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poster A Fight for Jenny

A Fight for Jenny

95mn - Drama, Short

When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is complicated by her current husband being black.

poster Hooded Angels

Hooded Angels

102mn - Action, Drama, Western

A gang of women wreak vengeance upon the society that failed them.

poster She's No Angel

She's No Angel

90mn - Drama, Thriller, Short

A young woman with a troubled past finds herself in a car accident and seizes an unexpected opportunity. She allows grieving parents to believe she's their late son's wife, finding comfort in their embrac…

poster Street Angel

Street Angel

97mn - Drama, Romance

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.

Africa

A troubled supermodel struggles to survive after a car accident leaves her stranded in the African bush.

poster The Girl in Black Stockings

The Girl in Black Stockings

75mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery

Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the investigation and must discover who among the terrified gues…

poster Falcon Rising

Falcon Rising

103mn - Adventure, Action

Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.

poster Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

67mn - Action, Adventure, Mystery

Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.

poster A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

111mn - Drama, Romance

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before …

poster Cheers for Miss Bishop

Cheers for Miss Bishop

95mn - Comedy, Drama

Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love. Ella's life becomes one of mi…

poster Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

100mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.

poster Hansel Vs. Gretel

Hansel Vs. Gretel

When Gretel falls under a dark spell and organizes a coven of witches, Hansel must find the courage to fight his twin sister and the sinister forces controlling her.

poster Beauty in the Broken

Beauty in the Broken

91mn - Drama, Romance

The worlds of a depressed psychologist and an emotionally disturbed homeless woman collide. While trying to rescue her they fall in love, and each gets a second chance at a new life.

Joshua

83mn - Drama, Thriller, Western

A black Union soldier returns from the Civil War to discover his mother brutally murdered by white outlaws. Fueled by vengeance, Joshua transforms into a relentless bounty hunter, tracking his enemies acr…

poster For a Book of Dollars

For a Book of Dollars

80mn - Comedy, Western

A bounty hunter name Amen is hired by a group of nuns to recover stolen money. The nuns are female desperadoes in disguise, who want the booty pillaged by an outlaw named Catapult and his gang.

poster Steel Toes

Steel Toes

Nonemn - Drama, Crime

Rage and intolerance collide with compassion Academy-Award nominated David Strathairn portrays Danny Dunkleman, a Jewish liberal humanist, and the court-appointed lawyer representing Mike Downey, a Neo-Na…

poster In the Blink of an Eye

In the Blink of an Eye

90mn - Drama, Short, Crime

Hamel portrays director Dickoff who suspends her career in order to help a friend who's been in prison for quite some time in connection with a murder.

poster The Wrong Woman

The Wrong Woman

88mn - Drama, Short

In this fresh take on Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Wrong Man,” Ellen Plainview, a sweet, caring, working wife and mother, answers the door one afternoon to learn that she is under arrest for attempted murder.

Sounder

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

poster Letter of Introduction

Letter of Introduction

104mn - Comedy, Drama

An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establis…

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