FR #55 | Movie | War, Drama | Italy | German, Italian
Director
Roberto Benigni
Writer
Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Cast
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
Plot
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
FR #84 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka
Plot
While seeking to cure himself of a curse, young warrior Ashitaka stumbles into a conflict between the people of Iron Town and Princess Mononoke, a girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the destruction of her h...
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
FR #866 | Movie | Biography, Drama | India | Tamil
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Mani Ratnam, Suhasini
Cast
Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prakash Raj
Plot
A struggling actor and a writer-politician become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively. But when both become contenders for the top political post in the state, a rift develops between...
Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner.
FR #1021 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Adventure | USA | English, Spanish
Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer
Lowell Cunningham, Ed Solomon
Cast
Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino
Plot
James, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.
FR #1138 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Austria, India | German, French
Director
Michael Haneke
Writer
Michael Haneke
Cast
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Muhe, Arno Frisch
Plot
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
The mysterious story revolves around the cult of Karuppu Swami, along with the odd and strange deaths of people - one followed by another, and events unfolding in the village of Thottakaramangalam.
FR #1241 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Poland | Japanese, English
Writer
Kentaro Miura
Cast
Marc Diraison, Nobutoshi Canna, Carrie Keranen
Plot
Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
FR #1277 | Movie | Crime, Action | USA | English, Latin
Director
John Woo
Writer
Mike Werb, Michael Colleary
Cast
John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
Plot
To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent assumes the identity of the criminal who murdered his son via facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.
After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
FR #1538 | Movie | Adventure, Action | France, UK | English, Swedish
Director
Luc Besson
Writer
Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Cast
Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman
Plot
In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.
A flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.
FR #1813 | Movie | Animation, Crime | Japan | Japanese, English
Director
Satoshi Kon
Writer
Sadayuki Murai, Satoshi Kon, Yoshikazu Takeuchi
Cast
Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji
Plot
A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
FR #2088 | Movie | Mystery, Drama | Spain, France | Spanish, Persian
Director
Alejandro Amenabar
Writer
Alejandro Amenabar, Mateo Gil
Cast
Eduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Chete Lera
Plot
A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
FR #2530 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Drama | USA | English, Esperanto
Director
Andrew Niccol
Writer
Andrew Niccol
Cast
Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
Plot
Vincent, an "In-Valid," assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect.
FR #2640 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Turkey, Hungary | Turkish, English
Director
Mustafa Altioklar
Writer
Mustafa Altioklar, Metin Kacan
Cast
Okan Bayulgen, Mujde Ar, Savas Dincel
Plot
A young car mechanic, while in the middle of an unlikely love affair, tries to protect the people in his poor gypsy neighborhood from a gangster who terrorizes the locals.
FR #2888 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, German
Director
Hideaki Anno, Ken Ando, Naoyasu Habu
Writer
Hideaki Anno, Akio Satsukawa, Yoji Enokido
Cast
Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura
Plot
A recap of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, followed by a 30-minute continuation of the plot that would later form the first third of The End of Evangelion.
FR #3017 | Movie | Court-Drama, Fantasy | USA, Germany | Italian, Spanish
Director
Taylor Hackford
Writer
Andrew Neiderman, Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy
Cast
Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron
Plot
An exceptionally adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss - the biggest opportunity of his career to date.
FR #3076 | Movie | Action, Drama | India | Malayalam, English
Director
Shaji Kailas
Writer
Ranjith
Cast
Mohanlal, Manju Warrier, Narendra Prasad
Plot
Jagannathan, a mafia don in Bombay moves to Kanimangalam village. He wins the love of the locals, but finds trouble with a feudal lord, Appan Thamburan, after he decided to resume a traditional festival banned by Appan.
This series covers events not included in Mahabharat (1988). Life of Gatotkatch, Hidimbaa, Barbareek, aftermath of War, Arjuna's various marriages, Ashwamedha Yagna, mourning after war, etc.
Ganesh is obsessively in love with Sandhya, but she is not interested in him. His relentless pursuit leads to a lot of problems. However, everything changes the day he loses his father in an accident.
FR #3329 | Movie | Drama | Spain, France | Bulgarian, Italian
Director
Pedro Almodovar
Writer
Pedro Almodovar, Ruth Rendell, Ray Loriga
Cast
Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem
Plot
After leaving jail, VÃctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from VÃctor's gun...
Desperation to be with his only child forces a divorced man to take the guise of the child's nanny. Situations get really messy when the child's grandfather (the man's ex-father-in-law) falls in love with his disguised ex-son-in-law.
