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Anthony Zimmer
Anthony Zimmer (2005) on 27 april 2005
, 1h30
Directed by Jérôme Salle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Sophie Marceau, Yvan Attal, Sami Frey, Gilles Lellouche, Daniel Olbrychski, Samir Guesmi
Rating64% 3.248393.248393.248393.248393.24839
Anthony Zimmer is a genius career criminal wanted by police around the world. He has used ingenious methods to launder money legally, using dummy corporations that file lawsuits against firms outside of France. Zimmer is also being pursued by the "White Collar Barons"—a powerful Russian mafia group with whom he once did business. Zimmer is an elusive character, however, with no known description of his appearance following his recent plastic surgery. One standout detective named Akerman (Sami Frey) is getting close to catching the criminal mastermind; he knows that Zimmer will risk everything to reunite with the lover he left behind, Chiara Manzoni (Sophie Marceau), who has not seen him since his plastic surgery.
Conventioneers
Conventioneers (2005) on 25 april 2005
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Rating57% 2.8589252.8589252.8589252.8589252.858925
Alchemy
Alchemy (2005) on 25 april 2005
, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Tom Cavanagh, Sarah Chalke, James Barbour, Michael Ian Black, Illeana Douglas, Nadia Dajani
Rating53% 2.6583852.6583852.6583852.6583852.658385
A university computer scientist tries to make a woman fall in love with his interactive computer before she succumbs to a well-known lothario professor.
Warm Springs
Warm Springs (2005) on 30 april 2005
, 2h1
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, Kathy Bates, Tim Blake Nelson, Devon Gearhart, Jane Alexander
Rating73% 3.695563.695563.695563.695563.69556
L'émouvante histoire vraie de la bataille de Franklin D. Roosevelt contre la polio en 1921.
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Daniel Letterle, Meredith Baxter, David Monahan, Diego Serrano, Shanola Hampton, Joel Brooks
Rating60% 3.044783.044783.044783.044783.04478
Twenty-six-year-old Ethan lives with roommate Charlotte in a house owned by his ex-boyfriend Leo in West Hollywood. Ethan has been dating former pro baseball player-turned-autobiographer Kyle Underhill for several months, so when Leo announces he plans to sell the house, Ethan starts dropping hints to Kyle that they should live together. Inexplicably, when Kyle actually asks him to move in, Ethan breaks up with him.
The American Ruling Class
The American Ruling Class (2005) on 26 april 2005
, 1h40
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Walter Cronkite
Rating67% 3.3776053.3776053.3776053.3776053.377605
The film stars Lewis H. Lapham, who plays himself as editor of Harper's Magazine. Lapham opens the film with the question of whether or not America has a "ruling class," a circle of wealthy and powerful families that run the banks, businesses, and government, essentially controlling everything in America.
Riding the Bus with My Sister
Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005) on 1 may 2005
, 1h30
Directed by Anjelica Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Rosie O'Donnell, Andie MacDowell, Richard T. Jones, D. W. Moffett, Boyd Banks, Shauna MacDonald
Rating35% 1.7646651.7646651.7646651.7646651.764665
The memoir is about Simon's relationship with her sister Beth, who has an intellectual disability and who spends her days riding the fixed route buses in the Pennsylvania city where she lives. Beth also lives independently, has a boyfriend named Jesse, and receives supports from two caring Direct Support Professionals, Vera and Olivia. Rachel is a busy writer and professor who loves her sister, but by the time they are in their late thirties, they've grown apart. When Beth asks Rachel to ride the buses with her for a year, Rachel reluctantly agrees. The book chronicles that year, during which Rachel befriends the bus drivers, Jesse, and Olivia, and learns about such key civil rights issues as self-determination and People-first language. The story in the present alternates with the story of the sisters' tumultuous family history, which also presents the struggles and pleasures of siblings of people with disabilities.
Bad Boy Bubby
Bad Boy Bubby (1993) on 26 april 2005
, 1h54
Directed by Rolf de Heer
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films
Actors Nicholas Hope
Rating72% 3.646743.646743.646743.646743.64674
Bubby is a 35-year-old man who has never set foot outside his mother's dingy apartment in the back of a printing press in an industrial area of Adelaide. In addition to beating and sexually abusing him, she confines him to the apartment, telling him that the air outside is poisonous and telling him he will die if he tries to leave. Bubby eventually escapes, joins up with a rock band, and embarks on a journey of self-discovery and shocking mayhem.
