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, 29minutes
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Films about dogs, Frankenstein films, Comedy horror films, Cyberpunk films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Barret Oliver, Joseph Maher, Paul Bartel, Sofia Coppola
Rating71%
Victor Frankenstein (played by Barret Oliver) is a young boy who creates movies starring his dog, Sparky (a Bull Terrier, whose name is a play on the use of electricity in the film). After Sparky is hit by a car, Victor learns at school about electrical impulses in muscles and is inspired to bring his pet back to life. He creates elaborate machines which bring down a bolt of lightning that revives the dog. While Victor is pleased, his neighbors are terrified by the animal, and when the Frankensteins decide to introduce the revitalized Sparky to them they become angry and terrified.

, 1h20
Directed by Billy Woodberry
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Rating72%

, 2h43
Directed by David Lean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers
Rating72%
The film is set in the 1920s during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj. Adela Quested (Judy Davis) and Mrs Moore (Peggy Ashcroft) sail from England to India, where Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers), the older woman's son and younger woman's fiancé, is the magistrate in the provincial town of Chandrapore. Through school superintendent Richard Fielding (James Fox), the two visitors meet eccentric elderly Brahmin scholar Professor Godbole (Alec Guinness), and they befriend Dr Aziz Ahmed (Victor Banerjee), an impoverished widower who initially meets Mrs Moore in a moonlit mosque overlooking the Ganges River. Their sensitivity and unprejudiced attitude toward native Indians endears them to him. When Mrs Moore and Adela express an interest in seeing the "real" India, as opposed to the Anglicised environment of cricket, polo, and afternoon tea the British expatriates created for themselves, Aziz offers to host an excursion to the remote Marabar Caves.

, 1h55
Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Ted White, Dirk Blocker
Rating69%
Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 space probe carried a gold phonographic disk with a message of peace, inviting alien civilizations to visit Earth. The probe is intercepted by an alien ship which then sends a small scout vessel to establish first contact with Earth. However, instead of greeting the alien craft, the US government shoots it down. Crashing in Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin, the lone alien occupant, looking like a floating ball of glowing energy, finds the home of recently widowed Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen). While there, the alien uses a lock of hair from her deceased husband, Scott, to clone a new body for himself as a terrified Jenny watches. The alien "Starman" (Jeff Bridges) has seven small silver spheres with him which provide energy to perform miraculous feats. He uses the first to send a message to his people stating that Earth is hostile and his spacecraft has been destroyed. He arranges to rendezvous with them in three days time. He then uses the second sphere to create a holographic map of the United States, coercing Jenny into taking him to the rendezvous point in Arizona.

, 1h25
Genres Animation
Actors Yū Mizushima, Orson Welles, Jim Backus, Takeshi Aono, Corinne Orr, Rihoko Yoshida
Rating70%
A domestically raised chipmunk, Glikko, befriends a carrier pigeon named Pippo (pee-poh), who tells Glikko of an enormous forest where chipmunks roam free. Enthralled by the story, Glikko leaves his home in the city and sister in search of the Vast North Forest. Along the way he meets up with another chipmunk named Nono, whom Glikko reluctantly allows to accompany him. On their journey they are faced with dangers such as predators and the Winter climate.

, 1h36
Directed by Michael Crichton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in the future, Robot films
Actors Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Cynthia Rhodes, Kirstie Alley, G. W. Bailey, Chris Mulkey
Rating58%
The film is set in the near future, where robots are commonplace--a part of everyday life like any other electrical appliance--and are just as prone to malfunctions. But when a robot malfunctions, it could pose a threat to people or property. Such robots are known as "runaways." Since they are more dangerous than the average machine, they are handled by a division of the police trained in robotics. The "runaway" squad, however, is treated as an easy and unexciting assignment and often ridiculed.

, 1h40
Directed by Desmond Davis
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Greta Scacchi, Colin Firth, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Ryecart, Denholm Elliott
Rating61%
Camille is a courtesan in 19th Century Paris: she falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover, leading the two lovers to other relationships and to tragedy.

, 1h45
Directed by Gérard Oury
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Motocyclette
Actors Coluche, Clémentine Célarié, Maruschka Detmers, Josiane Balasko, Dominique Frot, Luis Rego
Rating48%
On arrival in Paris, Paco, an international terrorist, is arrested, while his mistress Laura joins his accomplices. They all belong to terrorist and anarchist splinter group, Ravachol-Kropotkin, led by Paco. Meanwhile, Louie (Loulou) Dupin learns that her grandmother is dead and he is the sole heir of her Paris apartment. He also goes to Paris.

