A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
Casts Krystyna Janda, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki, Michał Tarkowski, Piotr Cieślak, Wiesław Wójcik, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, Magda Teresa Wójcik, Bogusław Sobczuk
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Dancer in the Dark
A History of Violence
8 Mile
Paradise Now
Open Hearts
Three Colors: White
Blood Positive
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A River Runs Through It
Rain Man
Mala Noche
The Last Emperor
Stolz der Nation
Milada
Comrade Pedersen
A Hole in My Heart
Afraid of Peacock
Mao’s Last Dancer
Manhattan Romance
Balkan Spy
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Dancer in the Dark
IMDB 7.9 | Sep , 2000
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.A History of Violence
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2005
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.8 Mile
IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 2002
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.Paradise Now
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2005
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.Open Hearts
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2002
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.Three Colors: White
IMDB 7.4 | Jan , 1994
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.Blood Positive
IMDB 2 | Jan , 2023
Two sisters track down and torture a man which they suspect is their estranged father.Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
IMDB 7.6 | Aug , 1958
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.A River Runs Through It
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1992
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.Rain Man
IMDB 7.7 | Dec , 1988
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.Mala Noche
IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 1987
Walt is a lonely convenience store clerk who has fallen in love with a Mexican migrant worker named Johnny. Though Walt has little in common with the object of his affections — including a shared language — his desire to possess Johnny prompts a sexual awakening that results in a tangled love triangle.The Last Emperor
IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 1987
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.Stolz der Nation
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 2009
Director Quentin Tarantino tasked Eli Roth to craft a mini-movie called Stolz der Nation (Nation's Pride) that will be included in the theatrical cut of Inglourious Basterds. To help promote Inglourious Basterds via the film-within-a-film, Roth has slapped together a trailer for Nation's Pride blending black and white photography with modern multi-layered camera effects.Milada
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2017
Pre-WWII Czech democratic politician Milada Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Opposing the 1948 coup but not leaving the country, she was arrested and tried for treason on fabricated charges in a show trial broadcast on the radio.Comrade Pedersen
IMDB 5.3 | Feb , 2006
A drama focused on Norwegian society in the 1970s, an era politically influenced by Marxism and Leninism.A Hole in My Heart
IMDB 4.2 | Apr , 2005
In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.Afraid of Peacock
IMDB 0 | May , 2025
On the way to the supermarket, a family discusses the history of the old zoo in Poznan, Poland, and Darwin’s absurd fear of peacocks.Mao’s Last Dancer
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2009
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.Manhattan Romance
IMDB 4.9 | Oct , 2015
Danny, a commercial editor and documentary filmmaker attempts to finish his film, a study on relationship while navigating the relationships in his own life. Will he continue to chase the unattainable Theresa a hippy new age dancer(Caitlin Fitzgerald) or will he finally admit he's in love with his best friend Carla (Katherine Waterston) who is in an unfulfilling relationship with a political strategist(Gaby Hoffman). Manhattan Romance is a funny insightful look at contemporary life in Manhattan. It explores new age ideas and open relationship as well as true friendship and connection.Balkan Spy
IMDB 7.7 | Feb , 1984
Convinced that his subtenant is a spy and an enemy of the state, Ilija Čvorović falls into deep paranoia which leads to an absurd and destructive chain of events.