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, 2h7
Directed by Hans Weingartner
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films
Actors Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaußner, Hanns Zischler
Rating73%
Set in 2004, the film revolves around three young anti-capitalist activists in Berlin's city centre: Jule (Julia Jentsch), her boyfriend Peter (Stipe Erceg) and his best friend Jan (Daniel Brühl). Jule is a waitress struggling to pay off a €100,000 debt she incurred a year ago when she crashed into a Mercedes-Benz S-Class belonging to a wealthy businessman named Hardenberg (Burghart Klaußner). After her eviction for non-payment of rent she moves in with Peter and Jan, who are often out all night. While Peter is in Barcelona, Jan tells Jule that he and Peter spend their nights "educating" upper-class people by breaking into their houses, moving furniture around and leaving notes saying "die fetten Jahre sind vorbei" ("the days of plenty are over") or "Sie haben zu viel Geld" ("you have too much money").

, 1h30
Directed by Kevin Connor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Kelli Williams, Patrick Muldoon, Charles Durning, Bruce Thomas, Jean-Pierre Bergeron, Martin Mull
Rating63%
When she was 13, after she helped a boy take his little sister to see Santa, Holly Grant told a shopping mall Santa Claus that she would like to have a boyfriend for Christmas. Twenty years later, Holly is a romantic skeptic and is more focused on her career as a social worker. At the time, she is in court helping a mother get her children back from foster care. When the mother's lawyer, Ryan Hughes, does not show up in court, Holly is extremely angry and sends Hughes a letter via her secretary. On Christmas Day, she opens her door to a man carrying a Christmas tree and a bow on his chest. He hands her a note that says, "As promised, one boyfriend for Christmas," and introduces himself as Douglas Firwood. She assumes he is a gag present from her friend Diane, and invites him into her home. Later that day she takes him with her to her parents' house for Christmas dinner. Hoping to keep her matchmaking family, especially her manipulative sister-in-law Carol, off her back, she tells everyone that Douglas is her long-term boyfriend, and Douglas plays along. On New Year's Eve, Holly learns from her scheming ex-boyfriend Ted that Douglas is really Ryan Hughes, who was sent to her by Santa Claus. She accuses him of lying to her and tells him to leave. After persuasion by Santa Claus and refusing Ted's marriage proposal, she follows Ryan. They meet up at a park, where they finally remember where they first met - at age 13 when she helped him take his little sister to see Santa - and they watch the New Year's fireworks together.

Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Tom Cavanagh, Melissa Gilbert, Brian Wimmer, Marcus Lyle Brown, Azure Parsons
Rating46%
Alors que La Nouvelle-Orléans est menacée par un ouragan, trois criminels violents s'évadent de prison. Leur plan pour quitter la ville est mis à mal par la tempête et les inondations. Les trois hommes trouvent alors refuge dans une maison isolée, habitée par Cassie Broadbeck et ses deux filles. Cassie vient de quitter Wayne, son mari, et s'apprête à déménager à Chicago. Piégée dans sa maison par l'ouragan et les intrus, la jeune femme tente de protéger ses enfants. De son côté, Wayne, qui est à la tête des pompiers de la ville, s'inquiète pour sa famille...

Directed by Nadia Tass
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Mia Farrow, AnnaSophia Robb, Jordan Bridges, Rebecca Mader, Keir Gilchrist, Nadia Tass
Rating69%
Young Samantha Parkington lives with her grandmother, "Grandmary" Edwards, in a world of wealth and privilege in fictional Mount Bedford on the Hudson River in New York State in 1904. Nellie, a servant girl about Samantha's age, moves into the house next-door with her father and two younger sisters. Samantha is an unspoiled young girl without class biases or prejudices and takes an instant liking to Nellie, teaching her to read and sharing Nellie's household tasks such as carpet beating, darning, and other small jobs. Samantha and Nellie become fast friends. The girls turn to each other in happiness and sorrow, adventure and danger, and grow as close as sisters.

