A summers tale

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows a summers tale

poster The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

115mn - Drama, Romance

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

poster Summoners

Summoners

89mn - Horror, Drama

Jessica Whitman isn’t a witch. Not anymore, at least. She left it behind when she left her hometown almost ten years ago. But when a childhood friend needs her help performing a dark spell, she’ll find he…

poster The Christmas Spirit

The Christmas Spirit

29mn - Family, Drama

Story about two boys who want ponies for Christmas but their family can only afford one. The horse owner, who is bitter about the loss of his son in the war, is softened by the boys' sacrifice for each ot…

poster The Weekend

The Weekend

A hilarious and spontaneous ensemble film shot in real time about eight former summer campers who take over a rental cottage in upstate New York for one last crazy weekend.

Häxan

95mn - Documentary, Horror, History

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle…

poster Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

95mn - Drama, Short

Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younge…

poster Welcome to Paradise

Welcome to Paradise

95mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance

Anne is feeling trapped by her life as housewife. She convinces Denise and Claire to take off for spring break at Paradise Beach, just like they did twenty years before. Claire, who works for Euro Tropic …

poster Hot Spell

Hot Spell

Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, tries to hide how much she suffers from her husband's amorous excursions while trying to help her children solve their problems and doing her best to keep her family t…

poster Toonerville Picnic

Toonerville Picnic

7mn - Animation

The doctor prescribes a relaxing day at the beach for Mr. Bang, who is overstressed. But the beach is anything but relaxing.

poster The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

116mn - Drama, Thriller

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorne…

poster Cosmos Laundromat

Cosmos Laundromat

12mn - Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

On a desolate island, a suicidal sheep named Franck meets his fate…in the form of a quirky salesman named Victor, who offers him the gift of a lifetime. The gift is many lifetimes, actually, in many diffe…

poster When Do We Eat?

When Do We Eat?

An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective."

poster Games of Youth

Games of Youth

1mn - Documentary

Compilation of two shorts also distributed independently: Cricket und Reifenspiel [Croquet and the Arc and Hook Game], and Springschnur und Amazonen [Jump Roping and the Amazons]. In a sunny day, on a law…

poster Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

89mn - Adventure, Fantasy, Drama

Timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast set in the period of the Vikings. Freya, a warrior and the beautiful daughter of a Viking king, is held prisoner on an island castle by a Beast whom has been cursed b…

poster The Last Farm

The Last Farm

An Oscar nominated Icelandic short film about an old man who might leave his farm but keeps a secret.

poster Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys

Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys

91mn - Short, Drama, Music

Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.

poster Life's an Itch

Life's an Itch

94mn - Comedy, Romance

A married man reaches the point where he questions everything: career, creativity and even his marriage. Hilarious complications and temptations arise when his wife invites her open-minded (and very sexy)…

poster The Unwanted

The Unwanted

95mn - Drama, Horror, Mystery

Carmilla comes to a rural town where her mother mysteriously disappeared years earlier. She is aided in her quest by an emotionally troubled local girl, with whom she becomes romantically involved. Their …

poster Tempting Fate

Tempting Fate

96mn - Sci-Fi, Short

A man who is still mourning the death of the woman he loves, meets a man who says he created a machine that can bring anyone to a parallel world. He goes and sees the woman he loves is still alive in that…

poster Come Next Spring

Come Next Spring

Matt Ballot has returned home after 12 years of hard-drinking in all 48 states. His wife has managed to raise their 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son nicely without his help. Matt is considered a d…

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