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, 1h53
Directed by Xavier Beauvois
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jalil Lespert, Nathalie Baye, Roschdy Zem, Antoine Chappey, Jacques Perrin, Xavier Beauvois
Rating68%
The title character is Antoine Derouere, a young man from the provinces who has just graduated from the police academy. Antoine joins the force in Paris and is assigned to the city's busiest precinct.

, 1h55
Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, Tina Fey
Rating61%
Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) is a comedian of a satirical talk show who is able to tap into people's frustrations with the sharply divided, special interest-driven political climate. Specifically, he makes fun of the American two-party system. During his warm-up act, an audience member suggests that he run for President. At first, Dobbs laughs off the idea, but following a popular groundswell of support, later announces on the air that he will stand as a candidate. Through his efforts, he gets on the ballot in 13 states and participates in one of the national debates with the Democratic incumbent, President Kellogg, and Republican U.S. Senator Mills.

, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Robert Patrick, John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Jeff Chase, Manu Bennett, Anthony Ray Parker
Rating47%
In Iraq, John Triton (John Cena) of the United States Marine Corps is closing in on an al-Qaeda hideout, where a group of terrorists are preparing to behead several hostages. Disregarding direct orders to wait for reinforcement, Triton attacks the extremists and rescues the hostages. The next morning, his colonel informs Triton that he is being honorably discharged.

, 2h1
Directed by Douglas McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about capital punishment, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis
Rating69%
Truman Capote, known in New York City society for his wit and fashion flair as much as he is recognized in literary circles as the celebrated writer of Other Voices, Other Rooms and Breakfast at Tiffany's, reads a brief article about the murder of a farming family in Holcomb, Kansas, in the back pages of the New York Times of November 16, 1959.

, 1h27
Directed by David Petrarca
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Izabella Miko, Columbus Short, Jacqueline Bisset, Aubrey Dollar, Ray J, Ne-Yo
Rating53%
The film continues the story of Sara Johnson (originally played by Julia Stiles and now portrayed by Izabella Miko). She recalls how she was born to be a dancer. Her mother would often comment that she knew how to pirouette before she could properly walk. From her earliest memories Sara always wanted to be a ballerina, a graceful dancer who could glide across the stage. It seemed that there was something that caused conflict in Sara’s ambition. She also loves the urban dance form of hip-hop. While ballet is highly structured, full of rules and standards, hip-hop gives Sara a chance to just let go and follow the beat. Sara wants the best of both worlds but the conflict between structure and independence affects her performance in both formats.

, 1h38
Genres Comedy
Actors Nikola Pejaković, Srđan Todorović, Milorad Mandić, Boris Milivojević
Rating52%
At a 1973 Youth Work Action somewhere in SFR Yugoslavia, budding musician Borko Pavić (Nikola Pejaković) is greatly disappointed upon discovering that the majority of his fellow youth workers prefer to dance kolo to folkish harmonica sounds rather than listening to him play his acoustic guitar. Heartbroken and depressed he confides to his best friend about once reading that young people in America make the devil appear by playing their music backwards and that the devil then makes them rich and famous. He decides to test the theory and suddenly the devil and angel from the previous Mi nismo andjeli movies materialize and grant him his wishes of women, fame, and fortune. Young Borko thus becomes the mega popular Yugoslavia-wide rock'n'roll superstar Dorijan.

, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Horror, Historical, Slasher
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Lilyan Chauvin, Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Kevin Bacon, Rob Zombie, Sean S. Cunningham
Rating71%
The film is a historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, beginning with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Ronald Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal diminishes. Then, A Nightmare on Elm Street revives the genre. Jumping to the late 1990s, when Scream brings humor and TV stars into the mix. Although some criticize the genre as misogynistic, most of the talking heads celebrate the films: as long as there are teenagers, there will be slasher films.

, 1h45
Directed by Patrice Leconte
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Gayet, Julie Durand, Henri Garcin, Jacques Mathou
Rating65%
François (Auteuil) .is a middle-aged, art-dealer Parisian who thinks he has everything. After telling a story at dinner about a funeral he attended where only a handful of people turned up, his colleagues suggest that no-one would go to his funeral. He may be materially rich, but he has no friends. Everyone at the dinner table starts to antagonise him about having no friends but François says that he does have friends (but he has only clients). His business partner Catherine (Gayet) challenges him to a bet: Francois must introduce his best friend within 10 days, or lose a valuable object, his antique Greek vase (worth 200,000 euros).

