Drama
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
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Jarabo
Anantaram
That Good Night
U Turn
Riding in Cars with Boys
Lucky Girl
Credimi!
Donde Corre el Agua
By Player
Wrestling
A-Hu
Coach Carter
Angela Vode: Secret Memories
Ein Leben
Sundays
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Putaani Agents 123
Sight
They Were Actors
The Keeper
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Jarabo
IMDB 5.8 | May , 1985
July 21, 1958. Madrid wakes up to the news that a pawnbroker has been murdered in his shop. Soon, police finds that the victim's associate, his pregnant wife and their maid have been murdered as well in their own home across the street.Anantaram
IMDB 8.3 | Oct , 1987
A young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.That Good Night
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 2017
A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.U Turn
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 2019
‘U-Turn’ follows the story of a reporter; Raveena who gets unvoluntary involved in a murder case conducted by the police as she investigates accidents on a flyover.Riding in Cars with Boys
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2001
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.Lucky Girl
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2023
Nina is a successful TV star, but her life changes when she is diagnosed with cancer. Facing a personal crisis, she has to confront her deepest fears.Credimi!
IMDB 4.5 | Oct , 2022
Vittoria lives in the suburbs with her son Salvatore, a great fan of superheroes. Salvatore shape the harsh reality that surrounds him by imagining himself as the protagonist of the adventures of Astroman, the idol of his favorite web series.Donde Corre el Agua
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2024
Teenage orphan Luca leaves his hometown Chipilo for Mexico City, seeking fortune. There, he meets 24 year old trapeze artist Paulina, who teaches him love and life in the circus.By Player
IMDB 8 | Dec , 2000
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.Wrestling
IMDB 2.5 | Jun , 2008
In the summer between high school and college, a group of kids try to gain control of their relationships, emotions and lives for the first time.A-Hu
IMDB 0 | May , 2019
A-Hu, who is born into a small family during an economic crisis. His mother works at recycling with her son A-Hu and his brothers until A-Hu leaves home. Although he has left, he keeps an eye on his mother in order to protect her from a group of people who bully her. During a fight with the bullies, he accidentally kills one and goes to jail. After being released from prison Ahu and his brother join forces with their brother in a gang.Coach Carter
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 2005
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.Angela Vode: Secret Memories
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2009
The life and rather obscure hardships of a Slovenian feminist author and human rights activist Angela Vode.Ein Leben
IMDB 8 | Mar , 2020
Sundays
IMDB 7.9 | Oct , 2025
A 17-year-old idealist has to choose her course at university, and declares that she feels ever closer to God. Contemplating a membership within an enclosed religious order raises questions regarding the liberal principles of her father and her aunt, the latter who feels she should choose the life she wants but should experience life before doing so.Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 2006
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many diaries he keptPutaani Agents 123
IMDB 7.5 | Aug , 1979
Murali, an honest police officer, is falsely charged in a murder case and sentenced to death. However, things take a turn when three students race against time to prove his innocence.Sight
IMDB 6.1 | May , 2024
Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.They Were Actors
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1981
The plot of the film is based on real events of the Great Patriotic War. When the Nazis occupied Crimea, the actors of the drama theater of the city of Simferopol entered the underground group Sokol. The activities of the underground members were diverse: they put up leaflets with information from Soviet Information Bureau, compiled maps showing the strategic objects of the enemy, and supplied the partisans with medicines. On April 10, 1944, 3 days before the liberation of Simferopol, the underground members died from enemy bullets — they were shot on the outskirts of the city.The Keeper
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 2018
The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.