Local Hero

7.4

Maborosi

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

1995-10-01 | ja

6.6

Garage

Due to a learning disability, Josie's life in a tiny town revolves around a menial job taking care of a garage that could close at any day. Things start to change, however, when David, the son of his boss' girlfriend, comes to work with him. Josie hangs out with David and his teenage friends, bringing them beer, and despite being a grown man himself, finds that the new company lifts his spirits. But his simple-mindedness blinds him to some potential legal dangers.

2007-10-05 | en

6.6

Morvern Callar

After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.

2002-11-01 | en

6.2

The Entertainer

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

1960-07-25 | en

4.9

Founders Day

A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

2024-01-19 | en

6.2

Luna Papa

The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.

1999-09-08 | ru

7.4

Zorba the Greek

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

1964-12-14 | el

6.5

Bob Roberts

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.

1992-09-04 | en

6.3

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.

1995-05-12 | en

7.7

In the Heat of the Night

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

1967-08-02 | en

6.2

The Acid House

A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.

1998-12-31 | en

7.5

The Road Home

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

1999-10-16 | zh

6.5

Stone of Destiny

Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.

2008-12-19 | en

6.1

Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.

2008-09-15 | en

5.0

How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer.

2005-01-23 | en

0.0

Sin querer

The romance of an engineer who plans the construction of a highway that will cross a town in Patagonia and the conflict with the powerful

1997-07-24 | es

5.3

Casino Royale

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

1967-04-13 | en

6.5

So What If the Goats Die

Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save this cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.

2021-09-01 | ar

6.5

Mary Queen of Scots

In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.

2018-12-07 | en

6.8

Silent Light

Johan and his family are Mennonites from the north of Mexico. Against the law of God and Man, Johan falls in love with another woman.

2007-10-02 | de

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Burt Lancaster

Peter Riegert

Denis Lawson

Fulton Mackay

Peter Capaldi

Jennifer Black

Jenny Seagrove

Norman Chancer

Rikki Fulton

Alex Norton

Christopher Rozycki

Gyearbuor Asante

John M. Jackson

Dan Ammerman

Tam Dean Burn

John Gordon Sinclair

Caroline Guthrie

Jimmy Yuill

Karen Douglas

Kenny Ireland

Sandra Voe

Harlan Jordan

Charles Kearney

David Mowat

John Poland

Ann Scott-Jones

Ian Stewart

Jonathan Watson

Dave Anderson

Ray Jeffries

James Kennedy

Willie Joss

Tanya Ticktin

Edith Ruddick

Betty Macey

Michelle McCarel

Anne Thompson

Brian Rowan

Mark Winchester

Alan Clark

Alan Darby

Roddy Murray

Dale Winchester

Luke Coulter

Buddy Quaid