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  • 2006
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    The Lives of Others

    The Lives of Others

    8.03 2006 HD

    In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the Stasi secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly...

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  • 2017
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    Ava

    Ava

    6.40 2017 HD

    Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as...

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  • 2000
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    Dancer in the Dark

    Dancer in the Dark

    7.90 2000 HD

    Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder...

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  • 2024
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    About a Hero

    About a Hero

    1 2024 HD

    After a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Werner Herzog travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his...

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  • 2009
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    Thawing Out

    Thawing Out

    5.80 2009 HD

    Léo is dragged to a nudist camping resort by his mother. Like most boys at the age of 12 or 13, being nude in public holds little appeal for...

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  • 2015
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    Mia madre

    Mia madre

    6.64 2015 HD

    Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.

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  • 2024
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    Writing Hawa

    Writing Hawa

    1 2024 HD

    Afghan documentary maker Najiba Noori offers not only a loving and intimate portrait of her mother Hawa, but also shows in detail how the arduous...

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  • 1998
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    Croupier

    Croupier

    6.70 1998 HD

    Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a...

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  • 2020
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    Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity

    Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity

    7.60 2020 HD

    With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary...

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  • 2020
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    Little Girl

    Little Girl

    7.86 2020 HD

    7-year-old Sasha has always known that she is a girl. Sasha’s family has recently accepted her gender identity, embracing their daughter for...

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  • 2003
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    Good Bye, Lenin!

    Good Bye, Lenin!

    7.55 2003 HD

    Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an...

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  • 2019
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    The Traitor

    The Traitor

    7.67 2019 HD

    Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans...

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  • 2019
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    Martin Eden

    Martin Eden

    7.02 2019 HD

    The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor...

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  • 1996
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    The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

    7.10 1996 HD

    What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie...

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  • 2007
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    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    6.50 2007 HD

    Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...

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  • 2016
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    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

    7.40 2016 HD

    Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’s world while...

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  • 2021
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    Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

    Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

    7.10 2021 HD

    Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive...

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  • 2024
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    An American Pastoral

    An American Pastoral

    1 2024 HD

    It’s 2023, and in a small conservative town in Pennsylvania an intense cultural and ideological battle is raging around the public school...

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  • 2013
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    Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

    Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

    5.90 2013 HD

    In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord...

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  • 2018
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    I Am Jonas

    I Am Jonas

    6.70 2018 HD

    When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and...

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