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- DirectorMichael AptedStarsJodie FosterLiam NeesonNatasha RichardsonIn a remote woodland cabin, a small-town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit-woman with many secrets.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan HawkeMaverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsSasha GreyChris SantosPhilip EytanA drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work.
- DirectorJulian JarroldStarsSienna MillerToby JonesImelda StauntonThe turbulent relationship between filmmaker Sir Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) and actress Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller).
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsWilliam HurtRaul JuliaSonia BragaA gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.
- DirectorBaillie WalshStarsDaniel CraigHarry EdenEveA fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.
- DirectorMike BinderStarsBen AffleckRebecca RomijnJohn CleeseA top Hollywood talent agent's cushy existence is threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that a reporter has swiped his journal to bring him down.
- DirectorMax MayerStarsSarah BolgerThomas MannJames MarsdenA smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Pierre LéaudChantal GoyaMarlène JobertA romance between young Parisians, shown through a series of vignettes.
- DirectorAntti J. JokinenStarsLaura BirnLiisi TandefeltAmanda PilkeA tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.
- DirectorBilly RayStarsHayden ChristensenChloë SevignySteve ZahnThe story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.
- DirectorBill CondonStarsIan McKellenBrendan FraserLynn RedgraveThe last days of Frankenstein (1931) director James Whale are explored.
- DirectorJean-Paul RappeneauStarsOlivier MartinezJuliette BinochePierre ArditiIn a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
- DirectorMichael CristoferStarsAngelina JolieFaye DunawayElizabeth MitchellThe story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.
- DirectorPaula van der OestStarsTheo JamesJames D'ArcyHarriet WalterIf global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but there is more than meets the eye and we might be more connected than we sometimes like to think.
- DirectorRolf de HeerStarsRichard DreyfussTimothy SpallHugo WeavingA man is forced to confront a dangerous female jaguar and his own past through the sacrificial killing of the beast he has grown to love.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsVincent GalloAlden EhrenreichMaribel VerdúBennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.
- CreatorMatthew WeinerStarsJon HammElisabeth MossVincent KartheiserA drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
- DirectorMenno MeyjesStarsJohn CusackNoah TaylorLeelee SobieskiA film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.
- DirectorLiev SchreiberStarsElijah WoodEugene HutzBoris LyoskinA young Jewish American man, with the help of an eccentric local, endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village that was ultimately razed by the Nazis.
- DirectorRudolf van den BergStarsAlan CummingJuliet AubreyFrank FinlayA young Austrian comedian struggles with the nightmare of his past and a dead sister who refuses to die by laying claim to his soul.
- DirectorCharles ChuGavin KellyStarsCharles ChuRyan O'NanChristopher Rodriguez MarquetteJoon Chu, a Korean exchange student, suffering from the loss of his brother, finds himself marooned in small-town USA, where he is irrevocably swept up into the brave new world and bizarre philosophies of Butch Blossom, a touchingly militant performance artist. In an attempt to balance family, love, friendship, responsibility and personal legacy, Joon and Butch must come together to face their own fears and learn how to embrace the world with a new found sense of courage and humor.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsParminder NagraKeira KnightleyJonathan Rhys MeyersTwo ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.
- DirectorXiaogang FengStarsGuoli ZhangHanyu ZhangWei FanA deadly drought in 1942 takes its toll on central China's Henan province during the war against Japan.
- CreatorMichelle AshfordStarsMichael SheenLizzy CaplanCaitlin FitzGeraldDrama about the pioneers of the science of human sexuality whose research touched off the sexual revolution.
- DirectorR.J. CutlerStarsChloë Grace MoretzMireille EnosJamie BlackleyLife changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined. The choice is hers if she can go on.
- CreatorHagai LeviSarah TreemStarsDominic WestRuth WilsonMaura TierneyA struggling novelist and a young waitress strike up an extramarital relationship that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
- DirectorAdam KassenMark KassenStarsChris EvansMark KassenVinessa ShawA David and Goliath law drama about a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons.
- DirectorMartin BrestStarsAl PacinoChris O'DonnellJames RebhornA prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.
- CreatorSimon DonaldStarsRichard DormerBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonSienna GuilloryPerched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now.
- DirectorRyan MurphyStarsMark RuffaloJonathan GroffFrank De JulioIn the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists. With support from the medical community, they try to raise awareness about the disease.
