FR #10 | Movie | Crime, Thriller | USA, Mexico | English, Latin
Director
Jonathan Demme
Writer
Thomas Harris, Ted Tally
Cast
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
Plot
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
FR #52 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Action | France, USA | English, Spanish
Director
James Cameron
Writer
James Cameron, William Wisher
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
Plot
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
FR #201 | Movie | Crime, Action | India | Tamil, Kannada
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Mani Ratnam, Umesh Sharma
Cast
Rajinikanth, Mammootty, Shobana
Plot
An orphan named Surya raised in a slum befriends a good crime boss named Devaraj and works for him. Their existence is threatened when a new honest district collector arrives.
FR #399 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Malayalam, Telugu
Director
Sathyan Anthikad
Writer
Sreenivasan
Cast
Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Thilakan
Plot
A satire on contemporary Kerala politics where brothers turn local leaders of rival parties, leading to distress for their aged and once-proud parents.
FR #585 | Movie | Romance, Drama | China, Hong Kong | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
Yimou Zhang
Writer
Tong Su, Ni Zhen
Cast
Gong LI, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He
Plot
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that ar...
FR #860 | Movie | Comedy | India | Malayalam, Hindi
Director
Priyadarshan
Writer
Venu Nagavalli
Cast
Mohanlal, Jagathy Sreekumar, Revathi
Plot
A tourist guide in Ooty shelters a mentally unstable woman in return for the reward offered by her relatives. Later, he comes to know that she is in danger from her relatives.
FR #865 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Malayalam, English
Director
Lal, Siddique
Writer
Lal, Siddique
Cast
N.N. Pillai, Mukesh, Philomina
Plot
Since Anjooran hates women, his sons remain unmarried. However, everything changes when his youngest son, Ramabhadran, falls in love with Malu, whose grandmother is their family's biggest enemy.
Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Hudhail Al-Amir
Plot
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
FR #1561 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Taiwan | English, Mandarin
Director
Edward Yang
Writer
Edward Yang, Alex Yang, Mingtang Lai
Cast
Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang
Plot
Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
FR #1573 | Movie | Drama | India | Bengali, English
Director
Satyajit Ray
Writer
Satyajit Ray
Cast
Utpal Dutt, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar
Plot
A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his t...
FR #1766 | Movie | Adventure, Crime | UK, USA | English
Director
Ridley Scott
Writer
Callie Khouri
Cast
Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Plot
Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two women escape for the crimes they committed.
FR #2324 | Movie | Adventure, Action | India | Telugu
Director
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Writer
Jandhyala, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Cast
Nandamuri Balakrishna, Mohini, Amrish Puri
Plot
Children investigating a robbery discover a time machine. A couple trying to rescue them gets trapped, leading to adventures in 16th century India under Krishnadevaraya's reign and a distant future world.
FR #2576 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Malayalam
Director
Sibi Malayil
Writer
A.K. Lohithadas
Cast
Mohanlal, Urvashi, Nedumudi Venu
Plot
The tale of two classical musician brothers: while the elder squanders his life and talent away, the younger one fulfills their joint responsibilities towards their family.
FR #2578 | Movie | Drama | India | Malayalam, Greek
Director
Bharathan
Writer
A.K. Lohithadas
Cast
Mammootty, Maathu, Chitra
Plot
An uneducated fisherman wants his daughter to be educated and become a doctor but his dreams get shattered when she falls in love with her childhood friend.
Alex, who's homeless and addicted to alcohol, and Michèle, who's losing her sight, form a relationship while sleeping rough on Paris's Pont-Neuf bridge.
FR #2895 | Movie | Comedy, Family | Germany, India | German, Telugu
Director
Vicco Von Bulow, Renate Westphal-Lorenz
Writer
Vicco Von Bulow
Cast
Evelyn Hamann, Vicco Von Bulow, Irm Hermann
Plot
After ordering enough typewriting paper for 40 years, just to get discount, Heinrich Lohse is forced to retire. The former manager has plenty of time now to spend with his wife and their 16 year old son. But - do they want that?
Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.
FR #3564 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Denmark, France | English, German
Director
Lars Von Trier
Writer
Lars Von Trier, Niels Vorsel
Cast
Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier
Plot
Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
FR #3617 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | India | Hindi
Director
Subhankar Ghosh, Nana Patekar
Writer
Hriday Lani, Nana Patekar, Sujit Sen
Cast
Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Gautam Joglekar
Plot
Prahaar is the story of Major Chauhan, a tough and stern soldier, trained to destroy the enemy. He can see the enemy on our borders but is unaware of the invisible enemy within ourselves. When one of Major's Commandos - Peter D'So...
