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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 800 films · Page 17.
Drama, drama film, independent film
Rochel, an Orthodox Jew, and Nasira, a Muslim originally from Syria, are young women who are just beginning as teachers in New York's public school system. As Rochel is a teacher for the visually impaired, she meets Nasira, who teaches the…
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drama film, independent film
On an American college campus, ideas that have been long neglected emerge as racial tension grows between different student groups.
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drama film, independent film
On Father's Day, Ted (William Forsythe) and Josh (Dan Byrd) are out for an afternoon drive in the country. When a dog darts across the road, Ted slams on the brakes and is struck from behind by Lorraine (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a cellist …
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independent film
Beth Needham (Tracy Nelson) works the graveyard shift at a convenience store, and is becoming increasingly fed up with her job. To pass the time, she listens to a late-night San Diego radio show hosted by Dr. Lindsey Roland (Shanna Reed).
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Drama, drama film, independent film
Ray Frye is released from prison after having served a sentence for manslaughter. Jack, the husband of the woman killed, is seeking revenge.
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LGBTQ-related film, black comedy, drama film, independent film, romance film
In the small Canadian Maritimes island town of Wilby, Dan Jarvis (James Allodi), the town's video store owner, is preparing to kill himself by jumping off a bridge; however, the presence of the town's lovable handyman, Walter "Duck" MacDon…
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drama film, independent film
A 30-something career woman named Vanessa Lee (Kelly Hu) tries to find the balance between her demanding family (Tina Chen and Roger Rees) and her perfect new boyfriend (Ivan Shaw).
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Arranged Documentary, Drama, independent film
Shot in a documentary style, the film follows Gringo, a young man who travels to New York City in search of fortune, only to fall into heroin addiction.
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independent film, time-travel film
Jack Deth, the super cop from the future, has put away three centuries' worth of time traveling criminals. But Deth’s most dangerous collar, the ultraviolent assassin Edlin Shock (Velvet Rhodes), has escaped from her maximum security holdi…
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Psychodrama, independent film
Peter (Roger Rees) and his dominatrix, Suzanne (Geno Lechner), develop a personal relationship during their sadomasochistic sessions and, when Suzanne quits her job, they attempt to maintain that relationship outside her workplace, without…
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independent film
Freddie Horne loves his job working for a trendy women's fashion magazine, but his pretty blonde fiancée is getting jealous. To smooth things over, Freddie takes a job with the Puritan Magazine Group, an organisation which promotes moral r…
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independent film
The Utopian Society is about a group of college students who are put together by their professor to complete a final project: create a utopian society. Like most college students, they’ve waited until the night before it is due to start wo…
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independent film
An American business tycoon, Michael Bergman, arrives in Melbourne and has an affair with Michelle, a married secretary, who works for the stockbroking firm of which he is a client. Michelle is drawn in by his rich and glamorous lifestyle …
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drama film, independent film
The film is inspired by Cunningham's years in Hawaii. Mark Thompson (played by Roy Newton) leaves Los Angeles and moves with his mother to the Big Island and befriends three "locals", Ronnie (Lorenzo Callendar), Zulu (Kalani) and Keao (Dar…
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independent film
In the North of England in the 1950s, the lives of two very different families become entwined. The Worswicks are a working class family led by domineering mother Hylda with husband Joe and academically bright son Leslie. Neighbours the Sm…
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independent film
A couple known only by their aliases 'Dancer' and 'Scuzz' are a married pair of drifters who make a living by employing a trio of loose young women, known as "the C.B. Hustlers". They travel up and down the I-5 expressway in southern Calif…
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independent film
Dakota (Lou Diamond Phillips) is a troubled teenager on the run who takes a job at a Texas ranch to work off his debts. While Dakota restores an antique car, he becomes a pseudo big brother for the rancher's young son, Casey, who lost his …
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Horror, independent film
An Aztec demon named Destacatyl, believed to have the power to control human souls, is trapped within a small Aztec doll. However, when a young man named Jerry comes into possession of the idol, he is soon possessed by the demon and begins…
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independent film
Two people kidnap the daughter of a famous lawyer. They want money to give her back, but it's not just money they want. It's revenge.
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Drama, independent film, teen film
John Langer (John Hurt), a crusty old civil engineer, has an arsenal full of memories. With irreverent wit, he rattles on, in his irascible humorous style, burning his spicy stories into the imagination of a young neighbour kid, Danny Hime…
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independent film
Lukas is a young man who works as a tollbooth operator. He does not have much of a social life, has few memories of his childhood, and spends much of his free time visiting his catatonic mother in the hospital. One day, one of the tollboot…
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independent film
Coming Of Age, independent film
In the late 1970s, 14-year old Greta Driscoll arrives at a new school. She is immediately befriended by the overenthusiastic Elliott, whom she likes, and is also approached by a group of sophisticated girls, Jade, Sapphire and Amber, who p…
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Detective Holland calls in Anna Reed to recount her claims that she was involved in a cult whose members were either murdered or committed suicide. Anna narrates a series of flashbacks. She receives a call at a telephone booth in the city …
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