- StarsAlan CummingRussell BakerEach fall, Masterpiece contemporary showcases dramas set in modern times. They are of the contemporary, issue-driven category. Contemporary is a showcase for made-for-TV, high-end programs.
- DirectorGregory KingStarsDarien TakleDavid HornblowHelen Pearse OteneThe drama of relationships in a dysfunctional New Zealand family, living in a town going nowhere.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
- DirectorRon KraussStarsVanessa HudgensRosario DawsonBrendan FraserA pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.
- The true story of Max Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer, who transforms a small mom and pop drug organization into a billion-dollar enterprise known as the Medellin Cartel...but the chickens come home to roost when the cartel asks him to murder a rival and he must escape with his family from a prison of his own doing.
- DirectorMichael CarneyStarsGreg KinnearRenée ZellwegerDjimon HounsouInternational art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.
- DirectorChristopher N. RowleyStarsRaffey CassidyLesley ManvilleCelia ImrieAn orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
- DirectorRichard LaxtonStarsJohn HurtDenis O'HareJonathan TuckerThe later years of Quentin Crisp's life in New York City.
- DirectorAnand TuckerStarsJim BroadbentColin FirthJuliet StevensonThe story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
- CreatorAmy Holden JonesStarsKelly ReillyDitch DaveyDavid AjalaCatherine Black, a famed neuroscientist with a job at the Center for Neurological Research and Treatment, struggles with mental illness. However, this is just one of the many secrets she hides from her fiancé and her family.
- The complex relationships between a wrongly convicted Chicano ex-gang member on death row and the people on the 'outside' who dedicate their lives to proving his innocence.
- DirectorShawn ChristensenStarsShawn ChristensenFatima PtacekEmmy RossumAt the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his 11-year old niece Sophia for a few hours.
- DirectorStephen KayStarsThomas JaneKeanu ReevesAdrien BrodyIn 1946 Denver, an aspiring writer who enjoys irresponsible adventures with his friend writes a letter about his life before and after the suicide attempt by his sad, commitment-seeking girlfriend.
- DirectorSally PotterStarsElle FanningAlice EnglertAnnette BeningA look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event that comes to redefine their relationship.
- DirectorMike CahillStarsMichael PittSteven YeunAstrid Bergès-FrisbeyA molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.
- DirectorLena DunhamStarsRichard BrundageJeff CristianiGrace DunhamElla, a college student, obsesses over her relationship with Chris, neglecting her screenplay. As her social life unravels, her writing reflects her true feelings about their ambiguous romance, revealing her inner turmoil.
- DirectorJonathan auf der HeideTony AyresJub ClercStarsColin FrielsJames FraserHenri PhillipsA collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsChristian BaleCate BlanchettNatalie PortmanA writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas have to offer, undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women.
- DirectorThomas WoodrowStarsDoug JonesLouisa KrauseAaron StanfordA Man and a Woman wander through a hostile wilderness in a far-away world. One day, they stumble upon a mysterious set of Structures, which will complicate their lives both for good and ill.
- DirectorChristopher GuestStarsKevin BaconJennifer Jason LeighEmily LongstrethFilm school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.
- DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsKathy BakerAmy BrennemanGlenn CloseCaptives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
- DirectorNoah BuschelStarsJohnny SimmonsEthan HawkePaul GiamattiA rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.
- DirectorJustin GiddingsRyan Patrick WelshStarsRyann TurnerRussell HarvardMolly BurnettA young woman named Gwen who takes what is essentially the medical version of a "magic pill" to go from totally deaf to completely hearing.
- DirectorFabienne BerthaudStarsDiane KrugerNorman ReedusGilles LelloucheRomy (Diane Kruger) is on holiday in the USA with her French husband, Richard (Gilles Lellouche). But the journey quickly turns into a settling of old scores for this worn out couple. After an ultimate fight, Romy decides to break free. She cuts off her ties to a stable and secure life that has become alienating and escapes to the unknown.
