Wish You Were Dead

2002

Life in a small town ain't always pleasant. When a sexy hit woman is hired to snuff out an insurance investigator, a rival assassin shows up to spoil the party. Throw a love story into the plot, and you get one twisted movie that's definitely worth queuing up! The cast includes Cary Elwes, Sally Kirkland, Mary Steenburgen and Christopher Lloyd.

2.6 Average Rating

Wisecracks

1991

In the male-dominated world of stand-up, these queens of comedy display their ample talent onstage and offer their keen insights offstage in this hilarious documentary. The talent roster is a who's who of funny women: Whoopi Goldberg, Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Poundstone, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett and more. Filmmaker Gail Singer also traces the roots of feminine humor with clips of Lucille Ball, Eve Arden and Mae West.

2.6 Average Rating

Sudden Manhattan

2000

Adrienne Shelly directs and stars in this offbeat black comedy about a city girl in trouble. After witnessing a string of identical murders, New Yorker Donna (Shelly) begins to wonder if she's lost her mind. Donna tells her boyfriend (Tim Guinea) about the murders, but he's only interested in books so she sets out on her own to determine whether they were real. Along the way, she encounters a cast of quirky characters.

2.6 Average Rating

Just Like Home

2007

In this quirky drama from Lone Scherfig, residents of a small Danish town reconnect after they set up a phone line allowing them to call in the latest news about a streaker who's recently been spotted in their midst. As they dish the latest scoop on the naked man, the lonely provincial souls begin stripping away the facades that have long kept them apart. Lars Kaalund and the rest of the ensemble cast largely improvised the script for this film.

2.6 Average Rating

Memron

2004

Nancy Hower directs this improvisational romp through the ruins of corporate fraud. Memron was the greatest company in the world, until the bosses cooked the books and mugged everyone blind. Now the busted CEO rules the prison yard golf course, while a group of ex-employees struggle with the absurdities of starting over from nothing. Document shredding, cooked books and unemployment have never been so much fun! Tim Bagley and Claire Forlani star.

2.6 Average Rating

Besotted

2001

First-time writer-director Holly Angell Hardman joins an ensemble cast in this modern-day fairy tale set in a quaint New England fishing village. Arriving in Cape Cod for the summer, a sorceress (Hardman) and her apprentice (Cole Murray) get to work making matches -- and mischief -- for a group of lovesick locals, including the town drunk (Jim Chiros), an herbalist (Amy Wright) and a woman who runs a lobster boat (Susan Gibney).

2.6 Average Rating

My New Gun

1992

When Gerald Bender (Stephen Collins) buys his dutiful wife, Debbie (Diane Lane), a gun for her protection, she hesitantly accepts the gift, but has no idea how much trouble it's about to cause. Gerald's plan to protect his wife fails when their handsome but zany neighbor Skippy (James LeGros) swipes the weapon. Before long, chaos ensues as strange people start showing up without warning and bullets begin to fly.

2.6 Average Rating

Shorts!: Vol. 2

2004

Make the film festival circuit right in your own living room with this collection of 16 of the best shorts (over three hours of film) that screened at such events as the Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes and Telluride film fests. Shorts from various directors and different countries include "Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness," "Home Road Movies," "And the Redman Went Green" and "Mouse." Directors' commentaries are also included.

2.6 Average Rating

Strange Planet

1999

Australian director Emma-Kate Croghan weighs in with this sly romantic comedy about a group of twenty-somethings living in Sydney, Australia. Judy (Claudia Karvan) is a young woman involved in an on-again, off-again relationship with Ewan. Beginning on New Year's Eve, the film follows Judy and her two best friends and Ewan and his two buddies as they try to establish their careers and find love -- or, at the very least, sex.

2.5 Average Rating

Chilly Scenes of Winter

1979

Set in Salt Lake City, this bittersweet romantic tale centers on civil servant Charles (John Heard) and his obsession with winning back the love of his life, Laura (Mary Beth Hurt), who left him to return to her unappreciative husband, Ox (Mark Metcalf). To find out whether Laura is really happy with Ox, Charles takes to following her around and befriends her co-worker (Nora Heflin). Peter Riegert, Gloria Grahame and Griffin Dunne co-star.

2.5 Average Rating

Ferdinando and Carolina

1999

King Ferdinando (Sergio Assisi) of Italy endures the difficulties of finding a wife worthy enough to be queen in this comedic period piece. Ferdinando's first fiancée dies, and so does the second, who was the sister of the first. Finally, Ferdinando is pressured into marrying Carolina (Gabriella Pession), a third sister from the same royal family. Carolina proves herself to the king not only in the bedroom, but in political matters as well.

2.5 Average Rating

Sweet Lies

1988

When American insurance adjuster Peter Nicholl (Treat Williams) jets to France to investigate a claim, he meets cunning Parisian lovelies Joelle (Joanna Pacula) and Dixie (Julianne Phillips), who make a bet over which of them can seduce the hunky Yank first. But when Peter discovers their wager, he turns the tables on the would-be femmes fatales, who have since become genuinely smitten with him. Nathalie Delon directs this rollicking rom-com.

2.5 Average Rating

29th & Gay

2005

As he approaches the dreaded age of 30, James Sanchez (James Vasquez) -- an out-of-work actor with thinning hair, a growing stack of bills and, worst of all, no boyfriend -- is beginning to believe that life has passed him by. This engaging indie comedy chronicles a year in the life of the perpetual odd-man-out as he tries to find his niche with help from his two best friends, Roxy (Nicole Marcks) and Brandon (David McBean).

2.5 Average Rating

The Girls' Room

2000

Two college roommates -- prim and proper Grace (Cat Taber) and wild and woolly Casey (Soleil Moon Frye) -- find themselves in a tense rivalry when Casey's conduct almost destroys Grace's engagement to preppie heartthrob Charlie (Wil Wheaton). Not too high-minded to seek revenge, Grace cozies up to Casey's pal Joey (Gary Wolf), setting off a cycle of envy and mistrust that may destroy both women's lives in director Irene Turner's well-paced indie.

2.5 Average Rating

IFilm: Four and a Half Women

1998

This urbane comedy from writer-director Emily Baer explores the bonds of four attractive roommates living in New York City. When Wall Street genius Amy (Marin Hinkle) finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand, her decision to keep the baby affects everyone around her. Though her housemates (Isabel Gillies, Callie Thorne and Brooke Hailey) are struggling to get a grip on life, they try to put aside their troubles to help single mom Amy.

2.5 Average Rating

Seducing Charlie Barker

2010

With his career hopelessly stalled, married actor Charlie Barker begins a slide into self-destruction when he starts an affair with conniving vixen Clea. As he's sucked deeper into Clea's vortex, Charlie finds that he's willing to risk it all.

2.5 Average Rating