Herencia

2001

Paula Hernandez directs this foreign-language drama set in Buenos Aires in the wake of World War II, the story of an aging Italian immigrant (Rita Cortese) and a young German (Adrian Witzke) who are brought together by a mutual search for true love. On the surface, they have nothing in common. But the unlikely friendship that forms between them reveals striking similarities when it comes to matters of the heart.

3.4 Average Rating

Eep!

2010

In this unusual adult fairy tale, middle-aged couple Warre and Tine despairs of ever having a child until one day a baby literally falls from the sky. The infant delights Tine, even though she has wings instead of arms. Naming her Birdie, Tine and Warre raise her with love, but eventually Birdie feels compelled to fly south. They follow her in hopes of bringing her home, but must choose whether or not it's best to let Birdie go free forever.

3.4 Average Rating

The Mourning Forest

2007

Elderly Shigeki (Shigeki Uda) has found a kindred spirit in caregiver Machiko (Machiko Ono). On an outing into the country, they're besieged by a landslide. Shigeki walks into the nearby woods, and Machiko follows, but only the elderly man knows where they're headed. Yoichiro Saito and Kanako Masuda co-star in writer-director Naomi Kawase's mystical story of grief and loss, winner of the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

3.4 Average Rating

Rent Boys

2011

This nonjudgmental and engrossing documentary profiles the lives of five male sex workers in Germany, three of whom are Roma. They tell their stories with candor, revealing how past experiences and societal expectations shaped their current choices.

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Rachel

2009

When 22-year-old activist Rachel Corrie tried to prevent Israeli army bulldozers from leveling a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip, her life came to an abrupt end as she tripped and was buried under a mountain of dirt. This film tells her story. Blending footage of the incident with photos, interviews with witnesses, activists and army personnel, and excerpts from Rachel's own diary, the film illuminates the risks activists face in the region.

3.4 Average Rating

A Very Special Love

2008

In a harmless ploy to be closer to the man of her dreams -- magazine tycoon Miggy Montenegro (John Lloyd Cruz) -- Laida (Sarah Geronimo) lands a job as his assistant, but quickly discovers that he's a far cry from the Prince Charming she envisioned. Directed by Cathy Garcia Molina, this lighthearted romantic comedy also stars Dante Rivero, Rowell Santiago, Johnny Revilla, Bing Pimental and Daphne Oseña-Paez.

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The Countess

2009

Blaming her advancing age for a failed romance with a younger man, 16th-century Hungarian countess Erzebet Báthory begins murdering virgin girls and bathing in their blood, believing that the grim ritual will restore her youthful beauty.

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One More Chance

2007

Longtime couple Basha (Bea Alonzo) and Popoy (John Lloyd Cruz) are practically inseparable, so when they split up, it's not surprising how heartbroken each feels. But Basha, stifled by the relationship, wants to spread her wings, and Popoy loves her too much to stand in her way. Struggling to build their lives anew, the onetime lovers face daily reminders of their happier times together even as they try to chart their own paths.

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Marimar

1994

In this second installment of the beloved María trilogy of telenovelas, Thalía reprises her signature role as Marimar, the impoverished girl who lives by the sea. When Marimar marries the spoiled son of a wealthy local family, happiness continues to elude her. She soon becomes an unwitting pawn in her husband's plan to claim his inheritance and anger his parents. The explosively popular series helped propel Thalía to international superstardom.

3.4 Average Rating

Hop

2002

All young Justin and his father want to do is sit down and enjoy watching a soccer game together. When this simple act sparks a chain of events leading to Justin running from the law, the boy must now embark on a thrilling adventure to reunite with his father. In order to fight the system, however, he must enlist the help of a former anarchist, and together they'll need to apply the secret of the Hop.

3.4 Average Rating

Bagong Buwan / Eskapo

2001

Political imprisonment of the 1970s and modern-day religious conflict are the focal points of this double feature. Cesar Montano headlines Bagong Buwan as a non-violent Muslim swept up in Mindanao's religious conflict when a shocking tragedy strikes his family. In Eskapo, Serge Osmeña and Geny Lopez star as Richard Gomez and Christopher de Leon, the true-life political prisoners who escape from a Filipino maximum-security prison in 1977.

3.4 Average Rating

Stander

2003

Disgusted by corruption within the force, South African cop Andre Stander begins robbing banks incognito and then investigating his own heists. He's soon caught and sent to jail, but he escapes and becomes a cult hero.

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Camila

1984

A wealthy socialite and a young Jesuit priest fall in love and elope to a small Argentinean village, but tragedy ensues when their true identities are discovered in this affecting drama, which earned an Oscar nod for Best Foreign Film. Authorities have suppressed the telling of this story -- one of Argentina's most controversial and embarrassing episodes -- since the first attempt to put it on screen in 1912.

3.4 Average Rating

Three Men and a Cradle

1986

Bachelors Pierre (Roland Giraud), Michel (Michel Boujenah) and Jacques (Andre Dussollier) have their lives turned upside down when an infant houseguest is dropped at their doorstep, apparently the product of one of Jacques's flings. Caring for the baby until her mother (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) returns, the first-time fathers get a crash course in parenting. This French comedy inspired the Hollywood hit Three Men and a Baby.

3.4 Average Rating

My Father's Guests

2010

Contemporary family manners are taken to the limit when widowed father Lucien (Michel Aumont) tells his children that he plans to take in some foreign refugees but doesn't add that he's just married one of them: the young and sultry Tatiana (Veronica Novak). Lucien's kids do their best to accommodate the old man and his progressive principles, but sequential surprises from dad push them toward the breaking point.

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Luck by Chance

2009

When struggling actor Vikram (Farhan Akhtar) gets tapped to play the male lead in a big-budget Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But fame and fortune have a way of ruining his relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Sona (Konkona Sen Sharma), a fellow actor. Of course, the problem could be his beautiful co-star, Niki (Isha Sharvani), who's almost as popular as her once-famous movie star mother (Dimple Kapadia).

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