, 2h4
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues
Rating78%

Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock
Rating77%

, 1h58
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Eric Johnson, Tiffany Dupont, Colin Ford, Jonathan Scarfe
Rating64%
Early on in the film, the family's association with Martin Harris, a prominent figure of the early Latter Day Saint movement, is established. Carefully woven throughout the film are events which tie into actual history of the church, such as Harris' mortgage of his farm for the publication of the Book of Mormon. In the film, Harris recommends the Smith boys as hired help for the Steeds.

, 1h16
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Christmas films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films about birds, Films about penguins, Santa Claus in film
Actors Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Kathleen Barr, Scott McNeil, Garry Chalk, Nicole Bouma
Rating48%
King Calvin and Queen Penelope have their eggs laid and as their daughters hatch, the parents name them Crystal and Lucinda.

, 1h30
Directed by Albert Pyun
Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Mickey Hardt, David Carradine, Joanna Krupa, Vincent Klyn, Marie Matiko, Richard Roundtree
Rating34%
The story centers around Max Havoc (Mickey Hardt), an ex-kickboxing champion known as "Mad Max", turned globetrotting sports photographer. Max quit kickboxing after accidentally killing a fellow boxer during an unlikely comeback in the ring, but still suffers from flashbacks to the fight. After a bar scuffle over a biker girl (Nikki Ziering), his agent (Diego Walraff) sends him to Guam for a publicity photo shoot. There, Max encounters Tahsi (Richard Roundtree), his former kickboxing coach, now an antiques dealer, and promises to catch up with him later. While photographing an outrigger canoe race from a jet ski, Max rescues Christy Goody (Tawney Sablan), a vacationer who was about to be unwittingly run over by the canoes. In the process, he knocks over one of the canoes, earning the wrath its head rower, Moko (Pyun veteran Vincent Klyn). He is also admonished by Jane (Joanna Krupa), Christy's sister, for his brazen driving. However, she later apologizes and agrees to a dinner date.

Origin Canada
Genres Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Rating41%
Luchadores Ulysses and Blue Saint discover that Tiki is wrestling zombies. Their worries are put to rest when Tiki reveals that the zombies have been domesticated. However, Tiki's zombies are soon blamed for a wave of violent zombie attacks. The luchadores research the attacks and are led to the lair of the Zombie King, who seeks to conquer the world.

, 1h37
Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Kelsey Grammer, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Geraldine Chaplin, Jason Alexander
Rating62%
The film opens at the London Exchange on Christmas Eve in 1843 where everybody is looking forward to Christmas Day except for the crabby and greedy miser Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge who hates Christmas shows his cold attitude to others by refusing to show mercy to a father and his daughter who are in debt, supporting the prisons and workhouses for the poor and refusing to dine with his nephew Fred. That night though as Scrooge dines alone before going to bed the ghost of his seven-year dead partner Jacob Marley appears. He tells Scrooge to repent or suffer the same as him by wearing a chain as Marley wears the one he forged from his own greed. Other ghosts also haunt Scrooge who too wear chains implying they were selfish and cold-hearted when they were alive. Marley tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits and the first will call at One.

Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Boris Kodjoe, Michael K.Williams, Sticky Fingaz, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Marcello Thedford, Emilio Rivera
Rating49%
When Michael Mitchell's (Boris Kodjoe) seven-year-old son, Chase, is accidentally shot during an aborted drug deal, no one knows for sure which of the two gunmen, Curtis "Durty Curt From Detroit" Craig (Michael K. Williams) or Raymond "Razor" Carver (Michael Kimbrew), pulled the trigger. Because both men refuse to testify against the other, a jury finds them guilty only of drug possession, meaning they could be back on the street in two years.

, 2h55
Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film
Actors Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Connor Paolo, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson
Rating56%
The film is based on the life of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, who conquered Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia and part of ancient India. Shown are some of the key moments of Alexander's youth, his invasion of the mighty Persian Empire and his death. It also outlines his early life, including his difficult relationship with his father Philip II of Macedonia, his strained feeling towards his mother Olympias, the unification of the Greek city-states and the two Kingdoms (Macedonia and Epirus) under the Hellenic League, and the conquest of the Persian Empire in 331 BC. It also details his plans to reform his empire and the attempts he made to reach the end of the then known world.