, 1h31
Directed by Paul Cox
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Norman Kaye, Chris Haywood, Alyson Best, Werner Herzog
Rating70%
Charles Bremer (Norman Kaye) is a wealthy, reclusive man. He finds erotic satisfaction in the beauty of art, flowers, and a young woman (Alyson Best), who undresses for him. During the undressings he listens to operatic music such as Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor". Throughout the film, he reads letters he has sent to his mother. His mother had long since died, and the letters, it is later revealed, are addressed to himself.

, 1h34
Directed by Jackie Cooper
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Jaclyn Smith, Paul Le Mat, Art Carney, Mason Adams, Paul Williams, June Lockhart
Rating64%
The oil company is headed by Sumner Murdock (Mason Adams). The exploration project in the North Pole is recommended and managed by Michael Baldwin (Paul Le Mat).

, 1h21
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal
Actors Troy Donahue
Rating67%
Cathy est une petite chenille différente des autres. Son désir de changer ainsi que découvrir le monde et ses richesses la pousse un jour à quitter son arbre. Guidée par l'Esprit de la Nature, elle partira à la rencontre de nouveaux personnages, affrontera de multiples dangers, toujours à la recherche de sa nouvelle apparence...

, 1h42
Directed by Danny DeVito
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Huntz Hall, Cisse Cameron, Gerrit Graham, Kevin McCarthy
Rating58%
Vic DeSalvo (Danny DeVito) and his brother Goody are successful New Jersey trucking magnates, but Vic has a desire to make it big as a Hollywood producer. He hawks his scripts and ideas from one network executive to another, but he is turned down at each attempt.

, 1h58
Directed by Gordon Parks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Avery Brooks, Kent Broadhurst, Joe Seneca, Mason Adams, Michael Tolan, Art Evans
Rating70%
Solomon Northup's Odyssey is based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man in Saratoga, New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery (see slavery in the United States). Northup was intelligent, skilled in carpentry, and was able to play music. He was enslaved in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before he was released.

, 1h53
Directed by Michael Radford
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Social science fiction, Romance
Themes Politique, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about the labor movement, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, John Boswall
Rating70%
In a dystopian 1984, Winston Smith endures a squalid existence in the totalitarian superstate of Oceania under the constant surveillance of the Thought Police. The story takes place in London, the capital city of the territory of Airstrip One (formerly "either England or Britain").

, 2h17
Directed by David Lynch
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Sur une planète fictive, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Dystopian films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Everett McGill, Sting, Max von Sydow, José Ferrer
Rating62%
Ten thousand years in the futurethe known universe is ruled by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. The most important substance in the empire is the drug known as melange or "the spice". It has many special properties, such as extending life and expanding consciousness. The most profitable and important of its properties is its ability to assist the Spacing Guild with folding space, which allows safe, instantaneous interstellar travel.

, 2h
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Politique, Political films
Actors Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Karen Young, Sandy Baron, Bruno Kirby
Rating71%
Two teens, Birdy (Modine) and Al (Cage), become friends at school and serve in Vietnam. Birdy has long been disturbingly fixated with birds and his Vietnam experiences push him over the edge: returning from the war, he is hospitalized for a psychiatric assessment and Al tries to reach him before he'll be separated from Birdy, leaving him alone and lost. As the story develops, flashback scenes show their lives as teens in a working-class neighborhood of Philadelphia in the United States in the 1960s, and their developing friendship and viewpoints.

, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jack Lemmon, Željko Ivanek, Charles Durning, Louise Latham, Alice Hirson, Talia Balsam
Rating66%
For years, as pastor of an affluent, suburban Catholic parish, Father Tim Farley has maintained a close relationship with his congregation by delivering folksy homilies filled with practical advice and adhering to clerical policies without waver. One Sunday, his sermon is interrupted by seminarian Mark Dolson, who questions Farley's position on the ordination of women. The older priest charmingly sidesteps the young man but is annoyed that he was placed in an uncomfortable position. This is a man who relies on charm, harmless white lies, and inane jokes when interacting with his parishioners, and he always has been careful not to get involved in controversial issues.

, 2h7
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Films about racism, Jazz films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar
Rating64%
A musician named Dixie Dwyer begins working with mobsters to advance his career but falls in love with the girlfriend of gangland kingpin Dutch Schultz.

, 1h36
Directed by Peter H. Hunt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Mickey Rooney, Scott Grimes, George Gaynes, Barrie Youngfellow, Annie Potts, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Rating74%
The film centers on Mike Halligan, a retired cop, who suffers a fatal heart attack while putting up Christmas lights days before Christmas. While in heaven he makes a deal to return to life for a few days in order to fulfill a promise to take his grandson to New York City for the holidays.