When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.

The Idealist

2015

Danish

6.9

♡ 8

Action

based on a true story

Christina Rosendahl Director

Thomas Bo Larsen as Carl Dinesen

Arly Jover as Estibaliz

Søren Malling as Marius Schmidt

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

A whistle blower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.

Acute Misfortune

2018

English

6.6

♡ 5

93%

Thomas M. Wright Director

Daniel Henshall as Adam Cullen

Toby Wallace as Erik Jensen

Max Cullen as Kevin Cullen

Joanne Samuel as Magistrate

The film adaptation of Erik Jensen's award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship.

Beware the Gonzo

2010

English

6.2

♡ 5

44%

Bryan Goluboff Director

Amy Sedaris as Diane Gilman

James Urbaniak as Principal Roy

Bill Clinton as Self

Marc John Jefferies as Stone

Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman is starting a revolution. When the wild-eyed rebel journalist is ousted from his prep school's newspaper by its über-popular editor, Eddie fronts an underground movement to give a voice to all the misfits, outcasts, and nerds. Soon the power of the press is in Eddie's hands... but will he use it wisely?

Futureworld

1976

English

5.7

♡ 9

33%

Richard T. Heffron Director

Walter Olkewicz as Chief Technician

John P. Ryan as Dr. Schneider

Dorothy Konrad as Mrs. Karnovski

John Fujioka as Mr. Takaguchi

Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the park. Just prior to arriving, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss.

Anjaneyulu

2009

Telugu

4.9

♡ 3

Parasuram Director

Nayanthara as Anjali

Sonu Sood as Bada

Prakash Raj as Jai Prakash - Chief Secretary

Brahmanandam as Surya / Prabhakar Garu

Employed with HMTV, Pavan/Abhimanyu lives in Hyderabad and is in constant touch with his retired father, Krishnamurthy, and mother. His boss, Sudarshan Babu, hires a Creative Consultant, Surya/Prabhakar Garu, their TV channel undergoes a number of changes, and he gets to interview various people. He meets with Anjali, an employee with Airtel, and both dramatically fall in love. While investigating corrupt politicians, he comes across evidence and decides to join the gang of a gangster named Bada. Still involved in gathering evidence, his world will come crashing around him when he will be told that his parents and many others have been killed after their bus was torched by hooligans. He sets out to also trace who was responsible behind their killing - not knowing that his life is also in danger.

Special Forces

2011

French

6.3

♡ 16

8%

Stéphane Rybojad Director

Mehdi Nebbou as Amen

Tchéky Karyo as Amiral Guezennec

Diane Kruger as Elsa

Djimon Hounsou as Kovax

Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.

The Crush

1993

English

5.8

♡ 60

28%

Alan Shapiro Director

Amber Benson as Cheyenne

Gwynyth Walsh as Liv Forrester

Cary Elwes as Nick Eliot

Beverley Elliott as Tex Murphy

A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.

Shock Corridor

1963

English

7.3

♡ 13

94%

Samuel Fuller Director

Harry Fleer as Attendant

Constance Towers as Cathy

Bill Zuckert as 'Swanee' Swanson

Chuck Hicks as Tough Attendant

With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.

Inside the Russian Info War Machine

2018

French

5.0

♡ 1

Paul Moreira Director

Angela Merkel as Self

Vladimir Putin as Self

Al Franken as Self

Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Self

Acclaimed journalist Paul Moreira investigates how Russia manipulates public opinion, undermines democratic governments and attempts to alter world events. The public face of foreign policy: the state news channels, Sputnik and Russia Today. But working in the shadows is the hidden part: the hackers and trolls pushing the Russian agenda - The Russians know that public perception of their country has reached a new low. Russophobia is massive. Their message is tainted with illegitimacy. But how does the Russian information war machine work?

