Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.
After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheri...
FR #293 | Movie | Action, Thriller | USA | English, German
Director
John Mctiernan
Writer
Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. De Souza
Cast
Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia
Plot
A New York City cop, John McClane, tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas Eve party at the Nakatomi Plaza Skyscraper in Los Angeles, California.
When a dynastic struggle between the collateral branches of the Kuru clan, the Kauravas and Pandavas lead them to the threshold of war, Lord Krishna decides to step in and take control of the situation.
FR #589 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Director
Katsuhiro "Tomo
Writer
Katsuhiro "Tomo, Izo Hashimoto
Cast
Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama
Plot
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.
In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he l...
FR #681 | TV | Comedy, Drama | USA, Norway | Norwegian, English
Writer
Carol Black, Neal Marlens
Cast
Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills
Plot
Kevin Arnold recalls growing up during the late 60s and early 70s; the turbulent social times make the transition from child to adult unusually interesting.
FR #847 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Poland | Polish, Portuguese
Director
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writer
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Cast
Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska
Plot
A naive inexperienced young man spies on a woman who lives across the courtyard, and falls in love with her. He starts using tricks which he hopes will lead to them meeting.
FR #854 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK, USA | Italian, Russian
Director
Charles Crichton, John Cleese
Writer
John Cleese, Charles Crichton
Cast
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline
Plot
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool the very proper barrister Archibald Leach.
Prabhakara Varma is called upon to investigate the death of Omana, the daughter-in-law of a local businessman. It looks like a suicide but, Varma is sure that is not so.
CID Officers Ramdas and Vijayan go to Kerala to find the murderer of a police officer. While doing so, they face a dangerous crime syndicate that deals in drug trafficking.
FR #1136 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Russia | Russian
Director
Vladimir Bortko
Writer
Nataliya Bortko, Mikhail A. Bulgakov
Cast
Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov
Plot
In the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name.
FR #1165 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | France, Italy | French, Italian
Director
Luc Besson
Writer
Luc Besson, Robert Garland, Marilyn Goldin
Cast
Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette
Plot
The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.
In the not-too-distant future Joel Robinson is held captive by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, forced to watch B-Grade movies on the Satellite of Love with the help of his robot friends: Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.
FR #1342 | Movie | Mystery, Thriller | Netherlands, France | English, Dutch
Director
George Sluizer
Writer
Tim Krabbe, George Sluizer
Cast
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna Ter Steege
Plot
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.
An old man spends his life in solitude awaiting his grandson to come for vacation after 6 years. He thought he was the most happiest man in the world until he found out that fate has something unpredictable for him.
Four friends are searching for rented accommodation. The landlady insists only on married couples, so two of the friends are forced to dress as women and pretend to be wives of the other two.
Arun Govil, Deepika Chikhalia, Swapnil Joshi, Dara Singh Randhawa
Plot
After getting exiled by Lord Rama, Devi Sita gives birth to two sons Lava and Kusa. Under Sage Valmiki's guidance, the boys set out to preach the Ramayana in Ayodhya but a shocking truth awaits them there.
Bhaskaran, a goldsmith is madly in love with Snehalatha, the daughter of astrologer, Panicker. When Bhaskaran asks for Snehalatha's hand in marriage, to his shock, she denies their love affair.
FR #2371 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
Director
John Landis
Writer
Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein
Cast
Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle Beauvais, James Earl Jones
Plot
An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will.
Two men having the same father , but different mothers hate each other and often get into fights. But they are forced to join hands when their father's life is endangered.
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
After his parents are killed, Mahesh's life is ruined as he gets imprisoned and separated from Mohini, who suffers due to her cruel father. Mahesh returns to save Mohini and settle old scores.
FR #2871 | Movie | Adventure, Action | USA, France | English
Director
Ron Howard
Writer
George Lucas, Bob Dolman
Cast
Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis
Plot
A young dwarf farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen. Along the way, he teams up with a disgraced swordsman to defeat the evil sorceress.
Viswanathan, new in town, soon learns that he is being chased by enemies of his look-alike, who is a con man. Vishwanathan tries to find out Uthaman before its too late, but things don't go as planned.
Udhayamoorthi (Kamal Haasan), son of an orthodox Carnatic Musician, Marthandam Pillai, voices for social causes against his father's will and in a way gains the trust of local people and brings self-awareness in neighboring villages.