- DirectorBrad MirmanStarsHarvey KeitelClaire ForlaniGiancarlo GianniniAn aspiring young writer (Jackson) tracks a literary titan (Keitel) suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsAlan BatesBernard LeeHayley MillsWhen an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owner's three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
- DirectorAdam Christian ClarkStarsMarguerite MoreauElizabeth TullochDavid GiuntoliOn a birthday trip, Caroline visits her sister Jackie and her boyfriend. What starts out as an evening with close friends quickly goes askew. Caroline and the group attempt to support Jackie for an apparent illness, although who really needs the most help is unclear.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsDana AndrewsSusan HaywardKent SmithAfter being visited by an old friend, a woman recalls her true love, the man she met and lost years ago.
- DirectorAlan WhiteStarsMarty DennissHugh JackmanAndrew WholleyBarky, 25, lost soul, left home two years ago to escape his abusive father leaving behind everything in the world that was important to him; now that his father's dead, he thinks it's safe to come home.
- DirectorAlexander TuschinskiStarsHelmut BergerHarry LennixRick ShapiroOne day in 1932, Arnold Richter disappears, only to re-appear moments later in a totalitarian future. And that's only the beginning of a travel through time, space and emotion, exposing the nature of power in a wild mix of genres and styles. A film about time-travel, girls, art and revolution!
- DirectorAngus MacfadyenStarsAngus MacfadyenTaylor RobertsKevin McNallyThis is a modern interpretation of the bard's tragedy, set in the claustrophobic confines of a stretch limousine which prowls the streets of a contemporary landscape as its agoraphobic passengers struggle for existential meaning in a dog eat dog world where only the fit survive, and tragedy unfolds.
- DirectorMaya ForbesStarsMark RuffaloZoe SaldanaImogene WolodarskyA father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
- DirectorLiz FriedlanderStarsZachary AbelScott EastwoodMeliseIn a historic New England summer resort, the staff attend to every need while trying to live a life of their own.
- DirectorThea SharrockStarsEmilia ClarkeSam ClaflinJanet McTeerA girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she's taking care of.
- CreatorSteven BaigelmanStarsJeremy SistoTaissa FarmigaGabriel LunaA pair of LAPD detectives track down serial killers terrorizing the Sunset Strip.
- DirectorLa Monde ByrdStarsVincent KartheiserErin CummingsJoe WilliamsonAlfred, a demented, low level associate editor who believes society lacks passion, desires to be taken seriously as a fashion photographer. With the assistance of his homicidal wife, Eva, Alfred pushes his would-be-models to the brink of hysteria in order to capture the perfect photo. Alfred's rage and jealousy sends us on a roller coaster ride of emotions, ending at a sobering finale.
- DirectorMenno MeyjesStarsJohn CusackAmanda PeetBobby ColemanA science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsAndreas WilsonHenrik LundströmGustaf SkarsgårdA teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.
- DirectorMani Maserrat-AgahStarsGustaf SkarsgårdAnna ÅströmRebecca FergusonThis is a story of IDA and KRISTER. It's about a relationship that goes to hell. They are both crazy in love but manage to strangle the supply of oxygen and adapt to each other in a way that will lead to catastrophic consequences.
- DirectorBritta SjogrenStarsLily RabeLisaGay HamiltonJake WeberTwo powerful, yet deeply troubled women - refugees from political and personal trauma - flee a past that haunts them. The daughter of a murdered Black Panther revolutionary, Tess, lives off the grid on a Sonoma vineyard, fiercely detached from all connections. Her hermetic life cracks when she gives reluctant shelter to a desperate young woman, Anna who has attempted suicide in a nearby forest. An unlikely alliance forms between the two, where other close relationships have failed - David, Anna's husband and John, Tess' employer, cannot break through their walls. But the very difference between the two women opens them up to a new vision of themselves, as not only survivors, but as heroes capable even of a thrilling shoot-out in the name of outlaw justice. Reclaiming freedom, and life, they plunge forward, towards an unknown, transformative horizon.
- DirectorJeremy PodeswaStarsMolly ParkerGabrielle RoseElize Frances StolkInterconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park. The older daughter meets a voyeur (vision), a professional house-cleaner has an acute sense of smell, a cake maker has lost her sense of taste, and an older man is losing his hearing.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTommy FlanaganMandy MatthewsWilliam EadieA naïve young lad navigates the dirty squalid streets of 1973 Glasgow and the poor youth around him.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsRichard BurtonClaire BloomMary UreA disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
- DirectorChad L. ScheifeleStarsMason DyeRyan MunzertAnthony Michael HallAs the new kid, a shy high school senior finds himself tormented by all his peers except one, but his new friend has a dark, infectious outlook.
