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The Elephant King
The story of two brothers who lead totally different lives. Jake Hunt enjoys life to the fullest in Thailand, while his shy brother Oliver deals with his own depressions back home in the USA. Their dominant mother wants Jake back home and for this reason, Oliver is sent to Thailand to retrieve his brother. Once there, Oliver finds himself in Jake's bizarre life and falls in love with a beautiful girl, Lek. However, it is not a coincidence that she and Oliver have met.

- Metascore46
- 2006
Medinat ha-gamadim
Four young kids who clash with two army deserters in a fight over territory.

- 2016
The End of the Tour
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

- Metascore82
- 2015
Ten Thousand Saints
A teen (Asa Butterfield), a pregnant girl (Hailee Steinfeld) and the lead singer (Emile Hirsch) of a punk-rock band form their own surrogate family in late-1980s New York.

- Metascore62
- 2015
Le divorce
After her pregnant sister is dumped by her philandering French husband, a woman travels to France to give moral support only to be swept off her feet by a man old enough to be her grandfather.

- Metascore51
- 2003
Now You See It...
Allyson Miller will do anything to make a name for herself in television, so she signs up to produce a new reality show that's searching for the world’s greatest kid magician. As she tries to find her star, she meets young Danny Sinclair, whose abilities make him one of the finalists. But as she gets closer to Danny, he reveals a secret: his magic is real!

- 2005
Willard
This is the story of Willard Stiles who is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. Willard then finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his co-workers and is eventually fired by his cruel and uncaring boss, Mr. Frank Martin, a vicious man whose professional interest in Willard extends to a personal financial one.

- Metascore61
- 2003
Body
Holly, Cali and Mel, three girls celebrating the Christmas holidays at Mel's house the night before Christmas eve. Cali convinces them to go out and have some fun when the others feel like just going to bed (Cali's role as instigator of problems continues throughout the movie). The girls are led to a deserted mansion filled with expensive cars and booze (having been told it's Cali's uncles place). The plot is mostly based around the psychological mechanisms that can take hold when a stupid mistake ends up as a threat to a young persons future well-being and how normal morals can be overwhelmed by indulgent, half-baked ideas of self-preservation.

- Metascore49
- 2015
Alcoholist
An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.

- 2016
Home
A family enjoys an idyllic existence in their isolated, ramshackle home, which edges onto an abandoned highway. Almost entirely cut off from society at large, they forge their own Utopia, but everything changes when city trucks roll in to complete the road’s construction, allowing rush hour traffic to start rumbling by. Stars Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher).

- Metascore67
- 2008
My Zinc Bed
A recovering alcoholic becomes involved with his boss's wife, a former cocaine addict.

- 2008
Shanghai Red
A murder mystery set in contemporary Shanghai about a beautiful woman caught in a web of vengeance and deceit.

- 2006
The Flower of Evil
When François Vasseur returns to his native France after three years of studying in the USA, at first glance hardly anything seems to have changed: His father, Gérard Vasseur, is still a pharmacist and womanizer and lives with his wife Anne Charpin-Vasseur, their daughter Michèle and their good-natured aunt Line in the Charpin-Vasseur family estate. François' feelings towards his pretty stepsister Michèle have not diminished during his absence. Only the candidacy of his stepmother Anne for the office of mayor comes as a surprise to young François, as the family has had little luck in politics so far. Shortly after his arrival, the family receives a letter relating to Anne's political ambitions. The letter reveals the Charpin-Vasseur family's dirty secrets and the upper-class façade begins to crumble. While Anne decides to ignore the anonymous letter for the time being and throw herself into the election campaign, François and his stepsister Michèle, who confesses that she has had romantic feelings for him since childhood, grow closer.

- Metascore67
- 2003
Mortem
Sexy French women experience an existential breakdown at a countryside chateau. We’re not saying the story’s straightforward, but…

- 2010
Prey for Rock & Roll
A journey of rock & roll legends to be...Jacki, Tracy, Faith and Sally are the Clam Dandys- four struggling L.A. rockers who, afteryears of playing the Sunset strip, are still waiting for their big break. Then they finally get the call. With the possibility of a record contract on the table, they quickly learn the price of fame and discover the hard truth about sex, drugs and rock & roll.

