A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
FR #103 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | Spanish, English
Director
Martin Scorsese
Writer
Paul Schrader
Cast
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd
Plot
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
Saban, Ramazan and Bayram are sailors in an Ottoman Navy and Hüsamettin is their commander. Hüsamettin's aide Ramazan, Saban who is foster son of Hüsamettin's sister and Bayram who is married to Hüsamettin's niece stays at Hüsamet...
FR #428 | Movie | Comedy | Turkey, Japan | Turkish, Japanese
Director
Ertem Egilmez
Writer
Rifat Ilgaz, Sadik Sendil
Cast
Kemal Sunal, Munir Ozkul, Halit Akcatepe
Plot
A kind and hardworking student joins to Hababam Sinifi (The Chaos Class) but they don't accept him as one of them and he becomes the target of all class' pranks.
Two traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter, Leyla. Both families try to arrange a ma...
FR #597 | Movie | History, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Writer
Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden
Plot
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about mass media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
H.A.L. Craig, Abdel Hamid Gouda El Sahhar, Tewfik El-Hakim
Cast
Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara
Plot
Historical fresco recounting the life and times of the Prophet Mohammed, the last of the Abrahamic religion, in the sense that, according to Islam, he completed and sealed the monotheistic revelation made to Abraham.
In the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an 8-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt and try their best to acclimatize to a new reality. Can they summon up the courage to grow up?
FR #1103 | Movie | Horror, Mystery | USA | English
Director
Brian De Palma
Writer
Stephen King, Lawrence D. Cohen
Cast
Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
Plot
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
A janitor/doorman and his family who came to "big city" Istanbul, with the hope to live a better life. With the different characters living in the building, the story evolves around the doorman and his tricky ways to skip work but...
A young veterinary surgeon, Dr. Rao, who makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people.
FR #2142 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Italy | Italian
Director
Ettore Scola
Writer
Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola
Cast
Francesco Anniballi, Maria Bosco, Giselda Castrini
Plot
Four generations of a family live in a shantytown in the outskirts of Rome. The household engages in various forms of sexual idiosyncrasies, land swindles, incest, drugs and adultery.
FR #2889 | Movie | Drama | Germany | German, English
Director
Wim Wenders
Writer
Wim Wenders
Cast
Rudiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer
Plot
A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel toget...
FR #3096 | Movie | War, Drama | Hungary | Hungarian
Director
Zoltan Fabri
Writer
Zoltan Fabri, Ferenc Santa
Cast
Lajos Oze, Laszlo Markus, Ferenc Bencze
Plot
In Budapest in 1944, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner, when they are joined by a stranger. The watchmaker asks a hypothetical question that will change their lives.
FR #3123 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Yiddish
Director
John Schlesinger
Writer
William Goldman
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider
Plot
After the murder of his older brother, a New York history student is hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.
A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
FR #3377 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Italy, France | French, English
Director
Joseph Losey
Writer
Franco Solinas, Fernando Morandi, Costa-Gavras
Cast
Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Berge
Plot
In German-occupied Paris, an immoral art dealer, Robert Klein, leads a life of luxury, until a copy of a Jewish newspaper brings him to the attention of the police, linking him with a mysterious doppelgänger. Will Mr. Klein clear ...
FR #3623 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French, Hungarian
Director
Francois Truffaut
Writer
Francois Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman
Cast
Georges Desmouceaux, Philippe Goldmann, Nicole Felix
Plot
The lives of a motherless boy, who is just starting to get interested in women, and his physically abused friend, who lives in poverty, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges of a number of child...
Two friends facing self-made problems where they try to solve them by using anything impossible and possible and their solutions lead to more problems, at the end the "problem" is fixed and finish off with their distinctive handsh...
FR #3882 | Movie | Comedy | France | French, English
Director
Claude Zidi
Writer
Claude Zidi, Michel Fabre
Cast
Louis De Funes, Coluche, Ann Zacharias
Plot
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast-food entrepreneur Tricatel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show...
FR #5150 | Movie | Crime, Action | Sweden | Swedish, Czech
Director
Bo Widerberg
Writer
Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo, Bo Widerberg
Cast
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg
Plot
When a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive.
FR #5345 | Movie | Horror, Drama | Canada, France | English, Hebrew
Director
Nicolas Gessner
Writer
Laird Koenig
Cast
Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith
Plot
A thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.
FR #5477 | TV | Animation, Adventure | Russia | Russian
Cast
Zinoviy Gerdt, Evgeniy Papernyy, Georgiy Kishko
Plot
An old sea captain and his student decide to take part in the international regatta. At the same time an amateur thief steals a statue of Aphrodite from Louvre and boards their yacht by mistake. A long, fun adventure is ahead.
