A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller.

The Big Empty

2003

English

6.0

♡ 6

67%

Steve Anderson Director

Sean Bean as Cowboy

Gary Farmer as Indian Bob

Jon Favreau as John Person

Danny Trejo as Lt. Gates

Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cowboy in return for having his credit card debt of $27,000 paid off. Upon his arrival, John can't find the cowboy but receives an ominously head-shaped package he's supposed to hang onto. While waiting, John gets close to Ruthie, whose psychotic boyfriend, Randy, keeps threatening to kill him.

Swing Vote

2008

English

6.1

♡ 17

38%

presidential election

usa president

Joshua Michael Stern Director

Kevin Costner as Bud Johnson

Gary Farmer as Curly

Paula Patton as Kate Madison

Stanley Tucci as Martin Fox

In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.

Quantum Cowboys

2022

English

5.9

♡ 5

100%

Geoff Marslett Director

Gary Farmer as Calvin

David Arquette as Colfax

Alex Cox as Fr. John Kino

Patrick Page as Memory

Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician. The complex quantum time theory is blended with philosophical musings about art as the way we understand our history and memories, with gunfights, horses, dance halls, cacti, and saloons!

A Bird of the Air

2011

English

6.6

♡ 5

30%

Margaret Whitton Director

Gary Farmer as Charles Ballard

Rachel Nichols as Fiona

Phyllis Somerville as Ivy Campbell

Linda Emond as Margie

A man in search of his past, and a woman who lives in the moment, are brought together when they pursue the origins of a stray parrot in this comedic and romantic drama.

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1995

English

6.7

♡ 43

Ernest R. Dickerson Director

Peggy Trentini as Amanda

Gary Farmer as Deputy Bob Martel

John Schuck as Sheriff Tupper

Charles Fleischer as Wally Enfield

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.

The Dark Divide

2020

English

6.3

♡ 6

93%

Tom Putnam Director

Gary Farmer as Densmore

Cameron Esposito as Monty

David Koechner as Shayne

Debra Messing as Thea Pyle

A shy butterfly expert embarks on a dangerous, life-changing trek through one of America’s greatest unprotected wildlands at the urging of his dying wife.

Adaptation.

2002

English

7.7

♡ 93

90%

85%

Action

alligator

based on novel or book

Spike Jonze Director

Judy Greer as Alice the Waitress

Gary Farmer as Buster Baxley

Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Nancy Lenehan as Kaufman's Mother

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

Lilies

1996

English

7.3

♡ 8

89%

based on play or musical

John Greyson Director

Aubert Pallascio as Older Simon

Alain Gendreau as Prison Ensemble

Gary Farmer as Timothée

John Dunn-Hill as Warden

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch a play put on by Simon and the other inmates depicting the two men's youths. As the play progresses, the tragic truth of Simon's crime comes to light.

First Cow

2019

English

♡ 30

96%

65%

4:3

Action

based on novel or book

Kelly Reichardt Director

Toby Jones as Chief Factor

John Magaro as Cookie Figowitz

Patrick D. Green as Russian Trapper

Gary Farmer as Totillicum

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow – the first, and only, in the territory.

Smoke Signals

1998

English

7.2

♡ 8

90%

native american reservation

orphan

road trip

Chris Eyre Director

Gary Farmer as Arnold Joseph

Michael Greyeyes as Junior Polatkin

Tom Skerritt as Police Chief

Evan Adams as Thomas Builds-the-Fire

Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family, and Victor hasn't seen his father for 10 years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold's remains.