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Decision to Leave(2022)

3.7/5 (with 332 votes)

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

The Last Samurai(2003)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 34min | Drama, Action, War
3.8/5 (with 3,186 votes)

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

Dances with Wolves(1990)

FSK: 12+ years
| 3h 1min | Adventure, Drama, Western
3.9/5 (with 1,830 votes)

Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

The Terminal(2004)

FSK: 0+ years
| 2h 8min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 3,472 votes)

Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. While quarantined in the transit lounge until authorities can figure out what to do with him, Viktor simply goes on living – and courts romance with a beautiful flight attendant.

Spanglish(2004)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 10min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 562 votes)

Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.

Bottle Rocket(1996)

1h 31min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.4/5 (with 444 votes)

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a hair-brained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.

Directed by Wes Anderson - With Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, James Caan, Lumi Cavazos, Andrew Wilson, Héctor García Otero, ...

Iceman(1984)

1h 40min | Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 52 votes)

A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.

Kolya(1996)

1h 45min | Music, Drama, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 68 votes)

After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.

Compartment No. 6(2021)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 148 votes)

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

Directed by Juho Kuosmanen - With Seidi Haarla, Yury Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug, Tomi Alatalo, ...

Almanya: Welcome to Germany(2011)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 41min | Drama, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 81 votes)

After living 45 years in Germany, the Turkish Hüseyin Yilmaz, seventy, announces to his family that he has bought a house in Turkey and they should return to make the necessary reforms. The idea is unwelcome and causes very heated discussions. In addition, Canan, a granddaughter of Hüseyin, announces she is pregnant and the father is her English boyfriend, and no one knew anything.

Giovanni's Island(2014)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 42min | Animation, Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 43 votes)

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.

Directed by Mizuho Nishikubo

And Soon the Darkness(1970)

1h 39min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 42 votes)

Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she trust?

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Lilting(2014)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 31min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 53 votes)

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter(2014)

1h 40min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 117 votes)

Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it.

C.I.D. Moosa(2003)

2h 40min | Comedy, Action
3.9/5 (with 12 votes)

Moosa, a private detective, faces many challenges while solving various cases. His only rival is his own brother-in-law, Peethambaran, who is a police officer.

The Cuckoo(2002)

3.5/5 (with 37 votes)

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.

Morris from America(2016)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 29min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 43 votes)

A heartwarming and crowd-pleasing coming-of-age comedy with a unique spin, Morris from America centers on Morris Gentry, a 13-year-old who has just relocated with his single father, Curtis to Heidelberg, Germany. Morris, who fancies himself the next Notorious B.I.G., is a complete fish-out-of-water—a budding hip-hop star in an EDM world. To complicate matters further, Morris quickly falls hard for his cool, rebellious, 15-year-old classmate Katrin. Morris sets out against all odds to take the hip-hop world by storm and win the girl of his dreams.

Aningaaq(2013)

7min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 38 votes)

Aningaaq, an Inuit fisherman camping on the ice over a frozen fjord, talks through a two way radio with a dying astronaut who is stranded in space, 500 kilometers above Earth. Even though he doesn't speak English and she doesn't speak Greenlandic, they manage to have a conversation about dogs, babies, life and death.

Directed by Jonás Cuarón

Life of Josutty(2015)

2h 46min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Life of Josutty narrates the story of the struggles and life lessons learned by Josutty(Dileep), a simple farmer living in a village in Kerala who migrates to New Zeland after marriage.

Thenmavin Kombath(1994)

2h 44min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.8/5 (with 13 votes)

Sreekrishnan unknowingly falls in love with the woman his best friend, Manikyan, loves. Though Sreekrishnan tries his best to woo her, she resists, leading to a battle that ensues between the friends.

Sudani from Nigeria(2018)

3.6/5 (with 14 votes)

When a soccer club manager brings one of his injured foreign players home to recuperate, they form an unlikely bond despite their cultural differences.

Directed by Zakariya Mohammed - With Soubin Shahir, Samuel Abiola Robinson

The Perfect Stranger(2011)

1h 32min | Comedy, Drama
2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

The mysterious arrival of a foreigner to a small village in a Mediterranean island, awake the sudden interest from a diverse group of residents, who will appear unexpectedly in the stranger's life, believing that he's going to reopen an old shop. In contrast, the real intentions of the stranger are hidden behind an old Polaroid photo, which has led him to that place in search of answers.

Directed by Toni Bestard - With Colm Meaney, Ana Wagener, Vicky Peña, Pascal Ulli, Santi Pons, Eva Martín, ...

Hi-So(2010)

1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Ananda has returned home from abroad. Unsure of his career plans, he accepts an invitation to act in a new movie for a famous director. During the filming in a small seaside town, Zoe, his American girlfriend from University, arrives for a week-long visit. But the change of country takes its toll and she soon becomes frustrated with the situation. Meanwhile, Ananda meets another girl on the beach.

Vuja de(2022)

Forced by the parents to be married, a young couple in Paris discover things about themselves as they mature through their romance together.

Kaazhcha(2004)

2h 18min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 9 votes)

Pavan is a boy who reached Kerala after he lost everything in the Gujarat earthquake on the Republic Day. Operator Madhavan happens to meet the boy among the beggars. Initially he dislikes the boy but soon he becomes a part of Madhavan's family. But soon they must part with him as the Govt. decides to send him back to Gujarat. Can the family bear that?

Directed by Blessy - With Mammootty

What's Up Connection(1990)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

When a Hong Kong teenager from a poor family wins a trip to Japan, he unleashes a chain of events that will soon bring him from his secluded fishing village to Tokyo. On the way, he connects with a barely competent tour guide and a gender-fluid pickpocket. Upon returning home with this merry band of schemers, he and his family of counterfeiters discover that a multinational conglomerate led by a ruthless Japanese developer has found the village, and is determined to raze it to build the new center of world trade.

À Table!(2022)

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I Can't Sleep(1994)

1h 52min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

In 1980s Paris, a series of murders captures public attention. Meanwhile, the gorgeous Daiga moves from Lithuania to Paris, immigrant musician Théo struggles to raise his young son, and Théo's brother, a gay transvestite named Camille, sings and dances in a cabaret for a living. All three grapple with isolation and the problems of modern living, but one of them could be so desperately alienated that they have a hand in the serial murders.

Chuchotage(2018)

3.9/5 (with 6 votes)

During a professional conference in Prague, two interpreters in the Hungarian booth hilariously vie for the attention of one listener.

Directed by Barnabás Tóth - With Pál Göttinger, Andrea Osvárt, Géza Takács

Loxoro(2012)

20min | Drama

This short tells the story about the existing boundary between what is masculine and feminine in the Peruvian LGBT community.

Directed by Claudia Llosa
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