FR #3806 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA, UK | English
Director
Terry Gilliam
Writer
Richard Lagravenese
Cast
Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Adam Bryant
Plot
A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.
FR #4066 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, France | English
Director
Oliver Stone
Writer
Randall Jahnson, Oliver Stone
Cast
Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle Maclachlan
Plot
Jim Morrison's life, from his LA film student days to his death in Paris. Val Kilmer delivers an uncanny portrayal, with vocals indistinguishable from Morrison's originals. It depicts Morrison's journey as the iconic 60s rock fron...
FR #4573 | Movie | Drama | France, Switzerland | English, French
Director
Jacques Rivette
Writer
Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette
Cast
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Beart
Plot
The former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored.
FR #4813 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong | English, Cantonese
Director
Hark Tsui
Writer
Hark Tsui, Kai-Chi Yuen, Yiu-Ming Leung
Cast
Jet LI, Rosamund Kwan, Biao Yuen
Plot
Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces' plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.
A high-profile bank robbery in the city wreaks havoc in the life of an unsuspecting regular young woman when she's caught in the line of fire between the villains and the police.
FR #5320 | Movie | Biography, Drama | France | French
Director
Alain Corneau
Writer
Pascal Quignard, Alain Corneau
Cast
Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet
Plot
The story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV.
Sune, an 11 year old boy struggles with girl troubles and school while he and his goofy family prepares for Christmas with failed attempts at all of the usual December traditions.
FR #5552 | Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA | English
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
J.M. Barrie, James V. Hart, Nick Castle
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts
Plot
When Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.
FR #5567 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese
Director
Jackie Chan
Writer
Jackie Chan, Edward Tang
Cast
Jackie Chan, Do Do Cheng, Eva Cobo
Plot
Jackie is hired to help the UN find Nazi gold hidden in Sahara. He's accompanied from Spain by 2 (later 3) cute women. As there are others wanting the gold, lots of kung fu fighting and comedy follows.
FR #6289 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Adventure | USA | English, Klingon
Director
Nicholas Meyer
Writer
Gene Roddenberry, Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner
Cast
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley
Plot
On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.
FR #6392 | Movie | Adventure, Comedy | Czech, Peru | Czech, Spanish
Director
Jan Sverak
Writer
Zdenek Sverak
Cast
Jan Triska, Zdenek Sverak, Libuse Safrankova
Plot
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very...
A dockworker overthrows the tyranny of a cruel gangster but has to run away to make a new life for himself and his brothers. Fifteen years later, his past catches up with him as his old enemy resurfaces.
The daily trials and tribulations of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, a television show host raising three mischievous boys with help from his loyal co-host, loving wife, and eccentric neighbor.
Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
Riki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lack...
A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.
A private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.
FR #7821 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Belgium, France | French, English
Director
Jaco Van Dormael
Writer
Didier De Neck, Pascal Lonhay, Jaco Van Dormael
Cast
Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer
Plot
Thomas believed he was switched at birth with Alfred. Feeling cheated, Thomas spent his life plotting revenge against Alfred, his perceived lifelong adversary who he felt stole the privileged life that should have been his.
A parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.
FR #8312 | TV | Animation, Adventure | USA, South Korea | English, Spanish
Writer
Gabor Csupo, Paul Germain, Arlene Klasky
Cast
Elizabeth Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Nancy Cartwright
Plot
Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, Phil and Lil and Susie find themselves in a slew of adventures - both real and imaginary. Baldly go where no baby's every gone before as the Rugrats turn the ordinary into the extraordinary every day.
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these cri...
This show follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have televisions, refrigerators, et cetera. The only humans around are cavemen, who are viewed as pets and wild animals.
Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems - nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.
FR #10335 | Movie | Family, Fantasy | India | Bengali
Director
Sandip Ray
Writer
Sandip Ray, Satyajit Ray
Cast
Rabi Ghosh, Tapan Chatterjee, Ajit Banerjee
Plot
The last and final sequal of Goopi-Bagha series as they invited at a palace of a king and their various attitudes as they are trapped by a astrologer cum imposter.
The adventures of four people who live in Athens: Spyros and his wife Dimitra, and Vlassis with his friend Yannis. They are best friends and can't stay out of trouble.
FR #11211 | TV | Documentary, History | Turkey | English, Turkish
Cast
Mehmet Ali Birand, Nilufer Gursoy, Kasim Gulek
Plot
A documentary of Turkish political history about multi-party period, Democrat Party government and the coup d'etat of 27th May. Including eye-witness interviews with journalists, officers, politicians and family members.