FR #3544 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English, Russian
Director
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Writer
Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker
Cast
Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd
Plot
The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.
Kishorilal wants an Indian bride for his westernised son. He gets him engaged to Ganga, his friend's daughter, and brings her to USA. But she shares a deeper bond with Arjun, Kishorilal's foster son.
FR #4550 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA, India | English, Arabic
Director
Kevin Smith
Writer
Kevin Smith
Cast
Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee
Plot
Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
After completing his studies in London, England, Shakti Thakur returns home to India in a small town where his family resides. Accompanying him is his leggy girlfriend, Anita, who he is in love with and wants to marry, much to the...
Rahul Joshi wants to be a successful businessman so he works hard for his boss Siddharth. One day Rahul meets Seema, an up and coming model, and he feels like he's finally met his match. Will Seema fall for Rahul?
Professional assassin Martin Blank is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe--where, by coincidence, his 10-year high-school reunion party is about to take place.
A straight-laced propane salesman in Arlen, Texas tries to deal with the wacky antics of his family and friends, while also trying to keep his son in line.
FR #5639 | Movie | Drama | Turkey, USA | Turkish, English
Director
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Writer
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Emin Ceylan
Cast
Mehmet Emin Toprak, Havva Saglam, Cihat Butun
Plot
The story of a family living in a small godforsaken town in Turkey seen through the eyes of children and dealing with the growing complexity when one becomes an adult.
FR #5776 | Movie | Crime, Action | USA | English, Spanish
Director
Simon West
Writer
Scott Rosenberg
Cast
Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich
Plot
Former US Amy Ranger, Cameron Poe, has just been paroled for manslaughter, but must stop a group of violent and deadly criminals from escaping the country after they seize control of the prison transport plane he is on.
FR #5780 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Ireland, UK | English
Director
John Madden
Writer
Jeremy Brock
Cast
Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer
Plot
When Queen Victoria descends into deep mourning after the death of her husband Prince Albert in 1861, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown, but their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil.
FR #6057 | Movie | Documentary, Biography | France, Germany | English, German
Director
Werner Herzog
Writer
Werner Herzog
Cast
Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, Eugene Deatrick
Plot
German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera.
FR #6058 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
David Franzoni
Cast
Djimon Hounsou, Matthew Mcconaughey, Anthony Hopkins
Plot
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legal...
FR #6535 | Movie | Biography, Adventure | USA, France | English, Mandarin
Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writer
Heinrich Harrer, Becky Johnston
Cast
Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, Bd Wong
Plot
Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber and Nazi supporter, breaks out of a British POW camp in India and treks to the holy city of Lhasa where he's employed as an instructor to the young 14th Dalai Lama and soon becomes his close co...
FR #6780 | Movie | Horror, Mystery | Canada | English, German
Director
Vincenzo Natali
Writer
Andre Bijelic, Vincenzo Natali, Graeme Manson
Cast
Nicole De Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett
Plot
A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.
FR #7530 | Movie | Crime, Action | USA | English, Russian
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Writer
Andrew W. Marlowe
Cast
Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
Plot
Communist radicals led by Ivan Korshunov hijack Air Force One with US President James Marshall and his family on board. Vice President Kathryn Bennett negotiates from Washington D.C., while Marshall fights to rescue the hostages o...
In 1973 suburbia, several middle-class families experimenting with substance abuse and the swinging lifestyle find their lives spinning beyond their control.
FR #7563 | TV | Animation, Adventure | USA, Philippines | English
Writer
Paul Germain, Joe Ansolabehere
Cast
Andrew Lawrence, Ashley Johnson, Jason Davis
Plot
Comic tales of a group of good friends, four boys and two girls, during breaks in primary school, as they grow up, relate to each other, and have brushes with authority.
Shanti decides to divorce her husband, Raghu, when he confesses about his affair with another woman. This decision sparks a fight between Vijay, Raghu's brother, and Surya, Shanti's brother.
FR #8297 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Poland, USA | Polish, English
Director
Juliusz Machulski
Writer
Piotr Weresniak
Cast
Cezary Pazura, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Jerzy Stuhr
Plot
An innocent cab driver Jurek Kiler is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs "Killer" for a few more jobs.
FR #8780 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
Director
James Mangold
Writer
James Mangold
Cast
Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta
Plot
The Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.
A village girl agrees to a marriage to a king she has never met after he sends her a photograph of himself. But the man in the photograph is not the king but his most loyal slave, the handsome but mute Shankar.
Tough policier about a straight, but maverick cop who does not believe in bending over, no matter what. He encourages his wife to become a top government officer and tutors her at home, while helping with the chores, and she does ...
