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emotionally distant

forgetfulness

Masato Harada Director

Tateto Serizawa as (as Okito Serizawa)

Rentarô Mikuni as Hayato

Tomomi Satô as Nipponmaru sailor

Takahiro Miura as Segawa

Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own behavior has taken on his increasingly distant family and resolve his own long-simmering resentments. Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds.

Against the Ropes

2004

♡ 6

11%

Sport

sports

Charles S. Dutton Director

Beau Starr as Corcoran

Arnold Pinnock as Heavyweight

Omar Epps as Luther Shaw

Merwin Mondesir as Street Crony

A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.

A Time to Live and a Time to Die

1985

Chinese

7.5

♡ 16

100%

taiwan

youth gang

Hsiao-Hsien Hou Director

Feng Tien as

An-Shun Yu as

Fang Mei as

Shu-Fang Chen as

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.

Coming Through the Rye

2015

6.3

♡ 2

68%

James Steven Sadwith Director

Robert C. Treveiler as Dan

Chris Cooper as J.D. Salinger

Kabby Borders as Maureen

Michael Siberry as Mr. Dewitt

Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play.

The King of Staten Island

2020

7.1

♡ 87

76%

staten island, new york city

slacker

stoner

tattoo

Judd Apatow Director

Lynne Koplitz as Joy

Marisa Tomei as Margie Carlin

Steve Buscemi as Papa

Pete Davidson as Scott Carlin

Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

The Fields

2011

4.3

♡ 5

67%

28%

Mystery

Thriller

Tom Mattera Director

Tara Reid as Bonnie

Brian Anthony Wilson as Charlie

Cloris Leachman as Gladys

Tommy Lee Wallace as Hotel Bar Patron #4

Tells the story of a young boy and his family who are terrorized by an unseen presence.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

2019

san francisco, california

7.2

♡ 64

93%

skateboarding

Joe Talbot Director

Thora Birch as Becca

Danny Glover as Grandpa Allen

Jonathan Majors as Montgomery Allen

Tonya Glanz as Nina

Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.

Egoist

2022

Japanese

7.0

♡ 5

73%

92%

based on novel or book

sexuality

Daishi Matsunaga Director

Hio Miyazawa as Nakamura Ryûta

Ryôhei Suzuki as Saitô Kôsuke

Yûko Nakamura as Saitô Shizuko

Akira Emoto as Saitô Yoshio

A lonely magazine editor finds romance with his personal trainer until a confession changes everything. Based on the novel by Makoto Takayama.

The Inspection

2022

6.7

♡ 16

88%

Elegance Bratton Director

Nicholas Logan as Brooks

Jeremy Pope as Ellis French

Gabrielle Union as Inez French

Eman Esfandi as Ismail

Ellis French is a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.

Roma

1972

Italian

7.3

♡ 12

61%

subway

Federico Fellini Director

Rolando De Santis as Audience Member at Teatrino

Veriano Ginesi as Audience Member at Teatrino

Federico Fellini as Self

Chuck McCann as Self

A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.

Sleeping with the Fishes

2013

5.7

♡ 3

Comedy

woman director

Nicole Gomez Fisher Director

Gina Rodriguez as Alexis Fish

Steven Strait as Dominic Sebastiani

Tibor Feldman as Dr. Leonard Fish

Ana Ortiz as Kayla Fish

A woman's journey of self-discovery and the dynamics of her zany family. Alexis Fish is left broke and broken-hearted after the death of her cheating husband, working as a phone sex operator and a walking meatball hero. As she returns to her hometown of Brooklyn for a distant aunt's funeral, she fears to admit to her family and overbearing mother that her life is a mess. With help from her quirky sister Kayla and a new love interest, Alexis realizes she must let go of her past to define her own future.

In the Summers

2024

6.5

♡ 4

93%

Alessandra Lacorazza Director

Sasha Calle as Adult Eva

Emma Ramos as Carmen

Gabriella Surodjawan as Teen Camila

Residente as Vicente

On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Infinitely Polar Bear

2014

6.9

♡ 21

83%

woman director

Maya Forbes Director

Mark Ruffalo as Cam Stuart

Zoe Saldana as Maggie Stuart

Scout Lyons as School girl

Gracie Marie Bradley as Student

A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

Keep the Lights On

2012

6.4

♡ 9

89%

62%

Action

documentary filmmaking

Ira Sachs Director

Julianne Nicholson as Claire

Thure Lindhardt as Erik Rothman

Zachary Booth as Paul Lucy

Maria Dizzia as Vivian

Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers — compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.

Heartburn

1986

based on memoir or autobiography

6.1

♡ 14

46%

Action

Comedy

husband wife relationship

infidelity

journalist

Mike Nichols Director

Kenneth Welsh as Dr. Appel

Jack Gilpin as Ellis

Natasha Lyonne as Rachel's Niece

Christian Clemenson as Sidney

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.

Madonna and Child

7.2

short

short film

Terence Davies Director

Paul Barber as

Mal Jefferson as

Mark Walton as

Rita Thatchery as

A middle-aged British man struggles to reconcile his homosexuality and his Catholic upbringing.

Forever Young

2022

French

6.5

♡ 5

50%

theater director

theater play

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Director

Sofiane Bennacer as Étienne

Louis Garrel as Patrice Chéreau

Micha Lescot as Pierre Romans

Vassili Schneider as Victor

At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Launched at full speed into life, passion, and love, together they will experience the turning point of their lives, but also their first tragedy.

The 4:30 Movie

2024

6.0

♡ 14

70%

teenage crush

Kevin Smith Director

Genesis Rodriguez as Hot Usher

Sam Richardson as Major Murder

Rosario Dawson as Melody's Aunt

Harley Quinn Smith as Sister Sarah Wallace

Justin Long as Stank

In the summer of 1986, three sixteen year old friends spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams to see the latest comedy, each of the teens learn more about life and love.

Chocolat

1988

French

7.3

♡ 8

71%