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1) Green Dragon
Publisher
Relativity Media
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Set in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, this poignant drama follows Tai (Don Duong), a young refugee navigating life in a makeshift camp in the U.S. while awaiting resettlement. His uncle Minh (Long Nguyen) takes on the role of camp manager, helping the displaced find hope in a foreign land. Tai forms an unlikely friendship with a compassionate cook, Addie (Forest Whitaker), who helps him heal from the trauma of war.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
From director Peter Mullan comes a powerful drama based on true events. Set in 1964 Ireland, the film follows three young women—Margaret (Anne-Marie Duff), Bernadette (Nora-Jane Noone), and Rose (Dorothy Duffy)—who are sent to a Magdalene asylum for being deemed “fallen” by society. Inside the oppressive institution, they endure harsh labor and dehumanizing treatment under the watchful eye of the sadistic Sister Bridget (Geraldine McEwan)....
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
On a poor New Hampshire farm in 1860’s America, family ties are tested during the Thanksgiving holiday when a wealthy, bitter woman pays an unexpected visit to her estranged daughter and grandchildren. As she attempts to control the family with money and social influence, secrets of the past are revealed—ones that could tear the family apart forever, or finally reunite it for a long-awaited, old-fashioned Thanksgiving. Inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s...
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
In "Enemies, A Love Story," adapted from Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel, Holocaust survivor Herman Broder (Ron Silver) juggles relationships with three women in post-war New York. Caught between his current wife, his mistress, and a woman presumed dead, Herman grapples with guilt, love, and identity. As his tangled web of lies unravels, Herman must confront the ghosts of his past to find redemption and forge a path forward in a world haunted by memories...
6) CBGB
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
CBGB looks at New York’s dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.
7) W.E
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Madonna's beautifully crafted film tells the story of a lonely New Yorker who begins to explore the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's abdication of the throne for the woman he loved.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winners Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons and Vanessa Redgrave star with Academy Award nominees Glenn Close, Winona Ryder in an director Bille August's vision of Isabel Allende's passionate, epic novel of love, family and romance THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Subtitled “Chronicle of a Present Absentee,” this humorous, heartbreaking film (the final installment in a trilogy that includes Chronicle of a Disappearance and Divine Intervention) is set among the Israeli Arab community and shot largely in homes and places in which Suleiman’s family once lived. Inspired by his father’s diaries, letters his mother sent to family members who had fled the Israeli occupation, and the director’s own recollections,...
10) Papillon
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1973.
Language
English
Description
In this harrowing epic of courage, endurance and escape, one man is determined to live free--or die--the true story of Henri Charrière, also known as PAPILLON.Steve McQueen and Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman star in this biography of a man unjustly convicted of murder and sent to prison in French Guiana. Charriere (McQueen) earns the nickname Papillon for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, but the name might just as well apply to his need to...
11) Padre Pio
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, historic violence, and the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, but victorious. Padre Pio (Shia Labeouf) also arrives, to a remote Capuchin monastery, to begin his ministry evoking an aura of compelling charisma, saintliness, and storied visions of Jesus, Mary,...
12) A Radiant Girl
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
Paris, summer 1942. Irene is a 19-year-old aspiring actress without a care in the world. Her family watches her discover friends, new love and a passion for the theater, all the while without her realizing that time is running out. Legendary French actress Sandrine Kiberlain makes her directorial debut with this allegorical coming-of-age drama set in Nazi-occupied France, that is in turns enchanting and devastating, anchored by a star-making lead...
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
1934.
Language
English
Description
Bearing a child out of wedlock was punishable in 17th century Massachusetts by being forced to wear a scarlet letter 'A,' but unwed mother Hester Prynne, who was born to a noble family, is determined to rise above her situation.
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Français
Description
Casanova, exiled to London, becomes enamoured with Marianne de Charpillon, a young courtesan, to the point where he loses interest in all other women. She refutes his advances to become the one true, unrequited love of his life.
17) Fanny Hill
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
Cult filmmaker Russ Meyer takes on directorial duties in Zugsmith's adaptation of the notorious erotic classic FANNY HILL. Set in pre-Victorian London, young Fanny finds herself taken in by a madame at one of the city's most elite brothels. A strange mix of Zugsmith's surreal slapstick and Meyer's trademark buxom beauties and thoughtful satire, FANNY HILL is an over-the-top saga of low-rent thrills in high-brow settings.
18) Life with Father
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A financier from New York runs his family, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousness of a bookkeeper.
19) Breaker Morant
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
In this compelling Australian war drama directed by Bruce Beresford, three Australian soldiers stand trial for war crimes during the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. Inspired by true events, "Breaker Morant" is a poignant exploration of the human cost of war and the pursuit of justice in times of conflict.
20) Sunshine
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The fortunes of a family of Hungarian Jews are followed over the course of nearly 150 years in this epic historical drama, with leading man Ralph Fiennes playing three different roles.
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