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Directed by Ziad DoueiriOrigin LibanGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Political filmsActors Carmen Lebbos,
Mahmoud MabsoutRating75%
In April 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Muslim-Christian line and is divided into East and West Beirut. After the line was created, Tarek is now considered to live in west Beirut (the Muslim part and Tarek is Muslim himself) and is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed (and is situated in east Beirut no longer accessible to Muslims since Christians build up walls to defend themselves), the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave the country; but his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Olive Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid (name's translation: Walid's Mom). He then takes Omar and May there. Family tensions rise. Later on and as he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to a nationwide tragedy., 1h52
Directed by Jeremy ThomasOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
AdventureActors John Hurt,
Christian Bale,
James Faulkner,
Daniel Benzali,
Amy RobbinsRating66%
The story centers on an emotionally challenged man named Bobby (Christian Bale). He runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather (Daniel Benzali), nicknamed "The Fat", who had killed Bobby's pet mouse and, as Bobby puts it, screamed at his mother until she died as a result. He finds himself in woodlands near Cornwall in England, eventually meeting an old man after being involved in a car accident (John Hurt). Mr. Summers, as the man calls himself, spends his time traveling and giving burials to animals that have been killed by cars, a task he refers to as "The Work". Bobby, also having an affinity for animals, becomes friends with the old man and aids him in his task., 1h38
Directed by James TobackOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical,
CrimeThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Hip hop films,
Musical films,
Gangster films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Robert Downey Jr.,
Gaby Hoffmann,
Jared Leto,
Stacy Edwards,
Method Man,
Joe PantolianoRating49%
Rich Bower (Power) is a mover and shaker in the world of rap music (he's involved with a number of other licit and illicit business ventures as well), and his apartment is a favored meeting place for musicians, hangers-on, and hipsters who want to seem cool, including a clique of white kids who want to be on the inside of what they consider the coolest scene of the day. Sam (Shields), a filmmaker, is making a documentary about Rich and his circle, with the help of her husband Terry (Downey), a closeted homosexual who doesn't feel at home in this milieu., 1h58
Directed by Kimberly PeirceOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Documentary,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
LGBT-related films,
Transgender in film,
Children's films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Hilary Swank,
Chloë Sevigny,
Peter Sarsgaard,
Brendan Sexton III,
Alison Folland,
Lecy GoransonRating74%
Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) is a young trans man whose birth name was Teena Renae Brandon. When Brandon is discovered to be transgender by a former girlfriend's brother, he receives physical threats. Soon after, he is involved in a bar fight and is evicted from his cousin's trailer. Brandon moves to Falls City, Nebraska, where he befriends ex-convicts John Lotter (Peter Sarsgaard) and Tom Nissen (Brendan Sexton III), and their friends Candace (Alicia Goranson) and Lana Tisdel (Chloë Sevigny). Brandon becomes romantically involved with Lana, who is unaware of his biological sex and troubled past. The two make plans to move to Memphis, where Brandon will manage Lana's karaoke singing career., 1h30
Directed by Patrice LeconteOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Circus films,
Films about suicide,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road moviesActors Vanessa Paradis,
Daniel Auteuil,
Catherine Lascault,
Isabelle Petit-Jacques,
Mireille Mossé,
Stéphane MetzgerRating74%
The plot centres around knifethrower Gabor (Auteuil) and a girl called Adèle (Paradis), who intends to kill herself by jumping from a bridge. Gabor intervenes to prevent the suicide and persuades Adèle to become the target girl in his knifethrowing act. The film then follows their relationship as they travel around Europe with the act. Their companionship and teamwork mean great luck for both of them. Then they get separated and their lives once again become luckless. The film ends on a bridge in Istanbul, this time with her saving him from suicide., 1h24
