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Rust and Bone
After suddenly finding himself face-to-face with a young son he hardly knows, Ali, penniless and friendless, takes refuge with his sister. Meanwhile, he meets a beautiful woman, Stephanie, during a night club brawl. Stephanie trains killer whales at Marineland. When a performance ends in tragedy, a call in the night again brings them together.

- Metascore73
- 2012
My Santa
Single mom Jen Robbins, who is a writer of human-interest stories for the newspaper in the small town where she has lived all her life, lost the Christmas spirit after her ex-husband Paul walked out on her six years ago on Christmas Eve, when their son Eric was only one year old. Jen, however, wants to make a happy life for Eric, who still believes in Santa Claus and in the magic and spirit of Christmas. Part of that happiness is finding a man to be the father figure that Eric never had. Jen thinks that Sam Franklin, the new investigative reporter at the newspaper, might be that man. But despite her disdain for Christmas, she seems also to be falling under the spell of Chris, the mysterious man who is the shopping-center Santa Claus. What Jen is unaware of, but what Eric truly believes, is that Chris is really Kris Kringle Jr., the heir apparent to the magic of Christmas. Chris has for the last several years during the Christmas season stayed in one town looking for that special woman to become the next Mrs. Claus, so that he can continue the Christmas spirit into the next generation. He has so far been unsuccessful in his search. But whoever that woman has truly to believe in the spirit of Christmas for Chris to be able to take over the reigns from his father. Chris, who believes Jen is the one, has to try to get her to believe in Christmas again all before the stroke of midnight on Christmas morning. But cynical Jen may not be easily persuaded, she who may believe that good guy and down to earth Sam is a better match.

- 2013
Project Wild Thing
David Bond is concerned. His kids' waking hours are dominated by a cacophony of marketing, and a screen dependence threatening to turn them into glassy-eyed zombies. Like city kids everywhere, they spend way too much time indoors - not like it was back in his day. He decides it's time to get back to nature - literally. In an attempt to compete with the brands, which take up a third of his daughter's life, Bond appoints himself Marketing Director for Nature. Like any self-respecting salesman, he sets about developing a campaign and a logo. With the help of a number of bemused professionals, he is soon selling Nature to British families. His humorous journey unearths some painful truths about modern family life. His product is free, plentiful and has proven benefits - but is Nature past its sell-by date?

- 2013
Chasing Robert Barker
A photographer turned paparazzi is caught in the downward spiral of a fabricated tabloid story.

- 2015
Lightman
Lightman is a Tamil Feature Film Written, Directed and Produced by Venkatesh Kumar.G. The film stars Karthik Nagarajan as the lead and cinematography by Rahul. This film portrays the unrevealed life of Lightmen in cinema. Lightmen are an Integral part and prominent among the 24 crafts in film industry but the work they put in every film is often ignored and they stay isolated among the other technicians in the Industry. They are the least paid technicians in a film inspite of the physical pain they take in making every scene of the film. "Lightman" captures the real and reel life of lightmen in cine industry. The Film runs through a parallel screenplay which narrates the story through Fiction and Live Interviews.

- 2017
Teri Meri Kahaani
This story takes us through a journey of eternal love between a couple who have vowed to love each other not only in this life but in every life to follow.

- 2012
The Bestowal
A suicidal businessman is visited by an inter-dimensional being who appears in the form of a beautiful woman.
- 2018
Queen of the Morning Calm
Follows 29-year-old immigrant sex worker Debra, and her self-aware 10-year-old daughter Mona, as they embark on a journey of emancipation. Debra attempts to escape cycles of abuse and poverty while learning to become a more nurturing mother and discovering her own self-worth.

- 2019
Snowtime!
During the school holidays, Luc and Sophie decide to have a massive snowball fight to claim the rights to a fort. Aided by Cleo, the loveable dog, they embark on a thrilling adventure that brings the whole town together and shows that you can find friendship in even the most unlikely circumstances.

- Metascore52
- 2015
Una noche de amor
A couple married for 12 years and 2 kids, decide to go out. The night doesn't go as planned.

- 2016
Thavam
The movie begins with Sumathi (Vandana) and Subramaniam (Arun Vijay), strangers to one another, meet at a suicide point in Chennai. They realise that their goal is the same, that is suicide. Both had choose to end their lives and duly writes suicide notes. Sumathy's reason for taking the extreme step is her nagging relatives, who are also her guardians. They are after her ancestral money. Subramaniam is cheated by a friend who promises a job for him in Dubai after taking Rs 5 lakhs from him. Both consumes sleeping pills in a bid to end their lives in Subramaniam's room. However, they are rescued by the house-owner Mani (Janakaraj). Life takes a turn and Subramaniam lands a good job while Sumathy's relatives take her home. Subramaniam marriage is settled with a girl of his mother's choice and Sumathy's marriage is fixed with her maternal uncle. Both flee the respective marriage halls independently. How they reunite forms the crux.

