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The Mummy(1999)

PG-13
| 2h 4min | Adventure, Action, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 4,208 votes)

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

Directed by Stephen Sommers - With Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O'Connor, Oded Fehr, ...
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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical(2022)

PG
| 1h 57min | Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 272 votes)

An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous results.

Directed by Matthew Warchus - With Lashana Lynch, Andrea Riseborough, Stephen Graham, Emma Thompson, Sindhu Vee, Alisha Weir, ...
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The Day After Tomorrow(2004)

2h 4min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 3,758 votes)

After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

Directed by Roland Emmerich - With Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Ian Holm, Sela Ward, Dash Mihok, ...
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Whisper of the Heart(1995)

G
| 1h 51min | Animation, Drama, Kids & Family
4.0/5 (with 816 votes)

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.

Directed by Yoshifumi Kondō

Marrowbone(2017)

R
| 1h 51min | Thriller, Horror, Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 616 votes)

A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.

Directed by Sergio G. Sánchez - With George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth, Kyle Soller, Tom Fisher, ...
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The Name of the Rose(1986)

R
| 2h 10min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 1,372 votes)

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is considerable.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud - With Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Michael Lonsdale, Elya Baskin, ...

Black Mask(1996)

R
| 1h 39min | Action
3.1/5 (with 119 votes)

Tsui Chik tries to lead a quiet life as a librarian. However, he is really a former test subject for a highly secretive supersoldier project and the instructor of a special commando unit dubbed "701." The 701 squad is used for many government missions, but after one of the agents kills a team of policemen in an uncontrollable rage, the government decides to abort the project and eliminate all the subjects. Tsui Chik helped the surviving 701 agents flee the extermination attempt. Having escaped, Tsui Chik went separate ways from his team. Later, he discovers that the rest of the team were responsible for a violent crime spree that was beyond the capability of the local police. He sets out to stop them, donning a disguise and using the superhero alias of "Black Mask". Having lost the ability to feel pain due to the surgery performed on the super-soldiers by the military, Black Mask is almost invulnerable.

Directed by Daniel Lee - With Jet Li, Karen Mok, Lau Ching-Wan, Anthony Wong, Françoise Yip, Michael Lambert, ...
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Wings of Desire(1987)

PG-13
| 2h 8min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 582 votes)

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.

Directed by Wim Wenders - With Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Hans-Martin Stier, ...
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American Animals(2018)

R
| 1h 57min | Drama, Crime, Documentary
3.4/5 (with 440 votes)

Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.

Directed by Bart Layton - With Barry Keoghan, Evan Peters Araya, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd, ...
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Let Me Eat Your Pancreas(2017)

1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 40 votes)

A dying girl meets a nonchalant boy who found out her secret. She decided to fulfill her bucket list with none-other-than the boy who couldn't care less about the world.

The Limehouse Golem(2016)

1h 49min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 277 votes)

A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.

Directed by Juan Carlos Medina - With Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth, Eddie Marsan, Daniel Mays, Pete Sullivan, ...
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold(1965)

1h 52min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 116 votes)

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.

Directed by Martin Ritt, Paul Dehn, Guy Trosper - With Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, Robert Hardy, Rupert Davies, ...
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Columbus(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 44min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 163 votes)

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.

Directed by Kogonada
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This Beautiful Fantastic(2016)

PG
| 1h 40min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 141 votes)

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young woman and a cantankerous old widower. Bella Brown is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. After she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her match, nemesis, and unlikely mentor in Alfie Stephenson, a grumpy, loveless, old man who lives next door who happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.

Directed by Simon Aboud - With Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Sheila Hancock, Anna Chancellor, Jeremy Irvine, Andrew Scott, ...
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Shadow of a Doubt(1943)

PG
| 1h 48min | Thriller, Crime
3.8/5 (with 467 votes)

Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakley, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, Charlotte’s admiration turns into suspicion.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - With Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn, ...
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Suburban Girl(2007)

PG-13
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 60 votes)

Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confidence, a problem that isn't helped by her new, overbearing boss. Brett soon enters into a relationship with Archie, an older man who has plenty of his own issues, including alcoholism, diabetes and a difficult relationship with his daughter. Intent on helping Archie get past his problems, she turns to her dying father for advice.