Public Sex

2009

English

4.3

♡ 9

Simon Ellis Director

Luke Treadaway as Dan

Michael Socha as Jim

Malcolm Freeman as Mister Dole

Rachel Shelley as Public Interviewee

An aspiring Gordie journalist drops his inhibitions to research the UK's North East outdoor sex scene. He meets a certain girl in a car park, and the totally unexpected happens.

Year of the Gun

1991

English

5.6

♡ 9

29%

28%

1970s

Action

based on novel or book

John Frankenheimer Director

Sharon Stone as Alison King

Nazzareno Natale as Cop

John Pankow as Italo Bianchi

Valeria Golino as Lia

American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend must struggle to stay alive.

Masked and Anonymous

2003

English

5.3

♡ 4

26%

Larry Charles Director

Christian Slater as Crew Guy #1

Ed Harris as Oscar Vogel

Penélope Cruz as Pagan Lace

Jeff Bridges as Tom Friend

A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on raking in huge sums for himself from the event. Headlining is legendary musician Jack Fate, whose prison time is cut short with Sweetheart's help. Meanwhile, journalist Tom Friend investigates the corrupt concert and sets out to unmask the truth to the public.

The Christmas Yule Blog

2020

English

5.5

95%

Heather Hawthorn Doyle Director

Alison Araya as Camilla

Sara Canning as Caroline Williams

Zak Santiago as Oscar Ortiz

Carolyn Tinglin as Valerie

Caroline Williams, a well-known social media travel writer, is given the assignment to cover a hundred-year-old Christmas parade in the small town of Carte De Amor, New Mexico. Not excited about the assignment, Caroline goes anyway and meets a high school music teacher, Oscar Ortiz, who introduces her to a side of Christmas that she has never seen, with different traditions and meanings. In the twelve days before Christmas, Caroline falls in love with Christmas all over again and finds true love for herself.

Lions for Lambs

2007

English

6.2

♡ 21

28%

externally controlled action

Robert Redford Director

Michael Peña as Ernest Rodriguez

Robert Redford as Professor Stephen Malley

Tom Cruise as Senator Jasper Irving

Andrew Garfield as Todd Hayes

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

Emanuelle in Bangkok

1976

Italian

4.4

♡ 20

Joe D'Amato Director

Attilio Duse as

Laura Gemser as Emanuelle

Sandra Wolff as Guest at Restaurant

Ivan Rassimov as Prince Sanit

A reporter travels the world's hot spots, looking for lurid stories that usually involve her sexual participation in gaining those behind-the-scenes exclusives.

What's New Pussycat

1965

English

6.0

♡ 23

Clive Donner Director

Eddra Gale as Anna Fassbender

Jacques Balutin as Etienne

Daniel Emilfork as Gas Station Man

Paula Prentiss as Liz

A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.

Most Wanted

2020

English

6.2

♡ 46

68%

48%

Action

based on a true story

Daniel Roby Director

J.C. MacKenzie as Arthur

Dawn Lambing as Louise

Mark Camacho as Moore

Josh Hartnett as Victor Malarek

Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped with a 100-year sentence. While he tries to survive his Bangkok incarceration, the news of his conviction captures the attention of Globe and Mail journalist Victor Malarek, who decides to go after the shady undercover cops responsible for wrongly accusing Daniel.

Zen-ma

1951

Japanese

6.4

♡ 3

Keisuke Kinoshita Director

Rentarô Mikuni as Rentarô Mikuni, news reporter

Toshinosuke Nagao as Staff

Koreya Senda as Tsuyoshi Kitaura

Masayuki Mori as Yoshio Nakanuma

The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case. But his boss has a hidden agenda.

Rising Sun

1993

English

6.3

♡ 40

32%

40%

Action

based on novel or book

Philip Kaufman Director

Amy Hill as Hsieh

Tia Carrere as Jingo Asakuma

Harvey Keitel as Lt. Tom Graham

Steve Buscemi as Willy 'the Weasel' Wilhelm

When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.

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What's New Pussycat

Most Wanted

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