A painter who recently moved into the neighborhood helps his neighbor, a retired cultural dance artist. He helps by painting billboards advertising events in which the artist and his daughters perform. The younger daughter does no...
FR #3594 | Movie | Horror, Action | USA, Netherlands | English, Hindi
Director
John Carpenter
Writer
Ray Nelson, John Carpenter
Cast
Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster
Plot
They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
FR #3882 | Movie | History, Drama | China | Mandarin, Japanese
Director
Yimou Zhang
Writer
Jianyu Chen, Yan Mo, Wei Zhu
Cast
Gong LI, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng
Plot
When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.
Wagle Ki Duniya (literally: 'Wagle's World') was a popular comedy sitcom on Indian television, aired for the first time in 1988 to 1990 on state-run Doordarshan channel. It was directed by Kundan Shah, and was based on characters ...
FR #4109 | Movie | Horror, Thriller | USA | English
Director
Tom Holland
Writer
Don Mancini, John Lafia, Tom Holland
Cast
Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent
Plot
A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its tru...
Camille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his sha...
FR #4344 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA, France | English, French
Director
Roman Polanski
Writer
Roman Polanski, Gerard Brach, Robert Towne
Cast
Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner
Plot
In a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder.
Pankaj Kapur, Deepa Sahi, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, A.K. Hangal, Dina Pathak, Saeed Jaffrey
Plot
Set in riot-torn North India during 1947 Partition, an outcast named Nathu kills a pig that ends up at a mosque, sparking unrest. Overwhelmed by guilt, he flees town with his ailing mother and pregnant wife.
A beautiful young girl, unfortunately possessed from her childhood by a vengeful spirit, wanders around lonely places to seduce and kill people, gradually becoming lost into a dark world of revenge and lust.
Mukundan (Mohanlal) got permanent status at his job, and things are starting to look good. But then his old college classmate Viswanath (Srinivasan) comes into his life, after many years and things start going straight downhill.
FR #5342 | Movie | Biography, Action | USA | English
Director
Newt Arnold
Writer
Sheldon Lettich, Christopher Cosby, Mel Friedman
Cast
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Forest Whitaker
Plot
"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.
FR #5399 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | Germany, Russia | German, Italian
Director
Vicco Von Bulow
Writer
Vicco Von Bulow
Cast
Vicco Von Bulow, Katharina Brauren, Evelyn Hamann
Plot
Gray-haired furniture retailer Paul Winkelmann still has his dinner cooked and his laundry done by his mother. He spends his evenings playing Scrabble with Mama's friends and discussing the role of women in society in his carnival...
FR #5438 | Movie | Adventure, Action | India | Malayalam
Director
K. Madhu
Writer
S.N. Swamy
Cast
Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Janardanan, Revathi, Lalu Alex, Mukesh, Suresh Gopi, Vijayaraghavan
Plot
Charles and his group of men hijack a bus filled with politicians and demand the release of their colleagues from prison. An ex-police officer, Ali Imran, is summoned to solve the problem.
FR #5610 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA, India | English, Hindi
Director
Jonathan Kaplan
Writer
Tom Topor
Cast
Kelly Mcgillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson
Plot
After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Piroj and Pesi are best friends. They both meet the same girl for marriage but Pesi ends up marrying her. Later Piroj finds out that Pesi is having an affair. Piroj confronts Pesi but realizes things are complicated.
FR #6123 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong, France | Cantonese, English
Director
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Corey Yuen
Writer
Gordon Chan, Yiu-Ming Leung, Cheuk-Hon Szeto
Cast
Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen
Plot
Three successful Hong Kong lawyers are hired by a chemical company of questionable ethics and must eventually make a difficult decision when their employer's motives become clear.
FR #6151 | Movie | Crime, Action | Russia | Russian
Director
Aleksandr Proshkin
Writer
Edgar Dubrovsky
Cast
Valeriy Priyomykhov, Anatoliy Papanov, Viktor Stepanov
Plot
Former political inmates Sergei and Nikolai live as exiles in a remote Siberian village. After the general Soviet gulag amnesty of 1953 8 pardoned common criminals terrorize the inhabitants.
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
FR #6364 | Movie | Drama | Bulgaria, Canada | Bulgarian, English
Director
Ivan Andonov
Writer
Ivan Andonov, Vlado Daverov
Cast
Hristo Shopov, Georgi Staykov, Sofiya Kuzeva
Plot
The 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These events have their echo in Bulgarian English-learning school. The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded t...
