While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

In Dubious Battle

2016

English

6.0

♡ 22

26%

38%

1930s

Action

based on novel or book

James Franco Director

Ed Harris as Joy

James Franco as Mac

Analeigh Tipton as Vera

Josh Hutcherson as Vinnie

In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'.

American Exit

2019

English

4.9

♡ 20

78%

father son relationship

road trip

sick parent

Thriller

Tim McCann Director

John Savage as

Mark D. Espinoza as Dr. Figueroa

Eddie Martinez as Officer Johnson

Claire van der Boom as Sofia

A dying father takes a road trip with his son to try to rebuild his relationship before he dies.

Salton Sea

2018

English

5.4

♡ 7

Michael Stevantoni Director

Olivia May as Annie

Jenny Pham as Jessica

Annie Tiedemann as Jump Rope Girl One

Annie Riley-Holmes as Jump Rope Girl Two

Hoping to convince his wife that a promotion across the country could change their lives, Brian takes her on a trip to a faded resort town where they once honeymooned. Here, Brian is forced to examine his own marriage, fears, and integrity.

The Salton Sea

2002

English

7.0

♡ 16

63%

jazz singer or musician

junkie

Mystery

Thriller

D.J. Caruso Director BD Wong

BD Wong as Bubba

Danny Trejo as Little Bill

Vincent D'Onofrio as Pooh-Bear

Luis Guzmán as Quincy

After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.

Eyes of an Angel

1991

English

5.3

♡ 5

Robert Harmon Director

John Travolta as Bobby

Vincent Guastaferro as Goon

Richard Edson as Goon

Gene LeBell as Pit Bull Handler

John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a courier for, father and daughter leave the dog and flee cross-country to Los Angeles with both canine and mobsters in pursuit.

American Cowslip

2009

English

4.7

♡ 2

50%

Mark David Director

Booboo Stewart as Cary

Bruce Dern as Cliff

Ronnie Gene Blevins as Ethan Inglebrink

Peter Falk as Father Randolph

In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find purpose at a time when it might be too late to even matter.

Cannery Row

1982

English

6.6

♡ 6

75%

71%

Action

based on novel or book

David S. Ward Director

Nick Nolte as Doc

Art LaFleur as Doorman

Audra Lindley as Fauna Flood

Christopher Doyle as Frat Boy #6

Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.

The Girl He Left Behind

1956

English

5.2

♡ 8

15%

David Butler Director

Brett Halsey as Army Recruit

Marjorie Bennett as Madeline's Friend

Chuck Hicks as Minor Role

Amzie Strickland as Women's Club Member

A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David Butler's 1956 film stars '50s teen favorites Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood, with supporting roles played by Jim Backus, Jessie Royce Landis, Murray Hamilton, Henry Jones, James Garner, Alan King, Ernestine Wade, David Janssen and Raymond Bailey.

She's in Portland

2020

English

5.7

♡ 7

67%

san francisco, california

washington dc, usa

Marc Carlini Director

Robin Gammell as Dennis

Joelle Carter as Rebecca

Caroline Lagerfelt as Sally

Minka Kelly as Sarah

Two college friends, now in their thirties, admire each others' lives and feel trapped in their own. Wes, tied to a demanding career and responsibilities to family, extends a work trip to drag his dispirited artist friend Luke to find Luke's "one that got away."

The Donut King

2020

English

7.1

♡ 3

97%

Alice Gu Director

Daewon Song as Self

Chuong Pek Lee as Self

Susan Lim as Self

Ted Ngoy as Self

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy builds a multi-million dollar empire by baking America's favourite pastry: the doughnut.

The Candidate

1972

English

7.0

♡ 12

89%

Michael Ritchie Director

Beans Morocco as (as Dan Barrows)

Robert Redford as Bill McKay

Allen Garfield as Klein

Peter Boyle as Marvin Lucas

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

The Wood

1999

English

7.0

♡ 14

61%

Rick Famuyiwa Director

Omar Epps as Mike

John Wesley as Police Officers

Richard T. Jones as Slim

Telma Hopkins as Slim's Mother

In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.

The Sadist

1963

English

6.6

♡ 7

100%

James Landis Director

Don Russell as Carl Oliver

Arch Hall Jr. as Charles A. 'Charlie' Tibbs

Richard Alden as Ed Stiles

Marilyn Manning as Judy Bradshaw

Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend.

Fat City

1972

English

7.2

♡ 11

100%

over-the-hill fighter

Sport

sports

transporter

John Huston Director

Bill Riddle as Boxer

Jeff Bridges as Ernie

Nicholas Colasanto as Ruben

Stacy Keach as Tully

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.

The Sure Thing

1985

English

7.0

♡ 29

83%

Rob Reiner Director

Chris Tashima as Frat Guy at Punch Bowl

Tim Robbins as Gary Cooper

John Putch as Mastin

Sarah Buxton as Sharon

Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.

The Way We Weren't

2019

English

5.3

♡ 6

Rick Hays Director

Ronnie Gene Blevins as Al

Amber Stevens West as Carly

Tobin Bell as Jerry

Alyssa Diaz as Rita

Charlotte and Brandon meet online just after their previous relationships have imploded; in an effort to make themselves more appealing, they have fudged, exaggerated, re-imagined, and outright lied about their pasts in an attempt to be each other's perfect match. Now that they've said their "I do's" they are about to get a funny, hellish, and eye-opening look at just who they've vowed to spend the rest of their lives with. Will familiarity breed contempt... or bliss?

Candy

1968

English

5.1

♡ 13

40%

Christian Marquand Director

James Coburn as Dr. A.B. Krankeit

Richard Burton as MacPhisto

International Velvet as Show Girl

John Astin as T.M. Christian / Jack Christian

A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.

Jonny's Sweet Revenge

2015

English

5.5

♡ 1

Mark David Director

Bradley Fowler as Charlie Hart

Blake Clark as Grady

Andrea Bowen as Nikki

Ronnie Gene Blevins as Sully

Rick and Reni came to California in search of a new lease on life. Unfortunately, all they found was each other... In a last ditch effort to save their struggling relationship, the duo twist their couples' counseling therapy into a plot that would see them turning back into their Texas low-life roots as petty criminals. As has been the case throughout the history of Rick and Reni's calamity plagued relationship, their haphazard scheme to hold up a dive bar goes horribly wrong. When a diverse cast of bar patrons gets caught up in their failed plot, Rick and Reni begin to not only wonder if they'll survive the day, but if they can survive one another.

A Woman Deceived

4.4

san francisco, california

Thriller

Michael Feifer Director

Brian Krause as Detective Morrison

Ashley Scott as Elizabeth

Mekenna Melvin as Monica

Peter Sherayko as Monte

It’s been one year since Elizabeth’s husband, Bill, died in a tragic horseback riding accident and she is starting to move on. When she runs into Travis Brown, the cowboy she met the same weekend Bill died, the two immediately hit it off. Travis is just what Elizabeth needed to come into her life and they soon get married. When new evidence surfaces implying that Bill’s death wasn’t an accident, Elizabeth must find a way to protect herself and her son from the man she married.

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