Kaal
Kaal (2005) on 29 april 2005
, 3h26
Directed by Soham Shah
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ajay Devgn, Vivek Oberoi, John Abraham, Lara Dutta, Esha Deol, Shahrukh Khan
Rating47% 2.351212.351212.351212.351212.35121
Two British nationals are killed by a ferocious tiger in Orbit National Park in India. This incident follows several other tiger attacks, and many deaths result, prompting National Geographic to send a correspondent, Krish Thapar (John Abraham) to the national park and ascertain what really happened. Thapar is accompanied by his wife Riya (Esha Deol). A group of youngsters, consisting of Dev Malhotra (Vivek Oberoi), Ishika (Lara Dutta), Sajid (Kushal Punjabi) and Vishal (Vishal Malhotra), on a hunting trip also arrive in Orbit National Park in the hopes of sighting and shooting some big prey.
Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins
Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins (1997) on 26 april 2005
, 1h30
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime, Animation
Actors Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Gorō Naya, Makio Inoue, Emi Shinohara
Rating71% 3.558583.558583.558583.558583.55858
Lupin enquête sur une fausse carte de visite à son nom au cours d'une fête huppée. Un groupe d'assassins, la Tarentule, s'invite à la fête et assassine l'hôte. Zenigata, qui enquête aussi sur la carte, poursuit Lupin mais est blessé par un Walther P38 argenté. Lupin, apercevant l'arme familière, est déterminé à venger non seulement Zenigata, mais aussi un épisode de son passé.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) on 29 april 2005
, 1h48
Directed by Garth Jennings
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Dans l'espace, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Bill Nighy, Anna Chancellor
Rating66% 3.349743.349743.349743.349743.34974
The film begins with a Broadway-style number "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish", sung by the dolphins of the world, who are aware of the Earth's impending doom. At the end, they all jump out of the oceans and into space, leaving Earth for good.
The Tunnel
The Tunnel (2001) on 29 april 2005
, 2h30
Directed by Roland Suso Richter
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina, Sebastien Koch, Claudia Michelsen, Mehmet Kurtuluş
Rating76% 3.8436453.8436453.8436453.8436453.843645
The central character of the film is Harry Melchior, played by Heino Ferch and based on the real tunneler, Hasso Herschel. Despite being imprisoned for several years for his role in the June 1953 uprising in East Germany, Melchior competes for and wins the national swimming championship in 1961. With the aid of a false passport and disguise, Harry succeeds in fleeing to West Berlin. His best friend, Matthis (played by Sebastian Koch) manages to escape through the underground sewer, but Matthis's pregnant wife Carola (played by Claudia Michelsen) was not so lucky and remained in East Berlin.
House of D
House of D (2005) on 29 april 2005
, 1h36
Directed by David Duchovny
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Anton Yelchin, David Duchovny, Robin Williams, Téa Leoni, Erica Tazel, Erykah Badu
Rating67% 3.3962053.3962053.3962053.3962053.396205
An American artist living a bohemian existence in Paris, Tom Warshaw (David Duchovny) is trying to make sense of his troubled adult life by reflecting upon his extraordinary childhood. Prompted by his son's 13th birthday, Tom experiences a flashback to Greenwich Village in 1973, as 13-year-old Tommy (Anton Yelchin) is on the brink of becoming a man. While his bereaved single mother (Téa Leoni) mourns the death of his father, Tommy escapes grief by causing trouble at school and making afternoon deliveries with his best friend Pappas (Robin Williams), a mentally challenged janitor. Following the romantic advice offered by Lady (Erykah Badu) – incarcerated in the infamous New York Women's House of Detention for shadowy reasons – Tommy experiences his first taste of love. Yet when an unexpected tragedy radically alters his world, Tommy must take a life-defining choice – one that will compel the adult Tom thirty years later, to confront his unfinished past.
