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Joy Ride 2001

6.6 /10

Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.

Run Time: 97 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Oct 05, 2001

Director: Director: John Dahl,

Stars: Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, Michael McCleery, Dell Yount,

The Great Dictator 1940

8.4 /10

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Run Time: 125 Min . MMPA: 10 . Release: Oct 15, 1940

Director: Director: Charlie Chaplin,

Stars: Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert,

The Innocents 2016

7.3 /10

Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.

Run Time: 115 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Feb 10, 2016

Director: Director: Anne Fontaine,

Stars: Lou de Lage, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne, Joanna Kulig,

Agora 2009

7.1 /10

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.

Run Time: 127 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: May 17, 2009

Director: Director: Alejandro Amenbar,

Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale,

Those Who Wish Me Dead 2021

6 /10

A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.

Run Time: 100 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: May 05, 2021

Director: Director: Taylor Sheridan,

Stars: Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Jon Bernthal, Nicholas Hoult, Aidan Gillen,

The Reckoning 2021

4.8 /10

In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.

Run Time: 111 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Feb 05, 2021

Director: Director: Neil Marshall,

Stars: Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington, Joe Anderson, Suzanne Magowan,

Black Death 2010

6.4 /10

As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.

Run Time: 102 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jun 07, 2010

Director: Director: Christopher Smith,

Stars: Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Carice van Houten, Kimberley Nixon, John Lynch,

The Imitation Game 2014

8 /10

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Run Time: 113 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Nov 14, 2014

Director: Director: Morten Tyldum,

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech,

Au Revoir les Enfants 1987

8 /10

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

Run Time: 105 Min . MMPA: 12 . Release: Oct 07, 1987

Director: Director: Louis Malle,

Stars: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejt, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carr de Malberg, Philippe MorierGenoud,

The Nun 1967

7.5 /10

In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.

Run Time: 140 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Jul 26, 1967

Director: Director: Jacques Rivette,

Stars: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Berg, Francisco Rabal,