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- DirectorNigel PatrickStarsNigel PatrickCharles CoburnWendy HillerThe impoverished Clitterburn family live on a grand English estate but times are hard and the head of the household, Sir Henry, seizes upon news of the impending arrival of their rich Canadian Uncle George as the solution to their financial troubles.
- 20141h 4mNot Rated6.8 (60)71MetascoreDirectorLes BlankGina LeibrechtStarsRichard LeacockValérie LalondeIn the year 2000, Les Blank, along with co-filmmaker Gina Leibrecht, visited Richard Leacock (1921-2011) at his farm in Normandy, France and recorded conversations with him about his life, his work, and his other passion: cooking! With the flair of a seasoned raconteur, Leacock recounts key moments in his seventy years as a filmmaker and the innovations that he, D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles and others invented that revolutionized documentary filmmaking, and explores the mystery of creativity. With the passing of both Blank and Leacock, the documentary is a moving insight into the lives of two seminal figures in the history of film.
- CreatorMarti NoxonStarsLisa EdelsteinBeau GarrettNecar ZadeganFollows a best-selling author of a self-help book series who hides her recent separation as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her 40s in Los Angeles.
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsDaniel KaufmanAn animated look at the 11 essential steps to make the pilgrim's progess from finding a woman to making love to her. Along the way, our prototypical man gets advice about her eyes, her hair, her neck, her nostrils (and how they will flare as she becomes excited), the kiss, disrobing her (be subtle yet have authority), the hug, her nipples, and kinky accessories. At every turn, even as the exultant strains of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus signal that success is upon him, there are dangers and pitfalls. The journey requires steely resolve.
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsBill PlymptonThe perilous road to kicking the habit is explored in twenty-six vignettes that include various professionals and contraptions.
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsLinda EklundChris HoffmanEve SchwastWhile giving an art lesson, the Magic Line is distracted by thoughts of his true love and former model, Vera, with whom he'd had a wild and passionate affair.
- DirectorBretislav PojarStarsRudolf Deyl
- DirectorBretislav PojarStarsKarel Höger
- DirectorJirí BrdeckaStarsOtakar BrousekMiroslav HornícekKarel HögerAn animated film about the emergence and development of aeronautics, about how man conquered the air.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsBob OgleFour methods of flush-riveting aircraft aluminum sheet-metal are described and illustrated.
- DirectorPeter RichardsonStarsHarry BrutonRay CarnayCody CurtisIn 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize a terminally ill person's request to end his or her life with medication. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had legalized the practice. 'How to Die in Oregon' tell the stories of those most intimately involved with the practice today -- terminally ill Oregonians, their families, doctors, and friends -- as well as the passage of a similar law in Washington State.
- StarsPhil PlaitMichelle ThallerRichard LinternA users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from and how does it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
- StarsCorey JohnsonJonathan KeebleTony PraveThe natural wonders of the world are being explained.
- DirectorPeter ChinnStarsEdward HerrmannGeoffrey BoultonGary StevensA brief account of the Earth's geological progression, from its creation 4.6 billion years ago to scientists' predictions of its demise more than 2.5 billion years in the future.
- StarsCorey J. Smith
- DirectorLuke EllisStarsRobert HazenNeil deGrasse TysonMarcelo GleiserWas life triggered by some event, like lightning hitting a pond full of amino acids? Earth was teeming with life billions of years before the dinosaurs existed. Single celled organisms inundated the oceans, and the soil swarmed with living creatures. Where did it all come from and how do you go from a single-celled organism to a trillion-celled organism like man?
- StarsDiana KlimowiczWiktor StribogAnna GrudniewskaAgatha and Maggie the squirrel will take you to the world of wonderful journeys and worries.
- DirectorRay JacobsStarsMervyn BradleyLeeroy GrantHarprit Singh SahotaI'll get them to smile. I'll roll the camera then run ! So go the thoughts of a cameraman about to film Arty Party a learning disabled performance group. Things do not go to plan as he enters into the rehearsal room, a place where the surreal and poetic reign.