The Holy Girl
The Holy Girl (2004) on 29 april 2005
, 1h46
Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, María Alché, Julieta Zylberberg, Mónica Villa
Rating66% 3.348643.348643.348643.348643.34864
The film takes place in the small town of La Ciénaga, at the Hotel Termas, a dilapidated Argentine hotel, during a medical conference. Two young teenage girls, Amalia (María Alché) and her best friend Josefina (Julieta Zylberberg), begin to explore their new sexuality and, at the same time, have Catholic religious passion. Amalia lives with her attractive divorced mother (Mercedes Morán), who owns the hotel, and her uncle Freddy (Alejandro Urdapilleta). During this time, in Amalia's mind, spiritual and sexual impulses are seeming to converge.
Shutter
Shutter (2004) on 26 april 2005
, 1h37
Directed by Parkpoom Wongpoom, Banjong Pisantanakun
Origin Thailande
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Ghost films, Rape and revenge films
Actors Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana
Rating70% 3.5023753.5023753.5023753.5023753.502375
After celebrating at a drinking party with his close friends, Tun (Ananda Everingham), a photographer, and Jane (Natthaweeranuch Thongmee), get into a car accident. Jane hits a young woman. With much fear, Tun prohibits her from getting out of the car: they drive away, leaving the girl lying on the road.
Animal
Animal (2005) on 1 may 2005
, 1h33
Directed by David J. Burke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ving Rhames, Terrence Howard, Chazz Palminteri, Andreas Wilson, Beverly Todd, Taraji P. Henson
Rating57% 2.89942.89942.89942.89942.8994
Ving Rhames as James "Animal" Allen Terrence Howard as Darius Allen
Gay Sex in the 70s
Gay Sex in the 70s (2005) on 26 april 2005
, 1h7
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about cities, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Larry Kramer, Bette Midler
Rating69% 3.483993.483993.483993.483993.48399
The film opens with a rapid montage of visuals that transport people back to the 1970s in and around Greenwich Village. Driving disco music of the time sets the pace. Using intimate interviews it begins to develop the story of gay sex in the 70′s through characters such as Larry Kramer, Scott Bromley, Barton Benes, Rodger McFarlane, and others. These characters begin to expand the elements that were visually introduced. They talk about the public sex: the streets, the piers, and the trucks.
One Missed Call 2
One Missed Call 2 (2005) on 29 april 2005
, 1h45
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Renji Ishibashi, Mimura, Asaka Seto, Tara Platt, Kō Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi
Rating53% 2.663642.663642.663642.663642.66364
Set a year after the original, One Missed Call 2 introduces Kyoko Okudera and her friend Madoka Uchiyama. Both women are teaching assistants at a kindergarten in the middle of Tokyo. Madoka persuades Kyoko to visit a restaurant where Kyoko's boyfriend Naoto Sakurai works part-time at. Mei-Feng is the daughter of the cook, and her cellphone rings with the "ringtone of death". However, she is out buying groceries and her father answers it. The call was meant to be for Mei-Feung, but since her father answered it, he hears his own death instead. Later, when the restaurant is closed, Mei-Feung gives Kyoko and Madoka her new phone number since she has gotten a new one along with a new cellphone. Seconds after exchanging numbers, Madoka gets a call with the ringtone of death.
xXx: State of the Union
xXx: State of the Union (2005) on 29 april 2005
, 1h41
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Ice Cube, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, Samuel L. Jackson, Xzibit
Rating45% 2.256372.256372.256372.256372.25637
In Virginia, a rancher discovers dead bodies over his farm and decides to investigate. As he finds more bodies, he is killed by one of the assailants himself. Meanwhile, attackers use special explosives to break into an NSA bunker beneath the horse farm. There, NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons fends off the attackers before barely escaping himself. Sergeant Alabama "Bama" Cobb is later revealed to be responsible for the attack on the bunker. After escaping the attack, Toby Shavers, Gibbons's assistant, informs that, with the attack on the NSA bunker, Cobb also had Xander Cage, the XXX agent, assassinated in Bora Bora. To find a new substitute, Gibbons meets with Lt. Darius Stone (Ice Cube), a former U.S Navy officer, who is currently serving 9 of his 20 years sentence in Leavenworth for disobeying orders and breaking General George Deckert's jaw, who is now a rogue Secretary of Defense.