)

In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping - a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door - until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.

Directed by P. J. Hogan - With Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, John Goodman, Joan Cusack, John Lithgow, ...
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Only the Brave(2017)

2h 14min | Drama, Action, History
3.7/5 (with 668 votes)

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski - With Taylor Kitsch, Josh Brolin, Jennifer Connelly, Andie MacDowell, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, ...

Así del precipicio(2006)

1h 40min | Drama
2.2/5 (with 10 votes)

Three flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and cocaine. She risks losing her job, going to prison for assault, and she's woefully in love with a bullfighter who may be two-timing her. Carmen, an artist without income, can be manic - snorting lots of cocaine and hanging out with a gay man and a transvestite. What's her future? Hanna contemplates divorce from Abraham, a wealthy momma's boy, and she's disoriented by feelings of attraction to Sandra, a customer at her jewelry store. Can any of these poor little rich girls sort things out in a world of excess?

Directed by Teresa Suarez - With Ana de la Reguera, Anna Ciocchetti, Ingrid Martinez, Martha Higareda, Rafael Amaya Núñez, Ténoch Huerta, ...

Return of the Living Dead III(1993)

1h 37min | Science Fiction, Romance / Love, Horror
3.3/5 (with 387 votes)

Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.

Directed by Brian Yuzna - With Melinda Clarke, J. Trevor Edmond, Kent McCord, Sarah Douglas, Anthony Hickox, James T. Callahan, ...

The World's End(2013)

1h 49min | Comedy, Action, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 2,511 votes)

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

Directed by Edgar Wright - With Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, ...
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The Basketball Diaries(1995)

1h 42min | Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 839 votes)

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Directed by Scott Kalvert - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Mark Wahlberg, Bruno Kirby, James Madio, Ernie Hudson, ...

Sound of Metal(2020)

2h 1min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 1,049 votes)

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

Directed by Darius Marder - With Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci
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Boiling Point(2021)

1h 32min | Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 154 votes)

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

Directed by Philip Barantini - With Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Hannah Walters, Ray Panthaki

Gia(1998)

2h | Romance / Love, Drama
3.6/5 (with 313 votes)

Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.

Directed by Michael Cristofer - With Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Scott Cohen, Mercedes Ruehl, ...

Amy(2015)

2h 8min | Documentary, Music
3.8/5 (with 546 votes)

A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

Directed by Asif Kapadia - With Amy Winehouse, Jonathan Ross, Janis Seaton, Mitch Winehouse, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, ...

Judy(2019)

1h 58min | Drama, History, Music
3.4/5 (with 517 votes)

Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.

Directed by Rupert Goold - With Renée Zellweger, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Darci Shaw, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, ...

A Good Person(2023)

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| 2h 9min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 98 votes)

Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. The unlikely relationship she forms with her would-be father-in-law helps her live a life worth living.

Directed by Zach Braff - With Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Molly Shannon, Celeste O'Connor, Zoe Lister-Jones, Chinaza Uche, ...

The Lost Weekend(1945)

1h 41min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 236 votes)

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.

Directed by Billy Wilder - With Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Ernest Whitman, ...

A Street Cat Named Bob(2016)

1h 43min | Kids & Family, Drama
4.0/5 (with 596 votes)

James Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode - With Luke Treadaway, Bob
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Fritz the Cat(1972)

1h 18min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
3.1/5 (with 134 votes)

A swinging, hypocritical college student cat raises hell in a satirical vision of the 1960s.

Directed by Ralph Bakshi

Family Blood(2018)

1h 32min | Horror, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 73 votes)

Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is determined to make it work this time, finding a stable job and regularly attending her meetings. Unfortunately, new friends, a new job, and the chance of a new life, can’t keep Ellie from slipping once again. Her life changes when she meets Christopher – a different kind of addict – which forces her daughter and son to accept a new version of Ellie.

Directed by Sonny Mallhi
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Smashed(2012)

1h 25min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 112 votes)

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.

Directed by James Ponsoldt - With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Bree Turner, ...

Rush(1991)

2h | Crime, Drama
3.4/5 (with 55 votes)

Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines (Gregg Allman). While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.

Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck - With Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich, Gregg Allman, William Sadler, ...

Parachute(2024)

1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love

Riley has recently been discharged from rehab after struggling with food and body image issues. She soon meets Ethan and finds herself navigating the line between unconditional love and a new addiction.

Directed by Brittany Snow - With Courtney Eaton, Thomas Mann, Kid Cudi, Francesca Reale, Gina Rodriguez, Joel McHale, ...

The Stuff(1985)

1h 33min | Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 179 votes)

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!

Directed by Larry Cohen - With Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, ...

High Art(1998)

1h 41min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 53 votes)

A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.

Directed by Lisa Cholodenko - With Radha Mitchell, Gabriel Mann, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Sage, David Thornton, ...

To Leslie(2022)

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| 1h 59min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 66 votes)

A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption.

Directed by Michael Morris - With Andrea Riseborough, Owen Teague, Andre Royo, Stephen Root, James Landry Hébert, Matt Lauria, ...

I Saw the Light(2016)

2h 3min | Music, Drama
3.2/5 (with 88 votes)

Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.

Directed by Marc Abraham - With Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Cherry Jones, Bradley Whitford, Maddie Hasson, Wrenn Schmidt, ...
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The Last Days of Disco(1998)

1h 53min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 78 votes)

Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.

Directed by Whit Stillman - With Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Beals, Burr Steers, ...

.45(2006)

1h 41min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 71 votes)

Kate and her brutish boyfriend Big Al sell handguns on the streets of New York. She's smart, stylish, and self-confident, but all that leaves her when Al, in a jealous and self-indulgent rage, beats her. Three friends encourage her recovery: Vic, a woman who would like to be Kate's lover; Reilly, who runs with Al but also is attracted to Kate and repulsed by Al's violence; and, Liz, the counselor assigned to Kate from a battered-women's program. Vic and Reilly talk about killing Al, Liz gives pep talks; Kate remains frightened. Will Al's menace and Kate's dependency hold sway?

Directed by Gary Lennon - With Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen, Aisha Tyler, Stephen Dorff, Sarah Strange, Vincent Laresca, ...
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