- DirectorMihailo StanichStarsNina SerbedzijaJohn SavageRade SerbedzijaLucy, a fourteen-year-old homeless girl, struggles with her mother to survive on the streets of Los Angeles. In desperation, her mother, a drug addict and a prostitute, sells Lucy into a child prostitution ring.
- DirectorKenn MacRaeStarsCourtney FordReid ScottBrandon RouthAn artist has put her own life on hold to look after her severely-injured husband; a long-lost childhood friend attempts to help her find her own life again.
- DirectorBrian SavelsonStarsZach GilfordJena MaloneJohn SlatteryA scheduling mistake leads to an estranged father and son sharing a vacation home with their respective girlfriends.
- DirectorMeg RyanStarsAlex NeustaedterMeg RyanSam ShepardWith his older brother off to war, fourteen-year-old telegram messenger Homer Macauley comes of age in the summer of 1942.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsTom HanksOmar ElbaSarita ChoudhuryA failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company's product to a wealthy monarch.
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsThomas HornTom HanksSandra BullockA nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
- DirectorAdam R JonesStarsShannon BrownAmy E. PowellBrian Rooney
- DirectorTom VaughanStarsBrendan FraserKeri RussellHarrison FordA drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.
- DirectorJaron AlbertinStarsJulianne NicholsonMarc MenchacaJohnny KnoxvilleAn emotionally troubled man is forced to care for the obese 10-year-old son he has never met. Together they embark on a high-stakes journey to determine their future together, even as the world tries to tear them apart.
- DirectorJohn AsherStarsChristopher GorhamJulian FederKaitlin DoubledayAfter his wife dies of cancer, an overworked engineer struggles to care for his son with autism. His son in response to bullying regresses into a fantasy world escape.
- CreatorStephanie SavageStarsJoAnna Garcia SwisherYvonne StrahovskiDominique McElligottBased on Lily Koppel's best-selling titular novel, which tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history during the height of the space race.
- DirectorFilip SyczynskiStarsTomasz BorkowyWojciech SolarzJoanna SydorMark wakes up in a stomach of a huge whale. If that wouldn't be enough: he also meets there all the people he's once known in his life: his wife, his crazy father who wants to be called King of the ocean. There are also other people living inside the gigantic whale among rusty air crafts, ships and rockets - all of them curious how Mark managed to join them inside the stomach. And how did he get in there?
- DirectorSteven BernsteinStarsJohn MalkovichRomola GaraiRhys IfansThe last days of the poet Dylan Thomas as he dreams and drinks.
- DirectorThomas SchlammeStarsRoss BenjaminKevin CannonGeoffrey CantorA present day car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s.
- CreatorMatt NixStarsJessica SzohrBeth RiesgrafLauren StamileJohn Ellison, a disillusioned suburban ER doctor, finds his existence transformed when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a young boy's life and killing one of his attackers.
- DirectorMeredith DanluckStarsKatherine WaterstonMichael ShannonLuke EvansA woman grapples with the consequences of her celebrity husband's double life after he commits suicide.
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsAntonio BanderasClément SibonyRupert EverettLife and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century: Altamira's caves.
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsMark RuffaloMichael KeatonRachel McAdamsThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsLuke TreadawayBob the CatRuta GedmintasThe true feel-good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat. Based on the international best selling book.
- CreatorDavid SchulnerStarsSteven PasqualeAlana De La GarzaMichael EsperBrilliant neurosurgeon Jason Cole must battle with his own alter-ego, Ian Price, in order to live a normal life in this modern take on Jekyll and Hyde.
- DirectorEric PumphreyStarsBeth RiesgrafLucius BaybakAngie SimmsThis story is set in 1955 and circles around Kenneth and his wife, Marjorie, who are struggling with their respective roles within the marriage...
- DirectorRob BurnettStarsCraig RobertsPaul RuddSelena GomezA man suffering a family loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.
- DirectorKnate LeeStarsThomas Haden ChurchTerrence HowardBoyd HolbrookGentle and broken, a homeless man is coerced by two teens to fight other men on video for cash but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
- DirectorPaul FeigStarsBen TibberJim CaviezelJoan PlowrightA twelve-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark.