On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock, a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women, and children on what has since become known as "The Night of the Fire." The riots became a symbol of xenophobia in the just-reunited Germany. This film recounts the incident from the perspectives of three very different characters.

Talea

2013

German

5.7

♡ 7

Action

Drama

foster family

mother daughter relationship

teenage girl

woman director

Katharina Mückstein Director

Nina Proll as Eva

Lili Epply as Melanie

Andreas Patton as Peter

Philipp Hochmair as Stefan

Fourteen-year-old Jasmin longs to be near her biological mother, Eva. Following her mother’s release from prison, an excursion into the country together becomes a first test for the fledgling mother-daughter relationship. They smoke, dance and stroll together – the mood is promising. But time and again, it is revealed that their needs and expectations are light years apart. For the moment, neither Eva nor Jasmin seem up to the task of fulfilling each other’s need for identity and support. (Talea is Italian for scion, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.)

Little Paris

2008

German

4.5

♡ 1

Miriam Dehne Director

Jasmin Schwiers as Eve

Julia Dietze as Silver

Volker Bruch as Stefan

Stipe Erceg as Wassily

"Little Paris" is the nickname given to Luna's hometown in provincial Baden Württemberg. Its name comes from a replica of the Eiffel Tower on a factory roof on an industrial estate next to the A9 autobahn. Luna knows she has to leave her home, the dead-end part-time jobs and a relationship which has about as much going for it as the local market. And that's not a lot. With the arrival of the mysterious dancer G. in the small town, life in the place is suddenly shaken up his erotic vibes and moves. Luna finds herself in love with G. who is different to her childhood sweetheart Ron. G. is the first one to recognize her talent and together they start rehearsing at the "Pink Palace", a huge disco, for an audition for a dance contest in Berlin. If they win, they could end up starring in a music video. With the support of G., with whom she's falling deeper in love..

Red Carpet

2021

English

3.3

♡ 4

Scott Altman Director

Slim Khezri as Ahnal

Jordan Destin as Cartel

Helene Udy as Marilyn

Stephen Payne as Stefan

An aspiring actress gets caught up in L.A.'s underworld.

Triple Dare

2006

Danish

5.6

♡ 3

Action

Drama

Christina Rosendahl Director

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Martin

Søren Bregendal as Rasmus

Charlotte Sieling as Rebekkas mor

Sebastian Jessen as Stefan

Rebekka, Claudia and Sofie are freshmen in high school and will no longer accept being treated as juniors. Taking matters into their own hands, they devise a rite of passage, the 'fortune teller', symbolizing their entry into adulthood. As they take turns challenging each other's sexual boundaries, they eventually have to ask themselves whether performing weird rituals is the easiest way to get to know themselves and feel grown up.

They Who Surround Us

2020

English

4.5

♡ 1

Drama

Troy Ruptash Director

Vera Filatova as Kalyna

Ali Liebert as Natalia

Troy Ruptash as Roman

Michael Sech as Stefan

An Ukrainian farmer living in Alberta loses his wife in a tragic accident. Guilt and grief send him into an emotional spiral where mysterious and inexplicable events force him to relive traumatic incidents from his childhood in Ukraine.

Soul at Peace

6.0

Vladimír Balko Director

Karol Simon as Dezo

Robert Wieckiewicz as Peter

Jaromír Hanzlík as Smejkal

Roman Luknár as Stefan

Set against the majestic mountains of central Slovakia, first time director Vladimir Balko explores the difficulties and challenges one former inmate must face upon his release from prison. Tono has just been released after a five-year stint in prison for lumber theft. Although attempting to stay on the straight and narrow, Tono is faced with many obstacles including building a relationship with his son, saving his now fragile marriage, and avoiding the tempting lure of his previous life of crime. A story of friendship and betrayal, SOUL AT PEACE was an official selection at the prestigious Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Rough Draft

1998

English

4.0

♡ 6

Action

Horror

Thriller

Joshua Wallace Director

Alexander Keith as Bookstore Cashier

Reno Wilson as Laroue

Gary Busey as Nelson Keece

Arnold Vosloo as Stefan

A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. The two then strike up a bizarre partnership to document the killer's motives and handiwork as a possessed detective struggling with his own personal demons tries to solve the crimes.

Metropia

2009

English

6.2

♡ 29

50%

Tarik Saleh Director

Fares Fares as Firaz

Juliette Lewis as Nina

Stellan Skarsgård as Ralph Parker

Alexander Skarsgård as Stefan

In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.

No Time for Love

2009

Danish

5.8

♡ 4

Comedy

Romance

Lasse Spang Olsen Director

Laura Drasbæk as Lotte

Tuva Novotny as Malou

Mille Dinesen as Søs

Joel Kinnaman as Stefan

Circumstances force the unstructured yet charming Danish Bohemian novelist, Simon, to share his flat in Copenhagen with the very organized and beautiful Swedish lawyer, Malou. Simon dreams of children and a family. Malou is solely focused on her career. Despite being in opposition they warm up to each other. But even though opposites do attract - can they also manage to live together? Against all odds their meeting sets of a chain of events, which will ultimately change their lives forever.

Doing Money

2018

English

6.9

♡ 5

80%

Lynsey Miller Director

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Fiona

Jonathan Harden as Liam

Voica Oltean as Skinny / Daniela

Sergiu Costache as Stefan

A young Romanian woman is snatched in broad daylight from a London street, trafficked to Ireland and used as a sex slave in a series of pop-up brothels. Her shocking true story offers a tense and thought-provoking thriller exposing how, in modern Britain, slavery can hide in plain sight.

