Neglected by her workaholic husband, a young wife, Maren Abbott, meets a man through Wandering Eye - a networking website designed to facilitate extramarital liaisons. Charming as he is, she realizes she can't go through with the affair. When he is found brutally murdered in their hotel room, infidelity is the least of Maren's worries as she finds herself in the cross-hairs of a serial killer who uses the website to trawl for his next victims.

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980

English

6.5

♡ 10

19%

presidential election

writing

Art Linson Director

Craig T. Nelson as Cop on Stand

Bill Murray as Hunter S. Thompson

R.G. Armstrong as Judge Simpson

Linden Chiles as Reporter #2

Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Sibling Rivalry

1990

English

5.4

♡ 12

25%

Carl Reiner Director

Sam Elliott as Charles Turner Jr.

John Randolph as Charles Turner Sr.

Ron Orbach as Don, the Desk Clerk

Bill Pullman as Nicholas Meany

Marjorie Turner is suffocating in her marriage and day to day life. An extramarital affair with a stranger seems to be the answer until her paramour has a fatal heart attack, and turns out to be less of a stranger than she could have thought...

Insignificance

1985

English

6.4

♡ 15

73%

Nicolas Roeg Director

Raymond J. Barry as Ballplayer's Father

Lou Hirsch as Charlie

Tony Curtis as Senator

Gary Busey as The Ballplayer

Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of flashbacks and flashforwards centering on the fictional Einstein's current observations, childhood memories, and apprehensions for the future.

Traveller

1997

English

6.1

♡ 12

77%

monopoly the board game

road movie

Romance

Jack N. Green Director

Jo Ann Pflug as Boss Jack's Wife

James Gammon as Double D

Mark Wahlberg as Pat

John Williams as Traveller Musician

A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a different life.

Brad's Status

2017

English

6.5

♡ 75

79%

55%

Action

boston, massachusetts

Mike White Director

Ben Stiller as Brad Sloan

Michael Sheen as Craig Fisher

Jane Wheeler as Harvard Mother

Austin Abrams as Troy Sloan

Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren't quite what he imagined during his college glory days. When he accompanies his musical prodigy son on a university tour, he can't help comparing his life with those of his four best college friends who seemingly have more wealthy and glamorous lives. But when circumstances force him to reconnect with his former friends, Brad begins to question whether he has really failed or if their lives are actually more flawed than they appear.

Intimacy

2001

English

6.0

♡ 98

66%

Patrice Chéreau Director

Paola Dionisotti as Amanda in 'The Glass Menagerie'

Timothy Spall as Andy

Kerry Fox as Claire

Deborah MacLaren as Student at the Drama School

Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows her and learns about her. This eventually disrupts their relationship.

Third Person

2013

English

6.3

♡ 59

25%

Paul Haggis Director

Mila Kunis as Julia

Liam Neeson as Michael

James Franco as Rick

Maria Bello as Theresa

An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.

28 Hotel Rooms

2012

English

5.7

♡ 12

47%

Matt Ross Director

Courtney Krings as Hotel Guest

Brandon Dexter as Hotel Guest

Chris Messina as Man

Marin Ireland as Woman

While traveling for work in a city far from their homes, a novelist and a corporate accountant find themselves in bed together. Although she’s married, and he’s seeing someone, their intense attraction turns a one-night stand into an unexpected relationship and a respite from the obligations of daily life. Through a series of moments – some profound, some silly, some intensely intimate – we see a portrait of an evolving relationship that could become the most significant one of their lives.

The Rooster

1981

Swedish

5.9

♡ 1

Action

based on novel or book

Lasse Hallström Director

Pernilla August as Åsa Eriksson

Magnus Härenstam as Cederqvist

Tage Danielsson as Cyclist

Ing-Marie Carlsson as Karin Petrén

In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he has the power to relocate people to an easier line of work. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Same Time, Next Year

1978

English

7.2

♡ 10

40%

85%

Action

based on play or musical

middle ages (476-1453)

polyamory

Romance

Robert Mulligan Director

Ivan Bonar as Chalmers

Ellen Burstyn as Doris

Alan Alda as George Peters

Cosmo Sardo as Second Waiter

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year—in the same hotel room—and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.

Munich

2005

English

7.5

♡ 122

79%

Steven Spielberg Director

Eric Bana as Avner

Alon Aboutboul as Israeli Soldier with Zamir

Hiam Abbass as Marie Claude Hamshari

Daniel Craig as Steve

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

Kiss or Kill

1997

English

6.3

♡ 6

84%

Bill Bennett Director

Andrew S. Gilbert as Detective Crean

Chris Haywood as Detective Hummer

Frances O'Connor as Nikki Davies

Max Cullen as Stan

Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.

Dog Eat Dog

2008

Spanish

6.6

♡ 3

20%

plastic bag over one's head

Thriller

Carlos Moreno Director

Andrés Parra as Hombre Demencial

Marleyda Soto as Medina's Widow

Diego Burgos as Mendigo

Marlon Moreno as Victor Peñaranda

In the crime world of Colombia, there is an unwritten code. When Víctor and Eusebio, two hoods who bungle a shake-down job, break that code, they unwittingly sign their own death sentence.

On a Magical Night

2019

French

6.0

♡ 8

65%

husband wife relationship

lover

midlife crisis

paris, france

Christophe Honoré Director

Camille Cottin as Irène Haffner 40 ans

Carole Bouquet as Irène Haffner 60 ans

Kolia Abiteboul as Richard Warrimer 14 ans

Vincent Lacoste as Richard Warrimer 20 ans

After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him. While she wonders if she made the right decision, many of the people in her life offer their opinions on the matter. They intend to let her know, whether she likes it or not, on what proves to be a life-changing evening.

Shall We Kiss?

2007

French

6.7

♡ 3

77%

Emmanuel Mouret Director

Frédérique Bel as Câline

Julie Gayet as Émilie

Virginie Ledoyen as Judith

Emmanuel Mouret as Nicolas

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

The Number 23

2007

English

6.4

♡ 113

7%

56%

Action

based on novel or book

psychological thriller

sadomasochism

suicide

Thriller

Joel Schumacher Director

Tara Karsian as Box Company Clerk

Rhona Mitra as Laura Tollins

Logan Lerman as Robin Sparrow

Jim Carrey as Walter Sparrow / Fingerling

Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

Welcome to New York

2014

English

5.6

♡ 10

77%

Abel Ferrara Director

Gérard Depardieu as Devereaux

Jackie Raynal as Dinner Guest

Ronald Guttman as Roullot

Jacqueline Bisset as Simone

Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A man who dreamed of saving the world and who cannot save himself. A terrified man. A lost man.

1408

2007

English

6.8

♡ 179

79%

husband wife relationship

Mystery

new york city

research

Mikael Håfström Director

Samuel L. Jackson as Gerald Olin

Nikky Smedley as Gossipy Woman

John Cusack as Mike Enslin

Kate Walsh as Mike Enslin's ex-wife

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

2022

English

7.2

♡ 46

94%

older woman younger man relationship

Sophie Hyde Director

Isabella Laughland as Becky

Les Mabaleka as Delivery Person

Daryl McCormack as Leo Grande

Emma Thompson as Nancy Stokes

Nancy Stokes, a retired schoolteacher, is pretty sure she has never had good sex. Now that her husband has died, she is determined to take a tour of sexual vistas that until now she has only imagined. She even has a plan; it involves an anonymous hotel room, and a sex worker who calls himself Leo Grande.

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