At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

The Defiant Ones

1958

English

7.6

♡ 23

90%

Stanley Kramer Director

Ned Glass as Doctor

Lawrence Dobkin as Editor

Herman Hack as Search Party Member

Theodore Bikel as Sheriff Max Muller

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

Blue Iguana

2018

English

5.6

♡ 31

33%

Hadi Hajaig Director

Amanda Donohoe as Dawn Bradshaw

Sam Rockwell as Eddie

Al Weaver as Tommy Tresham

Jenny Bede as Waitress

He's a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She's a low level lawyer never noticed by others, a lost soul without a life. Their anger and hostility makes them serious criminals. Love happens in the strangest of places.

Nothing Personal

2009

English

6.9

♡ 17

82%

Urszula Antoniak Director

Irene Sanchez as Hotelclerk Spain

Paul Ronan as Man in Car

Stephen Rea as Martin

Lotte Verbeek as You

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.

Lady and the Tramp

2019

English

6.2

♡ 95

67%

live action and animation

Charlie Bean Director

Benedict Wong as Bull

Clancy Brown as Isaac

Tessa Thompson as Lady

Janelle Monáe as Peg

The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp. Lady finds herself out on the street after her owners have a baby and is saved from a pack by Tramp, who tries to show her to live her life footloose and collar-free.

The Girl Who Wore Freedom

2020

English

8.2

100%

liberation of prisoners

normandy, france

war veteran

world war ii

Christian Taylor Director

Corey Johnson as General James Gavin

Sharon Anderlik as Journalist

Christian Taylor as Narrator

Janine Perry as Self

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occupation and Allied liberation of Normandy, France. Powerful and deeply personal, THE GIRL WHO WORE FREEDOM tells the stories of an America that lived its values, instilling pride in a country that's in danger of becoming a relic of the past.

Freedom

5.9

Jan Speckenbach Director

Barbara Philipp as Frau Mehlis

Moritz Berg as Karl Mittmann

Johanna Wokalek as Nora

Elisabeth Müller as TV-Aufnahmeleiterin

Nora walks out on her husband Philip and their two children without a word of explanation. She’s driven by an irresistible force. She wants to be free.

The Hurricane

1937

English

7.1

♡ 4

67%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

John Ford Director

William B. Davidson as Abusive Drunk Movita

Movita as Arai

Thomas Mitchell as Dr. Kersaint

Jon Hall as Terangi

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.

Howl

2010

English

6.6

♡ 7

64%

Rob Epstein Director

James Franco as Allen Ginsberg

Mary-Louise Parker as Gail Potter

Jon Hamm as Jake Ehrlich

Anna Kuchma as Six Gallery Audience Member

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

A Report on the Party and Guests

1966

Czech

7.0

♡ 2

Jan Nemec Director

Pavel Bosek as Frantisek

Karel Mares as Karel

Jan Klusák as Rudolf

Jana Novaková as Svatebcanka

A picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority figures show up.

Hall Pass

2011

English

5.9

♡ 93

32%

husband wife relationship

marriage

Romance

Peter Farrelly Director

Derek Waters as Brent

Jason Sudeikis as Fred

Alexandra Daddario as Paige

Owen Wilson as Rick

When best buds Rick and Fred begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalize their marriages, they grant the guys a 'hall pass'—one week of freedom to do whatever they want. At first, it seems like a dream come true, but they quickly discover that their expectations of the single life—and themselves—are completely and hilariously out of sync with reality.

Free Birds

2013

English

5.8

♡ 53

20%

Jimmy Hayward Director

David S. Lee as Additional Voice Talent

Keith David as Chief Broadbeak

Woody Harrelson as Jake

Owen Wilson as Reggie

Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.

The Ladder

2021

Romanian

6.7

♡ 1

Vlad Paunescu Director

Valentin Teodosiu as George Marin

Nicodim Ungureanu as Iordache

Voica Oltean as Oana

Horatiu Malaele as Visan

Based on true events, The Ladder follows the spiritual journey of Andrei, a sensitive, socially awkward young man who turns to acting in his search for true happiness. After the fall of communism, he is blinded by the illusion of freedom and democracy and faces a series of brutal events that have deeply marked Romania's recent history. Finding comfort in playing the part of Aliosa in a stage adaptation of The Karamazov Brothers, he becomes closer and closer to his character, gradually discovering the way to understanding divinity.

Vagabond

1985

French

7.6

♡ 30

100%

Agnès Varda Director

Stéphane Freiss as Jean-Pierre, ingéneur agronome

Macha Méril as La platanologue Mme Landier

Sandrine Bonnaire as Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi

Yolande Moreau as Yolande, sa bonne

Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.

Running on Sand

2023

Hebrew

6.7

♡ 3

Adar Shafran Director

Ori Biton as Eliran

Yoav Levi as Moti

Israel Atias as Nir Zeituni

Omer Etzion as Sagie

Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee living in Israel, is about to be deported back to his home country. After a spontaneous escape attempt at the airport, he is miistaken for a Nigerian striker, who is supposed to arrive at the same time. Aumari seizes the opportunity and benefits for his change of identity as the new key acquisitions for the team of ‘Maccabi Netanya’. Despite the absence of any soccer talent, Aumari is able to cover-up and heal the divisions of his struggling team, while a tender romantic bond with charmingly unconventional daughter of the team owner is growing.

Man's Castle

1933

English

7.1

♡ 8

Frank Borzage Director

Spencer Tracy as Bill

Etta McDaniel as Dressing Room Maid

Walter Connolly as Ira

Loretta Young as Trina

Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

Free Willy

1993

English

6.1

♡ 29

71%

human animal relationship

social work

social worker

whale

Simon Wincer Director

Mykelti Williamson as Dwight Mercer

Michael Madsen as Glen Greenwood

Danielle Harris as Gwenie

Lori Petty as Rae Lindley

When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks. However, greedy park owner Dial soon catches wind of the duo and makes plans to profit from them.

In the Blood

2016

Danish

6.0

♡ 3

38%

Rasmus Heisterberg Director

Victoria Carmen Sonne as Emilie

Jesper Groth as Emilies ven

Rikke Lylloff as Karen

Elliott Crosset Hove as Knud

It’s summer in Copenhagen, it’s a time of endless days and careless nights. Simon is a 23-year-old medical student. He and his friends party and drink and chase girls and wake up the next day to do the whole thing all over again. But it’s also a time of unrest and change among the boys. Dreams shatter, love hurts, and friendships dissolve.

The Idiots

1998

Danish

6.7

♡ 25

72%

Lars von Trier Director

Troels Lyby as Henrik

Lars von Trier as Interviewer

Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Jeppe

Louise Mieritz as Josephine

A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out the 'inner idiot' in themselves.

Strip Search

2004

English

6.1

♡ 6

47%

Sidney Lumet Director

Daniel Sauli as

Austin Pendleton as James Perley

Bill Clinton as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.

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