Directed by Charles BandOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
HorrorThemes Jeu,
Films about toysActors Persia White,
Nicholas Worth,
Jodie Fisher,
Phil Fondacaro,
Matt Corboy,
Kristopher LoganRating44%
Virgil Travis is a wealthy, soulless psychopath who lives in seclusion in his mansion home with his dwarf butler and maniac right-hand man. Tortured and forcibly mutated as a child by a woman who put him through body transforming procedures, Virgil has an abnormally sized head. Basking in the suffering, degradation, pain, and death of others, Virgil has already killed, and kidnapped a female rock group that he keeps imprisoned in his basement to help satisfy his constant need for perverse amusement. Never satisfied, though, Virgil decides that he will once again try to fill the emptiness that exists within him, and so creates a trio of deformed, living dolls to systematically murder any and all people who have ever wronged him. What Virgil doesn't anticipate, though, is meeting his match and finding love, both of which come in the form of a woman who is even more evil and twisted than he is., 1h42
Origin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
ActionThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Catastrophe épidémiologique,
Buddy films,
Disaster filmsActors Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Skeet Ulrich,
Peter Firth,
David Paymer,
Hudson Leick,
Daniel Hugh KellyRating51%
Ten years after a covert military experiment on a remote Pacific island went wrong and killed eighteen servicemen and his assistant, Dr. Richard Long (David Paymer) is still trying to forget the havoc and death that his experiment caused., 1h36
Directed by Michael CorrenteOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceActors Shawn Hatosy,
Amy Smart,
Alec Baldwin,
Jon Abrahams,
Jonathan Brandis,
Adam LaVorgnaRating63%
Timothy "Dildo/Dunph" Dunphy (Shawn Hatosy), is in the Class of 1974 in his high school senior year living in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, comes from a troubled single parent working-class family, and is friends with those that have aspirations which do not exceed smoking marijuana at the water tower that has a view of the town. His father, Pat (Alec Baldwin), suffers from his wife committing suicide and appears naïve when the boys come back to the Dunphy's house to get a bong. A regularly held poker game is in progress. Pat insists that the boys be respectful and come in to say hello. The boys' intention is undetected by Pat that they are using drugs when Dunph's wheelchair-using younger brother, Jackie (Tommy Bone), attempts to hand off the bong wrapped in Dunph's coat. It falls to the floor. Jackie suggests that it is a musical horn which Pat's friend, Joey (George Wendt), asks Dunph to demonstrate, only able to make sounds about which Pat is dismissive. Pat's friends chuckle at Pat's reaction. Off the boys go on their adventures., 1h20
Directed by Frédéric FonteyneOrigin LuxembourgGenres Drama,
Erotic,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic filmsActors Nathalie Baye,
Sergi López,
Paul Pavel,
Pierre Gerranio,
Christophe SermetRating69%
A man and a woman meet to fulfill a sexual fantasy. But slowly feelings emerge and create a relationship. Sex, it seems, is not the only thing that unites them.Genres Science fiction,
Comedy,
RomanceActors Mackenzie Astin,
David Hyde Pierce,
Carmen Electra,
Lucy Liu,
Lisa Rotondi,
Marc BlucasRating62%
Un extraterrestre inconnu décrit, au cours d'une conférence, une histoire d'amour entre deux Terriens, du moment de leur rencontre jusqu'au moment de l'accouchement, afin d'illustrer leur mode de reproduction. Le narrateur extraterrestre intervient au cours de l'histoire en voix off, pour tenter d'expliquer les comportements des protagonistes. Il utilise de nombres métaphores visuelles. , 1h28
Genres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Documentary,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic filmsActors Carmen Electra,
Mackenzie Astin,
David Hyde Pierce,
Lucy Liu,
Markus Redmond,
Lisa RotondiRating62%
Hyde Pierce, acting out the role of an alien (credited as "infinity-cubed" in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late 20th-Century American city, presenting findings and opinions as an extraterrestrial nature documentary. The relationship "footage" is played straight, while the voice-over (with its most often wildly inaccurate theories) and elaborate visual metaphors add comedy. Among other themes the film explores the possibility that, whenever describing their interpretations of other species' acts and feelings, humans may get everything wrong.