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61) Shock wave
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
When a terrorist who specializes in explosives takes hold of an underground tunnel, he threatens to kill hostages if his demands are not met.
62) Gitel (Russian)
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Russian
Description
It is September 5, 1969, and Gitel Bargman is about to attend a party to celebrate her 33rd birthday, although for her it is hardly cause for celebration. She is racked with guilt for simply being alive. Attractive, intelligent, and witty, Gitel is a successful violinist who lives in a Kuybyshev (USSR) apartment. To the outsider, she has everything. But Gitel hides a secret. She is a haunted woman: haunted not only by painful memories of the past,...
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
64) Arctic Void
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When almost everyone vanishes from a tourist ship in the Arctic, fear becomes the master for the three who remain. Forced ashore, the men deteriorate in body and mind until a dark truth emerges that compels them to ally or perish.
65) Hive
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Albanian
Description
Sundance's triple award-winning film is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. To provide for her struggling family, she pulls the other widows in her community together to launch a business selling a local food product. Together, they find healing and solace in considering...
66) The Happy Prince
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The untold story of Oscar Wilde, who observes his own failure and regards the difficulties that beset his life with humor and detachment.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Just days before Christmas, 1983, the Oliverio family readies an Italian tradition stretching back to the old country. Amidst the festivities, Tony Oliverio, a young man with big dreams and an even bigger heart, is yearning to find love. When he meets the gorgeous Ivy Leaguer Beth, romance blossoms, and it looks like Tony's holiday might make a turn for the better! But their budding romance faces some serious obstacles, including his Great Grandma,...
69) A champion heart
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A lonely teenage girl finds love, faith, and healing through a relationship with a wounded horse.
70) Confess, Fletch
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this delightful comedy romp, the roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch's Italian girlfriend. Crime has never been this disorganized.
71) Roman holiday
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A modern-day princess, rebelling against the royal obligations, explores Rome on her own. She meets an American newspaperman who, seeking an exclusive story, pretends ignorance of her true identity. But his plan falters as they fall in love. Stylishly directed by William Wyler, it's a romantic comedy that ranks as one of the most enjoyable films of all time.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A shocking revelation turns a teenage boy's world upside down in this chilling look at the evil that can lurk below even the most wholesome surface. When Tyler discovers a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession, he begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be a psychopath, and that his deadly rampage is not over.
73) Jesus kid
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Eugenio is the author of a once-popular Western novel is experiencing various real-life difficulties. His most famous character, Jesus Kid, a gun-slinging cowboy, is getting bad sales, and his publisher wants him to ghost-write a political biography ... or else. Then appears what could be his salvation. He's hired to write a screenplay, only he's told he must isolate himself for three months in a luxury hotel, to do so. What best-selling film could...
74) Amulet
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Tomaz is a homeless former soldier who takes refuge in the decaying home of Magda, a lonely young woman in desperate need of help as she cares for her ailing mother. At first hesitant, Magda soon welcomes Tomaz into their lives. But as he gets closer to and begins to fall for Magda, Tomaz notices strange and unexplainable phenomena. Something seems very wrong with the mysterious old woman who never leaves the top floor, and Tomaz begins to suspect...
75) A quiet passion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The story of poet Emily Dickinson, whose genius, wit, intellectual independence, and pathos only came to be recognized after her death.
76) Jungle Cruise
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Deutsch
Description
It tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world-renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
79) Hereafter
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
George is a blue-collar American with a special connection to the afterlife dating from his childhood. French journalist Marie has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. When London schoolboy Marcus loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each seeking the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might, or must, exist in the hereafter.
80) Wonderful town
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Thai
Description
A young architect in charge of the building of a new seaside resort meets and begins a secret romantic relationship with a pretty innkeeper in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami.
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