- 2007
Ping Pong Summer
The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor. Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you're treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down you're as funky fresh as it gets.

- Metascore52
- 2014
Viktoria
Dreaming of the West, Boryana is determined not to have a child in communist Bulgaria. Nonetheless, her daughter Viktoria enters the world in 1979, curiously missing a belly button, and is declared the country's Baby of the Decade. Pampered by her mother state until the age of nine, Viktoria's decade of notoriety comes crashing down with the rest of European communism. But can political collapse and the hardship of new times finally bring Viktoria and her reluctant mother closer together?

- Metascore55
- 2014
Mundasupatti
Gopi (Vishnu) runs a photo studio called Hollywood Studio in Sathyamangalam along with his assistant photographer Alagumani (Kaali). One day on an assignment he goes to a remote village called Mundasupatti. In this village people are afraid of getting photographed as they believe it will reduce their life expectancy and lead to imminent death. The reason is told early as a prelude in the film. Gopi falls in love with the village chief's daughter Kalaivani (Nandita), but is constantly troubled by her uncle Muniskanth (Ramdoss), who wants to be the next superstar. Does Gopi gets his lady love ?

- 2014
The Son of Joseph
A discontented Parisian teenager in search of a father with (Mathieu Amalric) and (Fabrizio Rongione) as his, respectively, callous and gentle alternative paternal options, and (Natacha Régnier) as his single mother.

- Metascore75
- 2016
Panamerican Machinery
It's Friday morning at Pan American Machinery Inc., a company specializing in selling and repairing machines for construction and destruction. The employees are already winding down for the weekend, engaging in little rituals and routines when an unexpected turn of events pulls them off their peaceful monotony. Don Alejandro, the boss, lies dead at the back of the warehouse. The discovery changes everything - the company is bankrupt, the elderly workforce have no prospects of employment elsewhere and no hope of any retirement funds. In a state of confusion, fear and grief they agree to lock themselves in their workplace.

- 2016
Summertime
A gay couple in San Francisco take in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America.

- 2016
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Bunta Sugawara stars as Miyoshi, an assassin sent to jail after a botched hit. When two factions of the Yamamori gang go to war, Miyoshi is caught in the middle with no way out.

- 1974
Paradise Club
One young dancer finds herself in the heart of San Francisco in 1968 at the height of the sexual revolution. Dancing in the “Paradise Club”, Catherine’s journey leads to her entanglement in an affair, protesting against the Vietnam War all while struggling to find herself. Can she navigate a world burning down around her or will she lose everything?

- 2015
The Cleanse
A heartbroken man attends a spiritual retreat to cleanse himself and fix his broken life. There he meets a fellow lost soul, and together they discover that "the cleanse" releases more than everyday toxins...a lot more.

- Metascore58
- 2016
Gunday
The war of 1971 gave birth to Bangladesh and two young orphans - Bikram (Ranveer Singh) and Bala (Arjun Kapoor). They became Calcutta's most loved and most powerful GUNDAY. Nandita (Priyanka Chopra), the beautiful cabaret dancer, walked in and they fell head over heels in love with her. And then entered ACP Satyajeet Sarkar (Irrfan Khan), a law for every outlaw and a counter force for Bikram and Bala.

- 2014
Albanian Gangster
The criminal subculture of the Albanian community in the Bronx, starring a real-life ex-con.

- 2018
40 Nights
"40 Nights" is the first of the QUEST TRILOGY - films sharing alike themes of sacrifice and faith. These films focus on less known events from the biblical age. The first film examines the pre-ministry life of Jesus (DJ Perry) starting with his baptism with John the Baptist (Terry Jernigan). From there Jesus embarks on his self- exploration journey into the wilderness for 40 nights. He is tempted by the Devil thrice in various forms. Audiences will be treated to a stronger portrayal of Jesus that peeks at his childhood and family upbringing. The result is a Jesus that invokes empathy and sheds light on the true magnitude of his sacrifice for mankind.

- 2016
Donald Cried
Peter Latang left working class Rhode Island to reinvent himself as Wall Street mover and shaker. Fifteen years later, he returns home to bury his Grandmother and loses his wallet on the trip. Stranded, he calls his childhood friend Donald.

- Metascore72
- 2016