FR #11 | Movie | Adventure, Fantasy | New Zealand, USA | English, Sindarin
Director
Peter Jackson
Writer
J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
Cast
Elijah Wood, Ian Mckellen, Viggo Mortensen
Plot
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
FR #32 | Movie | War, Biography | France, Germany | English, Russian
Director
Roman Polanski
Writer
Ronald Harwood, Wladyslaw Szpilman
Cast
Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay
Plot
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
FR #498 | Movie | Biography, Crime | USA, Canada | English, French
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Frank Abagnale Jr., Stan Redding, Jeff Nathanson
Cast
Leonardo Dicaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
Plot
Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.
FR #584 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Hong Kong, Belgium | Cantonese, Thai
Director
Wai Keung Lau, Alan Mak
Writer
Alan Mak, Felix Chong
Cast
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
Plot
Chen Wing Yan, a policeman, successfully infiltrates a gang while Lau Kin Ming, a tried member, becomes a mole in the police force. However, things change when both of them must seek each other out.
FR #654 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Denmark, Sweden | Russian, Swedish
Director
Lukas Moodysson
Writer
Lukas Moodysson
Cast
Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharskiy, Pavel Ponomaryov
Plot
Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new ...
FR #794 | Movie | Crime, Action | USA | English, Swedish
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Scott Frank, Jon Cohen, Philip K. Dick
Cast
Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
Plot
John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.
A family comedy about an angry old man, his good-for-nothing son Praful and daughter-in-law Hansa, widowed daughter-in-law Jayshree, and grandchildren Jackie and Chakki, who are the smartest ones of all.
Brigada is a group of four friends, who grew up together and formed a most powerful gang in Moscow. Initially they made business together, but an unplanned murder transformed them. Now their lives are at risk and there is no way b...
FR #1028 | TV | Adventure, Drama | USA, India | English, Mandarin
Writer
Joss Whedon
Cast
Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk
Plot
Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
FR #1039 | Movie | SuperHeroes, Sci-Fi | USA | English
Director
Sam Raimi
Writer
Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, David Koepp
Cast
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe
Plot
After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.
Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit
Plot
After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.
A small-time gangster named Chandu teams up with Malik, a low-level enforcer for a criminal syndicate. Together they eliminate all their enemies, becoming the most feared gangsters in Mumbai.
FR #1242 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Writer
Masashi Kishimoto
Cast
Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Kate Higgins
Plot
Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and strongest ninja.
A gang of corrupt Los Angeles Police Department cops uses illegal methods to maintain law and order, whilst engaging in a series of undercover dealings secretly in order to get rich.
FR #1761 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA, India | English, Hindi
Director
Sam Mendes
Writer
Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner, David Self
Cast
Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman
Plot
A mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.
FR #1791 | Movie | Fantasy, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Latin
Director
Chris Columbus
Writer
J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves
Cast
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Plot
Harry Potter lives his second year at Hogwarts with Ron and Hermione when a message on the wall announces that the legendary Chamber of Secrets has been opened. The trio soon realize that, to save the school, it will take a lot of...
FR #1822 | Movie | Action, Drama | India | Tamil, English
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Sujatha Rangarajan, Mani Ratnam, Sujatha
Cast
Keerthana Parthiepan, Simran, Madhavan
Plot
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her real mother, she begs to be taken to Sri Lanka, where her mother works with a militant group of activists.
FR #1893 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | Germany, Russia | Persian, Russian
Director
Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer
Boris Khaimsky, Anatoli Nikiforov, Svetlana Proskurina
Cast
Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
Plot
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
Ram (Kamal Haasan) is a playboy pilot. His marriage to Mythili (Simran) disintegrates after a series of misunderstandings. To cheer him up, his buddies arrange for a steamy evening with a prostitute Maggie (Ramya Krishnan), but th...
FR #2259 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA, India | English, Hindi
Director
Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Writer
Michael J. Wilson, Michael Berg, Peter Ackerman
Cast
Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano
Plot
Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.
FR #2316 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Japan, France | Japanese, French
Director
Yoji Yamada
Writer
Shuhei Fujisawa, Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama
Cast
Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi
Plot
As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.
FR #2337 | Movie | Documentary, Family | France, South Korea | French, English
Director
Nicolas Philibert
Cast
Georges Lopez, Alize, Axel Thouvenin
Plot
A documentary portrait of a one-room school in rural France, where the students (ranging in age from 4 to 11) are educated by a single dedicated teacher.
FR #2518 | Movie | Musical, Drama | USA, Germany | English
Director
Curtis Hanson
Writer
Scott Silver
Cast
Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger
Plot
Follows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life; he wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.
FR #2805 | TV | Comedy, Crime | USA, Canada | English
Writer
Andy Breckman
Cast
Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine
Plot
Adrian Monk is a brilliant former San Francisco detective, who now consults the police as a private consultant while battling with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
FR #3026 | Movie | Animation, Musical | USA, Japan | English, Hawaiian
Director
Dean Deblois, Chris Sanders
Writer
Chris Sanders, Dean Deblois
Cast
Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere
Plot
A young and parentless girl adopts a 'dog' from the local pound, completely unaware that it's supposedly a dangerous scientific experiment that's taken refuge on Earth and is now hiding from its creator and those who see it as a m...
Chidambaram, a land broker, is a respected man in his neighbourhood, who, after the death of his wife, raises his five daughters. His concerns revolve around the issues faced by his daughters.
FR #3538 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Finland, France | Finnish, English
Director
Aki Kaurismaki
Writer
Aki Kaurismaki
Cast
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tahti
Plot
M arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.
FR #3553 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, UK | English
Director
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Writer
Nick Hornby, Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz
Cast
Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette
Plot
Will, who attends single parent meetings to woo women, meets Marcus, a troubled 12-year-old boy. As they become friends, Will learns to be responsible while he helps Marcus with his studies.
