Ambition's Debt

2017

English

4.7

♡ 5

Action

Drama

post-apocalyptic future

supernatural

Devin E. Haqq Director

Peter McRobbie as Caius Cassius

Nathan Darrow as Marcus Antonius

Larry Mitchell as Metellus Cimber

Kathleen Chalfant as Soothsayer

Adapted from William Shakespeare's epic tale of honor, ambition, betrayal, hubris, and the supernatural. The story follows the downfall of Rome's most honored citizen, Marcus Brutus, as he conspires to assassinate Julius Caesar, in order to forestall tyranny and preserve democracy.

Witness to the Mob

1998

English

6.7

♡ 3

60%

Thaddeus O'Sullivan Director

Peter McRobbie as George Pape

Abe Vigoda as Paul Castellano

Lenny Venito as Sal DiMaggio

Tony Sirico as Tommy Gambino

Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino crime family. However, betrayals within the family saw him break the code of silence and became the highest ranking member of the mob to turn into a rat - 'a rat in a suit,- assisting the government to finally put away the Teflon Don, John Gotti.

Aloft

2014

English

5.3

♡ 29

16%

Claudia Llosa Director

Peter McRobbie as Ike

Cillian Murphy as Ivan

Mélanie Laurent as Jannia Ressmore

Jennifer Connelly as Nana Kunning

As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own and a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence. In the present, a young journalist will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question, so that we may contemplate the possibility of living life to its fullest, despite the uncertainties littering our paths.

The Manhattan Project

1986

English

6.1

♡ 28

50%

Marshall Brickman Director

Peter McRobbie as Electronics

Bruce Jarchow as Interrogator

John Lithgow as John Mathewson

Robert Sean Leonard as Max

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.

Dark Horse

2011

English

5.9

♡ 11

70%

Todd Solondz Director

Peter McRobbie as Arnie

Christopher Walken as Jackie

Zachary Booth as Justin

Aasif Mandvi as Mahmoud

Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of desperation, but things go awry.

Juggernaut

2017

English

5.3

♡ 8

57%

Daniel DiMarco Director

Darren Dolynski as Clayton Bowman

Jason Diablo as Detective Doolan

Steven McChattie as Hank Sr.

Peter McRobbie as Leonard Gamble

After a lengthy absence, a small-town outlaw returns to his hometown, violently obsessed with the notion that his Mother's death was not a suicide.

Sometimes in April

2005

English

7.7

♡ 5

95%

Action

africa

destruction of a civilization

Raoul Peck Director

Idris Elba as Augustin

Peter McRobbie as Bushnell's Superior

Todd Boyce as John

Bill Clinton as Self

Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Harvest of Fire

1996

English

6.5

♡ 1

71%

hallmark hall of fame

rescue

Arthur Allan Seidelman Director

Patty Duke as Annie

Catherine Kellner as Nancy

Peter McRobbie as Reuben Troyer

Jennifer Garner as Sarah Troyer

In a small Amish community, three barns are burnt down almost simultaneously. FBI agent Sally Russwell is sent in to investigate this possible hate crime. What she finds however is a community that little trust for outsiders or "The English" as they call them. However, in her investigations, Agent Russell makes friends with one entrepreneurial widow, Annie Beiler who has her own curiosity about this stranger. Together, Annie introduces Russell in-depth to this close knit community bearing many appealing attributes. However, as Sally's investigations continue, she discovers secrets that reveal uncomfortable truths about the religious community that are linked to the arson attacks.

16 Blocks

2006

English

6.6

♡ 53

55%

doing the right thing

Richard Donner Director

Tom Wlaschiha as Bus Passenger

Bruce Willis as Det. Jack Mosley

David Zayas as Det. Robert Torres

Peter McRobbie as Mike Sheehan

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.

The Neon Bible

1995

English

6.3

♡ 2

55%

46%

1940s

Action

based on novel or book

Terence Davies Director

Jacob Tierney as David, aged 15

Frances Conroy as Miss Scover

Peter McRobbie as Reverend Watkins

Diana Scarwid as Sarah

During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.