FR #11569 | Movie | Short, Crime | France | French, German
Director
Gaspar Noe
Writer
Gaspar Noe
Cast
Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain
Plot
After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
FR #11581 | TV | Mystery, Crime | UK, USA | English
Cast
Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams
Plot
Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Illustrious Client and The Creeping Man.
FR #11593 | Movie | Romance, Drama | India | Hindi
Director
Randhir Kapoor
Writer
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Jainendra Jain, V.P. Sathe
Cast
Rishi Kapoor, Zeba Bakhtiar, Ashwini Bhave
Plot
Orphan Chander Prakash is employed as a menial laborer in a timber mart; he meets with wealthy Chandni only to fall in love with her and the marriage is arranged with the blessings of Chandni's parents. Unfortunately on the day of...
FR #12045 | Movie | Drama | USA | English, Italian
Director
Gus Van Sant
Writer
Gus Van Sant, William Shakespeare
Cast
River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
Plot
Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
FR #12381 | Movie | Comedy, Sport | Sweden, UK | Swedish, Norwegian
Director
Lasse Aberg
Writer
Lasse Aberg, Bo Jonsson
Cast
Lasse Aberg, Jon Skolmen, Mats Bergman
Plot
I bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing businessman for a boyfriend in a quarrel. Unfortunately Stig-Helmer is standing nearby when the boyfriend accepts the bet, and he is chosen...
FR #13042 | Movie | Action, Drama | Germany, Australia | English, German
Director
Wim Wenders
Writer
Peter Carey, Wim Wenders, Solveig Dommartin
Cast
William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone
Plot
Claire and Eugene's relationship is falling apart, while a nuclear satellite threatens to fall out of orbit and destroy Earth. Claire travels the world when she meets Sam, a man with connections to technology that could change eve...
A taxi driver with a tragic past sees an opportunity for redemption when he encounters a woman sold into prostitution. Wanting to help her escape, he has to deal with the wrath of the brothel madam.
FR #13298 | Movie | Biography, Crime | USA | English
Director
Barry Levinson
Writer
James Toback, Dean Jennings
Cast
Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel
Plot
The true story of gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, his tumultuous affair with the tough-talking Virginia Hill, and how he founded the Nevada-based city that would go on to be known as Las Vegas.
FR #13378 | Movie | Horror | Germany | German, English
Director
Jorg Buttgereit
Writer
Jorg Buttgereit, Franz Rodenkirchen
Cast
Monika M., Mark Reeder, Simone Sporl
Plot
A female nurse desperately tries to hide her feelings of necrophilia from her new boyfriend, but still has pieces of the corpse of the first movie's hero in her possession.
FR #13564 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese, English
Director
Gordon Chan
Writer
Gordon Chan, Barry Wong
Cast
Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Man-Tat Ng
Plot
A SWAT team leader is forced by his captain to go undercover as a high school student to retrieve the captain's personal gun which was stolen during a school field trip to the police station.
FR #13784 | Movie | Mystery, Drama | Canada, UK | English, Arabic
Director
David Cronenberg
Writer
William S. Burroughs, David Cronenberg
Cast
Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm
Plot
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
FR #13837 | Movie | History, Drama | India | Malayalam
Director
Ajayan
Writer
M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Cast
Jalaja, Manoj K. Jayan, T.P. Madhavan
Plot
Perumthachan, a legendary carpenter, follows the stringent social norms of his time. However, when Kannan, his son, grows up to rebel against those very norms, Perumthachan must deal with him.
An epileptic man (Myshkin) returns from medical treatment abroad and finds himself in love with Nastasia. There are twists and turns as the he gets engaged to another woman (Amba) only to have an epileptic seizure. Nastasia and he...
FR #14776 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | France, Russia | Mandarin, Mongolian
Director
Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer
Rustam Ibragimbekov, Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast
Badema, Bayaertu, Vladimir Gostyukhin
Plot
A curious friendship develops between Gombo, a young Mongolian shepherd living with his wife and family in a hut, deep in the wilderness of the steppes, and Sergei, a Russian worker whose truck breaks down not far from Gombo's hut.
FR #14816 | Movie | Comedy, Action | Hong Kong | Cantonese, French
Director
John Woo
Writer
John Woo, Clifton Ko, Janet Chun
Cast
Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Cherie Chung
Plot
A romantic and action packed story of three best friends, a group of high end art thieves, who come into trouble when a love-triangle forms between them.
