When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.

Funny Games

2007

English

♡ 59

53%

Michael Haneke Director

Naomi Watts as Ann

Tim Roth as George

Michael Pitt as Paul

Robert LuPone as Robert

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

Heartbeats

2017

English

5.4

♡ 40

71%

intercultural relationship

Duane Adler Director

Aneesha Joshi as Deepika Zinta

Justin Chon as Jae Juarez

Daphne Zuniga as Michelle Andrews

Shafaq Naaz as Urvashi

When a bubbly American hip hop dancer goes to India with her family for a wedding, she is impressed by a new dance style and falls in love with the man who introduced her to it.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993

English

7.7

♡ 157

90%

89%

Action

based on novel or book

Lasse Hallström Director

Leonardo DiCaprio as Arnie Grape

Crispin Glover as Bobby McBurney

Johnny Depp as Gilbert Grape

John C. Reilly as Tucker Van Dyke

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.

Dragged Across Concrete

2018

English

6.9

♡ 123

76%

husband wife relationship

sibling relationship

Thriller

S. Craig Zahler Director

Jasmine Lukuku as Bank Staff #1

Michael Jai White as Biscuit

Mel Gibson as Brett Ridgeman

Jennifer Carpenter as Kelly Summer

Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.

Wolves, Pigs and People

1964

Japanese

7.4

♡ 2

Kinji Fukasaku Director

Yuriko Anjô as

Renji Ishibashi as Hiroshi

Rentarô Mikuni as Ichirô, eldest brother

Ken Takakura as Jirô, second brother

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.

Grave of the Fireflies

1988

Japanese

8.5

♡ 207

100%

struggle for survival

War

wartime

world war ii

Isao Takahata Director

Luci Christian as Additional Voices

Ren Hanami as Aunt (English)

Crispin Freeman as Doctors / Old Man

Emily Neves as Setsuko

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

The Sea Inside

2004

Spanish

7.9

♡ 27

85%

Alejandro Amenábar Director

Clara Segura as Gené

Tamar Novas as Javi

Javier Bardem as Ramón Sampedro

Andrea Occhipinti as Santiago

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.

The Uninvited

1944

English

7.2

♡ 19

95%

80%

Action

based on novel or book

Lewis Allen Director

Queenie Leonard as Mrs. Taylor

Ruth Hussey as Pamela Fitzgerald

Ray Milland as Roderick Fitzgerald

Gail Russell as Stella Meredith

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast. They soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

47 Meters Down

2017

English

5.6

♡ 229

53%

Johannes Roberts Director

Matthew Modine as Captain Taylor

Chris J. Johnson as Javier

Claire Holt as Kate

Yani Gellman as Louis

Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.

Help for the Holidays

2012

English

6.6

♡ 8

65%

Bradford May Director

Summer Glau as Christine

Eva LaRue as Sara VanCamp

Dan Gauthier as Scott VanCamp

Mason Cook as Will VanCamp

Although she loves Christmas, Santa’s elf Christine (Summer Glau) wonders if there could be more to life than making toys in the North Pole. When Santa receives an emergency wish from a little boy in Los Angeles, he puts Christine on a special assignment, sending her to L.A. to give the VanCamp family—mom Sara (Eva La Rue), dad Scott (Dan Gauthier), and their two kids Ally (Izabela Vidovic) and Will (Mason Cook)—a holiday wake-up call. Will Christine fail her assignment and be sent back to the North Pole for good, or will the VanCamps come to their senses about the meaning of Christmas?

Sweet Sixteen

2002

English

7.4

♡ 11

97%

Ken Loach Director

Scott Dymond as Davi-Vampire

Jon Morrison as Douglas

Martin Compston as Liam

Gary McCormack as Stan

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005

English

7.3

♡ 81

35%

Rob Marshall Director

Ken Watanabe as Chairman

Ted Levine as Colonel Derricks

Michelle Yeoh as Mameha

Cathy Shim as The Baron's Guest

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Blue Jasmine

2013

English

7.3

♡ 67

90%

husband wife relationship

narcissism

new york city

Romance

san francisco, california

sibling relationship

snob

Woody Allen Director

Andrew Dice Clay as Augie

Sally Hawkins as Ginger

Barbara Garrick as Hal and Jasmine's Friend

Cate Blanchett as Jasmine

After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.

Rocco and His Brothers

1960

Italian

8.2

♡ 28

91%

parent child relationship

Luchino Visconti Director

Paolo Stoppa as Cerri

Claudia Cardinale as Ginetta

Annie Girardot as Nadia

Alain Delon as Rocco Parondi

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

In My Father's Den

2004

English

7.4

♡ 25

100%

Brad McGann Director

Antony Starr as Gareth

Jodie Rimmer as Jackie

Matthew Macfadyen as Paul Prior

Miranda Otto as Penny

War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a troubled past. He befriends Celia, a curious and aspiring writer, who shares a fascination with his world. When Celia mysteriously disappears, Paul becomes the prime suspect, forcing him to confront buried secrets and uncover the dark truths of his family and community.

Defiance

2008

English

7.1

♡ 82

58%

Edward Zwick Director

Mark Feuerstein as Isaac Malbin

Jodhi May as Tamara Skidelsky

Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski

Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

From Dusk Till Dawn

1996

English

7.2

♡ 170

66%

Robert Rodriguez Director

Danny Trejo as Razor Charlie

Quentin Tarantino as Richard Gecko

Salma Hayek as Santanico Pandemonium

George Clooney as Seth Gecko

After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.