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Three Thousand Years of Longing(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 510 votes)

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

Directed by George Miller - With Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Aamito Lagum

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar(2023)

3.7/5 (with 237 votes)

A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

The Mexican(2001)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 3min | Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 615 votes)

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.

Kubo and the Two Strings(2016)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 42min | Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family
3.8/5 (with 1,628 votes)

Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.

Directed by Travis Knight

The Fall(2006)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 57min | Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 553 votes)

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

The Players(2012)

1h 49min | Comedy
2.4/5 (with 310 votes)

Eight short films explore the subject of male infidelity. Serial cheaters, Fred and Greg, spend a night on the town doing what they do best, and with absolutely no regrets. The duo play various characters in assorted extracurricular situations, ranging from sexist to the darker sides of carnal desires.

Cracks(2009)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 166 votes)

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.

Scare Me(2020)

1h 44min | Comedy, Horror
3.1/5 (with 36 votes)

During a power outage, two strangers tell scary stories. The more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in the dark of a Catskills cabin. The horrors of reality manifest when Fred confronts his ultimate fear: Fanny is the better storyteller.

Tamasha(2015)

3.3/5 (with 60 votes)

Ved and Tara meet accidentally meet in Corsica, France and decide to spend the next 7 days together with secretly revealing their true identity or without any promise to meet later, ever. Tara eventually falls in love with Ved and goes to find Ved after 4 years, and helps him to find his true story where he belongs.

Ten Canoes(2006)

1h 30min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an elder tells him a story from the mythical past about how evil can slip in and cause havoc unless prevented by virtue according to customary tribal law.

Directed by Rolf de Heer - With David Gulpilil, Philip Gudthaykudthay

Last Film Show(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 8 votes)

A 9-year-old boy in a remote village in India begins a lifelong love affair with cinema when he bribes his way into a rundown movie palace and spends a summer watching movies from the projection booth.

Directed by Pan Nalin

Sita Sings the Blues(2008)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 21min | Animation, Drama, Music, Romance / Love, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 32 votes)

Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana and his bride Sita is mirrored by a spurned woman's contemporary personal life, and light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets.

Directed by Nina Paley
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Hate by Dani Rovira(2021)

1h 22min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

An uncensored monologue by Dani Rovira about today's society.

The Primary Instinct(2015)

1h 13min | Drama, Documentary
3.5/5 (with 6 votes)

Actor Stephen Tobolowsky has acted in over 200 TV shows and films over the past 40 years, possessing one of the most dazzlingly diverse filmographies on the planet. But even more compelling than the stories he's been apart of onscreen are those he tells offscreen. In 'The Primary Instinct,' Stephen plays himself and uses the art of storytelling to take the audience through a riveting and moving journey about life, love, and Hollywood. Along the way, he just may answer one of the questions that's dogged humanity since the beginning of time: Why do we tell stories in the first place?

Directed by David Chen - With Stephen Tobolowsky

Surf, Sand and Sex(1994)

1h 12min | Romance / Love, Drama
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Six women on a beach tell each other their fantasies. These stories are shown to us as little sex vignettes.

Two Guys Talkin' About Girls(1995)

1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

When longtime friends Joey Fortone and Lenny Kaminski get together, the race is on to get one up on the other. Their fantasies abound and their results lag far behind.

It's All True(2023)

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A visual album. A story of falling apart and putting yourself back together again as the world does the same. It is a story about personal death and rebirth, mental health, dealing with the tragedies of the world, queer love and finding community while featuring two of the most important places to the artist, MALINDA- Brooklyn and the west coast of Ireland.

Travellers and Magicians(2003)

1h 48min | Adventure, Drama
3.3/5 (with 13 votes)

A young government official, named Dondup, who is smitten with America (he even has a denim gho) dreams of escaping there while stuck in a beautiful but isolated village. He hopes to connect in the U.S. with a visa out of the country. He misses the one bus out of town to Thimphu, however, and is forced to hitchhike and walk along the Lateral Road to the west, accompanied by an apple seller, a Buddhist monk with his ornate, dragon-headed dramyin, a drunk, a widowed rice paper maker, and his beautiful daughter, Sonam.

Directed by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche - With Neten Chokling

Swimming to Cambodia(1987)

1h 25min | Comedy, Documentary
3.2/5 (with 9 votes)

Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.

The Gold Ring(2011)

Father lost his wedding ring in the ocean once. Like all the sailors, he’d take it from his finger to put on a neck chain, not to lose the finger as the net went out.

Bedtime Stories for Grownups(1974)

3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Peter brings his new girlfriend Anja up to C. von Ficker's (i.e. Fucker's) flat, but their tryst is repeatedly disturbed by various events in the building. To calm the jittery Anja, Peter relates a series of erotic stories to put her back in the mood.

Directed by Ernst Hofbauer - With Ulrike Butz, Judith Fritsch, Eva Gross, Sonja Jeannine, Heidi Kappler, Elke Deuringer, ...

Sex After Six(1972)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 22min | Comedy
1.1/5 (with 2 votes)

A wedding celebration comes close to the end the bridal couple moves back to the bedroom. Meanwhile the guests sit together and describe the events of their own wedding night. Amazing and tingling stories come to light This is a very odd film that only the Europeans could have made in the early 1970s. I suppose in German it would be just a straight throwback to the early nudie films but we do mind what makes this bizarre.

Spooky Squad: Bigfoot's Big Feat(2015)

17min | Comedy, TV Movie
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The Spooky Squad share the story of a boy named Sam who is magically turned into a Big Foot. He tries to conceal that he's an awkward, hairy monster but is quickly picked on by a bully. Can Sam confront his fears of being different and accept his newfound Big Foot super powers, which are totally awesome?

Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?(2007)

58min | Drama, TV Movie
2.2/5 (with 1 vote)

On a train journey, Saki meets Mrs De Ropp, an oppressive aunt and guardian to an unruly brood. Inspired by the meeting, he imagines a tale of repressed children who find solace in their childish wonder, and are saved by their imagination.

Directed by Sam Hobkinson

On a Paving Stone Mounted(1978)

1h 36min | Drama

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NightThirst(2002)

1h 12min | Horror
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Polonia Brothers horror anthology, includes four short stories of terror.

It's The Same Story(2011)

Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine called a Kaavad. The film is a collaborative work between traditional Kaavad storytellers and Kaavad artists from Rajasthan, together with the filmmaker. Combining lush animation with live-action, the film is an interpretation of two stories which are forever fused in the act of telling and retelling.

Vincent Who?(2009)

40min | Documentary
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Documentary about the murder of Vincent Chin in 1982 and the aftermath. The documentary also explores the modern Asian-American identity when so few Asian-American youths are aware of who Vincent Chin is.

And they said(2022)

20min | Drama
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A filmmaker is invited to an actor's house, who is keenly interested in his story. For the story to be told, the characters need to speak for themselves so they began speaking and they said.

Aleph(2021)

1h 31min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of experience, a dreamer's journey through the lives, experiences, stories and musings of protagonists spanning ten countries and five continents.

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