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Bringing Up Bobby(2011)

PG-13
| 1h 35min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 18 votes)

Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until Olive's criminal past catches up with her. Consequently, she must make a choice: continue with a life of crime or leave the person she loves most in an effort to give Bobby a proper chance in life.

Directed by Famke Janssen - With Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Rory Cochrane, Marcia Cross, Spencer List
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The Challenger(2015)

PG-13
| 1h 35min | Action, Drama
3.1/5 (with 17 votes)

A legendary trainer comes out of retirement to help an underdog boxer fight his way to a better life.

Directed by Kent Moran

THE VOID INSIDE(2020)

19min | Documentary

After getting caught in a fight, Vahid needs to sell one of his kidneys to avoid a prison sentence of many years. While waiting for the liberating call from a buyer, a wish for a better life starts to grow within him.

Real Value(2013)

1h 10min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Real Value is an award-winning economics documentary that delivers a refreshing meditation on how business can be used to create value beyond profit; connecting motivational stories from social entrepreneurs working in agriculture, apparel, insurance, and biofuel, with the captivating science behind our perception of value from world-renowned professor of psychology and behavioral economics, Dan Ariely. The film serves as inspiration for any business owner, entrepreneur, or customer who is looking to better understand what happens when a business puts people, planet, and profit on equal footing.

Longing(2020)

13min | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Every few years, my grandpa goes to his native village in Banat, from where he left at the beginning of the 70s. The documentary camera follows the story of returning to the homeland and reminiscing childhood memories, reunions with family, long walks through the lowland landscapes, thoughts from youth and longing for better times.

My Body(2021)

1h 20min | Documentary
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Oscar, not quite a child anymore, scavenges for scrap metal for his father. He spends his life in improvised landfills among what remains of leftovers. Worlds apart, yet close-by, there is Stanley. He tidies the church in exchange for a monetised hospitality, picks fruits, herds sheep: anything that keep his foreign body busy. Oscar, the young Sicilian, and Stanley the Nigerian don’t seem to have much in common. Except for the feeling of being thrown into the world, to suffer the same refusal, the same overwhelming wave of choices imposed on them by others.

Directed by Michele Pennetta

Calamari Union(2008)

1h 22min | Drama

17 men named Frank walk across Seattle hoping to find a better life. A remake of Calamari Union (1985).