- DirectorWiktor StribogStarsLukasz BabulaDiana KlimowiczNew adventure awaits Agatha when it turns out the last episode is (blank). (Blank) find her own way through the mushroomland gathering APFEL®. Can you help her (blank)? Oh god, can somebody please help her (blank). Breathe, breathe, breathe. You can't do anything, you're worthless. But hush - the secret is (blank).
- DirectorRicardo TrogiStarsMonika PilonKatia LévesqueHugues Saint LouisA couple in Québec deals with the pitfalls, pressure and high expectations of raising kids in a society obsessed with success and social media image.
- DirectorDouglas WesterStarsKristi Yamaguchi
- DirectorRussell ThomasStarsBill BaileyBBC Concert OrchestraKeith DoverComedian and musician Bill Bailey takes the audience on an amusing and enlightening introduction to the parts of an orchestra.
- DirectorJohn Cameron MitchellStarsElle FanningAlex SharpNicole KidmanAn alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London borough of Croydon.
- CreatorPeter HelliarStarsPeter HelliarLisa McCuneWillow Ryan-FullerAfter fifteen years of marriage, the lives of Greg and Em Butler and their two daughters change when Em returns to work, Greg is made redundant and his brother Brad moves in.
- StarsDaniel BaxterTina AlexanderStephanie FisherA look back at how things would have been if your favorite movies had ended just a little differently.
- CreatorPeter NowalkStarsViola DavisBilly BrownJack FalaheeA group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor become involved in a twisted murder plot that promises to change the course of their lives.
- DirectorJocelyn MoorhouseStarsWinona RyderEllen BurstynAnne BancroftBride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.
- DirectorDean DeBloisChris SandersStarsJay BaruchelGerard ButlerChristopher Mintz-PlasseA hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsJaromír HanzlíkLibuse SafránkováFrantisek FilipovskýA turbulent comedy of confusion about the water sprites who go soul hunting in the river Vltava and become ordinary mortals through all kinds of misadventures.
- DirectorChuck JonesBen WashamStarsBoris KarloffJune ForayDal McKennonA grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsHayley MillsJohn MillsJames MacArthurDuring the 1960s, a Caribbean sailor and his tomboy daughter search for buried treasure but run into unsavory characters and a cute lawyer who's after romance.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsAudrey HepburnPeter O'TooleEli WallachThe daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.
- DirectorHans Jürgen PohlandStarsThomas PiperHildegard KnefUrsela MonnA biologist has succeeded in growing a particularly energy-rich lettuce and now the whole world wants to get hold of the product.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsMatthew ModineClaire BloomJudith IveyArriving in a new town, a child pretends to be deaf-mute to protect himself - a ruse which works so well that for twenty years he is custodian to all the town's secrets.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsMarilyn MonroeBetty GrableLauren BacallThree women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
- DirectorDennie GordonStarsAmanda BynesColin FirthKelly PrestonAn American teenager learns that her father is a wealthy British politician running for office. Although she is eager to find him, she realizes it could cause a scandal and cost him the election.
- DirectorNancy MeyersStarsMel GibsonHelen HuntMarisa TomeiA cocky, chauvinistic advertising executive magically acquires the ability to hear what women are thinking.
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsTamara SmartOona LaurenceTom FeltonA babysitter embarks on a mission to save a child who's been abducted by monsters.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsBonita GranvilleMorgan ConwayPaula CordayChristine, a lawyer closely working with District Attorney Lester Ashton, quits her job and joins his friend Bill's one-man buffet. Bill is drinking heavily because of his flirtatious wife. Trying to help him they get involved in a murder. Now Christine and Lester must think of a way to have their mutual friend Bill cleared out.
- CreatorMark GrossStarsPete HolmesKatie LowesMason WellsFollows professional bowler Tom Smallwood's life.
- StarsCharlie BrookerLiz May BriceKevin EldonA comedic documentary series in which Charlie Brooker uses a mix of sketches and jaw-dropping archive footage to explore the gulf between real life and television.
