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Night Shift
A slice of life drama about four stories revolving around family that intersect at a lone diner on the side of a highway at 3am.
- 2014
A Birder's Guide to Everything
David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.

- Metascore61
- 2013
Approved for Adoption
European on the heads side, Asian on the tails side. Cartoonist. 42 years old according to his civil status, Jung prefers to place his birth at the age of 5, when a policeman found him wandering alone on the streets of Seoul. He is one of those 200 000 adopted Koreans spread around the world. Jung decided to return, for the first time, in South Korea, in order to breath the air of his home country, tread the land of his ancestors, and maybe find traces of his biological mother. This trip of reconciliation with his roots and with himself, shot as a documentary, leads our character to recall in animation

- Metascore73
- 2012
Skew
When Simon, Rich, and Eva head out on an eagerly anticipated road trip, they bring along a video camera to record their journey. What starts out as a carefree adventure slowly becomes a descent into the ominous as unexplained events threaten to disrupt the balance between the three close friends. Each one of them must struggle with personal demons and paranoia as friendships are tested and gruesome realities are revealed...and recorded.

- 2011
Brando Unauthorized
The only bio pic film to be made on the personal life of Marlon Brando.

- 2010
If I Had Wings
Determined to run for his high school's cross-country team, 16-year-old runner Alex Taylor, seems to indulge himself with an out-of-reach aspiration, as young Alex has been blind since he was 2. Under those circumstances, his father Geoff Taylor, a probation officer, strikes up a deal with an unlikely running partner: troubled youth Brad Coleman, an exceptional runner who, unfortunately, squanders his talent running away from the law. As the two boys work together to overcome not only the prejudices of the coach and bullying from the track team, a fragile but genuine bond starts to form. Will Alex and Brad make their dream come true?

- 2013
Away from Here
Six years after an affair with the 15-year old daughter of the pastor who was his mentor, a former youth minister, now an ex-con and recovering addict, returns to his hometown seeking a chance to start his life over, only to find that his past will not let him go.

- 2014
Young & Wild
What happens if you are seventeen and want to discover the world? How do you cope with the urgent, insatiable need to visit new places, explore new bodies, live your life, and love exciting different people? Above all, what can you do when this inner urge is unstoppable and boundless? Daniela Ramírez is a 17-year-old Protestant-raised girl who lives in Santiago, Chile, and has only one desire: learn everything about sex.

- 2012
Daag: A Poem of Love
Sunil (Rajesh Khanna) is forced to leave behind his new bride Sonia (Sharmila Tagore), when he kills her would-be rapist. A new identity beckons when Sunil meets Chandni (Rakhee) and ends up marrying her to give her illegitimate child a father's name. Now a respected Mayor of his town, Sunil's past catches up with him and brings together Sunil and Sonia. Can he outrun his destiny for long?

- 1973
Free Ride
A single mom caught up in the Florida drug trade during the late 1970s tries to make a better life for her two girls.

- Metascore41
- 2013
Mr. Idol
It's hard being a Korean popstar! For every Gangnam Style, there are a hundred flameouts. K-Pop sensation Jay Park stars in this musical romp about a sassy music executive on her quest to resurrect a disgraced boy band against all odds. (Korean with English subtitles).

- 2011
Vive L'Amour
The film focuses on three city folks who unknowingly share the same apartment: Mei, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-ang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.

- 1994
The Kid with a Bike
At about 11, the stubborn and impulsive Cyril seems on his way to delinquency: he has no mother, his father wants a new life without him, so he's in a foster institution. He searches for his father, wanting him and his bike. Through the intersession of Samantha, a hairdresser Cyril happens upon, he gets his bike back, and she offers to take him into her home on weekends. He remains aloof from her and gets involved with a young crook. Is Cyril intent on driving Samantha away - and what then?

- Metascore87
- 2011
Robot & Frank
In the near future, Frank is a retired catburglar living alone while his successful son, Hunter, tries to care for him from afar. Finally, Hunter gets him a robot caretaker, but Frank soon learns that it is as useful as a burglary aide. As Frank tries to restart his old profession, the uncomfortable realities of a changing world and his worsening dementia threaten to take beyond what any reboot can do for him.

- Metascore67
- 2012
Celeste & Jesse Forever
Celeste and Jesse have been best friends forever. They dated in high school, got married, and now they're getting divorced. Their best friends don't think they can maintain their friendship throughout the dissolution of their marriage, but Celeste and Jesse don't think there will be a problem. But that's before Jesse gets into a relationship that Celeste doesn't think he can handle, and Celeste finds it harder to move on than she originally thought.

- Metascore59
- 2012
Southside with You
Barack Obama, a freshman at Harvard Law School, gets a job at a Chicago law firm under the orders of young Michelle Robinson. After some reluctance, Michelle accepts Obama's invitation for a trip that will change her life.

- Metascore74
- 2016
7 Minutes
After becoming indebted to a psychopathic drug lord, three desperate young men are forced to commit a brazen robbery. What begins as a simple plan - 'in and out in seven minutes' - quickly escalates into a dangerous game of life-or-death. As each minute of the heist ticks by, true motives are revealed and unexpected twists ratchet up the stakes to a thrilling crescendo.

- Metascore35
- 2014
Junior Senior
Hamsavardhan and Mammootty live together in Malaysia. They both fall in love with the same girl Lena. Eventually, Lena has to choose between them and she chooses Mammootty as he is wealthy. Mammootty comes to know of this and breaks off his engagement to her and walks away, feeling all good.

- 2002
Liar's Dice
The film follows Kamala, a young woman from Chitkul village and her girl child Manya, who embarks on a journey leaving their native land in search for her missing husband. Along this journey she encounters Nawazudin, a free spirited army deserter who helps them to get to their destination with his own selfish motive.

- 2013
Strings of Passion
Three college friends share their recent developments in their respective lives after three years of separation.

- 2014
B for Boy
Amaka, a modern woman with a career, a daughter, and a loving husband, is almost forty and pregnant with their second child. Her husband's entire family are passionately hoping that it will be a boy. But when she has a miscarriage, she takes extreme measures to keep the hope of a male heir alive.

- 2013
Addicted to Fresno
This comedy tells the story of two sisters, a lesbian and a sex-addict, who work as maids at a hotel in a city named Fresno. Their lives change when one of the sisters thinks that they might have accidentally killed a man.

- Metascore34
- 2015
Machine Gun Preacher
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, addicted gang biker Sam Childers is released from prison and learns that his wife Lynn is no longer a stripper but has converted to Christianity. One night, Sam and his best friend Donnie give a ride to a hitchhiker who threatens Donnie with a pocketknife; however Sam reacts and turns the tables on the stranger. Sam is affected by the incident and is convinced by Lynn and his mother Daisy to join their church, and he is baptized. Sam finds a straight job in construction. When he meets a preacher from Africa, he decides to visit the continent. Sam travels to Northern Uganda and South Sudan many times and builds an orphanage for the victims of the cruel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Further, he fights whenever necessary and becomes a legend known as The Machine Gun Preacher.

- Metascore43
- 2011
Adama
Adama, a young boy, lives in a remote village of West Africa. Beyond the cliffs of his village, lies the Breath of the World, a kingdom ruled by evil spirits. One night, his older brother Samba disappears. Adama, defying the ancient ban, decides to go looking for him. His unwavering determination will take him on a quest from beyond the Seas in the North to the front lines of the First World War.

- 2015