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Crooklyn(1994)

1h 55min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 56 votes)

From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

Candyman(1992)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 40min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 662 votes)

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Naked(1993)

2h 11min | Drama, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 216 votes)

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

Indiscreet(1958)

3.4/5 (with 71 votes)

Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream, while talking about this subject with her sister, when in walks Philip Adams. She loses her concentration for a moment as she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for.

Sounder(1972)

1h 45min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 19 votes)

The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks(2003)

9h 11min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 16 votes)

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

Directed by Wang Bing

Uptown Saturday Night(1974)

1h 44min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 14 votes)

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie(1997)

2h 24min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 7 votes)

A compilation of episodes from the lives of the bad teens and the homeless of Seoul.

Directed by Jang Seon-u - With Song Kang-ho

Urbanized(2011)

1h 25min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 35 votes)

A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.

Directed by Gary Hustwit

Phantom Project(2022)

1h 37min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Waiting for his big dream (a film role) to come true, Pablo works as a training actor in a patient-care programme at a medical faculty and a paid participant in group therapy sessions. To make ends meet, he sublets a room in his apartment in a suburb of Santiago de Chile. However, he seems to have lost control when his housemate departs, leaving him with rent arrears, a collection of plants, a dog, a woolly jumper, and... a house ghost. Pablo is 30, and when it comes to romance he is also chasing apparitions. He is secretly still in love with his ex-boyfriend, a popular YouTuber.

Directed by Roberto Doveris

Moscow, Belgium(2008)

3.4/5 (with 19 votes)

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Vatthikuchi(2013)

2h 20min | Action, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

A share auto-driver gets entangled in a plot where 3 criminals want him dead.

Directed by Kinslin - With Anjali
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Ángel de fuego(1991)

1h 35min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)

In a miserable circus, a young trapeze artist seduces her father, gets pregnant and decides to have her baby, so she leaves the circus and joins a group of puppeteers who make shows from passages of the Bible.

Leo the Last(1970)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Drama, Comedy
2.4/5 (with 5 votes)

Prince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and jaded with the frenetic search for kicks with the European jet-set, returns to his father's London town house for rest.

The Intruder(2017)

1h 35min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 18 votes)

Naples. Present day. Giovanna, a combative 60-year-old social worker on the frontline of the daily war against pervasive criminality, is confronted, like a modern Antigone, with a moral dilemma that threatens to destroy her work and her life. Giovanna runs an after-school centre that takes care of underprivileged children; a grassroots alternative to the mafia dominance of the city. But one day, young Maria, wife of a ruthless Camorra criminal on the run, and her two children take refuge at the centre, and ask Giovanna for protection.

Downsized(2017)

1h 23min | TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

Ebony and Michael were forced into a modern "shotgun" wedding after becoming teenage parents, putting their personal goals on hold in order to support their family. Amazingly, the two high school sweethearts managed to overcome the odds and establish a seemingly ideal life for themselves. However, the success that initially was meant to strengthen their family has become the very thing that is driving them apart. As a result, Michael desperately tries to hold onto everything he's worked his entire life to gain. This leads the family on an unconventional adventure to restore the faith, hope, and trust that initially brought them together.

Vaya(2017)

1h 50min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Three separate stories create a gripping yet compassionate portrait of small-town characters immersed in the intimidating, alluring, and dangerous world of big-city Johannesburg and Soweto.

Directed by Akin Omotoso - With Phuthi Nakene, Warren Masemola, Azwile Chamane-Madiba, Nomonde Mbusi, Harriet Manamela, Sihle Xaba, ...

Panic in Echo Park(1977)

1h 12min | Drama, TV Movie
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool(1994)

A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the African-American community.

Merry Christmas, Baby(2016)

2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

Marci throws herself into preparing for Christmas and building her new event-planning business. But when the business gets off to a rocky start and members of her family face their own hardships, Marci steps up to help everyone have a good holiday.

