Top Independent Films

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The Phoenician Scheme - Wes Anderson Cover Art

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

Anatole "Zsa-zsa" Korda is ruthless, unscrupulous, and one of the richest men in Europe. During the final stages of a vast, decades-long, career-defining business project, Korda survives a sixth assassination attempt and must appoint a successor: his long-estranged daughter Liesl—a nun. With personal tutor Bjorn in tow, the trio set off on a globetrotting adventure to achieve Korda's epic mission.

© 2025 Focus Features LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Sovereign

Sovereign

In this tense and provocative true-crime thriller inspired by true events, a father and son who identify as "sovereign citizens" follow a belief system deeply rooted in distrust of government authority. The pair's view turns deadly after a police confrontation, setting off a tragic chain of events that forces a reckoning with power, principle, and the limits of freedom.

© 2025 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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Watch the Skies

Watch the Skies

UFO Sweden is a club of quirky outsiders that investigates supernatural phenomena. One day, teenage rebel Denise shows up with a case unlike anything they've seen before: her father didn’t run away, he was abducted by aliens. Together, they embark on an adventure that takes them far beyond the boundaries of the law and ultimately, our world.

© 2025 AB Svensk Filmindustri, Crazy Pictures Productions AB, Sveriges Television AB, Film i Väst. All rights reserved.

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Black Bag

Black Bag

From Director Steven Soderbergh, BLACK BAG is a gripping spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse and his beloved wife Kathryn. When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test -- loyalty to his marriage or his country.

© 2024 Focus Features LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Tornado

Tornado

When her father's puppet Samurai show is ambushed by a notorious gang, Tornado vows to seek vengeance and forge her own destiny by stealing the gang's ill-gotten gold.

© 2025 Tornado Film Ltd.

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Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross - Paul Taulieb Cover Art

Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross

Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross

Supercross - The most underappreciated, demanding, dramatic sport on the planet, requiring heart, dedication and determination. This film by two-time Emmy-Winning filmmaker Paul Taublieb and narrated by executive producer Josh Brolin, is not a history, but captures the essence of the sport where passion meets commitment, relying on the twin pillars of in-depth interviews combined with cinematic camerawork along with deep archival research, featuring the biggest names of the sport.

© 2024 MECEB Productions II, LLC

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Hereditary - Ari Aster Cover Art

Hereditary

Hereditary

When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a nightmare vision of a domestic breakdown that exhibits the craft and precision of a nascent auteur, transforming a familial tragedy into something ominous and deeply disquieting, and pushing the horror movie into chilling new terrain with its shattering portrait of heritage gone to hell.

© 2018 Hereditary Film Productions, LLC and A24 Distribution, LLC

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Midsommar - Ari Aster Cover Art

Midsommar

Midsommar

Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing. From the visionary mind of Ari Aster comes a dread-soaked cinematic fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight.

© 2019 A24 Films, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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A Cursed Man

A Cursed Man

In this dangerous, dark social experiment, a documentary filmmaker seeks out some of the world's most powerful dark magic practitioners and asks them to put a curse on him.

© 2025 Cursed Man Media LLC

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Old Henry

Old Henry

A widowed farmer (Tim Blake Nelson) and his son take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gunslinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question. “Old Henry is the best revisionist Western since Unforgiven.” (Kaveh Jalinous, Under The Radar)

© 2021 Hideout Fund 1, LLC under exclusive license to Shout! Factory LLC

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Nuked

Nuked

Jack and Gill’s 40th birthday goes off the rails when a weed-laced dinner kicks in - just as they learn a nuclear missile is enroute to California. High and panicked, they must decide how to spend what could be their final night alive.

© 2025 Nuked the Movie LLC

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Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle Cover Art

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

When a penniless, eighteen year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai comes within one question of winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, a police investigation reveals his amazing story. Slumdog Millionaire is the winner of 8 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture of the Year and Best Director, Danny Boyle.

© 2008 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

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The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of legendary concierge Gustave H. and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft of a priceless painting; a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; and a desperate chase on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis - all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.

© 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

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A Nice Indian Boy

A Nice Indian Boy

When Naveen (Karan Soni), a soft-spoken doctor, finally brings his charming white-artist-fiancé Jay (Jonathan Groff) home to meet his traditional Indian family, comic misunderstandings and emotional revelations quickly put everyone on edge. With the family now at odds and forced to face some uncomfortable truths about their relationships as well as their own ideas of love and marriage, they attempt to plan the big Indian wedding of Naveen and Jay’s dreams.

© 2023 ANIB Productions Inc.