The Wobblies

1979

English

7.3

♡ 1

90%

Deborah Shaffer Director

Peter McRobbie as Voices

William G. Schilling as Voices

Susan Dolan Stevens as Voices

Rip Torn as Voices

"Solidarity! All for One and One for All!" With that slogan, the Industrial Workers of the World, aka the Wobblies, took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changing the course of history. This award-winning film airs a provocative look at the forgotten American history of this most radical of unions, screening the unforgettable and still-fiery voices of Wobbly members--lumberjacks, migratory workers, and silk weavers--in their 70s, 80s, and 90s.

A Fish in the Bathtub

1998

English

6.1

♡ 2

Joan Micklin Silver Director

Val Avery as Abe

Peter McRobbie as Father Malachy

Mark Ruffalo as Joel

Nicholas J. Giangiulio as Police Officer #2

A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.

Johnny Suede

1991

English

5.7

♡ 13

27%

Tom DiCillo Director

Samuel L. Jackson as B-Bop

Ashley Gardner as Ellen

Peter McRobbie as Flip Doubt

Brad Pitt as Johnny Suede

A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.

Big Night

1996

English

7.3

♡ 23

96%

Stanley Tucci Director

Gene Canfield as Charlie

Peter McRobbie as Loan Officer

Jack O'Connell as Man on Truck

Stanley Tucci as Secondo

Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.

The Hoax

2006

English

6.6

♡ 5

85%

Lasse Hallström Director

Richard Gere as Clifford Irving

Peter McRobbie as George Gordon Holmes

Myk Watford as Sergent Daniels

Stanley Tucci as Shelton Fisher

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

English

7.6

♡ 30

93%

Woody Allen Director

Dianne Wiest as Emma

Milo O'Shea as Father Donnelly

Peter McRobbie as The Communist

Juliana Donald as Usherette

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

Hold the Dark

2018

English

5.6

♡ 73

69%

based on novel or book

Jeremy Saulnier Director

Peter McRobbie as Hunter John

Riley Keough as Medora Slone

Jeffrey Wright as Russell Core

Alexander Skarsgård as Vernon Slone

In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.

In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders

1988

English

7.1

♡ 5

Dick Lowry Director

Doug Sheehan as Agent Gordon McNeill

Bruce Greenwood as Agent Jerry Dove

Peter McRobbie as John Hanlon

Michael Gross as William Russell Matix

It is 1985, and a small, tranquil Florida town is being rocked by a wave of vicious serial murders and bank robberies. Particularly sickening to the authorities is the gratuitous use of violence by two “Rambo” like killers who dress themselves in military garb. Based on actual events taken from FBI files, the movie depicts the Bureau’s efforts to track down these renegades.

The Immigrant

2013

English

6.6

♡ 44

85%

James Gray Director

Joaquin Phoenix as Bruno Weiss

Peter McRobbie as Dr. Knox

Marion Cotillard as Ewa Cybulska

Jeremy Renner as Orlando the Magician / Emil

1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

Cupid & Cate

2000

English

6.0

♡ 3

53%

Drama

Romance

Brent Shields Director

Mary-Louise Parker as Cate DeAngelo

Peter McRobbie as Dr. Brimmer

Peter Gallagher as Harry

Robert Hogan as Laurence

Cate has a small boutique where she sells vintage clothes. She is dating some snob whose mother thinks that Cate is a second-class citizen because of her line of work. Harry meets Cate and they fall in love instantly. Francesca is a doctor who finds out that he has cancer, and tells Cate so that she would break up with Harry...

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Ambition's Debt

Witness to the Mob

Aloft

The Manhattan Project

Dark Horse

Juggernaut

Sometimes in April

Harvest of Fire

16 Blocks

The Neon Bible

The Wobblies

A Fish in the Bathtub

Johnny Suede

Big Night

The Hoax

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Hold the Dark

In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders

The Immigrant

Cupid & Cate