Adventure, Family, Drama, Comedy
After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. But Stanley and the other boys start to unravel a mystery, linked with the camps tough-as-nails warden —and possibly Stanley’s family itself.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Secret Sunshine
Lords of Chaos
The Hotelman's Holiday
The Perfect Storm
The Time Machine
Solaris
Payback
Bankovní dům Daubner
Stardust
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The Piano Teacher
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 2001
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IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2002
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.Misery
IMDB 7.7 | Nov , 1990
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.Above Dark Waters
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2013
A ravishing story about little Pete and his survival and growth in the gray area between love and fear.The Forbidden Kingdom
IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 2008
An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself travelling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.The Snow White Murder Case
IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 2014
Beautiful Noriko Miki works at a cosmetic company. One day, Noriko is murdered. People begin to suspect her co-worker Miki Shirono might have killed her. Television begins to cover her story. A TV show interviews Miki Shirono's colleagues, family, people from her hometown. Rumors turn into fear. Is she a wicked a woman?Ask the Dust
IMDB 5.4 | Feb , 2006
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.1984
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1956
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
IMDB 7.6 | May , 2007
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.Secret Sunshine
IMDB 7.2 | May , 2007
Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.Lords of Chaos
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2018
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.The Hotelman's Holiday
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1958
Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.The Perfect Storm
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 2000
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.The Time Machine
IMDB 7.3 | May , 1960
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.Solaris
IMDB 5.9 | Nov , 2002
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.Payback
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 1999
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.Bankovní dům Daubner
IMDB 0 | Mar , 1989
Stardust
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 2007
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
IMDB 5.4 | Oct , 2007
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.Bicentennial Man
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1999
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.