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Directed by Alan BridgesOrigin United-kingdomGenres DramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Political filmsActors Julie Christie,
Alan Bates,
Glenda Jackson,
Ann-Margret,
Ian Holm,
Frank FinlayRating66%
In 1914, a group of British soldiers is preparing to leave to fight in The Great War in France led by Captain Chris Baldry (Bates). He appears at one final farewell party thrown by his wife, Kitty (Christie), and throughout he seems withdrawn and distant. , 1h43
Directed by Uri BarbashOrigin IsraelGenres DramaThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about religion,
Political films,
Films about Jews and JudaismActors Mohammad Bakri,
Assi Dayan (אסי דיין)Rating66%
The story takes place in the high-security block of the central Israel Prison Service jail. Uri and Issam are the leaders of the Israeli and Palestinian prisoner groups, respectively. After a musical performance in the prison, a row breaks out between Hoffman, a Jewish inmate, and a Palestinian. When Hoffman is killed, the security officer initiates a fight between the sides, pinning the blame for the murder on Issam's cell. Doron, the only Jewish prisoner in the Arab cell, is asked to sign a document implicating Issam in the crime, but refuses and commits suicide. He leaves a note saying that his cell was not responsible for the crime. As a result, Uri and Issam begin a general hunger strike, and make personal sacrifices in order not to break it., 1h36
Directed by Bob ClarkGenres Drama,
Comedy,
ActionThemes Disaster filmsActors Timothy Hutton,
Robert Urich,
Kim Cattrall,
Robert Culp,
Darren McGavin,
Peter BoyleRating58%
Après que le pompier de la ville de New York, Terry Lynch, ne puisse recevoir aucune indemnisation pour une blessure subie lors du sauvetage d'une jeune fille en dehors de ses fonctions, il devient suicidaire. Furieux, son frère Jimmy tente de faire intervenir le maire Tyler, mais le politicien corrompu dénonce Terry comme un ivrogne. Déterminé à obtenir justice, Jimmy lance une campagne de graffitis composée de slogans embarrassants se moquant du maire, qui captive bientôt la ville., 1h42
Directed by Scott HicksOrigin AustralieGenres Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road moviesActors Jon Blake,
Candida (Candy) Raymond,
Bud Tingwell,
Max Cullen,
Chris Haywood,
Greg RoweRating60%
Australie Méridionale. Ron a perdu une nouvelle fois son emploi en usine, et se rebelle de plus en plus contre la société. Fasciné par les Porches, il se décide à voler l'objet de ses rêves à la suite d'une nouvelle déception. En fuite à bord du véhicule il se fait passer pour un agent secret. Au passage il embarque Sally, une jeune femme qui cherche à récupérer un enfant placé dans une famille d'accueil., 1h43
Directed by Harold BeckerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Sports filmsActors Matthew Modine,
Linda Fiorentino,
Michael Schoeffling,
Ronny Cox,
Charles Hallahan,
Harold SylvesterRating65%
In this coming-of-age story, Louden Swain (Matthew Modine) is a high school wrestler who has just turned eighteen and decided that he needs to do something truly meaningful in his life. Against the wishes of those around him, he embarks on a mission to drop two weight classes in order to challenge the toughest opponent, Brian Shute (Frank Jasper), a menacing 3-time state champion from nearby rival Hoover High School, who has never been defeated in his high school career. In his zeal to drop from 190 pounds to 168 pounds, against the wishes of his coach (Charles Hallahan) and teammates, he disrupts the team around him and creates health problems of his own., 1h43
Directed by Phillip Borsos,
Philip BorsosOrigin USAGenres ThrillerThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalistsActors Kurt Russell,
Mariel Hemingway,
Richard Jordan,
Andy García,
Richard Masur,
Richard BradfordRating61%
Malcolm Anderson is a reporter for a Miami newspaper, who is burned out from years of covering the worst crimes in the city. He promises his girlfriend Christine that they will move away from the city, but he ends up covering a series of grisly murders by a serial killer who calls him telling the reporter that he will kill again. The lines between covering the story and becoming part of it are blurred., 1h37
Directed by John HughesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
L'action se déroule en une journée,
Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Teen movieActors Emilio Estevez,
Anthony Michael Hall,
Paul Gleason,
Judd Nelson,
Molly Ringwald,
Ally SheedyRating77%