, 1h20
Directed by Ulli Lommel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Elissa Dowling, Danielle Petty, Johnny Holiday, Ulli Lommel
Rating15%
In a brief prologue set in 1947, Elizabeth Short (Danielle Petty, as "Ivy Elfstrom") is murdered by an unseen assailant. In present-day Los Angeles, a "copycat" serial killer is dumping partially mutilated female bodies in an emulation of Elizabeth Short's murderer. Women answering an ad for a movie audition are systematically killed by Satan worshippers. One of the cops becomes obsessed with the story of Elizabeth Short, looks up the original 40s murder online, and dreams about it. Eventually, he comes face-to-face with the killers.

, 1h32
Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Gangster films
Actors Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Cheung Siu-fai, Lam Suet, Gordon Lam
Rating73%
Lok is now holding his position as triad chairman of the Wo Shing society unthreatened in Hong Kong. As his two-year term expires, a new chairman election nears, but Lok contemplates breaking tradition, attempting to seek re-election. At the same time, Jimmy is trying to escape Wo Shing by building a legitimate business empire in mainland China. When he is arrested in an illegal financial trade with a government official for the building of a new logisitics center and highway, the section chief of the Public Security Bureau forbids him to re-enter the mainland to do business, unless he becomes Wo Shing's next chairman. Reluctant, but forced to accept the reality he can never truly exit the triad, Jimmy enters into the election nomination, with Jet and Kun also seeking the chairman position.

, 2h20
Directed by Lou Ye
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hao Lei, Duan Yihong
Rating71%
Spanning several cities and over a decade, Summer Palace tells the story of Yu Hong (played by Hao Lei), a young woman from the border-city of Tumen, who is accepted to the fictional Beiqing University, a name that evokes either Peking University ("Beida") or Tsinghua University ("Qinghua"). While in school, Yu Hong meets Li Ti, her best friend (played by Hu Lingling), and Zhou Wei, her college boyfriend and the love of her life (played by Guo Xiaodong). The film is divided into two parts. The first begins in the late 1980s (subtitles inform the audience of the place and year at various points in the film), as Yu Hong enters the university. Lonely and isolated despite the cramped living conditions, Yu Hong eventually befriends another student, Li Ti, who introduces her to her boyfriend Ruo Gu (played by Zhang Xianmin), and Ruo Gu's friend Zhou Wei. Yu Hong and Zhou Wei embark upon a passionate but volatile love affair just as political forces are moving towards Tiananmen Square.

, 1h42
Directed by Daniel Burman
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Daniel Hendler, Julieta Díaz
Rating67%
The film tells the story of Ariel Perelman (Daniel Hendler). While he has an easygoing lifestyle, he's trying to find his way in life in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He works at a university as a law professor. The film begins with a long narration of the way things stand in his life. He describes his father, Bernardo Perelman (Arturo Goetz), in detail. Perelman, as he's known, is a popular public defender who meets his clients where they work or in restaurants so he can determine what they are "all about." Most of his clients are generally poor. He's very close to his secretary (Adriana Aizemberg) since his wife died fifteen years ago. Work fills Perelman's days, and Ariel is astonished by his energy.

, 1h25
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Mimi Kuzyk, Peter Stebbings, Kristin Booth, Ariel Waller, Stephen Lobo
Rating50%

Directed by Hella Joof
Origin Danemark
Genres Comedy
Actors Mia Lyhne, Anders Hove, Troels Lyby
Rating57%
Kalle, who is studying at the university, and his friend Agger eventually loses some hash that originally belongs to Paten (Abbreviation for "psykopaten", "the psychopath"). However, straight after Paten goes to jail, Kalle falls in love with his ignorant girlfriend Sabrina, though he has been warned not to touch Paten's money, girl(s) or car.

Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Leah Pipes, Kristin Cavallari, Josh Henderson, Andrew Lawrence, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sally Kirkland
Rating49%
Fingerprints is based on an urban legend out of San Antonio, Texas that centers around a school bus full of children that was involved in a terrible accident with a train leaving all the children dead. According to the legend, if a driver stops his or her car, in neutral, on the same stretch of tracks now, the ghosts of the children will push it to a safe area. Some of the townspeople in the film even claim to have discovered fingerprints on the back of their cars after being pushed off the tracks (The writers of this film grew up in Texas around a similar legend).

, 1h33
Directed by John R. Leonetti
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Time travel films, Alternate history films
Actors Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan, Gina Holden, David Lewis, Andrew Airlie
Rating45%
Julie (Erica Durance) and her boyfriend, Nick (Eric Lively), are celebrating Julie's 24th birthday with their friends Trevor (Dustin Milligan) and Amanda (Gina Holden). Julie and Nick start to discuss their future when Nick is called in to work, urgently. He has to go to the meeting because he is up against co-worker Dave (David Lewis) for a promotion. As the four friends drive back to the city there's an accident with a semi-truck. Of the four friends, Nick is the only survivor. Later, when looking at a photograph of himself and Julie, everything in the room begins to shudder and shake, while the people in the photograph begin moving.