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Super (2011) - James Gunn Cover Art

Super (2011)

Super (2011)

In the outlandish dark comedy SUPER, James Gunn has created what is perhaps the definitive take on self-reflexive superheroes. When sad-sack loser Frank (Rainn Wilson) sees his ex-addict wife (Liv Tyler) willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer (Kevin Bacon), he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a hand-made suit, a wrench and a crazed sidekick named Boltie (Ellen Page), the Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife. The rules were written a long time ago: You are not supposed to molest children, cut lines or key cars; if you do, prepare to face the wrath of the Crimson Bolt! No stranger to rebel filmmaking, James Gunn cut his teeth writing for Troma before making his directing debut with 2006's SLITHER. In a similar vein, his follow-up feature combines absurd humor with balls-out violence to create something that is both unashamed and inimitable. But this time Gunn adds a new ingredient, one that is dark, dramatic and subversive to the core.

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The Ballad of Wallis Island

The Ballad of Wallis Island

The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer (Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden) back together. His fantasy quickly turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.

© 2025 Focus Features LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Amongst the Wolves

Amongst the Wolves

'Amongst the Wolves' is a gritty crime thriller following Danny, a homeless former soldier. Whilst trying to navigate the dangers of life on the streets, Danny forms an unlikely bond with a troubled teen fighting to stay alive against a notorious gang headed up by a vicious gangster (Aidan Gillen).

© 2024 Break&Circus Productions / Stalker Films Ireland 002024 All Rights Reserved

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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

In Director Laura Piani's feature debut, Agathe (Camille Rutherford) is a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman, who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love as in a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single. When Agathe's best friend (Pablo Pauly) gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally lives her Jane Austen moment… and is caught in a volatile romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.

© 2024 LES FILMS DU VEYRIER – SCIAPODE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Magazine Dreams

Magazine Dreams

Killian Maddox (Jonathan Majors) is consumed by his dream of becoming a world-famous bodybuilder and one day gracing the cover of fitness magazines. He lives a lonely, regimented life, and his relentless drive for perfection only pushes him deeper towards self-destruction, but beneath his tenacious pursuit of superstardom lies a desperate, aching need for human connection. As he battles both the limits of his physical body and his own inner demons, Magazine Dreams explores the lengths one man will go to in his haunting quest for recognition in a world that often overlooks him.

© 2025 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Two-time Academy Award® winner Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, as Bridget, now a widowed single mother, must juggle work, parenthood and romance. With the help of her loyal friends, Bridget navigates encounters with a younger man—and a series of awkward interactions with her son's science teacher—as she strives to forge a new path toward life and love.

© 2024 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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Flow

Flow

A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, FLOW follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. From the boundless imagination of the award-winning filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis (AWAY) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Steeped in the soaring possibilities of visual storytelling, FLOW is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart.

© 2024 Dream Well Studio Sacrebleu Productions Take Five

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The Witch - Robert Eggers Cover Art

The Witch

The Witch

New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest — within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately — animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, family members accuse teenage daughter Thomasin of witchcraft, charges she adamantly denies. As circumstances grow more treacherous, each family member's faith, loyalty and love become tested in shocking and unforgettable ways.

© 2015 By Witch Movie, LLC All Rights Reserved

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I'm Still Here - Walter Salles Cover Art

I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here

Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. We are introduced to the Paivas: a father, Rubens, a mother, Eunice (Fernanda Torres), and their five children. They live by the beach, in a rented house with doors constantly open to friends. The affection and humor they share among themselves are their own forms of resistance to the oppression that hangs over the country. One day, they experience a violent and arbitrary act that will forever change their lives. In the aftermath, Eunice is forced to reinvent herself and carve out a new future for herself and her children. The moving story of this family, based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's memoir, helped to reconstruct an important part of Brazil's hidden history. From the acclaimed director of Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries, Walter Salles.

© 2024 VIDEOFILMES / RT FEATURES / GLOBOPLAY / CONSPIRAÇÃO / MACT PRODUCTIONS / ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA

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One Hour Photo

One Hour Photo

Sy Parrish (Robin Williams) has lovingly, painstakingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually convinces himself he's part of their family. When Sy discovers the family's dark secret, a bizarre and thrilling confrontation ensues.

© 2002 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

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Wild - Jean-Marc Vallée Cover Art

Wild

Wild

Academy Award® winner Reese Witherspoon stars in this inspirational true story from the director of Dallas Buyers Club and based on the best-selling book. After years of reckless behavior, Cheryl makes a rash decision to hike more than a thousand miles with absolutely no experience — in what becomes a remarkable journey of self-discovery and redemption that strengthens and ultimately heals her.

© 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Men (2022)

Men (2022)

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in visionary filmmaker Alex Garland's (Ex Machina, Annihilation) feverish, shape-shifting horror film.