FR #3557 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA, UK | English
Director
Stephen Daldry
Writer
Michael Cunningham, David Hare
Cast
Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore
Plot
The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.
Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot
Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.
FR #4034 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan | Japanese
Director
Hiroyuki Morita
Writer
Aoi Hiiragi, Hayao Miyazaki, Reiko Yoshida
Cast
Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda
Plot
After helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.
FR #4051 | Movie | Crime, Drama | South Korea | Korean
Director
Park Chan-Wook
Writer
Jong-Yong Lee, Jae-Sun Lee, Mu-Yeong Lee
Cast
Song Kang-Ho, Shin Ha-Kyun, Bae Doona
Plot
A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
FR #4077 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, Spain | German, Italian
Director
Cedric Klapisch
Writer
Cedric Klapisch
Cast
Romain Duris, Judith Godreche, Kelly Reilly
Plot
A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.
FR #4283 | Movie | Crime, Thriller | USA, Germany | English, French
Director
Brett Ratner
Writer
Thomas Harris, Ted Tally
Cast
Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
Plot
A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.
Two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is sentenced to perform community service.
Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot
Socially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardize his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena.
FR #4531 | Movie | Mystery, Drama | USA | English, Portuguese
Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Writer
M. Night Shyamalan
Cast
Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin
Plot
A widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.
Newly retired from the insurance industry, Omaha native Warren Schmidt embarks on an RV journey to his estranged daughter Jeannie's wedding in Denver Colorado, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
FR #4548 | Movie | Crime, Thriller | USA | English, Swahili
Director
Joel Schumacher
Writer
Larry Cohen
Cast
Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker
Plot
Publicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax.
FR #4574 | Movie | Mystery, Drama | Belgium, France | French
Director
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Writer
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast
Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart
Plot
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
FR #4581 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Malayalam
Director
Lal Jose
Writer
Ranjan Pramod
Cast
Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Indrajith Sukumaran
Plot
Although forced into a criminal life from a young age, Madhavan is good at heart. However, as his enmity with Bhageerathan Pillai exacerbates, it forces the entrance of Sub-Inspector Eapen Pappachi.
FR #4776 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Yugoslavia, Hong Kong | Serbian, English
Director
Milorad Milinkovic
Writer
Milorad Milinkovic
Cast
Nikola Djuricko, Sonja Kolacaric, Tara Manic
Plot
Two brothers, Lemi and Kiza, having spent all their money, try to relocate their dead grandfather from Belgrade to Vrsac at the lowest cost, but he goes missing along the way.
FR #5079 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | France, Italy | French, English
Director
Francois Ozon
Writer
Francois Ozon, Marina De Van, Robert Thomas
Cast
Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart, Danielle Darrieux
Plot
A man is murdered in an isolated chalet, and the eight female residents are all suspects; their secrets are revealed as they try to determine who is guilty.
FR #5140 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Russia | English, Chechen
Director
Aleksey Balabanov
Writer
Aleksey Balabanov
Cast
Aleksey Chadov, Ian Kelly, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Plot
During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.
A "news show" featuring only puppets. In its 31 minutes of run-time, includes "the green note", interviews, a musical ranking and lots of fun for kids and adults.
FR #5800 | Movie | Action, Drama | USA, Germany | English, Vietnamese
Director
Randall Wallace
Writer
Harold G. Moore, Joseph Lee Galloway, Randall Wallace
Cast
Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear
Plot
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
Strange things happen in Gahota every 37 years causing a strange hysteria in people and leading them to kill others or themselves and not remembering anything once the cycle is over in a few months.
FR #6076 | Movie | Adventure, Comedy | France, Germany | French, German
Director
Alain Chabat
Writer
Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Alain Chabat
Cast
Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze
Plot
Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, believes she can build a temple in record time and makes a bet with Julius Caesar. Her architect, however, needs the help of Asterix and Obelix to fight Romans who try to stop the construction.
Shobhna Desai, Aatish Kapadia, Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Cast
Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Sushmita Sen
Plot
After a temperamental man is unceremoniously stripped of his duties as a bank manager, he decides to seek revenge by robbing the bank, for which he trains three blind men.
FR #6274 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
Director
Ron Clements, John Musker
Writer
Robert Louis Stevenson, Ron Clements, John Musker
Cast
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short
Plot
Jim Hawkins is a teenager who finds the map of a great treasure hidden by a space pirate. Together with some friends, he sets off in a large spaceship, shaped like a caravel, on his quest.
A divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune.
FR #6391 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Germany, Italy | German, Italian
Director
Fatih Akin
Writer
Ruth Toma
Cast
Barnaby Metschurat, Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Tasche
Plot
In the sixties Romano Amato, his wife Rosa and their two sons Giancarlo and Gigi emigrate from Solino in Italy to Duisburg in the Ruhr area and establish the first Pizza restaurant in town. Their business emerges well and both chi...
FR #6528 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Germany, UK | English, Punjabi
Director
Gurinder Chadha
Writer
Gurinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra, Paul Mayeda Berges
Cast
Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Plot
Jess Bhamra dreams of playing professional football, but her Sikh parents have plans for her: a law degree and a marriage. Jules, a white female striker, spots Jess playing football and invites her to join the local women's team.
FR #6773 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Denmark | Danish
Director
Susanne Bier
Writer
Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast
Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen
Plot
A Dogme film about an engaged couple that is torn apart after the man is paralyzed in an accident, and the woman falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident.
Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell
Plot
As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
FR #7293 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Thriller | France, Germany | English
Director
Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer
Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast
Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan Mccluskey
Plot
A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
Sandro Do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares
Plot
On June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's back...