, 1h55
Directed by Won Shin-yeon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Crime
Actors Lee Moon-sik, Han Suk-kyu, Oh Dal-soo, Kim Shi-hoo, Cha Ye-ryun, Lee Byung-joon
Rating63%
An aspiring opera singer In-jeong travels to countryside with her college professor Yeong-seon. She wants to learn more about the outcome of her audition for a part in an upcoming opera performance. The two park on a deserted riverbank to make a campfire. Instead of talking about the audition, Yeong-seon tries to rape In-jeong who escapes to a forest. Yeong-seon wants to leave but his car gets stuck. Three local thugs with motorcycles discover the car and confront him. Meanwhile, In-jeong stops a man on a scooter who promises to take her to a public transport terminal after they meet his friends who are waiting at the river. As it turns out, he is the leader of the group and takes In-jeong back to the riverbank where she reunites with the scared Yeong-seon but the two do not admit knowing each other. The thugs eat roasted pork and have a small talk with the professor when a young student Hyeon-jae rolls out from a bag that was placed on one of the motorcycles. The thug leader starts harassing the boy. His behavior becomes more psychotic when In-jeong voices her disapproval. He orders the thugs to rape her and forces the student and Yeong-seon to fight until one of them drops. Hyeon-jae knows taekwondo and easily defeats Yeong-seon. He then proceeds to beat the thugs. With all of them unconscious, the boy digs a hole in the ground, buries the men up to their chests and pours gasoline on their heads preparing to set them on fire. Yeong-seon runs for help and In-jeong tries to stop the student. While she's talking to him, the leader regains consciousness and manages to hit the boy with a shovel and escape from the hole. After waking up, one of the thugs beats the injured boy so badly that all believe him dead.

Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Robert Loggia, Charles Durning, Richard Grieco, Kimberley Kates
Rating46%

, 1h32
Directed by Tom Vaughan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Catherine Tate
Rating66%
In 1985, Brian Jackson is a first-year university student and information sponge. Since his working-class childhood in Southend-on-Sea, Brian has loved the TV quiz show University Challenge, whose famous catchphrase—"Your starter for 10"—gives the film its title. Soon after arriving at Bristol University, Brian attends a party where he meets the politically conscious Rebecca, with which he seems to have an instant connection. Brian attempts to join their University Challenge team but narrowly fails to secure a spot when he helps another potential candidate, Alice, cheat on the qualifying test. Brian falls for the glamorous Alice and tries to date her, despite her multiple signals that she only sees him as a platonic friend. As the term starts, Brian is invited to join the University Challenge team after one of the other members falls ill. The captain of the team, Patrick Watts, is a stuck-up post-grad who has managed to remain team captain despite never having achieved success on University Challenge. Brian immediately impresses the rest of the team with his wealth of trivia knowledge and uses his time with the team to get closer to Alice, eventually getting invited to her house for Christmas vacation. Unfortunately, Brian embarrasses himself in front of her family by getting stoned while trying to impress Alice. He returns to campus to spend the rest of his vacation and meets back up with Rebecca. They once again hit it off, but as they are hooking up, he inadvertently calls her "Alice", offending her and ruining the moment. Following his romantic failures, he talks with Spencer, his friend from back home who informs him that he is in legal trouble due to his criminal pursuits. Brian invites him to campus for a party before he has to face the judge.

, 1h32
Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Origin Austria
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Environmental films, La mondialisation, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur le monde paysan, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Rating75%
Le documentaire fournit des images sur le fonctionnement des plus grandes industries agroalimentaires européennes que ce soit dans le domaine de la production des fruits et légumes que dans celle de la viande. Ni musique ni commentaire ne viennent accompagner les séquences filmées. Le décor est constitué de champs, d'usines, d'abattoirs, et le réalisateur utilise de longs plans fixes y compris pour filmer les ouvriers en train de manger.

, 1h43
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Karl Urban, Tandi Wright, William Kircher, Jacinta Wawatai, Vanessa Stacey
Rating70%
Aramoana, Tuesday 13 November 1990. David Gray, an unemployed man in his 30s who lives in his parent’s small holiday home, cycles into town where he has an argument with staff at a bank over a minor issue. Unstable & angry, he returns home where he has a cache of fire-arms, including a semi-automatic rifle.

, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Christina DeRosa, Anna-Marie Wayne
Rating35%
Set in the 1980s, the movie is a tongue-in-cheek homage to classic 80's horror films such as Night of the Demons, the Friday the 13th and Halloween films and Sleepaway Camp.

, 1h40
Directed by Fred Olen Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Romance, Sex comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Comedy science fiction films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Nicole Sheridan, Voodoo, Christine Nguyen, Nicole Sheridan, Evan Stone, Syren
Rating38%
On the distant planet Aqua Terra, there are no men; only women. In order to procreate, men are abducted from Earth every 20 years. So Queen Morganna sends Commander Danow and her officer, Annie, to Earth aboard their spaceship, the Phalanx. Upon watching videos, both officers opt for bikinis as adequate clothing for women. Once on Earth, they ask Kim read for help in selecting men as targets. Kim is a student who encrypted the officers' notes regularly by sleeping with the teaching staff. Upon succeeding with Kim's help in collecting Gary, her husband, the two officers contact their home planet. They decide to kidnap two men.

, 1h37
Directed by Roar Uthaug
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Sports films, Serial killer films, Sports d'hiver, Snowboard
Actors Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Endre Midtstigen, Viktoria Winge
Rating62%
The film starts when boy with a large birthmark covering one eye is running frantically through a blizzard in Jotunheimen, being pursued. Eventually, he stumbles, and his unseen pursuer catches up to him. Despite his pleas, the person proceeds to bury him alive in the snow.

, 1h37
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Martina Gedeck
Rating63%
Miriam Franz (Martina Gedeck) has just turned forty and is starting a seaside vacation with her husband André (Peter Davor) and fifteen-year-old son Nils (Lucas Kotaranin) on the Schlei, a narrow inlet of the Baltic Sea in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. André has given Niels permission to bring his twelve-year-old girlfriend Livia (Svea Lohde) along for the trip. Miriam is concerned they may take their relationship to a physical level, but André seems unconcerned.

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Bill McKinney, Tania Raymonde, Xander Berkeley, Martin Donovan, Nick Krause, James Intveld
Rating48%
A mechanic at his father's garage during the late 1970s, Matt dreams about leaving his small town existence and pursuing grander ambitions. But strong feelings for a new girlfriend and deep family ties may prevent Matt's ultimate escape, despite pressure from best friend Schultz to take off immediately.

, 1h26
Directed by Douglas Jackson
Genres Thriller
Actors Tracy Nelson, Linden Ashby, Heather Tom, Neil Napier, Sophie Gendron, Barbara Niven
Rating44%
Une femme accueille chez elle la mère porteuse qui donnera naissance à son enfant. Elle basculera progressivement dans la folie quand la jalousie s'emparera d'elle

, 1h30
Directed by Patrick Tam Kar-ming
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Aaron Kwok, Charlie Yeung, Qin Hailu
Rating66%
In hopeless pursuit of happiness, Shing (Aaron Kwok) is a man who desperately attempts to hold on to the dwindling threads of his family. Once a man who had a dream, Shing has become a deadbeat gambler whose marriage is failing with wife Lin (Charlie Yeung). Shing's machoistic ego overrides any reasonable logic for change, which forces Lin to leave Shing repeatedly. After finally managing to escape, Shing is left with nothing but his son, Lok-Yun (Goum Ian Iskandar).

, 1h27
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about disabilities
Rating74%
So Much So Fast documents 5 years in the life of Stephen Heywood who, at 29, discovers he had the paralyzing neurodegenerative disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease).

, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Jill Hennessy, Don Cheadle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Stockard Channing
Rating47%
The film follows Curtis Clemins (Clint Palmer) and Kevin Prouse (Ryan Williams) as they have to deal with life's ups and downs.

, 2h3
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Tiffany Dupont, John Rhys-Davies, John Noble, Luke Goss, Omar Sharif, James Callis
Rating60%
The movie is set in Susa, Persia (now Iran). King Xerxes holds a great feast for all the people to attend. Hadassah (the main protagonist) longs to go to Jerusalem to see the Holy Land and prepares to leave with the caravan along with her friend, Jesse. They stop by the King's feast before he goes marching to war to avenge his father’s death. Hadassah and Jesse witness the King summoning Queen Vashti. Queen Vashti was opposed to the war, desiring King Xerxes to enhance his kingdom instead. She holds her own feast in protest to the war. When the king summons her to his own feast, she refuses to come stating, "I am queen, and I will not lower my dignity. Or shame my crown by wearing it before your drunk, and thinly veiled war council". Because of this, King Xerxes is advised to banish her and select a more worthy queen.