© 2022 Men Film Rights LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Don't Log Off

Don't Log Off

When Sam vanishes mid-video call, her friends race to uncover what happened. As they dig online, they vanish one by one. A sinister force is at play - can they solve the mystery before they're next?

© 2025 Log In LLC

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Waves

Waves

Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, ‘Waves’ traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. From acclaimed director Trey Edward Shults, ‘Waves’ is a heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times.

© 2019 A24 FILMS LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Her (2013) - Spike Jonze Cover Art

Her (2013)

Her (2013)

Academy Award® winner for Best Original Screenplay! From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) comes an original love story that explores the evolving nature and risks of intimacy in the modern world. Set in the Los Angeles of the slight future, Her follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet “Samantha” (Scarlett Johansson), a bright, female voice who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly funny. As her needs and desires grow in tandem with his own, their friendship deepens into an eventual and unconventional love for each other.

© 2013 by Untitled Rick Howard Company LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Arrested on his wedding day for a crime he didn't commit, Edmond Dantes spends fourteen years in prison. After a daring escape, he becomes the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo and seeks revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

© 2024 Chapter 2 – Pathé Films – M6 Films – Fargo Film

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28 Weeks Later

28 Weeks Later

28 Weeks Later, the follow-up to the hugely successful 28 Days Later, picks up six months after the rage virus has annihilated Mainland Britain. The US army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. As the first wave of refugees return, a family is reunited – but one of them unwittingly carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is more dangerous than ever.

© 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

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12 Years a Slave - Steve McQueen Cover Art

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

From director Steve McQueen and based on Solomon Northup’s astonishing true story comes this powerful winner of three 2013 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o). In 1841, Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free citizen, is kidnapped, stripped of his identity and sold into slavery. Now, he must find the strength to survive in this unflinching story of hope.

© 2013 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Pavements

Pavements

An examination of the iconic 1990s indie band Pavement appears to be just another music documentary—until it isn’t. The film shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history, and a Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation.

© Pavements Films, LLC.

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Woken

Woken

Anna wakes to kind faces she doesn’t recognise and a remote island she has no memory of. She is forced to re-learn everything about herself, her husband and the baby she is carrying. But when two disfigured people arrive on the island and there is a violent altercation she discovers that the human race is close to extinction and goes searching for the truth about herself.

© 2024 Sun and Moon Film Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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Resistance

Resistance

Before he was the world-famous mime Marcel Marceau, he was Marcel Mangel, an aspiring Jewish actor who joined the French Resistance to save the lives of thousands of children orphaned at the hands of the Nazis. Jesse Eisenberg stars in this compelling drama about a group of unsung heroes who put themselves in harm’s way to rise above hatred and oppression during World War II. As a young man growing up in Nazi-occupied Europe, Marcel has no intention of getting involved in the war - his pursuits include impersonating Charlie Chaplin in burlesque clubs, painting backdrops for his plays, and antagonizing his obstinate father. His life is thrown into upheaval when he is recruited into the French Resistance, putting his acting skills to the ultimate test in teaching orphaned Jewish children how to survive in the horrifying reality of the Holocaust. Based on the inspiring true story, RESISTANCE follows the revolutionary tale of a selfless act that would forever change countless lives.

© 2019 Resistance Pictures Limited. All rights reserved.

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Sneaks

Sneaks

Sneaks is the heart-warming and comedic adventure of a misguided, one-of-a-kind, designer sneaker named Ty. He doesn't really know how to live life outside the comforts of his velvet lined shoe box and lives in fear of getting scuff-marks. One fateful day, he and his sister, Maxine, are stolen by The Collector. He's looking to sell them to The Forger, who plans to take the shoes apart and make cheap copies. While trying to escape from The Collector's grasp, Ty and Maxine find themselves separated. Amongst the skyscrapers and back alleys of New York City, Ty finds himself abandoned and alone in the many boroughs, neighborhoods and villages of Manhattan—the city that never sleeps. It is there that Ty meets J.B.—a streetwise, scuffed up sneaker with a tough-as-leather exterior but butter—soft heart inside. Ty takes some persuading to accept J.B.'s help but eventually he relents and they set off on an adventure together to find Maxine before disaster strikes. Now the clock is on! Ty and J.B. race across New York, meeting all kinds of other incredible footwear from all walks of life along the way. Both are facing their own fears: Ty thinks that if he never leaves the box, he'll never get hurt, whilst J.B. has been hurt before and doesn't want to get hurt again. Both of them will learn the same lesson: that in order to experience great pleasure, you need to be willing to experience great pain. That's the journey of life. And if it takes going from one side of New York to the other to learn that lesson, then so be it. In this bright, bold, music-filled adventure steeped in sneaker culture, Ty must learn how to walk before he can run. And walking isn't easy when you're only one little shoe in the big city.

