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Grimm 2003

6.3 /10

One cold winter's day, Jacob and his sister Marie are abandoned in a wood by their out of work father. In his jacket Jacob finds a letter from their mother urging them to go to her brother in Spain. Once in Spain, it turns out that their uncle is dead. Marie meets Diego, a wealthy charming Spanish surgeon, and falls in love with him. Diego lives with his sick, domineering sister, Teresa. To Jacob's astonishment, Marie wants to marry Diego. Even after the wedding has taken place, jealous Jacob tries to get his sister away from Diego. When this doesn't succeed, Jacob starts to provoke his brother-in-law. It soon transpires that no one will go unpunished for this.

Run Time: 103 Min . MMPA: . Release: Jan 01, 2003

Director: Director: Alex van Warmerdam,

Stars: Halina Reijn, Jacob Derwig, Teresa Berganza, Johan Leysen, Jaap Spijkers,

The Shout 1978

6.6 /10

A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

Run Time: 86 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jun 16, 1978

Director: Director: Jerzy Skolimowski,

Stars: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry,

Marguerite & Julien 2015

5.1 /10

Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet, son and daughter of the Lord of Tourlaville, have loved each other tenderly since childhood. But as they grow up, their affection veers toward voracious passion.

Run Time: 105 Min . MMPA: 11 . Release: Sep 30, 2015

Director: Director: Valrie Donzelli,

Stars: Anas Demoustier, Jrmie Elkam, Aurlia Petit, Frdric Pierrot, Geraldine Chaplin,

My Own Private Idaho 1991

7 /10

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

Run Time: 104 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Feb 01, 1991

Director: Director: Gus Van Sant,

Stars: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey,

Tromeo & Juliet 1996

6 /10

A modern, punk adaptation of Shakespeare's classic. Told irreverently, this film attempts to impact the viewer in the same way theatre-goers were effected in Shakespeare's time. Bawdy, Violent, Humorous, and Romantic.

Run Time: 107 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Aug 30, 1996

Director: Director: Lloyd Kaufman,

Stars: Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Valentine Miele, William Beckwith, Steve Gibbons,

Freeway 1996

6.8 /10

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

Run Time: 102 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Aug 23, 1996

Director: Director: Matthew Bright,

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Wolfgang Bodison, Dan Hedaya, Amanda Plummer,

The Turning 2020

3.9 /10

A young woman quits her teaching job to be a private tutor for two wealthy young kids, but soon starts to suspect there’s more to their house than what meets the eye.

Run Time: 94 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Jan 23, 2020

Director: Director: Floria Sigismondi,

Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Mark Huberman, Niall Greig Fulton,

A Thousand Acres 1997

6 /10

The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.

Run Time: 105 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 19, 1997

Director: Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse,

Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Colin Firth,

Pola X 1999

5.7 /10

A writer leaves his upper-class life and journeys with a woman claiming to be his sister, and her two friends.

Run Time: 134 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: May 12, 1999

Director: Director: Leos Carax,

Stars: Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva, Catherine Deneuve, Delphine Chuillot, Laurent Lucas,

La Belle Noiseuse 1991

7.5 /10

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.

Run Time: 238 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Sep 04, 1991

Director: Director: Jacques Rivette,

Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Bart, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein,

The Lair of the White Worm 1988

6 /10

In a remote corner of England's Peak District, a mysterious skull is unearthed. But even weirder is that Lady Sylvia steals the skull for use in worshiping – very erotically – her pagan god, The White Worm, who hungers for the taste of virginal flesh.

Run Time: 93 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 21, 1988

Director: Director: Ken Russell,

Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Catherine Oxenberg, Sammi Davis, Hugh Grant, Peter Capaldi,

Two Evil Eyes 1990

6.1 /10

Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her doctor/hypnotist lover hypnotize the geezer into signing his dough over to her. The old man dies while under hypnosis and is stuck in the limbo between the here and the hereafter. The door to the physical world is opened and the undead attempt to enter it. "Black Cat" is the story of Rodd Usher, an alcoholic photographer/artist, who descends into madness after he kills a stray cat that his live-in girlfriend Annabelle brings home. One murder leads to another, and the complex cover-ups begin.

Run Time: 120 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jan 25, 1990

Director: Director: George A Romero, Dario Argento,

Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada, EG Marshall, Madeleine Potter,