The Grounds

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

1919 · ★ 6.9

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

The Bank Dick

1940 · ★ 6.5

Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.

Blind Date

1987 · ★ 6

When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.

She Loves Me Not

2013 · ★ 3.9

A reclusive novelist struggles to find romance and meaning in his life despite disastrous and comedic circumstances.

Adam's Apples

2005 · ★ 7.5

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

Policewoman

2000 · ★ 6.8

A young police woman is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her personal responsibilities.

This Boy's Life

1993 · ★ 7.1

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

You Kill Me

2007 · ★ 6.1

While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.

Drowning

An alcoholic struggles to find meaning in his life, and reflects on the past in search of what he could have done differently.

The Libertine

2004 · ★ 5.9

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

Half Nelson

2006 · ★ 6.6

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

Die Anruferin

2008 · ★ 7

A lonely woman's prank phone call leads to an unexpected friendship with a grieving widow.