, 1h51
Directed by Brad Turner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Sunny Mabrey, Robin Dunne, Robert Knepper, Amelia Cooke, John Paul Pitoc, Natasha Henstridge
Rating42%
The film begins immediately where Species II left off. Hours after the events of the previous film, the medical van transporting the lifeless Eve has lost its way, but when the co-driver tries to radio their superiors, the driver stops and holds him at gun-point. Both are surprised by the alien child (now called "half-breed") appearing in the back window and killing the co-driver with his tongue. In the back the driver finds the half-breed and a reviving Eve, who goes into labor and gives birth to a new-born alien. While the half-breed strangles Eve with his tongue, the driver wraps the new-born in his jacket and runs off through the forest as a military helicopter finds the deserted van. Government agent Wasach orders an autopsy and afterwards the burning of Eve's body.

, 1h30
Directed by Andy Wolk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Tammy Blanchard, Peter Falk, Katey Sagal, Alexander Conti, Babz Chula, Vlasta Vrána
Rating66%
This script must be run from the command line

, 2h46
Directed by Priyadarshan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshaye Khanna, Amrish Puri, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff
Rating69%
Twenty years ago Angar Chand (Amrish Puri) lived a wealthy lifestyle in a small town in India along with his wife, Parvati, and four sons, Balram (Jackie Shroff), Kishan (Paresh Rawal), Shakti (Arbaaz Khan) and Jai (Akshaye Khanna). Since Balram is of marriageable age, he arranges his marriage with the daughter of Laxmi Devi (Laxmi), who opposes this marriage. During the wedding ceremony, Laxmi Devi and her sons, Surajbhan, and Pratap forcibly take away their sister and accidentally kill Parvati. They subsequently get their sister married to Kashinath (Shakti Kapoor). An enraged Angar hacks Laxmi's husband to death, is arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison. When he returns he makes it clear that women will not be permitted in his house, posting a sign on the front gate, and forbids his sons to ever marry.

, 1h38
Directed by Joe Roth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Julie Gonzalo, Jake Busey
Rating55%
After Riverside, Illinois couple Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) see their daughter, Blair (Julie Gonzalo) depart for a Peace Corps assignment in Peru on the Sunday following Thanksgiving, empty nest syndrome sets in. Luther calculates the couple spent $6,132 during the previous year's holiday season and, not looking forward to celebrating Christmas without their daughter, he suggests they invest the money usually spent on decorations, gifts, and entertainment and treat themselves to a ten-day Caribbean cruise instead. Skeptical at first, Nora finally agrees under the condition that they still give a donation to the church and Children's Hospital. Luther tries to refuse but finally agrees and they begin planning the trip.

, 1h38
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Sofia Helin, Ann Petrén, Cecilia Forss, Inga Ålenius
Rating63%

, 1h40
Directed by Roger Michell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Bill Nighy, Susan Lynch, Ben Whishaw
Rating62%
On a beautiful cloudless day, a couple are celebrating their love with a picnic. Joe (Daniel Craig) has planned a picture-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire (Samantha Morton); but, as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. Just as they grab on, wind rushes into the field, and at once the rescuers are airborne. Joe manages to drop to the ground, as do the others, except for one (Lee Sheward) who is lifted skywards. As all watch this strangely beautiful sight, they see the man fall to his death. Recalling the day's events at dinner with his friends Robin (Bill Nighy) and Rachel (Susan Lynch), and Claire, Joe reveals the impact the incident has had on his battered psyche. The balloon eventually landed safely, the boy unscathed. Joe later goes to retrieve the body of the fallen man with fellow rescuer Jed Parry (Rhys Ifans). Jed feels an instant connection with Joe—one that, as the weeks go by, becomes ever more intense.