The Truth About Jane

2000

English

6.6

♡ 7

77%

Lee Rose Director

Amy Davidson as Elizabeth

Stockard Channing as Janice RuPaul

RuPaul as Jimmy

James Naughton as Robert

Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who makes her discover her true sexuality, which is only the start of Jane's troubles when Jane's unaccepting mother, Janice, struggles with her surprising revelation of brought forth by her only daughter.

The Dead Girl

2006

English

6.5

♡ 30

75%

Karen Moncrieff Director

Nick Searcy as Carl

Brittany Murphy as Krista

Rose Byrne as Leah

Josh Brolin as Tarlow

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.

What's Cooking?

2000

English

6.8

♡ 2

52%

Gurinder Chadha Director

Estelle Harris as Aunt Bea

François Chau as Duc Nguyen

Mercedes Ruehl as Elizabeth Avila

Lainie Kazan as Ruth Seelig

Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.

The Wolfpack

2015

English

7.0

♡ 5

87%

manhattan, new york city

parent child relationship

sibling relationship

woman director

Crystal Moselle Director

Isabella Rossellini as Self

Christian Bale as Self

Tim Roth as Self

Amanda Plummer as Self

Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed ‘The Wolfpack’, the brothers spend their childhood reenacting their favorite films using elaborate home-made props and costumes. Their world is shaken up when one of the brothers escapes and everything changes.

Weiner

2016

English

7.6

96%

Josh Kriegman Director

Bill Clinton as Self

Jon Stewart as Self

Bill Maher as Self

Jane Lynch as Self

Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign.

Innocence

2004

French

6.8

♡ 7

71%

Lucile Hadzihalilovic Director

Corinne Marchand as La directrice

Hélène de Fougerolles as Mademoiselle Edith

Marion Cotillard as Mademoiselle Eva

Sonia Petrovna as Son assistante

At a peculiar all-girls academy, new arrivals, including Iris, are delivered in coffins. Guided by enigmatic teachers, the students dance through enchanted woods by day, while the night unveils sinister lessons that blur innocence and awakening.

Chocolat

1988

French

7.3

♡ 8

71%

semi autobiographical

sexual tension

woman director

Claire Denis Director

Kenneth Cranham as Boothby

Jean-Claude Adelin as Luc

François Cluzet as Marc Dalens

Isaach De Bankolé as Protée

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.

Thank You and Good Night

1991

English

7.6

♡ 2

100%

Action

Documentary

woman director

Jan Oxenberg Director

Joshua Malina as Pharmacist

Jan Oxenberg as Self

Mae Joffe as Self

James Biberi as Soldier

Director Jan Oxenberg's docu-fantasy narrative about aging and death, and how it affects her family.

A Brand New Life

2009

Korean

7.4

♡ 11

88%

Action

Drama

woman director

Ounie Lecomte Director

Myung-shin Park as Bomo

Sae-ron Kim as Jinhee

Kyung-gu Sol as Jinhee's father

Ah-sung Ko as Ye-shin

Young Jin-hee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jin-hee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip.

ABCs of Death 2

2014

English

5.4

♡ 33

72%

Julian Gilbey Director

André Hennicke as Klaus

Matthew Steer as Sound Man

Julija Steponaityte as The Girl

Laurence R. Harvey as Wanker

Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

Welcome to Me

2014

English

5.9

♡ 8

74%

Shira Piven Director

Joan Cusack as Dawn Hurley

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Deb Moseley

Linda Cardellini as Gina Selway

James Marsden as Rich Ruskin

A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.

Crazy Kind of Love

2013

English

5.8

♡ 3

based on novel or book

Sarah Siegel-Magness Director

Madeline Zima as Annie

Kathleen Wilhoite as Doris

Eva Longoria as Marion

Zach Gilford as Matthew Iris

While re-evaluating her life, a mother relies on her stoner son and his awkward brother to keep life interesting. When an unlikely romance blossoms between the youngest son and the girl next door, she realizes the key to her happiness can be found where she least expects it.