On Saturday, March 24, 1984, five students report at 7:00 a.m. for all-day detention at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois. While not complete strangers, each of them comes from a different clique, and they seem to have nothing in common: the beautiful and pampered Claire Standish, the state champion wrestler Andrew Clarke, the bookish Brian Johnson, the reclusive outcast Allison Reynolds, and the rebellious John Bender., 1h36
Directed by Abel FerraraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Films about sexuality,
StripteaseActors Tom Berenger,
Billy Dee Williams,
Jack Scalia,
Melanie Griffith,
Michael Vincenzo Gazzo,
Rossano BrazziRating56%
A serial killer who is an expert at martial arts is preying on strippers in Manhattan's Times Square. Night after night, he visits smoky strip clubs, waiting for his victims. The owners of the largest company of strippers in the city are Matt Rossi (Berenger) and Nicky Parzeno (Scalia). Rossi is a retired boxer who retired after having killed an opponent in the ring. He is now seeing their whole business under threat, at the same time as he fears that the woman he loves might be the next victim., 1h33
Directed by Russ MayberryOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Seafaring films,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Athletics filmsActors Penny Marshall,
Jonathan Silverman,
Richard Gilliland,
Mary Woronov,
Paul Gleason,
Cathy RigbyRating63%
Since her divorce from her husband, 35-year-old Nora Schoonover (Penny Marshall) has relocated from New York to Los Angeles and has fallen into a depression. She is working a low salary job and has gotten into great debts. Will Brodsky (Richard Gilliland) is assigned to help her work off her debts, and they quickly fall for each other. One day, her estranged 16-year-old son Steven (Jonathan Silverman), who has been living with his father since the divorce and is supposed to be on computer camp, shows up on her doorstep. A television interview with former class mate and recent Triathlon winner Mary Garritee (Mary Woronov), inspires Nora to enter and complete the Hawaiian Triathlon as a way of starting a new life. Steven, who has no interest in returning to his father in New York, promises to help and train her., 1h40
Directed by Michel DevilleOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about sexualityActors Christophe Malavoy,
Anémone,
Nicole Garcia,
Michel Piccoli,
Richard Bohringer,
Anaïs JeanneretRating67%
David Aurphet, a struggling guitar teacher is invited to give lessons to Viviane Tombsthay the daughter of a well-to-do couple. The wife, Julia, seduces him easily. They seem to be set on a standard affair when David gets a video with footage of their adultery. He confides in a friend Edwige who has a VCR and is a neighbour of the Tombsthays. At the same time, David is attacked but saved by the strange Daniel Forest. He admits to being a killer with Graham Thombsthay as a target. He warns David about Julia, giving him a gun. While her husband is away Julia invites David to their home. David arrives but finds Graham there wanting to kill him. David uses the gun. Julia warns David to hide and he seeks refuge with Edwige. She shows him a video that proves that Julia has killed Graham. David returns to the house where he finds Daniel, with a gun. David kills him, hides the body and leaves to look for Viviane with whom he will escape., 1h40
Directed by Claude BerriOrigin FranceGenres DramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Transport films,
MotocycletteActors Coluche,
Richard Anconina,
Agnès Soral,
Philippe Léotard,
Agnès Soral,
Mahmoud ZemmouriRating72%
Lambert, a withdrawn middle-aged man, works the night shift at a Parisian petrol station. He has no friends, no family; his only companion is his bottle of rum. One night, a young Arab man, Bensoussan, enters his shop — and his life. This stranger has also no family, lives alone in a dingy room, and scrapes together a living as a drug dealer. The two solitary men develop a friendship — but this is brutally brought to an end when Bensoussan is killed in front of Lambert. Lambert soon realises that his new friend was murdered by his drug dealing associates and sets out to avenge his death — assisted by Lola, a punk girl who knew Bensoussan briefly. By doing this, Lambert manages to come to terms with his own tragic past., 2h15
Origin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalActors Carroll Baker,
Paul Brooke,
Warren Clarke,
Michael Elphick,
José Ferrer,
Lucy GutteridgeRating64%
Helmut and Karl Hoffman are two brothers who grow up in the Great Depression of the Weimar Republic, witness the coming to power of the NSDAP (Nazi Party) and the establishment of the Third Reich. Karl, an unemployed mechanic, is enthusiastic about the Nazis and joins the Sturmabteilung (SA-"Storm Battalion"), the Nazi Party militia, after hearing its commander Ernst Röhm speak at a Nazi Party rally. Helmut is reluctant and thinks the Nazis are simply another political party.