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Romance in Manhattan
Czech immigrant Karel Novak fulfills his dream of coming to America only to learn at Ellis Island the entrance fee has been raised from $50 to $200. Unable to pay, he is put on a ship going back to Holland, but jumps off, swimming to Manhattan, and losing his wallet on shore. He is elated at what he sees, the skyscrapers, the automobiles and the opulence. While stealing doughnuts from a lunch table for girls rehearsing for a show, he befriends 19-year-old chorus girl, Sylvia Dennis, who then lets him sleep on the roof of her apartment building. Her young brother, Frank, gets him a job selling newspapers and he gradually works up into driving a cab. Meanwhile, romance blossoms, and when authorities threaten to send Frank to a young boys' home until Sylvia gets married, Karel proposes and Sylvia accepts. But the spectre of his illegal status causes him to see a lawyer about becoming a citizen. He unknowingly goes to shyster Halsey J. Pander, who turns him in for the money.

- 1934
Unpregnant
A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that will follow.

- Metascore61
- 2020
Smithereens
A restless and abrasive young woman eschews the affections of a sensitive young portrait artist, preferring to chase punk singers in a misguided desire for fame and fortune in New York's Greenwich Village.

- Metascore72
- 1982
Eye for an Eye
A drop-dead gorgeous girl gets aggressive when her attempts to get her boyfriend's attention are in vain. When he hits back twice as hard she unleashes the devil in her in an attempt to open up to him.
- 2018
Homer and Eddie
JAMES BELUSHI and Academy Award Winner WHOOPI GOLDBERG star in this emotional and powerful story of two travelling companions who develop a wonderful friendship as they go on their adventures across America.

- 1989
Honky Tonk
"Candy" Johnson, a great crook of the Wild West, decides to find a town where he could become a big boss. To achieve this, he will need to conceal his true identity and not only pretend to be an honest man, but lead the struggle against the corrupt sheriff. No one in town realizes that the anti-corruption hero is just a greater crook himself. And there is only one person who is stronger than Johnson: the girl he loves.

- Metascore47
- 1941
Straight Time
After 6 years in prison, career criminal Max Dembo is released on parole. He wants to go straight, but doesn't like the restrictions of parole, much to his parole officer Earl Frank's chagrin. Some conditions--living in a halfway house, not associating with past friends and associates, no driving, and no drugs--could be more difficult than he imagines especially as his encounters with Earl become increasingly tense. Max deals with Earl the same way he deals with everything: his way or no way. Through his life in the outside world, he embarks on a relationship with Jenny Mercer, an employment-agency clerk he meets while looking for a job. Jenny knows about his past criminal history, but he ends up only telling her so much of his current life if only to protect her, just in case.

- Metascore64
- 1978
Street Scene
On a hot summer afternoon in New York, Emma Jones gossips with other neighbors of her residential building about the affair of Mrs. Anna Maurrant and milkman Steve Sankey. When rude Mr. Frank Maurrant arrives, they change the subject. Meanwhile, their teenage daughter Rose Maurrant is sexually harassed by her boss Mr. Bert Easter and likes her Jewish neighbor Sam, who has a crush on her. The next morning, Frank tells Anna that he is traveling to Stanford on business. Mrs. Maurrant meets gentle Sankey in her apartment, but out of the blue Frank returns home in an announced tragedy.

- 1931
The Magnificent Dead
The Magnificent Dead takes place in the 1870's in the small Texas town of Rosewood where local rancher Jared Hamilton and his men have declared war on the town, using fear and death to prevent a new railroad line from coming through. Guided by a priest, Father Julian the desperate town leaders decide to hire a group of six gunmen to help clean up the town. These gunmen are legendary, as they are afflicted with Leprosy and fight with reckless abandon and ruthlessness, for they have nothing to lose.

- 2010
Balalaika
Prince Peter Karagin, an officer in the Cossack army, sees and hears lovely Lydia Marakova in the cafe Balalaika in St. Petersburg and wants to meet her. When he hears she likes to fraternize with a lower class of people, he gives a student 50 rubles for his clothing. She eventually accepts his persistant presence and they fall in love. Peter uses his influence to get Lydia an audition at the opera house, where she is hired and is scheduled to perform later. The Prince, however, is not aware that she, her father and brother are part of a revolutionary movement. Their mutual deception is quickly shattered when Peter and the Cossacks violently break up a revolutionary rally in the public square, where Lydia's brother is killed. Soon afterwards, she learns that the rebels plan to assassinate Peter and his uncle, General Karagin, at the opera house on opening night, and still in love, she warns Peter not to go to the performance. He cancels the reservations, but General Karagin decides to go, and Peter joins him.

- 1939
Internal Affairs
While researching a misconduct case, a detective from the Internal Affairs division of the L.A. County Police becomes convinced that a respected street cop is involved in a complicated web of criminal activities.