The Bid(2021)

1h 30min | Comedy, Action
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Loaded with a hilarious cast of comedians and internet personalities, The Bid follows Maurquis Boone and Richard “Philly Filthy Rich” Harris serving time for a crime they didn’t commit. Locked up, Boone & Rich encounter a variety of hardened, yet hilarious characters as they fight to prove their innocence and make it out the penitentiary in one piece.

Out of Frame(2012)

10min | Documentary
2.4/5 (with 3 votes)

In Greece the advertisement in exterior billboards has been recently forbidden. As a result there are hundreds of blank billboards that don’t show any messages. But the empty frames are now the message. And Greece is out of frame.

Directed by Giorgos Zois

Gone Too Far!(2014)

1h 27min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 8 votes)

GONE TOO FAR follows two estranged teenage brothers over the course of a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Yemi can't wait for his big brother to join him on the estate in Peckham - but when Ikudayisi arrives from Nigeria wearing socks and sandals Yemi questions both his judgement and his African heritage. A day on the estate filled with danger and excitement teaches both of them the values of family and self respect.

Baller Blockin'(2000)

54min | Drama, Crime, Music
3.8/5 (with 2 votes)

A flashback to the early life of the narrator/ protagonist 'Tanuk' (Juvenile) shows life in the Magnolia projects in New Orleans. He bears witness to his father's demise at the hands of local gangster Garr over a debt of $2000. Fast forward to the year 2000. Beatrice (Birdman aka Baby or #1 stunna) along with Tanuk, Chopper (B.G) and Teke (Turk) meet with representatives of a drug cartel and purchase a large batch of cocaine. We then see scenes of everyday business in Magnolia with Iceberg Shorty (Lil Wayne) selling some drugs.

Directed by Birdman - With Big Tymers, Lil Wayne

Circleen - City Mouse(1998)

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

She's back - the lovable little elf who sleeps in a matchbox on the artist's desk: and of course her playmates, too, the comical mouse couple Fredrik and Ingolf. The trio are moving into the city. It's a mjor step for Circleen and the mice, and one which has its pros and cons. The city is a dangerous place, but it also has cute, amusing, cheeky playmates such as Sidse, whose family boasts a pirate, and Hassan's family, who introduce food-loving Ingolf to feta cheese and belly-dancing.

Directed by Jannik Hastrup

The Youngest Evangelist(2021)

Based on a True Story, we journey back to 1980 to see John King, a 10yr old African American boy, see his mother experience the Joy of Salvation, after witnessing her endure domestic violence, to then desire and experience Salvation deeply for himself. He then begins a hard journey and increases in his love for God, which results in him answering the call to Evangelism. See him in his everyday life, at home, school, church, and play, as he learns the importance of being obedient and respecting his parents, teachers, and elders by facing the consequences of his actions. The underline story is a true return to core parenting by introducing our youth to the Lord at a young age. Other short cross sub-stories involve using wisdom dealing with a dreaded disease, the lack of respect for our public school educators, and the irreplaceable benefits of continuing to offer music/band programs in schools.

Lopez Street(2013)

1h 20min | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

In the eyes of a foreigner practically any street of Mexico City’s Centro Histórico holds potential for a film. Life on the street deserves more than just the natural condition of observer anyone could have, it demands an extra attention. In a 100-meter radius, the sociological exuberance of the events going on is simply impossible to ignore. The street is a mise en scène in itself.

Christmas in Carolina(2020)

1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Career-driven investment banker Elle has given up on love until she meets Wesley, who invites her to his hometown in South Carolina, where she rediscovers the spirit of Christmas.

In with Thieves(2008)

1h 36min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
0.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A tough-as-nails burglary crew from the streets, a Cuban cartel, heavy into voodoo, ruthless Albanian gangsters, and a blood diamond deal that erupts into all out violence. This throws the criminal underworld into chaos. Double-crosses and brazen gangland executions entwine everyone in a street war that plays out to an explosive ending.

Making Moves(2017)

2h 1min | Action, Thriller, Drama

Making Moves that risks everything over comfort and stability.

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