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Star Wars: The Last Jedi(2017)

PG-13
| 2h 32min | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 7,068 votes)

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.

Citizen Kane(1941)

PG
| 1h 59min | Mystery, Drama
4.0/5 (with 2,550 votes)

Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

Team America: World Police(2004)

R
| 1h 38min | Adventure, Action, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 800 votes)

Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save it in time? It stars… Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin… or does it?

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People(2008)

R
| 1h 50min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
3.0/5 (with 330 votes)

Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.

TiMER(2009)

3.1/5 (with 96 votes)

In this comedic fantasy, science has facilitated the search for a soul mate via biotechnological implants that count down to the moment one is supposed to meet his or her match. But Oona is worried: She's nearly 30, and her TiMER isn't ticking yet. Will her dream guy get snatched up by someone else?

Death of a Salesman(1985)

PG
| 2h 10min | Drama, TV Movie
3.5/5 (with 69 votes)

Salesman Willy Loman is in a crisis. He's about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy don't respect him and can't seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make things up to his family.

Low Down(2014)

R
| 1h 59min | Drama, Music
2.8/5 (with 26 votes)

The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.

Directed by Jeff Preiss - With John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Lena Headey, Glenn Close

My Travel Buddy 2(2018)

1h 56min | Comedy, Kids & Family
2.9/5 (with 16 votes)

The sequel to Yol Arkadasim from 2017. Onur and Seref have become both housemates and colleagues within a year. Seref is not successful in managing the song career of Onur.

Directed by Bedran Güzel - With Tamer Levent, Ezgi Eyüboğlu

Path to War(2003)

2h 45min | Drama, History, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 19 votes)

A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.

Amanda & Jack Go Glamping(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 34min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 11 votes)

With his marriage and career against the ropes, dejected author Jack Spencer travels with his wife, Amanda, to an isolated glamping retreat in search of a spark. When a surprise double booking finds their private retreat anything but private, Jack spins into a comedic exploration of love, lost dreams, small-town-wisdom, and friendship with a miniature donkey to get over himself before he loses all he holds dear.

Directed by Brandon Dickerson

The Ride Back(1957)

NR
| 1h 19min | Drama, Western
3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.

Directed by Oscar Rudolph, Allen H. Miner - With Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Lita Milan

The Forest for the Trees(2004)

1h 21min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 17 votes)

As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.

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Manikyakallu(2011)

2h 30min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

The film is about a young teacher who arrives at a village school, who tries to make a definite change in student attitude.

I Love You(1986)

3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

In another indictment of the flaws of our so-called civilization, this satire from the late director Marco Ferreri features Christopher Lambert as Michel, a miserable man who has failed at love and finds solace in a mechanical key holder.

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash(1981)

PG
| 1h 40min | Comedy
2.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.

A Failure at Fifty(1940)

10min | Drama, History
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

On a Road(2003)

4min | Drama, Fantasy
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A young man is sitting in boredom on the side of an endless road. After a while, he decides to go after something with a lot of determination. Is he going to get what he wants?

Leaving California: The Untold Story(2023)

1h 10min | Documentary

This in-depth analysis explores the disconnect between policymakers and regular Californians, causing a mass exodus from the state. It's an essential resource for all Californians to understand what's happening.

I Wanna Die(2018)

4min | Comedy, Drama
4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Paulo, a loser who recently got dumped by his girlfriend, decides to take his own life but since he is a loser not even taking his own life he can do.

Can't Stop Laughing(2023)

5min | Comedy, Drama

A group of office workers desperately try to get one of their fellow employees to stop laughing after hearing the best joke in the world.

Monty Comes Back(2016)

NR
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Drama

After fighting with his boss and losing his job, Monty, a semi-successful thespian, flees back home to live with his parents under false pretenses. His old friends and family are left to deal with his inflated ego, while he comes to terms with the fact he isn't as 'great' as he may believe.

Directed by Thomas John Nudi

I Wanna Die (or How I Learned Not to Die)(2017)

8min | Comedy

A man tries desperately to kill himself, but consistently fails to the amusement of the Narrator, who may or may not be behind his failure.

Game with Me(2023)

A magical Nintendo 64 follows around a distracted child who must finish his homework after his abusive father forces him to complete it.