To Kill A Priest

1988

English

6.1

♡ 3

67%

Agnieszka Holland Director

Tim Roth as Feliks

Timothy Spall as Igor

Philip Whitchurch as SB Officer

Ed Harris as Stefan

A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.

Mistaken

2008

English

5.3

♡ 6

Richard Roy Director

Gianpaolo Venuta as Barkeep

Bénédicte Décary as Eleanor Kendall

Lana Parrilla as Nellie Givens

François Arnaud as Stefan

Nellie, née Bouchard, is divorced by wealthy Jack Givens because after a miscarriage even in vitro fails to overcome her infertility. She finds herself destitute as her own account were plundered by someone who stole her maiden identity, Eleanor Kendall. Bank officer lover Dave helps her trace the impostor to Montréal and prevent if being spent on a Corsica home. She starts an affair with British doctor Christopher Dolan, who is in town for a conference, and bumps into Eleanor, a local French tutor and single mother. Instead of informing the police, she gets acquainted with and comes to like 'Eleanor'. Finally the truth catches up, but more complex and perilous then anyone anticipated.

Sorcery

2023

Spanish

6.1

♡ 6

87%

Action

Fantasy

Christopher Murray Director

Manuela Oyarzún as Catalina

Daniel Antivilo as Mateo

Sebastian Hülk as Stefan

Daniel Muñoz as Subdelegado Acevedo

Chiloé Island, 1880. Rosa Raín is a Huilliche girl who, after the murder of her father at the hands of German settlers, seeks justice with Mateo, leader of an organization of sorcerers called “La Recta Provincia”.

From Darkness

2024

Swedish

4.9

♡ 7

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

Philip W. da Silva Director

Sanna Jansson as Cave wraith

Charlie Hjelm as Friend group

Thomas Hedengran as Stefan

Oscar Skagerberg as Viktor

Park ranger Angelica seeks the help of her dog handler ex-boyfriend, Viktor, to search for a missing woman in a dangerous nature reserve in Sweden. The search is complicated by a disturbing myth about the Cave Banshee, a vengeful spirit from the Nordic folklore that once lured miners to their deaths in the reserve's treacherous caves. As they delve deeper into the forest, Viktor starts to question his own sanity and whether the rumored Banshee is more than just a myth. To make matters worse, Angelica and Viktor share a painful history with the haunted place. Viktor must now confront his troubled past and work together with Angelica to survive the night and unravel the mystery behind the woman's disappearance.

Here

2023

French

6.8

♡ 4

95%

Bas Devos Director

Maaike Neuville as Construction Worker

Teodor Corban as Mihai

Saadia Bentaïeb as Saadia

Stefan Gota as Stefan

Stefan, a migrant construction worker living in Brussels, is planning a trip home to his mother in Romania. In preparing for his voyage, he reconnects with local family members over gifted bowls of homemade soup, interacts with strangers, and discovers a revivifying commune with nature. This leads him to an unexpected connection with Shuxiu, a Chinese-Belgian bryologist studying the local moss.

More

1969

English

6.4

♡ 4

69%

Barbet Schroeder Director

Heinz Engelmann as Dr. Ernesto

Mimsy Farmer as Estelle

Georges Montant as Seller

Klaus Grünberg as Stefan

A German student, Stefan, now finished with his studies, hitchhikes to Paris. There he meets a free-spirited American girl, Estelle, who he follows to Ibiza. The two begin a sad and dark path into heroin addiction.

Unpredictable

2024

Polish

5.4

Action

based on novel or book

Piotr Trzaskalski Director

Magdalena Cielecka as Alicja

Agnieszka Grochowska as Martyna

Grzegorz Damiecki as Radek

Andrzej Seweryn as Stefan

Martyna and Wojciech form a seemingly happy relationship. However, it is only a façade hiding a cruel truth. Martyna's friend Alicja is a single mother of 20-year-old Daniel, who is the apple of her eye. Alicja is unable to accept that her son has his own life. One day Daniel meets Adelina. A puzzling story in which we ask ourselves not only who killed and why, but above all who died!?

Family Dinner

2022

German

5.7

♡ 8

100%

Peter Hengl Director

Pia Hierzegger as Claudia

Alexander Sladek as Filipp

Nina Katlein as Simi

Michael Pink as Stefan

Overweight and insecure, Simi spends Easter weekend with her famous nutritionist aunt. The hope is that it’ll help her get on a healthier track, but as the aunt’s family’s icy dynamics and an increasingly malevolent atmosphere leave Simi feeling uneasy, weight isn’t the only thing she’s about to lose.

Barbie as Rapunzel

2002

English

6.6

♡ 4

Owen Hurley Director

Anjelica Huston as Gothel

Christopher Gaze as King Wilhelm

Dale Wilson as Silversmith

Mark Hildreth as Stefan

Long, long ago, in a time of magic and dragons, there lived a girl named Rapunzel who had the most beautiful radiant hair the world had ever seen. But Rapunzel's life was far from wonderful. She lived as a servant to Gothel, a jealous, scheming witch who kept her hidden deep in a forbidding forest, guarded by the enormous dragon Hugo and surrounded by an enchanted glass wall. However, in a twist of fate, Rapunzel's discovery of a magic paintbrush leads her on a journey that will unravel a web of deception, bring peace to two feuding kingdoms, and ultimately lead her to love with the help of Penelope, the least intimidating of dragons!

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No Time for Love

Doing Money

To Kill A Priest

Mistaken

Sorcery

From Darkness

Here

More

Unpredictable

Family Dinner

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