, 1h37
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Cusack, Morgan Freeman, Alice Krige, Megan Dodds, Bill Smitrovich, Corey Johnson
Rating56%
Frank Carden (Morgan Freeman) is a professional assassin who has been hired to kill a reclusive billionaire named Lydell Hammond, Sr., a vocal opponent of stem cell research. Carden's plan goes awry when he gets injured in a car accident and ends up in the hospital. When hospital staff see his gun, they call the police. They are able to peel away his false identity and federal marshals are called in to pick him up.

, 1h35
Directed by Jonathan Frakes
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes L'Or
Actors Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin, Olympia Dukakis, Erick Avari
Rating61%
Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle), a year after his first mission as the Librarian, has been on many more death-defying missions to protect the world from evildoers, including a trip to Utah to recover a mystical crystal skull. Upon his return to the Library, the audience is introduced to more mythic artifacts stored there: The Head of Medusa, the Trident of Poseidon, the Shroud of Turin, and the Pipes of Pan. He has moved out of his mother's house into his own apartment, but still feels held back by Judson, his supervisor, who tells him that "sometimes you have to give up what you want for the greater good" in order to go from being a "good librarian" to a "great librarian".

, 1h40
Directed by Manuel Pradal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Emmanuelle Béart, Harvey Keitel, Norman Reedus, Joe Grifasi, Lily Rabe, Kimberly Ann Director
Rating56%
In the evening, while returning to his place, Vincent (Reedus) crosses a taxi coming from his house. When he arrives, it is too late: his wife was brutally murdered. Three years later, Vincent moves to New York, and his neighbor, Alice (Béart), is frantically in love with him, but having been always distressed and obsessed to discover the assassin of his woman, he himself does not recognize any feeling at least. To make Vincent be free to open his heart to her, Alice is willing to find the man responsible for his wife's death. When Alice hails a cab driven by lonely New Yorker Roger (Keitel), her elaborated plan is slowly set into motion in spite of the ignorance of both men.

, 1h40
Directed by Wisit Sasanatieng
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Rating72%
Pod is a country boy who moves to Bangkok, despite his grandmother's warning that he'll grow a tail. He finds a small house to live in and takes a job in a sardine cannery, getting rides to work on the back of a motorcycle taxi, the rider of which has been made a zombie after one day it rained motorcycle helmets and he wasn't wearing one.

, 1h42
Directed by Takashi Shimizu
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Seafaring films, Transport films, Ghost films
Actors Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Edison Chen, Matthew Knight, Sarah Roemer
Rating50%
In Japanese society, it is said a curse is created when a person dies in the grip of a powerful rage or sorrow. Those who encounter the evil supernatural force are consumed by it, the curse is born repeatedly and spreads. The original victims of the curse, the Saeki family, haunt their Tokyo suburban house as ghosts and kill anyone who enters. Housewife Kayako Saeki was murdered by her husband Takeo after he discovered she loved another man, their son Toshio and pet cat Mar also being murdered, before Takeo was hung by Kayako’s ghost. In the first film, American social worker Karen Davis tried to burn the house down to stop the curse, but failed, finding herself hospitalised and haunted by Kayako. The film’s chronology is told in a non-linear fashion, taking place in 2004 and 2006 respectfully.

Origin USA
Genres Horror
Rating60%
After a textual montage summarizing Edgar Allan Poe's life, the film begins in late September 1849 with Poe awakening from a hallucination where he is buried alive. He prepares to take a trip to New York City via a ferry steamboat from Richmond, Virginia, to Baltimore, and from there, another ferry to New York City itself. He discusses his plans to marry his childhood sweetheart Sarah Elmira Royster with a stranger taking the same steamboat, who suggests that he meet with a few potential investors for his planned magazine The Stylus. Though Poe had intended only to pass through Baltimore, he agrees to meet the investors who, one by one, turn down his request for funding.

, 1h38
Directed by Jeremy Brock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Laura Linney, Nicholas Farrell, Jim Norton, Michelle Duncan
Rating65%
Seventeen-year-old Ben Marshall is the sensitive, poetry-writing son of complacent and emasculated Robert, a vicar obsessed with ornithology, and domineering overbearing mother Laura, whose strong religious beliefs lead her to perform numerous charitable acts while ignoring the emotional needs of her own family, such as forcing Ben to deliver meals on wheels despite his having no car. Her faith does not, however, hinder her from engaging in an affair with Peter, a young curate portraying Jesus Christ in the church pageant she is directing.