SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a lovable mutt. With help from the unlikely canine companion, Ben learns the importance of friendship, family and responsibility.

Black Beauty

1994

English

6.6

♡ 34

74%

Caroline Thompson Director

Sean Bean as Farmer Grey

David Thewlis as Jerry Barker

Rosalind Ayres as Mistress Gordon

Sean Baker as Ostler

The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.

Terribly Happy

2008

Danish

6.7

♡ 5

87%

Henrik Ruben Genz Director

Lene Maria Christensen as Ingerlise Buhl

Kim Bodnia as Jørgen Buhl

Anders Hove as Købmand Moos

Jakob Cedergren as Robert Hansen

Robert Hansen, 34, a young police officer from Copenhagen, is transferred against his will to the small town of Skarrild in Southern Jutland as a substitute Marshall. The transfer is Robert’s chance to start over. Whether he is allowed to return to his job in Copenhagen, all depends on how well he performs in this frontier town.

To Be and to Have

2002

French

7.8

♡ 1

97%

Nicolas Philibert Director Alizé

Alizé as Les enfants de la classe

Axel Thouvenin as Les enfants de la classe

Guillaume as Les enfants de la classe

Georges Lopez as L'institueur

The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.

The Grand Highway

1987

French

7.3

♡ 4

Jean-Loup Hubert Director

Marcelle Lucas as 1ère plumeuse

Jeanne Allaire as 2ème plumeuse

Christine Hubert as La bouchère

Richard Bohringer as Pelo

Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year- old girl next door, and learns from her about life.

Becoming Jane

2007

English

7.0

♡ 69

58%

Julian Jarrold Director

Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen

Leo Bill as John Warren

Maggie Smith as Lady Gresham

James McAvoy as Tom Lefroy

Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.

Of Mice and Men

1992

English

7.4

♡ 29

97%

Gary Sinise Director

Sherilyn Fenn as Curley's Wife

John Malkovich as Lennie Small

Noble Willingham as The Boss

Alexis Arquette as Whitt

Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.

Sunrise

1927

English

8.1

♡ 36

98%

F.W. Murnau Director

Sidney Bracey as Dance Hall Manager

Arthur Housman as The Obtrusive Gentleman

Janet Gaynor as The Wife

Sally Eilers as Woman in Dance Hall

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

Aftermath

2012

Polish

7.3

♡ 4

Wladyslaw Pasikowski Director

Hanna Kossowska as

Ireneusz Czop as Franciszek Kalina

Jan Jurewicz as Grzelak

Etl Szyc as Participant of a trip from Israel

Two brothers are trying to find out the truth from years ago. The whole town is against them.

Only Yesterday

1991

Japanese

7.6

♡ 57

100%

Isao Takahata Director

Grey Griffin as Mother

Laura Bailey as Nanako

Dev Patel as Toshio

Ashley Eckstein as Yaeko

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

The Ceremony

1995

French

7.5

♡ 22

Claude Chabrol Director

Jacqueline Bisset as Catherine Lelievre

Isabelle Huppert as Jeanne la postière

Virginie Ledoyen as Melinda

Michel Piccoli as Pierre Maury in 'Les Noces Rouges'

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

Brightburn

2019

English

6.1

♡ 281

57%

husband wife relationship

kansas, usa

Mystery

Sci-Fi

David Yarovesky Director

Becky Wahlstrom as Erica

Jennifer Holland as Ms. Espenschied

Michael Rooker as The Big T

Elizabeth Banks as Tori Breyer

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

Night Shapes

1999

German

7.3

♡ 3

Andreas Dresen Director

Ricardo Valentim as Feliz

Michael Gwisdek as Peschke

Axel Prahl as Polizist

Dominique Horwitz as Victor

The Pope is in town and the night of his stay is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin′s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city.

Return to Dust

2022

Chinese

7.6

♡ 9

96%

88%

country life

Drama

Ruijun Li Director

Zhanhong Ma as Brother Guiying

Cuilan Wang as Guiying's Sister-in-Law

Caixia Xu as Ma Hongmei

Yunzhi Wu as Ma Youtong's Second Son

Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive. In the face of much adversity, an unexpected bond begins to blossom, as both Ma and Cao, uniting with Earth's cycles, create a haven for themselves in which they can thrive.

Straw Dogs

1971

English

7.4

♡ 42

82%

Action

based on novel or book

Sam Peckinpah Director

Jim Norton as Chris Cawsey

Dustin Hoffman as David Sumner

David Warner as Henry Niles

Ken Hutchison as Norman Scutt

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.

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