An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.

Welfare

1975

English

8.2

♡ 4

88%

Frederick Wiseman Director

WELFARE shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where welfare workers as well as clients struggle to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that govern their work and life.

Rotting in the Sun

2023

Spanish

6.9

♡ 13

82%

Sebastián Silva Director

Jordan Firstman as

Sebastián Silva as

Kerry Adra as HBO Executive

Juan Andrés Silva as Juan

A filmmaker facing an existential crisis goes on a vacation to a Mexican gay nudist beach, where he meets a social media celebrity who convinces him to collaborate with him on his new TV show. But one disappears and another embarks on a wild journey through Mexico City to find him.

Upside Down

2012

English

♡ 106

29%

Juan Solanas Director

Timothy Spall as Bob Boruchowitz

Paul van Dyck as Colleague Up Top #1

Kirsten Dunst as Eden

Al Dubois as Newscaster

In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?

Shotgun Wedding

2013

English

5.0

♡ 1

46%

Danny Roew Director

Joel McKinnon Miller as Hank Fletcher

Kim Shaw as Rosemary Milton

Eric Jungmann as Steve Doering

Bonita Friedericy as Yvette

After Robert, a marrying-up groom, 'accidentally' shoots his fiance's Maid of Honor in the face during a drunken skeet-shooting session, his meddling mother does whatever it takes to ensure the wedding takes place.

Baby It's You

1983

English

6.4

♡ 4

94%

John Sayles Director

Rosanna Arquette as Jill

Michael E. Knight as Phillip

Vincent Spano as Sheik

Robert Downey Jr. as Stewart

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Through My Window: Looking at You

2024

Spanish

5.5

♡ 11

Action

based on novel or book

Marçal Forés Director

Luis Fernández de Eribe as

Omar Chaparro as Carlos

Abel Folk as Juan Hidalgo

Clara Galle as Raquel

After the events of the summer, Ares and Raquel they don't see a way forward in their relationship and decide to go separate ways. But when they meet again in the winter in Barcelona, the love and desire they feel for each other is undeniable. Will they be able to find a way to get back together?

Neighboring Sounds

2012

Portuguese

7.1

♡ 7

90%

Kleber Mendonça Filho Director

Rubens Santos as Adailton

Maeve Jinkings as Bia

Nivaldo Nascimento as Fernando

Renata Roberta as Mulher 4

An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

Look Back in Anger

1959

English

7.0

♡ 4

Action

based on play or musical

Tony Richardson Director

Abner Biberman as Attacked Cultist, in movie

Gary Raymond as Cliff Lewis

Richard Burton as Jimmy Porter

Philip Locke as Priest

A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

Beautiful Minds

2021

French

7.0

♡ 5

60%

Bernard Campan Director

Marie Petiot as Bérengère

Anne-Valérie Payet as Caroline

Laëtitia Eïdo as Patricia

Olivier Rice as Restaurant teen

Two men, with vastly different life stories and personalities, embark on a hearse heading to the South of France. During their journey they realize that, however unlikely, they're not so different in the end.

Ragtime

1981

English

7.3

♡ 13

84%

77%

Action

based on novel or book

class differences

Drama

jazz singer or musician

new york city

public murder

racism

Milos Forman Director

Pat O'Brien as Delphin

Elizabeth McGovern as Evelyn Nesbit

Samuel L. Jackson as Gang Member No. 2

Michael Jeter as Special Reporter

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Dead End

1937

English

7.2

♡ 8

83%

William Wyler Director

Ward Bond as Doorman

Sylvia Sidney as Drina

Claire Trevor as Francey

Leo Gorcey as Spit

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey, now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses paths with Dave, a childhood friend struggling to make it as an architect, and the Dead End Kids, a gang of young boys roaming the streets of the city's East Side slums.

Bedlam

1946

English

6.8

♡ 6

90%

Mark Robson Director

Harry Harvey as John Gray

Jason Robards Sr. as Oliver Todd

Ellen Corby as Queen of the Artichokes

Ian Wolfe as Sidney Long

London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.

The Second Mother

2015

Portuguese

7.8

♡ 7

98%

parent child relationship

woman director

Anna Muylaert Director

Luis Miranda as Antonio Jardineiro

Alex Huszar as Caveira

Anapaula Csernik as Diléia

Bete Dorgam as Janaina

After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.

Ladies of Leisure

1930

English

6.7

♡ 5

58%

based on play or musical

Frank Capra Director

Willie Best as George - The Elevator Operator

George Fawcett as John Strong

Barbara Stanwyck as Kay Arnold

Nance O'Neil as Mrs. John Strong

Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.

High Society

2017

German

5.3

♡ 24

33%

Anika Decker Director

Katja Riemann as Carmen Schlonz

Wilfried Hochholdinger as Ladenbesitzer

Iris Berben as Trixi von Schlacht

Jannis Niewöhner as Yann

Two girls from very different social backgrounds discover, at the age of 25, that they had been switched at birth.

Good Deeds

2012

English

5.7

♡ 5

37%

fiancé fiancée relationship

Romance

routine

single mother

Tyler Perry Director

Rebecca Romijn as Heidi

Thandie Newton as Lindsey Wakefield

Gabrielle Union as Natalie

Brian White as Walt Deeds

For all his life, wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds has done what's expected of him and has settled into a predictable routine. His scripted life begins to change, however, when he meets Lindsey Wakefield, a struggling single mother who works as a night janitor for his corporation and has just been evicted. He offers to help Lindsey get back on her feet and, though he's already engaged, romantic sparks begin to fly. Suddenly, he finds himself torn between what is expected of him and what he really wants.

Rebecca

2020

English

6.0

♡ 39

37%

39%

Action

based on novel or book

Ben Wheatley Director

John Hollingworth as Giles

David Cann as Lord Crowan

Kristin Scott Thomas as Mrs. Danvers

Lily James as Mrs. de Winter

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

Happy Gilmore

1996

English

7.0

♡ 113

65%

Dennis Dugan Director

Helena Yea as Chinese Lady

Ben Stiller as Hal L. - Orderly in Nursing Home

Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore

Kevin Nealon as Potter

Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.