FR #5902 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | France, Germany | German, French
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast
Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira
Plot
Both parents of a young teen who walks with crutches secretly meet their lovers, who both surprise each other at the family's country home. The daughter arrives and initiates a guessing game of "Chinese roulette."
FR #5982 | TV | Animation, Short | Russia, UK | Russian
Cast
Tamara Reshetnikova, Mariya Vinogradova, Vasiliy Livanov
Plot
Tells about the adventures of a kitten with the unusual name of Woof and his friend - the puppy of Sharik. Woof constantly gets into ridiculous situations and finds adventures as soon as he leaves the house.
FR #6149 | TV | Adventure, Action | USA, Canada | English
Writer
Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
Cast
Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith
Plot
A wealthy mystery man named Charlie runs a detective agency via a speakerphone and his personal assistant, John Bosley. His detectives are three beautiful women, who end up in a variety of difficult situations.
FR #6406 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Turkey | Turkish
Director
Ergin Orbey
Writer
Suavi Sualp, Erdogan Tunas
Cast
Kemal Sunal, Golgen Bengu, Ali Sen
Plot
Zuhtu, a nosy hawker who sells meatballs, one night finds a young girl escaping from her cruel relatives. He intends to help the girl but this costs him too much.
The movie revolves around three people, a college going girl (Sridevi) and two men who fall in love with her (Hassan and Rajinikanth). The film was based on 1974 Telugu film O Seeta Katha directed by K. Viswanath starring Roja Ram...
Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Stirling Silliphant
Cast
Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino
Plot
Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan reluctantly teams up with rookie Inspector Kate Moore to foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans.
FR #7621 | Movie | Action, Drama | Hong Kong, Taiwan | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Jimmy Wang Yu
Writer
Jimmy Wang Yu
Cast
Jimmy Wang Yu, Tien Wu Chu, Kang Chin
Plot
After his students are killed by the One Armed Boxer, a vengeful and blind Kung Fu expert travels to a village where a martial arts contest is being held and vows to behead every one armed man he comes across.
"Kottan ermittelt" ("Kottan investigates") is one of the defining moments of Austrian television. Masquerading as a police/crime series, it is actually a fierce anarchic satire on the Austrian police and Austrian society in genera...
A hilarious satire revolving around a complex family headed by an eccentric patriarch, nicknamed "Dear Uncle Napoleon," who rules over his relatives with an iron fist and constant wisecracks.
A man (Amitabh Bachchan) is found wounded on railway tracks and when he awakens he has no memory of who he is and doesn't remember anything about his life. Six years later he is living with a wealthy couple and is now named Naresh...
Set against the backdrop of a quaint village in British-ruled India, this exquisitely crafted social drama revolves around teenage couple Amal and Rajni. Their marriage is conducted with great ceremony according to rituals and nor...
Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful, he becomes enamored of her again.
FR #9403 | Movie | Drama | Germany, Sweden | German, English
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Klaus Antes, Christiane Erhardt
Cast
Vitus Zeplichal, Elke Aberle, Alexander Allerson
Plot
A man is interviewed by a sympathetic woman. His tale unfolds, of hard work that never pleases his parents, of a father who denigrates his efforts, of an indifferent mother. He builds them a house. Instead of offering their flat t...
FR #9907 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Czech | Czech, English
Director
Jiri Menzel
Writer
Zdenek Sverak, Ladislav Smoljak
Cast
Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverak, Daniela Kolarova
Plot
The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the house as they agreed.
FR #9933 | Movie | Fantasy, Thriller | India | Hindi
Director
Rajkumar Kohli
Writer
Inder Raj Anand, Jaggi Rampal, Charandas Shokh
Cast
Sunil Dutt, Feroz Khan, Vinod Mehra
Plot
While Hunting a group kills a Male Shape Shifting Snake so his lover Snake takes female form to kill each hunter one by one. One of the hunter recognizes this plot he sets out to stop Shape shifting Nagin.
FR #10142 | TV | SuperHeroes, Action | France, UK | English
Cast
Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley
Plot
Secret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.
Late for the last commuter train and reluctant to spend the night outdoors, two young men trick a family into letting them stay in their apartment: one of them insists that he's the illegitimate son of the man who owns the apartment.
FR #10878 | Movie | Documentary | Belgium, France | French
Director
Chantal Akerman
Writer
Chantal Akerman
Cast
Chantal Akerman
Plot
Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
FR #11387 | TV | Animation, Adventure | USA, Italy | English
Writer
Robert Getchell
Cast
Linda Lavin, VIC Tayback, Beth Howland
Plot
This sitcom spun off from the Martin Scorsese movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore deals with the misadventures and trials of aspiring singer Alice Hyatt, her son Tommy, and her co-workers at a greasy-spoon diner in Phoenix, Ariz...
