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Meet Joe Black(1998)

PG-13
| 2h 58min | Fantasy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 2,150 votes)

When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter. Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.

Directed by Martin Brest - With Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor, ...
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Wrong Turn(2003)

R
| 1h 24min | Horror, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 1,125 votes)

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.

Directed by Rob Schmidt - With Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegers, Lindy Booth, ...
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City of Angels(1998)

PG-13
| 1h 54min | Romance / Love, Drama, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 928 votes)

When guardian angel Seth - who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles - becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

Directed by Brad Silberling - With Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore, Robin Bartlett, ...
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Flatliners(1990)

R
| 1h 55min | Drama, Science Fiction, Horror
3.2/5 (with 661 votes)

Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, and then bring the person back to life.

Directed by Joel Schumacher - With Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, Hope Davis, ...
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Tales from Earthsea(2006)

PG-13
| 1h 55min | Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 570 votes)

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.

Directed by Gorō Miyazaki

Alimañas(2023)

1h 24min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

The story of a mother who does not want to die and a pair of ruinous children who only think about inheriting.

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring(2003)

1h 43min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 454 votes)

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

Directed by Kim Ki-duk - With Kim Ki-duk, Oh Yeong-su, Kim Jong-ho, Seo Jae-kyeong, Park Ji-a, Kim Yeong-min, ...
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The Wages of Fear(1953)

PG-13
| 2h 33min | Drama, Thriller, Adventure
4.0/5 (with 366 votes)

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.

Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot - With Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Antonio Centa, Véra Clouzot, ...
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices(2011)

PG
| 1h 56min | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 295 votes)

The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.

Directed by Makoto Shinkai
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story(1993)

PG-13
| 2h | Drama, History, Action
3.5/5 (with 299 votes)

This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.

Directed by Rob Cohen - With Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, Robert Wagner, Nancy Kwan, Michael Cudlitz, Michael Learned, ...
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982)

PG
| 1h 53min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 818 votes)

It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band of genetic supermen, Khan - brilliant renegade of 20th century Earth - has raided Space Station Regula One, stolen a top secret device called Project Genesis, wrested control of another Federation Starship and sets out in pursuit of the Enterprise, determined to let nothing stand in the way of his mission: kill Admiral Kirk... even if it means universal Armageddon.

Directed by Nicholas Meyer - With Ricardo Montalbán, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, ...
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Clouds(2020)

2h 1min | Music, Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 457 votes)

Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.

Directed by Justin Baldoni - With Fin Argus, Sabrina Carpenter, Madison Iseman, Neve Campbell, Tom Everett Scott
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Ghost Town(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 42min | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 414 votes)

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!

Directed by David Koepp - With Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Dana Ivey, ...
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21 Grams(2003)

R
| 2h 4min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 1,361 votes)

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu - With Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro, Danny Huston, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Eddie Marsan, ...
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Dreams(1990)

PG
| 2h | Fantasy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 179 votes)

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda - With Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Harada, Noriko Honma, Mitsuko Baishō, ...
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Grizzly Man(2005)

R
| 1h 43min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 360 votes)

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one man's attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.

Directed by Werner Herzog - With Timothy Treadwell, Werner Herzog
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Uncle Frank(2020)

1h 35min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 168 votes)

In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.

Directed by Alan Ball - With Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Judy Greer, Stephen Root, Steve Zahn, Margo Martindale, ...

The Corruptor(1999)

R
| 1h 50min | Action
3.1/5 (with 112 votes)

Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.

Directed by James Foley - With Chow Yun-fat, Mark Wahlberg, Brian Cox, Paul Ben-Victor, Ric Young, Byron Mann, ...
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Dying Young(1991)

R
| 1h 51min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 196 votes)

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.

Directed by Joel Schumacher - With Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, David Selby, Ellen Burstyn, ...