- StarsJohn WilsonKyle MacLachlanNiko NelsonAn anxious New Yorker attempts to give everyday advice while dealing with his own personal issues.
- StarsPeter DinklageBruce Bueno de MesquitaWaller NewellRuling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
- DirectorMaciej KawulskiStarsMarcin KowalczykTomasz WlosokNatalia SzroederA polish gangster discovers the senselessness of his life.
- StarsRichard WilsonDiane MorganCustomer service employees are shown dealing with complaints badly in different scenarios, including face-to-face in a retail store, an airport customer service desk and a local authority as well as over the telephone. Following the coaching points given by Richard Wilson, the employees are able to manage and resolve the complaints they receive more effectively.
- DirectorGeorge KucharStarsWieland Speck
- DirectorKarel JanákStarsMarek AdamczykAnna FialováIva JanzurováThree Fates come to the castle to predict the fate of little Prince Leopold. On the way they stop at the commander of the guards, who has also just had a son. His prediction is not very glorious. Hynek is supposed to be a mischievous boy who will think mainly of food. Little Leopold is predicted by the Fates to marry the daughter of a neighboring king. The prince and princess hate each other as children from the first moment, but their parents insist on fulfilling the prophecy. On the day of their marriage, Leopold and Josephine discover a way to thwart it. They steal the magical watch from the Fates and use it to go back to the time of the prince's birth to prevent the Fates from making the prediction. They succeed in doing so, but on their return they discover what they have done not only to themselves, but to the kingdom as a whole.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsJirí SovákVladimír MensíkMilena DvorskáThe king Dalimil and the queen Eliska waited to see a longed-for offspring - a daughter Ruzenka. But Eliska's envious and bad sister Melánie curses her. When Ruzenka becomes 17 years old she will prick her finger and she will fall asleep for ages together with the entire kingdom.
- DirectorSutton RoleyStarsRobert VaughnDavid McCallumBarry SullivanThe agents of U.N.C.L.E. must stop mad general Harmon and his Seven Intellectual Wonders of the World, as well as THRUSH agents, from taking over the world.
- DirectorPaul SchneiderStarsJoan RiversAlex RoccoMorgan FairchildA rich woman becomes convinced that her husband plans to murder her, leading to an increasingly hectic comedy of errors.
- DirectorStuart GillardStarsSarah PolleyJackie BurroughsGreg SpottiswoodSeveral changes are happening at the King farm. First, Janet's judgmental and demanding Aunt Eliza comes for a visit. Much to Alec's chagrin, they learn that Aunt Eliza's stay at the last relation's lasted eight months. Second, Janet herself is feeling strange, not knowing the cause. Third, a pipe-smoking, fiddle-playing young man named Gus Pike is staying temporarily in their hayloft. All alone in the world, Gus, recently arrived on the island looking for work, is uneducated but world traveled, having sailed the seas on merchant and fishing ships. And fourth, Felicity, aged 13¾, is feeling no longer like a child but a young woman. First and foremost on her mind is wanting the affection of young man and to be kissed before the summer is out. She believes she's found that man when she meets David Hawes, the bowler of a visiting cricket team and who Sara thinks is at least 18 years old. Felicity does whatever she can to spend time with David while he's in Avonlea. She sees an opportunity with him at the post-cricket match ball, which is only for adults. Thus she will need her parent's permission to attend, something which is not a foregone conclusion. Through Felicity's attempts to be grown up, Gus unexpectedly acts as her guardian and protector.
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyViola RichardThe Merry Maiden's tough captain sets his sights on the love-smitten Willie Brisling's charming fiancée and kidnaps her. Now, she is a prisoner of love. Will the adulterous sea captain get away with cheating?
- DirectorRuaridh ArrowStarsRobert HelveyJamila RaqibGene SharpHOW TO START A REVOLUTION is the remarkable untold story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp, the world's leading expert on non-violent revolution. This new film (from first time director Ruaridh Arrow) reveals how Gene's work has given a new generation of revolutionary leaders the weapons needed to overthrow dictators. It shows how his 198 steps to non-violent regime change have inspired uprisings from Serbia to Ukraine and from Egypt to Syria and how his work has spread across the globe in an unstoppable wave of profound democratic change. How To Start A Revolution is the story of the power of people to change their world, the modern revolution and the man behind it all.