- Metascore63
- 1990
Fear and Desire
A ficticious war in an unidentified country provides the setting for this drama. Four soldiers survive the crash-landing of their plane to find themselves in a forest six miles behind enemy lines. The group, led by Lt. Corby, has a plan: They'll make their way to a nearby river, build a raft, and then, under cover of night, float back to friendly territory. Their plans for getting back safely are sidetracked by a young woman who stumbles across them as they hide in the woods, and by the nearby presence of an enemy general who one member of the group is determined to kill.

- 1952
Cannibal Apocalypse
In the Vietnam War, Captain Norman Hopper and his platoon attack a Vietnamese base and rescue two American soldiers in a cage. Charlie Bukowski and Tom Thompson are eating human flesh, and when Norman gives his hand to take them out of the cage, Bukowski bites him. In the present days (1980), Norman has sequels from the bite such as nightmares, and his wife, the television anchor Jane Hopper, is worried about his health and mental conditions. Out of the blue, he receives a phone call from Bukowski that is interned in a mental institution with Tom, inviting him to drink with him in a bar since he is better and has obtained his first release from the hospital since the war. Norman refuses and stays home, but his teenage next door neighbor Mary hits on him and he feels desire to bite her belly. Meanwhile, Bukowski bites a woman in the movie theater and a police officer, in the beginning of a cannibalism spree in Atlanta.

- 1980
The Trigonal: Fight for Justice
An underground fighting circuit run by an international crime syndicate invades a retired martial arts champion’s small idyllic town. When syndicate thugs brutally assault his wife and murder his best friend, he is left with no other choice but to fight for justice.

- 2018
Hail Mary
In this modern retelling of the Virgin birth, Mary is a student who plays basketball and works at her father's petrol station; Joseph is an earnest dropout who drives a cab. The angel Gabriel must school Joseph to accept Mary's pregnancy, while Mary comes to terms with God's plan through meditations that are sometimes angry and usually punctuated by elemental images of the sun, moon, clouds, flowers, and water. Godard intercuts a brief parallel story of Eva and her nameless lover; their adulterous affair, rife with philosophical discussions, leads nowhere.

- 1985
Kentucky Rifle
A man escorts a wagon load of Kentucky rifles through Indian territory and must find a way to get through without losing the rifles to the Indians. Unfortunately the Indians know about it, and give the occupants an ultimatum: either the rifles or their lives.

- 1955
Loulou
One evening Nelly meets Loulou, a down-and-out young man. After her husband kicks her out, she goes off to live with Loulou. She is soon with child, but Loulou doesn't change his wayward life, spending time with his pals and pulling off small-time robberies. Deeply hurt by his attitude, Nelly decides not to keep the baby.

- 1980
Kona Coast
To avenge the death of his murdered daughter, charter boat captain Sam Moran becomes a one-man vigilante squad taking on the wealthy, drugged-up punk that killed her.

- 1968
Fly Away with Me
When Angie moves into her "no pets allowed" building, a parrot arrives unexpectedly. New neighbor Ted and the dog he's secretly sitting try to help her find the bird's owner without being caught.

- 2022
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
「メイドインアビス」─目覚める神秘─ 公式サイト。つくしあきひと原作「メイドインアビス」劇場シリーズ化決定!

- 2020
Conception
Vic and Ami are living the quintessential perfect married life. Living in the city, and working high-powered jobs, their world turns upside down when they attempt to start a family and can’t get pregnant, and must resort to IVF to have a baby. The journey of IVF tests their marriage and begs the question… how far will you go to have a baby?

- 2022
Nix
Inspired by Germanic folklore, the story of Nix follows a tragedy at a mysterious lake and its frightening consequences as a shattered family unravels the truth.

- 2022
VampyrZ on a Boat
Sara and Max's new whirlwind romance is interrupted by a vampire outbreak on a medical research ship. Max will stop at nothing to get back the girl of his dreams, even if it means several heads will roll.

- 2022
Trenches of Rock
Executive Produced by Academy Award® and Grammy Award® winner James Moll (FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH) and the recipient of 14 film festival awards, TRENCHES OF ROCK depicts the career of 1980s heavy metal band BLOODGOOD, who was targeted not only by a mainstream music industry that found their blatant use of faith-based lyrics an unfitting marriage with heavy metal, but also by Christians who believed their music was the work of the devil. BLOODGOOD became a trailblazer of Christian Metal, touring the world and facing adversity head-on while confronted by death threats, picketers and protests against these "metal missionaries." TRENCHES OF ROCK had its world premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival, and has garnered the attention of festivals worldwide, receiving numerous accolades including multiple "Best Feature Documentary" and "Best Director" awards. TRENCHES OF ROCK is directed and edited by Lone Star Emmy® winning filmmaker Paul Michael Bloodgood.

- 2019