6.3 /10
Three stories of Angelenos linked linearly by people associated with each are told. In story one, Mamie works as a psychologist at an abortion clinic, she, in addition to providing counseling, assessing mental fitness and thus approving or declining the request by potential patients for the procedure. This job is somewhat ironic as she purportedly aborted a pregnancy when she was seventeen, nineteen years ago. Her stepfather urged her to go through with the pregnancy and give the baby up for adoption, he, now dead, the only person in her personal life who knew that she went through with it. She is approached by Nicky, an aspiring filmmaker, who has proof of her son's identity, said son who threw such information away in no longer wanting to contact her. As his application for a scholarship to the AFI, Nicky wants to make a film on Mamie "discovering" her son. Not wanting to have her story splashed across a movie screen, especially as the biological father is still in her life and doesn't know, while wanting to know the identity of her son which Nicky won't divulge unless she agrees to the documentary, Mamie enlists the help of her masseuse boyfriend, Mexican immigrant Javier, to throw Nicky off the track of her plan of stealing the information from him while helping him with his AFI scholarship submission. Mamie, Nicky and Javier's lives may take a turn as documentaries often take on a life of their own. In story two, Charley, Mamie's stepbrother, who is the biological father of Mamie's child from a very brief sexual relationship they had after her mother and his father married, has grown up to realize his homosexual orientation. Managing the last existing of the chain restaurants he and Mamie inherited from their father, Charley is in a long term relationship with Gil, an architect. They are best friends with Gil's friend from high school, Pam, and her current partner, Diane. Pam and Diane had once asked Gil to be the sperm donor to artificially inseminate Pam, but ultimately they decided to use sperm from a bank instead that resulted in their now two year old son, Max. Sharing his belief with Gil but not the extent to which he is going, Charley is convinced that Pam and Diane did end up using Gil's sperm to father Max without telling them, he going on a quest to discover proof. And in story three, twenty-two year Otis has worked at Charley's restaurant for two years. He also plays in a band. Not the best drummer or backup vocalist, Otis' band-mates keep him in the band as his wealthy father, Frank, provides the band with many of their toys, he spreading his money easily to those in his life. Still in the closet in fearing Frank's disapproval, inexperienced Otis secretly has a crush on Charley. Needing a temporary vocalist, the band ends up hiring Jude, who Otis met performing karaoke at the restaurant. Opportunistic Jude knows the situation into which she is walking, she using Otis' naiveté to get to Frank and his money.
Run Time: . MMPA: 18 . Release: Jan 20, 2005
Director: Director: Don Roos,
7.8 /10
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.
Run Time: . MMPA: 15 . Release: Dec 22, 2023
Director: Director: Andrew Haigh,
Stars: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy, Carter John Grout,
7.2 /10
A strange family: 17-year-old Phil lives with his mother and twin sister in an old mansion on the outskirts of town. When he returns from summer camp, the mood in the mansion has soured somehow. Phil doesn’t worry about it, hanging out with his best friend Kat instead. When he starts to feel attracted to a mysterious new student at school, Phil is plunged into emotional turmoil only exacerbated by the trouble at home.
Run Time: 115 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Nov 10, 2016
Director: Director: Jakob M Erwa,
Stars: Louis Hofmann, Sabine Timoteo, Ada Philine Stappenbeck, Jannik Schmann, Svenja Jung,
6.2 /10
Judith leads a double life between Switzerland and France. On the one hand Abdel, with whom she is raising a little girl, on the other Melvil with whom she has two older boys. Little by little, this fragile balance, made up of lies, secrets and back and forth, cracks dangerously. Trapped, Judith chooses to head forward, at the risk of losing everything.
Run Time: 102 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jul 21, 2021
Director: Director: Antoine Barraud,
Stars: Virginie Efira, Bruno Salomone, Quim Gutirrez, Jacqueline Bisset, Nadav Lapid,
6.5 /10
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
Run Time: 101 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jan 21, 2001
Director: Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel,
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Josh Lucas, Peter Donat,
7.8 /10
In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.
Run Time: 132 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Sep 01, 2017
Director: Director: Luca Guadagnino,
Stars: Timothe Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel,
6.6 /10
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.
Run Time: 96 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Jul 23, 2004
Director: Director: Michael Mayer,
Stars: Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright, Sissy Spacek, Ryan Donowho,
7.2 /10
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Run Time: 127 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Mar 01, 2009
Director: Director: Pedro Almodvar,
Stars: Penlope Cruz, Llus Homar, Blanca Portillo, Jos Luis Gmez, Rubn Ochandiano,
7 /10
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.
Run Time: 101 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Apr 06, 2016
Director: Director: JeanMarc Valle,
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, CJ Wilson,
5.2 /10
A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.
Run Time: 100 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Apr 12, 2018
Director: Director: Jeff Wadlow,
Stars: Lucy Hale, Violett Beane, Hayden Szeto, Aurora Perrineau, Sophia Ali,