Tickling Giants

2016

English

8.2

♡ 5

100%

91%

Documentary

woman director

Sara Taksler Director

Jon Stewart as Self

Bassem Youssef as Self

Khaled Mansour as Self

Shadi Alfons as Self

The Arab Spring in Egypt: From a dictator to free elections, back to a dictatorship. One comedy show united the country and tested the limits of free press. This is the story of Bassem Youssef, a cardiologist turned comedian, the Jon Stewart of Egypt, and his show "The Show".

Eddie Izzard: Live from Wembley

2009

English

7.3

♡ 1

Comedy

Documentary

woman director

Sarah Townsend Director

Eddie Izzard as Self

Eddie Izzard brings her wry wit and absurd observations to a sold-out crowd of 44,000 over 4 nights at the Wembley Arena in London. Eddie deals with important issues ranging from Medusa's hair care, fighting sharks, dentistry, and the universal hatred of houseflies.

Christmas on the Bayou

2013

English

6.2

♡ 6

40%

Leslie Hope Director

Tyler Hilton as Caleb

Hilarie Burton as Katherine

Edward Asner as Papa Noel

Ariana Neal as Sienna

When successful New York marketing executive Katherine discovers her workaholic ways are taking a toll on her eight-year-old son, Zac, she decides to spend Christmas with him and her mother, Lilly in her home town on the bayou. When Caleb tries to rekindle a childhood romance and convince her to move back home, Katherine is torn between the bright lights of the big city and the quiet, gentler rhythms of her Southern roots. Only a Christmas miracle orchestrated by Papa Noel can steer her heart to her true home.

The Light of the Moon

2017

English

6.3

♡ 3

97%

Jessica M. Thompson Director

Stephanie Beatriz as Bonnie

Conrad Ricamora as Jack

Cindy Cheung as Joanna

Catherine Curtin as Kirra

After a New York City woman is sexually assaulted while walking home one evening, she struggles to accept the truth and rediscover the intimacy within her relationship.

Older Than America

2008

English

5.3

♡ 3

49%

Drama

woman director

Georgina Lightning Director

Crystle Lightning as Diane

Bradley Cooper as Luke Patterson

Wes Studi as Richard Two Rivers

Glen Gould as Steve Klamath

The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions grow more vivid with each passing day, a young woman of Native American heritage begins piecing together a Catholic priests diabolical plot to prevent her mother from revealing the atrocities that unfolded at a Native Indian boarding school.

Reel Injun

2009

English

7.5

♡ 4

88%

86%

american indian movement

Jeremiah Hayes Director

Clint Eastwood as Self

Graham Greene as Self

Marlon Brando as Self

Roger Moore as Self

The evolution of the depiction of the various Native American peoples in cinema, from the silent era to the present day: how their image on the screen has changed the way to understand their history and culture.

The Last Keepers

2013

English

5.5

♡ 1

45%

Maggie Greenwald Director

Aidan Quinn as John Carver

Jee Young Han as Nika

Olympia Dukakis as Rosmarie Carver

Nat Wolff as Simon

This romantic fantasy movie is about two people who are the last survivors of an ancient line of goddess worshipers, who sell art at a shop. When their teenage daughter Rhea falls in love with a poetically inclined boy , she begins to develop magical powers of her own throwing everything into chaos.

My Worst Nightmare

2011

French

6.0

♡ 2

67%

Anne Fontaine Director

Isabelle Huppert as Agathe Novic

Virginie Efira as Julie

Benoît Poelvoorde as Patrick Demeuleu

Éric Berger as Sébastien

Agathe runs an art gallery. Her husband François is a publisher. Together they have one son, and in every way seem to be the picture of normality — but emotions are stewing under the surface. All it takes is the arrival of a complete stranger for things to start unravelling. Patrick is brash, uncouth and totally unselfconscious...

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The Truth About Jane

The Dead Girl

What's Cooking?

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Weiner

Innocence

Chocolat

Thank You and Good Night

A Brand New Life

ABCs of Death 2

Welcome to Me

Crazy Kind of Love

Tickling Giants

Eddie Izzard: Live from Wembley

Christmas on the Bayou

The Light of the Moon

Older Than America

Reel Injun

The Last Keepers

My Worst Nightmare