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Don't Look Up(2021)

R
| 2h 25min | Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama
3.6/5 (with 3,671 votes)

Two American astronomers attempt to warn humankind about an approaching comet that will wipe out life on planet Earth.

The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 44min | Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 1,479 votes)

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

They Live(1988)

R
| 1h 34min | Science Fiction, Action
3.7/5 (with 1,265 votes)

Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.

The Condemned(2007)

R
| 1h 53min | Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 333 votes)

Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.

The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951)

G
| 1h 32min | Drama, Science Fiction
3.8/5 (with 448 votes)

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

Red State(2011)

R
| 1h 28min | Horror, Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 406 votes)

Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

Koyaanisqatsi(1982)

NR
| 1h 26min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 271 votes)

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Directed by Godfrey Reggio

God Bless America(2011)

R
| 1h 44min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 420 votes)

Fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of American culture, an unlikely duo goes on a killing spree, killing reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant.

The Fool(2014)

1h 56min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 110 votes)

The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.

No Date, No Signature(2017)

1h 40min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 50 votes)

Kaveh Nariman is a Doctor in the medical examiner's office. One day at his work he meets a corpse which is very familiar to him.

Mera Naam Joker(1970)

3h 44min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 23 votes)

Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on.".

Requiem for the American Dream(2015)

1h 13min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 79 votes)

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.

Directed by Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott
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The Yacoubian Building(2006)

2h 41min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 24 votes)

Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zika, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pius Haj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy sexual drive within religious bounds. Bothayna, poor and beautiful, supports her family, wanting to do so with dignity intact. Her former fiancé, Taha, the janitor's son, humiliated by the police, turns to fundamentalism. Hatem, a gay editor, seduces and corrupts a young man from the sticks. Two brothers, Copts, one a tailor and one Zika's factotum, connive for property. Allah is on most everyone's lips, and corruption is in their hearts.

Directed by Marwan Hamed - With Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Hend Sabry, Yousra, Mohamed Emam, Ahmed Rateb, ...

Dead End Drive-In(1986)

R
| 1h 27min | Horror, Science Fiction, Action
2.8/5 (with 41 votes)

In the near future, drive-in theatres are turned into concentration camps for the undesirable and unemployed. The prisoners don't really care to escape because they are fed and they have a place to live which is, in most cases, probably better than the outside. Crabs and his girlfriend Carmen are put into the camp and all Crabs wants to do is escape.

Savageland(2015)

1h 20min | Horror, Mystery, Crime
3.2/5 (with 20 votes)

When a small town near the Arizona-Mexico border is wiped out overnight, suspicion falls on the lone survivor. But a roll of photos the survivor took that night tells a different story.

Directed by Phil Guidry, Simon Herbert, David Whelan

Strawberry and Chocolate(1993)

1h 48min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 35 votes)

Havana, Cuba, 1979. Flamboyantly gay artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) attempts to seduce the straight and strait-laced David, an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to become friends with Diego so he can monitor the artist's subversive life for the state. As Diego and David discuss politics, individuality and personal expression in Castro's Cuba, a genuine friendship develops between the two. But can it last? Strawberry and Chocolate became an instant hit when it was released, and has become a classic of Cuban cinema due to its charming and authentic exploration of a connection between two people under historical circumstances that seem levelled against them.

Bright Young Things(2003)

R
| 1h 46min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 34 votes)

In the 1930s, a social set known to the press – who follow their every move – as the “Bright Young Things” are Adam and his friends who are eccentric, wild and entirely shocking to the older generation. Amidst the madness, Adam, who is well connected but totally broke, is desperately trying to get enough money to marry the beautiful Nina. While his attempts to raise cash are constantly thwarted, their friends seem to self-destruct, one-by-one, in an endless search for newer and faster sensations. Finally, when world events out of their control come crashing around them, they are forced to reassess their lives and what they value most.

Victim(1961)

NR
| 1h 30min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 52 votes)

Barrister Melville Farr is on the path to success. With his practice winning cases and a loving marriage to his wife, Farr's career and personal life are nearly idyllic. However, when blackmailers link the secretly closeted Farr to a young gay man, everything Farr has worked for is threatened. But instead of giving in, Farr decides to fight.

Culture Shock(2019)

1h 31min | Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
2.9/5 (with 17 votes)

A young Mexican woman crosses the border in search of the American dream, only to instead find her worst nightmare lying within.

Shock Treatment(1981)

PG
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Music
2.9/5 (with 35 votes)

Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental hospital. But what does fast food magnate Farley Flavors have up his sleeve?

Romero(1989)

PG-13
| 1h 45min | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 13 votes)

Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years(1988)

R
| 1h 33min | Documentary, Music
3.4/5 (with 28 votes)

An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..

Directed by Penelope Spheeris - With Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Megadeth, Faster Pussycat, ...

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger(1960)

1h 21min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 18 votes)

Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.

Directed by Cyril Frankel - With Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford

Dropout(1970)

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Italian immigrant kidnaps a wealthy British woman, and they fall in love.

George Carlin: Doin' it Again(1990)

3.8/5 (with 17 votes)

George Carlin brings his comedy back to New Jersey and this time talks about Offensive Language, Euphemisms, They're Only Words, Dogs, Things you never hear, see or wanna hear, Some people are stupid, Cancer, Feminists, Good Ideas, Rape, Life's moments, and organ donors.

Violent Playground(1958)

1h 48min | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 8 votes)

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

British Sounds(1970)

54min | Documentary
2.6/5 (with 11 votes)

Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a montage of various disconnected political acts (in line with Godard's then appropriation of Soviet director Dziga Vertov's agitprop techniques), it combines a diverse range of footage, from students discussing The Beatles to the production line at the MG factory in Oxfordshire, burnished with onscreen political sloganeering.

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Weighed But Found Wanting(1974)

2h 8min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 5 votes)

The son of a wealthy man, Junior has everything he could possibly want. But the emptiness of his extravagant lifestyle and the hypocrisy of the town's so-called leading citizens weigh heavily on him, and he reaches out to the village outcasts.

Bandits in Milan(1968)

1h 38min | Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 13 votes)

A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.

The Rumble in the Air: Conditioned Auditorium(2012)

1h 33min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Bill O'Reilly, Jon Stewart, 2 podiums,1 air-conditioned auditorium... In "O'Reilly vs. Stewart 2012: The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium," O'Reilly & Stewart take an entertaining and comedic approach to today's pressing political issues, in an attempt to find the best direction for America. The debate, which was streamed live online, was recorded on Saturday, October 6th, 2012, at the Lisner Auditorium at The George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. The proceeds from the sale of the debate go to multiple charities picked by both O'Reilly & Stewart, including the Fisher House Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, and the USO.

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