- DirectorViktor HertzStarsLukas LoughranIrma JämhammarAnki LarssonA man wakes up at a clinic specialized in malignant hangovers. The doctor prescribes 600 ml of ice cream and two action comedies, but also shares some news, which doesn't make him feel any better.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsMichael CrawfordJohn LennonRoy KinnearAn inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
- DirectorJonathan SobolStarsScott CaanPaulo CostanzoJason JonesUpon learning they only have a few days left to live, three brothers set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsJack LemmonVirna LisiTerry-ThomasA dedicated bachelor drunkenly marries a young woman and immediately lives to regret it.
- DirectorChristian DitterStarsDakota JohnsonRebel WilsonLeslie MannA group of young adults navigate love and relationships in New York City.
- DirectorDaniel GoldhaberStarsAriela BarerKristine FrosethLukas GageA crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsKate HudsonMatthew McConaugheyAdam GoldbergBenjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days.
- DirectorMolly Manning WalkerStarsAnna AntoniadesMia McKenna-BruceLara PeakeThree British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsGeorge JohnsonJames MacDonaldJohn McLeishGoofy's demonstration of fishing is fouled up by his clumsy casting and fly fishing, and problems with his boat.
- DirectorCristina Patiño Sheen
- DirectorKelly Neal
- DirectorMathew HarveyStarsMegan HindTom Anson MeskerSteve, an eccentric 34 year old man-child runs a successful Motel training guests in the art of 'propaganda', until one day a stranger rides into town, alas Vera an investigative journalist intent on uncovering her next big piece, one 'Fake News' story at a time.
- DirectorMarcel LozinskiStarsLeszek BanachowskiAndrzej RozhinBarbara RozhinSummer camp for young married couples, during which they compete for the main prize, a washing machine, is used by its organizers to promote communist ideas of a happy family life.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsWright KingPat CardiPamelyn FerdinBill sketches an animated person, Mr. Man, who takes us back through history to explain how people developed a need to communicate, and shows us devices that helped to do so.
- DirectorJames KelleyAndrea BianchiStarsMark LesterBritt EklandHardy KrügerA wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year-old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.
- DirectorTherese ShechterStarsAbiola AbramsHanne BlankLena ChenIt has launched both purity balls and porn franchises, defines a young woman's morality-but has no medical definition. Enter the magical world of virginity, where a white wedding dress can restore a woman's innocence and replacement hymens can be purchased online. Filmmaker Therese Shechter uses her own path out of virginity to explore why our sex-crazed society cherishes this so-called precious gift. Along the way, we meet sex educators, virginity auctioneers, abstinence advocates, and young men and women who bare their tales of doing it-or not doing it. "How To Lose Your Virginity" uncovers the myths and misogyny surrounding a rite of passage that many obsesses about but few truly understand.
- DirectorHal CooperStarsBarbara EdenLarry HagmanHayden RorkeJeannie's sister drops in and decides to make Roger her 48th husband to teach Jeannie, how to get married.
- CreatorMarc CherryStarsJack DavenportLucy LiuAllison TolmanAn anthology series that follows three women in different decades all living in the same house, as they deal with infidelity and betrayals in their marriages.
- DirectorJohn WhitesellStarsJason PriestleyGabriel OldsJerry O'ConnellThree young men go on an end of the summer trip to Hollywood, California. Their quest: to fulfill the fantasy of meeting Marilyn Monroe.
- DirectorNawapol ThamrongrattanaritStarsChutimon ChuengcharoensukyingSunny SuwanmethanontSarika SartsilpsupaA woman wants to reorganize her house and convert it into a home office. She will throw away anything that has been lying around unused. However, she faces a great challenge when she comes across some items that belonged to her ex-boyfriend.
- DirectorHarun FarockiAn oddity: a mock-documentary, satirizing West German life, from the perspective of a leftwing East German filmmaker.
