This sensitive and sensual film draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex.

Joe

1970

English

6.8

♡ 9

83%

John G. Avildsen Director

Peter Boyle as Joe Curran

K Callan as Mary Lou Curran

Susan Sarandon as Melissa Compton

Estelle Omens as Woman in Bargain Store

After murdering his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend, a wealthy ad executive stumbles into a bar and strikes up an uneasy alliance with Joe Curran, a drunken bigot with a bloodlust who works at a local factory.

Ciao Manhattan

1972

English

5.6

♡ 4

electroconvulsive therapy

hitchhiking

monitor

Romance

John Palmer Director

Jane Holzer as Charla Viva

Viva as Diana - Vogue editor

Roger Vadim as Dr. Braun

Edie Sedgwick as Susan Superstar

Fiction and documentary mingle in a freewheeling portrait of Susan Superstar, a New York celebrity on a drug-fueled downward slide that mirrors Edie Sedgwick’s own self-destructive spiral.

The Terror of the Tongs

1961

English

5.7

♡ 7

19%

Anthony Bushell Director

Ric Young as Confucius

Yvonne Monlaur as Lee

Roger Delgado as Tang Hao - Tong Enforcer

Cyril Shaps as (uncredited)

In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members of the Red Dragon gang, a branch of the evil Chinese secret society of the Tongs, lurk and murder those who oppose to their tyranny, which thrives on vice, crime and the fear of the weakest.

Ballad in Blood

2016

English

4.0

♡ 12

Ruggero Deodato Director

Mattia Biritognolo as Boy in Car

Ruggero Deodato as Professor

Adriano Paris as Remo's Friend

Emiliano Martellini as Remo's Friend

Jacopo, Duke, and Lenka wake up in the apartment Lenka shares with her roommate Elizabeth to find Elizabeth mysteriously murdered. None of the three has any memory of what happened and they spend a drug-fueled day finding clues and piecing the event together.

Arrebato

1979

Spanish

6.8

♡ 12

ex-boyfriend ex-girlfriend relationship

Iván Zulueta Director

Cecilia Roth as Ana Turner

Pedro Almodóvar as Gloria

Marta Fernández Muro as Marta

Luis Ciges as Portero

José Sirgado is a low-budget filmmaker whose heroin addiction distorts his perspective of the real world. Although he is a depressed and unstable individual, his mood improves when he receives the mysterious films of Pedro, with whom he shares his passion for cinema.

The Girl Who Invented Kissing

2017

English

6.2

♡ 11

93%

Tom Sierchio Director

Luke Wilson as Leo

Abbie Cornish as Patti

Suki Waterhouse as The Girl

Dash Mihok as Victor

A nameless, pill-popping drifter girl steps off a bus and into a New Jersey neighborhood bar owned by two middle-age brothers, Jimmy & Victor. She quickly befriends older brother, Victor––a good-natured lummox whose mind was affected by a childhood accident. The mysterious "Girl" soon upsets the delicate balance of the brothers' lives while bringing both trouble and new life into their resigned world and town.

The Cooler

2003

English

6.9

♡ 10

78%

Wayne Kramer Director

William H. Macy as Bernie Lootz

M.C. Gainey as Highway Officer

Dee Bradley Baker as Mike Donnato

Maria Bello as Natalie Belisario

Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.

Rollin' with the Nines

2006

English

5.4

♡ 5

73%

Julian Gilbey Director

Jason Flemyng as Captain Fleming

Dave Legeno as Carl

Billy Murray as David Brumby

Vas Blackwood as Finny

Too Fine and his friends Finny, Pushy and Rage hope to set up a successful urban underground garage...

The Good Thief

2002

English

6.4

♡ 17

77%

Neil Jordan Director

Nick Nolte as Bob Montagnet

James Quattrochi as Jamie

Tchéky Karyo as Roger

Ralph Fiennes as Tony Angel

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

Berlin Calling

2008

German

7.2

♡ 8

80%

Hannes Stöhr Director

Peter Schneider as Crystal Pete

Erdal Yildiz as Hotelangestellter

Mehdi Nebbou as Jamal the Junk

Corinna Harfouch as Prof. Dr. Petra Paul

A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.

All for Nikki

2020

English

5.1

♡ 8

los angeles, california

overdose

paramedic

Brandon Willer Director

Luke Brandon Field as Jasper Douglas Duke

Teri Polo as Liz Steadman

Andrew Bowen as Marcus Steadman

Charlie Saxton as Zach Steadman

Failed musician Kyle Cassidy is in love with Nikki Duke, the charismatic wife of an abusive rock star who's away on tour. After a wild evening at the Dukes' Hollywood Hills mansion, Nikki passes out and bumps her head. Kyle, in a drug-fueled panic, calls 911. When two newly partnered paramedics arrive at the scene, they rouse Nikki, patch up Kyle, and then attempt to rob the pair - a plan that quickly goes awry, sending the group on a dark, hilarious adventure into the Los Angeles night.

Jesus' Son

1999

English

6.9

♡ 11

78%

Alison Maclean Director

Michael Shannon as Dundun

Billy Crudup as FH

Jack Black as Georgie

Will Patton as John Smith

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

Axolotl Overkill

2017

German

5.2

♡ 4

67%

25%

Action

based on novel or book

Helene Hegemann Director

Laura Tonke as Anika

Barbara Philipp as Frau Pegler

Nikolai Kinski as Herr Kroschinske

Hanns Zischler as Laudator Filmpreis

Mifti is a teenager as beautiful as she is reckless. Mentally unstable, fed up with her dysfunctional family, oblivious to the youthful world, and aware of the sexual magnetism she gives off with her peculiar appearance, she wanders through the dark path of several bohemian adults with questionable lifestyles.

Wild Flowers

1997

Danish

5.5

♡ 1

86%

Niels Gråbøl Director

John Martinus as Betjent 3

Irene Bedard as Oglala

Peter Frödin as Palle

Søren Sætter-Lassen as Svend Erik

Denmark in the 70's. The teenager Christoffer's parents Nisse and Maria have decided to move into a commune because they want to try the alternative lifestyle. But Christoffer doesn't like it and has trouble adapting. In school the others tease him because he lives in a commune. As a plan from the elders in the commune he starts in a Maoist group to learn about the real ways of the society. He doesn't like it but when his new girlfriend starts to see what he does as cool he goes into it. But at the same time the police start to suspect him to be the terrorist who blows up telephone booths around Copenhagen.

Free Jimmy

2006

Norwegian

5.9

♡ 6

10%

Christopher Nielsen Director

David Tennant as Hamish

Simon Pegg as Odd

Woody Harrelson as Roy Arnie

Jim Broadbent as Stromowskij

Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.

City of Hope

1991

English

7.2

♡ 10

95%

John Sayles Director

Tony Lo Bianco as Joe Rinaldi

Gina Gershon as Laurie Rinaldi

Angela Bassett as Reesha

Chris Cooper as Riggs

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.

Prescription Thugs

2015

English

6.9

♡ 3

69%

pharmaceutical industry

prescription drug abuse

Josh Alexander Director

Colby Lamb as

Rand McClain as

Ted Lieu as

J. McCombs as

Americans consume 75% of the world’s prescription drugs. After losing his own brother to the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse, documentarian Chris Bell sets out to demystify this insidious addiction. Bell’s examination into the motives of big pharma and doctors in this ever-growing market leads him to meet with experts on the nature of addiction, survivors with first-hand accounts of their struggle, and whistleblowers who testify to the dollar-driven aims of pharmaceutical corporations. Ultimately his investigation will point back to where it all began: his own front door.

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