Drama
Once Were Warriors (1994) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Once Were Warriors
director: Lee Tamahori actor: Rena Owen / Temuera Morrison
other title: Once Were Warriors - Una volta erano guerrieri / A Alma dos Guerreiros
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
3 Idiots (2009) Douban IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB
3 Idiots
8.0 (27 ratings) director: Rajkumar Hirani actor: Aamir Khan / R. Madhavan
other title: 3 Idiotas
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.
The War Game (1966) NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
The War Game
director: Peter Watkins actor: Michael Aspel / Kathy Staff
other title: La Bombe / El juego de la guerra
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.
Mad Love (1985) TMDB
L'Amour braque
director: Andrzej Żuławski actor: Sophie Marceau / Tchéky Karyo
other title: Amour braque - L'amore balordo / Skør kærlighed
After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with Marie.
The Doom Generation (1995) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban
The Doom Generation
director: Gregg Araki actor: Rose McGowan / James Duval
other title: Doom Generation / Doom - Geração Maldita
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
Birdman of Alcatraz
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Burt Lancaster / Karl Malden
other title: L'uomo di Alcatraz / Manden fra Alcatraz
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
Stalag 17 (1953) Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
Stalag 17
director: Billy Wilder actor: William Holden / Robert Strauss
other title: Bag pigtråd i Stalag 17 / Inferno nº 17
It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
Strictly Ballroom (1992) TMDB Douban
Strictly Ballroom
director: Baz Luhrmann actor: Paul Mercurio / Tara Morice
other title: Strictly Ballroom: De forbudte trin / Ballroom - Gara di ballo
Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?
Big Night (1996) IMDb TMDB
Big Night
director: Campbell Scott / Stanley Tucci actor: Stanley Tucci / Tony Shalhoub
other title: A Grande Inauguração / Big Night - Nacht der Genüsse
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
Aug. 4, 2025 watched
Originally saw it in the cinema when it came out. Rewatched in #SundayFunnies #WatchParty on Mastodon.
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Boiler Room (2000) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Boiler Room
director: Ben Younger actor: Giovanni Ribisi / Vin Diesel
other title: 1 km da Wall Street / O Primeiro Milhão
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) IMDb Douban TMDB NeoDB WikiData
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
director: Jacques Demy actor: Catherine Deneuve / Nino Castelnuovo
other title: Pigen med paraplyerne / Os Chapéus de Chuva de Cherburgo
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
Magnet of Doom (1963) TMDB
L'Aîné des Ferchaux
director: Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo / Charles Vanel
other title: Lo sciacallo / L'Aîné des Ferchaux
Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.
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Faster
director: George Tillman Jr. actor: Dwayne Johnson / Billy Bob Thornton
other title: Vingança Rápida / Sed de venganza
After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
Wall Street (1987) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Wall Street
director: Oliver Stone actor: Michael Douglas / Charlie Sheen
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.
Sonny (2002) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sonny
director: Nicolas Cage actor: James Franco / Brenda Blethyn
New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.