Directed by Marc Klein - With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alec Baldwin, Maggie Grace, Chris Carmack, Vanessa Branch, James Naughton, ...

Last Life in the Universe(2003)

1h 52min | Drama, Action, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 67 votes)

An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes acquainted with her elder sister.

Directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang - With Tadanobu Asano, Daran Boonyasak, Chermarn Boonyasak, Takashi Miike, Riki Takeuchi, Yutaka Matsushige, ...

Curse of the Mayans(2017)

1h 30min | Horror, Science Fiction
2.0/5 (with 10 votes)

Danielle Noble (played by Carla Ortiz) and her team of expert cave divers led by an ambitious american archaeologist (Steve Wilcox), undertake an expedition in search of the lost Mayan Library, without imagining they will instead find the hidden gates of hell known as Xib'alb'a.

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Party Girl(1995)

R
| 1h 34min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

Although Mary has little income, she still finds ways to spend her nights at clubs. After being arrested for throwing an illegal rave, she asks her aunt Judy for bail money. Judy then finds Mary a job at her library so that Mary can repay her. Initially, Mary finds the job as a clerk boring and stifling, and prefers to get to know a street food vendor whom she likes. However, Mary must refocus her life once she loses her job and apartment.

Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer - With Parker Posey, Guillermo Díaz, John Ventimiglia, Liev Schreiber, Dwight Ewell, Simon Verhoeven, ...
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Library Wars(2013)

2h 8min | Romance / Love, Action, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed material. Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Force is created. The Library force, including instructor Atsushi Dojo and Iku Kasahara, work to protect the libraries. A fierce battle then ensues between these two groups.

Directed by Shinsuke Sato - With Junichi Okada, Nana Eikura, Kei Tanaka, Sota Fukushi, Naomi Nishida, Jun Hashimoto, ...

The Public(2019)

PG-13
| 2h 2min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 36 votes)

An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

Directed by Emilio Estevez - With Emilio Estevez, Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater, Jena Malone

The Baron of Arizona(1950)

1h 37min | Crime, Drama, History, Western
3.5/5 (with 22 votes)

The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.

Directed by Samuel Fuller - With Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff, Beulah Bondi, Reed Hadley, Angelo Rossitto, ...

Jesus of Montreal(1989)

1h 59min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 36 votes)

A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.

Directed by Denys Arcand - With Lothaire Bluteau, Robert Lepage, Roy Dupuis, Boris Bergman, Catherine Wilkening, Claude Léveillée, ...

Brilliantlove(2010)

1h 37min | Romance / Love, Drama
2.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Manchester is a struggling photographer with charm to spare who falls for Noon, a sweet but spunky woman who works as a taxidermist. Noon is also drawn to Manchester, and together they enjoy a wildly enthusiastic sexual relationship that reflects their innocent but deeply passionate love for one another.

Dybbuk(2023)

1h 28min | Drama, Mystery

23-year-old synagogue librarian Evelyn journeys between two worlds.

Savage Messiah(1972)

R
| 1h 43min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 9 votes)

The film fictionalizes the real relationship between French sculptor Henri Gaudier and Polish writer Sophie Brzeska, twenty years his senior, who came to Paris, she says, for its “creative atmosphere.”.

Directed by Ken Russell - With Dorothy Tutin, Helen Mirren, Michael Gough, Peter Vaughan, Howard Goorney
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Carry On Teacher(1959)

1h 26min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 22 votes)

Prepare for Six of the Best as the Carry On team cause chaos in the school yard. When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power and bombs!

Directed by Gerald Thomas - With Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, ...

A Thousand Clowns(1965)

1h 58min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.

Directed by Fred Coe - With Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Barry Gordon, ...

The Return of Dr. Mabuse(1961)

1h 25min | Crime, Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".

Directed by Harald Reinl - With Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi, Fausto Tozzi, Werner Peters, Rudolf Forster, ...

The Answer(2015)

1h 23min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
2.6/5 (with 15 votes)

When mailman Bridd Takes his sexy date Charlotte home, they find their boss on the floor with a mail opener stuck in his chest. The assailants are also after Bridd and he has to use all his talents to foil an extra-terrestrial complot.

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