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Blink Twice

August 20, 2024

When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the...

12 Years a Slave

October 17, 2013

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon strugg...

The Green Mile

December 9, 1999

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edg...

The First Purge

July 3, 2018

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated communit...

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

September 28, 2009

United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in ...

The Assistant

January 30, 2020

A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspec...

She Said

November 16, 2022

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silenc...

Sweet Country

January 24, 2018

In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse....

Wasabi

October 30, 2001

Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used...

Phantom of the Paradise

October 30, 1974

Fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both his music and the girl Winslow wants to sing it, Phoenix, for the...

The Marco Effect

May 26, 2021

When a homeless Romani boy is arrested at the Danish border for possession of a missing public servant's passport, police inspector Carl Mørck and Department Q are tasked with finding the co...

Terrestrial Verses

October 4, 2023

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a n...

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

January 9, 1976

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture....

Dogman's Rabies: Underdog

June 6, 2018

Inspired by one of the most savage and violent crimes committed in Rome in the 1980s, "Rabbia Furiosa" is the story of Fabio, a small-time neighborhood crook, known as “Er Canaro” (the Dog M...

Lemonade

October 3, 2018

While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania, marries Daniel, an American. After the arrival of her son Dragos, everything seems...

The Strange One

April 11, 1957

A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets....

The Rothschilds

July 16, 1940

Biopic about the Rothschilds, a Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era....

The Madwoman of Chaillot

October 11, 1969

An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in a 20th-century society endangered by pow...

TMZ Presents | The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment

September 26, 2024

Diddy faces shocking new charges and a high-profile indictment. TMZ digs into the federal case against the notorious bad boy....

Total Trust

March 20, 2023

By exploring the relationship between the watched and the watching, our film uncovers the trauma and hope engendered by the Chinese all-surveilling state and lends a voice to those that stan...