Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits. George Miller. 1981.
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 8 min
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Mad Max
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang. George Miller. 1979.
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Unsane
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear - but is it real or a product of her delusion? Steven Soderbergh. 2018.
May 29, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Behind the Candelabra
A chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson. Steven Soderbergh. 2013.
May 09, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Ocean's Twelve
Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's Eleven. 2004. Steven Soderbergh.
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Erin Brockovich
A flamboyant law firm secretary works tirelessly to gain justice for a small town wrecked by a utility company's pollution. Steven Soderbergh. 2000.
Apr 12, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Bird
Bailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn't have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere. Andrea Arnold. 2024.
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 13 min
American Honey
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits. Andrea Arnold. 2016.
Mar 10, 2025•56 min
Wuthering Heights
A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.
Feb 18, 2025•51 min
Fishtank
Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend. Andrea Arnold. 2009.
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Rust and Bone
Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident. Jacques Audiard. 2012.
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 5 min
A Prophet
A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor. Jacques Audiard. 2009.
Dec 30, 2024•54 min
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist? Jacques Audiard. 2005.
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Read My Lips
She is almost deaf and he lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself. Jacques Audiard. 2001.
Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Halloween Special - The Thing (1982)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. John Carpenter. 1982. Music Credit 'Halloween Long Edit' by Alex-Productions.
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Lovers Rock
A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music. Steve McQueen. 2020.
Oct 21, 2024•55 min
Widows
Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Steve McQueen. 2018.
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Shame
A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay. Steve McQueen. 2011.
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Hunger
Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. Steve McQueen. 2008.
Sep 14, 2024•1 hr 11 min
The Outside
Longing to fit in at work, awkward Stacey begins to use a popular lotion that causes an alarming reaction, while an unnerving transformation takes shape. Ana Lily Amirpour. 2022.
Jul 30, 2024•58 min
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
A girl with unusual powers escapes from a mental asylum and tries to make it on her own in New Orleans. Ana Lily Amirpour. 2021.
Jul 26, 2024•58 min
The Bad Batch
In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals. Ana Lily Amirpour. 2016.
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 3 min
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. Ana Lily Amirpour. 2014.
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Blonde
The story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives. Andrew Dominik. 2022.
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Killing Them Softly
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 17 min
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
May 30, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Chopper
Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller. Andrew Dominik. 2000.
May 19, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Joy Ride
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer. John Dahl. 2001.
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Rounders
A young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school. John Dahl. 1998.
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Unforgettable
A Seattle medical examiner uses an experimental memory transference drug to unravel the mystery surrounding his Wife's brutal murder. John Dahl. 1996.
Apr 18, 2024•58 min•Season 2Ep. 2
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