Candyman: Day of the Dead(1999)

R
| 1h 33min | Horror, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 92 votes)

The Candyman returns to try to convince his female descendent, an artist, to join him as a legendary figure. To this end, he frames her for a series of hideous murders of her friends and associates so that she has nowhere else to turn to.

Directed by Turi Meyer - With Tony Todd, Donna D'Errico, Jsu Garcia, Lupe Ontiveros, Lillian Hurst, Wade Williams, ...

The Abominable Dr. Phibes(1971)

1h 34min | Comedy, Horror
3.5/5 (with 130 votes)

Famous organist Anton Phibes is horribly disfigured in an automobile accident while rushing to the side of his sick wife and presumed to be dead. Once Phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctors are responsible and begins exacting his revenge on all those involved.

Directed by Robert Fuest - With Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Peter Jeffrey, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas, Peter Gilmore, ...

Dead Like Me: Life After Death(2009)

R
| 1h 27min | Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 111 votes)

When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and fame, George breaks another rule by revealing her true identity to her living family.

Directed by Stephen Herek - With Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Sarah Wynter, Jasmine Guy, Britt McKillip, Christine Willes, ...
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Chariot(2022)

1h 34min | Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
2.6/5 (with 8 votes)

Odd, eccentric specialist Dr. Karn guides unknowing patients through the reincarnation transition. When Harrison experiences mysterious recurring dreams, he turns to Dr. Karn for help and reveals his encounter with a woman he loved in a previous life. Noticing a glitch in the system, the doctor must fix the issue before permanently derailing his patient's future.

The Death King(1990)

1h 20min | Horror, Drama
3.3/5 (with 33 votes)

Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

Directed by Jörg Buttgereit - With Hermann Kopp, Jörg Buttgereit, Michael Krause, Hermann Kopp, Jacques Palminger

One Night Only(2016)

1h 30min | Drama, Action, Crime
3.2/5 (with 11 votes)

Mixing high-octane actions with moving romance, One Night Only starring Hong Kong's legendary Aaron Kwok follows a gambler and a hooker's suspenseful night together as they race through Bangkok's underground world trying to win their fortune and dignity back. With style and energy, Matt Wu's debut wins as an emotional rollercoaster that contemplates love and fate.

Directed by Matt Wu - With Aaron Kwok

Moments: Mother(2022)

Drama
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A woman looking for her kidnapped son finds one of the men who took him.

Traumnovelle(1969)

1h 15min | Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

After a frank confession by his wife, a doctor is called to see a dying patient. The cause of the night brings him to meet an old friend, a pianist, who tells him of a mysterious ball where he is due to perform. Based on the book "Traumnovelle" ("Rhapsody: A Dream Novel") by Arthur Schnitzler.

Dreams, Life, Death of Filip Filipović(1980)

1h 32min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

The life and death of an educated communist activist who brought Bolshevik ideas to his native Serbia upon his arrival from Russia at the beginning of the 20th century.

Directed by Miloš Radivojević - With Aleksandar Berček, Milena Dravić, Rade Marković, Milan Erak, Miodrag Krstović, Josif Tatić, ...

The Birch Wood(1970)

1h 39min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Takes place in a prewar Poland. A tubercular young man comes to stay with his brother on a farm. He is in love with life and constantly plays 1930's music on a piano. He gets involved with his brother's problems and also becomes the lover of a simpleminded farm girl. The brother's dead wife may have had an affair with the hired man who is to marry the farm girl. His daughter will not confirm his suspicions. But the brother's death leads to his acceptance of the past, forgiving his wife's memory and making up with his little daughter.

Directed by Andrzej Wajda - With Daniel Olbrychski, Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Emilia Krakowska, Marek Perepeczko
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Nightmare in Venice(1989)

1h 31min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A brilliant surgeon and millionaire, married to a beautiful woman, and highly regarded in the society of Venice, wants more from life and searches for new sensations.

Directed by Mario Bianchi - With Adriana Russo
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