- Metascore48
- 2003
Paheli
Parsimonious Bhanwarlal is a Bania (businessman) who lives in Navalgarh, Rajasthan, along with his wife; his sons Sunderlal and Kishanlal; Sunderlal is married to Gajrobai and has a son. During the annual camel race, Sunderlal loses the race to the Thakur and out of shame leaves home, never to return. Now Kishanlal has come of age and is married to Lachchi. But on the very next day of the marriage, he must leave for Jamnagar to expand business, and can return only after 5 years. A tearful Lachchi bids him goodbye, but to her pleasant surprise he returns within a few days, and informs his dad that he met a holy sage who had instructed him to return as he will find five gold coins every morning. Pleased with this, Bhanwarlal does not object to Kishanlal's return. After four years, it is now time for the camel race again, and this time Bhanwarlal's camel wins, much to the chagrin of the Thakur who suspects witchcraft. Then Lachchi gets pregnant and on the day of the child's birth the family finds out to their horror that there is an impostor who is claiming to be Kishanlal, and the husband of Lachchi. The family and the town are unable to decide who is real and who the impostor, as both look identical, so they decide to approach the king and do his bidding. The question remains, who is the second Kishanlal and what possible motive could he have for coming to claim Lachchi as his wife?

- 2005
Holiday Breakup
A couple falls crazy in love, only to break up right before all the big holiday parties. It’s Suckville, so they pretend to still be mad for each other instead of mad at each other. It’s the perfect plan—if they don’t fall back in love.

- 2016
The Messenger
While on a recent deployment to Iraq, US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery is injured when an improvised explosive device goes off within close proximity to him. He is back in the States recovering from the more serious of those injuries, including one to his eye and leg. He has resumed a sexual relationship with his long time girlfriend Kelly, despite the fact that she is now engaged to another man who Will knows. With the few months Will has left in his enlistment, the army assigns him to the Casualty Notification Team in his area. Not having a background in counseling, psychology or grief management, he is unsure if he is well suited to this job. He is partnered with a career soldier, Captain Tony Stone, who teaches Will the precise protocol involved in the job. Tony tells Will, who quickly learns by on the job experience, that this job has its own dangers. As Will learns to adapt to the range of emotions of the next of kin, he is unprepared for the reaction of Olivia Pitterson, whose husband was killed in Iraq. His initial encounter with Olivia leads to him wanting to get to know her better, which may not be in either her or his best interest. Despite being a recovering alcoholic, the more experienced Tony tries to guide Will as best he can under their collective circumstances.

- Metascore77
- 2009
Cigarette Ki Tarah
A guy falls in love blindly with a beautiful girl. This blind love leads him into deep trouble, and further separates him from other people like one man versus the entire world. In these dark situations, where one surely gives up on everything, he doesn't, and thus keeps on believing and trusting on his blind love, which eventually shows him all the ways to be out from all the difficulties.

- 2012
The Twins Effect
It's a high-kicking battle on the dark side when an ace vampire slayer and his beautiful sidekicks wage the ultimate martial-arts showdown with one of the most dangerous of the undead.

- 2003
Nasty Baby
An award-winning favorite that centers on a Brooklyn artist who, with his boyfriend and their best friend, try to have a baby. Their bliss is clouded by a series of confrontations with an annoying neighbor who just might be a madman.

- Metascore64
- 2015
Full Moon Scimitar
Inspired from a famous martial arts tale, a young swordsman becomes obsessed with sword supremacy and challenges another kung fu master, where everything begins.

- 1979
Miss Gold Digger
For four different men, the beautiful Sin Min-joo is the center of their worlds. When they find out she’s got them all played, this world of lust and seduction begins to take a ridiculous turn.

- 2007
Firaaq
Following riots in Gujarat, Arati experiences guilt that she didn't open her door to shelter an injured Muslim woman; her husband Sanjay had looted merchandise from shops and his brother Devan had even sexually molested Muslim women. Young lad Mohsin leaves the safety of an army-guarded camp to look for his father. Music maestro Jahangir Khan faces isolation. Sameer Shaikh and his Hindu wife Anuradha decide to relocate to Delhi. Muneera suspects her Hindu friend Jyoti of setting her house on fire, while biased officers continue to oppress Muslims, and five Muslim men find a gun and attempt to seek vengeance.

- 2008