© 2025 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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Last Breath (2025)

Last Breath (2025)

A heart-pounding film that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped deep below the ocean's surface. Based on a true story, Last Breath is an electrifying story about teamwork, resilience, and a race against time to do the impossible.

© 2023 Focus Features LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Anora

Anora

Anora, a young woman from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

© 2024 Anora Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems

From acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

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Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) - Patricia Riggen Cover Art

Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)

Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)

Even across thousands of miles, the special bond between a mother and son can never be broken. It gives hope to Carlitos, a scrappy nine-year-old boy whose mother, Rosario, has gone to America to build a better life for both of them. While Rosario struggles for a brighter future, fate forces Carlitos' hand and he embarks on an extraordinary journey to find her. Critics and audiences alike have praised this inspirational and heartwarming tale of a mother's devotion, a son's courage and a love that knows no borders.

© 2008 Twentieth Century Fox. All rights reserved.

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Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One

Academy Award® Winner Best Visual Effects. In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

© 2023 Toho Co., Ltd.

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The Banished

The Banished

After her brother mysteriously goes missing, Grace ventures into the dangerous wilderness to find him. As she uncovers the horrific truth of his disappearance, she is faced with a darkness which threatens to claim her as well.

© 2024 Sterling Cinema Australia. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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Ex Machina

Ex Machina

Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, EX MACHINA. Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company's brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test—charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan’s latest experiment in artificial intelligence. That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated––and more deceptive––than the two men could have imagined.

© 2014 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LLLP

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Conclave

Conclave

Conclave follows one of the world's most secretive and ancient events–selecting a new pope. The Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world, locked together in the Vatican halls. Tasked with running this covert process, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church. Also starring Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini and directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front).

© 2024 Focus Features LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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The Ugly Stepsister

The Ugly Stepsister

A sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story, 'The Ugly Stepsister' follows Elvira as she prepares to earn the prince's affection at any cost. In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will compete with the beautiful and enchanting Agnes to become the belle of the ball.

© 2025 Mer Film / Lava Films / Zentropa Sweden / MOTOR / Film i Väst / Mediefondet Zefyt / EC1 Łódź

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The Assessment

The Assessment

In a not-so-distant future, where resources are scarce and tightly controlled, even the dream of having a child is not a given. Mia (Elizabeth Olsen) and Aaryan (Himesh Patel) are one of the few couples allowed to take a mysterious assessment for the right to have a child, having successfully navigated a brutal selection process. Desperate to prove themselves eligible, they face their evaluator, Virginia (Alicia Vikander) —cold, unpredictable, and impossible to read. Subjected to seven grueling days of challenges, Mia and Aaryan are pushed to the brink. The trials unravel into a psychological nightmare, forcing them to face their deepest insecurities, shaking the foundations of their relationship and what being parents really means to them.

© 2024 Number 9 Films Assessment Ltd., TA Co-Production GmbH, ShivHans Productions, LLC, TA2022 Investors, LLC, Tiki Tāne, LLC

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Nosferatu (2024)

Nosferatu (2024)

In Nosferatu, estate agent Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) travels to Transylvania for a fateful meeting with a prospective client named Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård). While away, his new bride Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) is plagued by visions and an increasing sense of dread in anticipation of an encounter with a horrifying force beyond her control. The gothic tale of obsession is directed by Robert Eggers and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe.

© 2024 Focus Features LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth

Following a bloody civil war, young Ofelia enters a world of unimaginable cruelty when she moves in with her new stepfather, a tyrannical military officer. Armed with only her imagination, Ofelia discovers a mysterious labyrinth and meets a faun who sets her on a path to saving herself and her ailing mother. But soon, the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, and before Ofelia can turn back, she finds herself at the center of a ferocious battle between good and evil.

© 2006 New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

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127 Hours

127 Hours

From Danny Boyle, the Academy Award®-winning director of 2008's Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire, comes 127 HOURS. 127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, as well as the last two people he ever had the chance to meet. 127 HOURS is a visceral, thrilling story that takes an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life. 127 HOURS is the winner of six Academy Award® nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor James Franco and Best Adapted Screenplay.

© 2010 Twentieth Century Fox

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The Florida Project

The Florida Project

Despite her harsh surroundings, the precocious and ebullient Moonee has no trouble making each day a celebration of life, her endless afternoons overflowing with mischief and grand adventure as she and her ragtag playmates—including Jancey, a new arrival to the area who quickly becomes Moonee’s best friend—fearlessly explore the utterly unique world into which they’ve been thrown. Unbeknownst to Moonee, however, her delicate fantasy is supported by the toil and sacrifice of Halley, who is forced to explore increasingly dangerous possibilities in order to provide for her daughter.

© 2017 Florida Project 2016, LLC