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Eastern Promises 2007

7.6 /10

THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS. - In London, the Russian pregnant teenager Tatiana arrives bleeding in a hospital, and the doctors save her baby only. The Russian descendant midwife Anna Khitrova finds Tatiana's diary written in Russian language in her belongings and decided to find her family to deliver the baby, she brings the diary home and ask her uncle Stepan to translate the document. Stepan refuses, but Anna finds a card of a restaurant owned by the Russian Semyon inside the diary and she visits the old man trying to find a lead to contact Tatiana's family. When she mentions the existence of the diary, Semyon immediately offers to translate the document. However, Stepan translates part of the diary and Anna discovers that Semyon and his sick son Kirill had raped Tatiana when she was fourteen years old and forced her to work as prostitute in a brothel of their own. Further, Semyon is the dangerous boss of the Russian mafia "Vory v Zakone", jeopardizing the safety of Anna and her family. Meanwhile, Semyon's driver Nikolai Luzhin gets close to Kirill and Semyon, climbing positions in the criminal organization, but he helps Anna, her family and the baby.

Run Time: . MMPA: 18 . Release: Sep 14, 2007

Director: Director: David Cronenberg,

Stars: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl,

Viridiana 1961

8.1 /10

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

Run Time: 90 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: May 17, 1961

Director: Director: Luis Buuel,

Stars: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Jos Calvo, Margarita Lozano,

Original Sin 2001

6 /10

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp

Run Time: 118 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: May 08, 2001

Director: Director: Michael Cristofer,

Stars: Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas, Thomas Jane, Gregory Itzin, Jack Thompson,

The Glass Castle 2017

7.1 /10

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.

Run Time: 127 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Aug 11, 2017

Director: Director: Destin Daniel Cretton,

Stars: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Max Greenfield, Sarah Snook,

Julieta 2016

7.1 /10

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.

Run Time: 96 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Apr 08, 2016

Director: Director: Pedro Almodvar,

Stars: Emma Surez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Daro Grandinetti,

Disobedience 2017

6.6 /10

A woman learns about the death of her Orthodox Jewish father, a rabbi. She returns home and has romantic feelings rekindled for her best childhood friend, who is now married to her cousin.

Run Time: 114 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 10, 2017

Director: Director: Sebastin Lelio,

Stars: Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Allan Corduner, Anton Lesser,

5 to 7 2014

7.1 /10

A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Run Time: 98 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Apr 19, 2014

Director: Director: Victor Levin,

Stars: Anton Yelchin, Brnice Marlohe, Olivia Thirlby, Lambert Wilson, Frank Langella,

Ip Man 2 2010

7.5 /10

Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan.

Run Time: 108 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Apr 29, 2010

Director: Director: Wilson Yip,

Stars: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Simon Yam, Lynn Hung, Kent Cheng,

Pacific Rim 2013

6.9 /10

A ragtag band of humans band together in the year 2025 to fight legions of monstrous creatures rising from the sea. Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes -- a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee -- who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Run Time: 131 Min . MMPA: 12 . Release: Jul 11, 2013

Director: Director: Guillermo del Toro,

Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, Max Martini, Clifton Collins Jr,

As Tears Go By 1988

7 /10

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

Run Time: 102 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Jun 09, 1988

Director: Director: Wong Karwai,

Stars: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Alex Man, Lam Kau,

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women 2017

7 /10

The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.

Run Time: 108 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Oct 13, 2017

Director: Director: Angela Robinson,

Stars: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Connie Britton, JJ Feild,