- DirectorLindsey ShockleyStarsHanna HallTamlin HallSusan Marie KellerShot all in one continuous take, "The Truth About Faces" peers into the private lives of a mother and daughter who are forced to come to terms with a tragic event when a long lost loved one resurfaces and exposes the truth about their past.
- DirectorRehad DesaiA journey into how investigative journalists uncovered the alleged corruption scandal surrounding former President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family.
- DirectorPetra EpperleinMichael TuckerStarsYunis Khatayer AbbasA freedom-loving Iraqi journalist is mistaken as Tony Blair's would-be assassin and sent to Abu Ghraib Prison where he discovers the true meaning of liberation.
- DirectorBen HopkinsMuhammet Ekber KutluStarsSereban AslanSuleyman AtanisevIsmail AtilganTo preserve their culture, the Pamir Kirghiz people have migrated across Central Asia from the U.S.S.R to China to Afghanistan to Pakistan and finally to remote eastern Turkey, but now they face the most serious threat to their traditions, globalization.
- DirectorLichelli Lazar-LeaStarsAntonio Del PreteSimon RexMonique Gabriela CurnenAn ordinary guy escapes his turbulent home life when he is invited to an exclusive Hollywood party by his movie star friend, only to discover that there's more to the glamorous world than meets the eye.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsJeff BridgesRosanna ArquetteAlexandra PaulA former police detective, still recovering from his alcohol addiction, is seemingly drawn into L.A's criminal underworld after stumbling upon a local drug ring.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsAnnette FunicelloDwayne HickmanBrian DonlevyFrankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra, and sends her to distract advertising executive Ricky from Dee Dee.
- DirectorNorman PanamaStarsBob HopeJackie GleasonJane WymanYoung couple decide to live together and they wind up having a baby. They decide they should give the baby up for adoption. The baby's Mother's parents wind up adopting the baby using a fake name.
- DirectorJack KinneyJack HannahStarsAlan ReedBilly BletcherPinto ColvigGoofy is hired to solve a mystery of a missing "Al." He searches the city for clues, but constantly runs into a city sheriff (who is portrayed by Pete) who tells him to let the police handle it. A car chase occurs and the drivers ram into a haystack. It turns out that Al is actually the city sheriff who is supposed to get married to the woman who hires Goofy to find him.
- DirectorPierre GrimblatStarsJean-Claude BrialyMarie LaforêtSophie DaumierTo repay a debt, Marcel must commit a robbery in a large department store. Unfortunately his booty is intercepted by a gang of thugs.
- DirectorWojciech HasStarsBarbara KrafftównaZbigniew CybulskiArtur MlodnickiAn actress traveling to Paris reflects on her life during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
- DirectorMark GriffithsStarsEric MabiusBrooke D'OrsayJody ThompsonAn accountant, who never quite grew out of his awkward teenage years, finds himself with a dating coach - she happens to be his high school crush as well. Thanks to his coach, he gets a pretty woman he has his sights on for some time, but realizes they are incompatible. Meanwhile, his dating lessons with his teenage crush reawaken old feelings. Not realizing the feelings are mutual, he finds himself unable to act on them due to his fear of being rejected by the one he truly loves.
- DirectorMark GriffithsStarsJeremy LondonDorie BartonJames GammonA city lawyer gets a dose of country medicine when he meets his fiancee's parents at Christmastime.
- DirectorSaul BassStarsPeter HansenPaul SaltmanMixing animation with live-action, Saul Bass' "Why Man Creates" is an eight-part meditation on the nature and struggle of creativity.
- DirectorMarco MartinsStarsRafael MoraisJoana de VeronaBeatriz BatardaGuilherme and Sofia, brother and sister, grow up sharing experiences and slowly discovering their sexuality. The thing that Sofia doesn't know is how far Guilherme will go to keep her inside his own perverse, dark and perfect circle.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsFranco NeroFrançoise FabianPierluigi ApràA filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the murder of a magistrate who orders the film's seizure.
- 19641h 35mPG8.4 (519K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.