Rising High

8.0

The Lives of Others

In 1983 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

2006-03-23 | de

6.7

Effi Briest

When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer.

1974-06-20 | de

2.7

Atoosa's Laughters

Twelve strangers embark on the Trans-Asia Express, a four-day train journey from Tehran to Istanbul. But not everyone is who they pretend to be or seem to be,

2016-04-26 | fa

6.8

Phoenix

German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly survived Auschwitz but had to undergo reconstructive surgery as her face was disfigured. Without recognizing Nelly, her former husband Johnny asks her to help him claim his wife’s inheritance. To see if he betrayed her, she agrees, becoming her own doppelganger.

2014-09-25 | de

0.0

Hot Money

A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.

1935-11-16 | en

6.1

First Name: Carmen

The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.

1983-12-01 | fr

7.4

Not One Less

Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students.

1999-10-30 | zh

6.7

Henry Fool

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

1998-06-19 | en

6.7

The Big Lift

The Berlin Air Lift from the point of view of two Air Force NCOs who navigate romance in a bombed out post WW2 Germany.

1950-04-26 | en

4.9

Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons

Four promiscuous businessmen must scheme to save the poor people of a village after a corrupt politician challenges them.

2018-09-28 | en

5.5

Dear God

A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.

1996-11-01 | en

6.5

Middle Men

Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.

2009-05-17 | en

6.9

The Apprentice

A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.

2024-10-09 | en

6.8

Unthinkable

The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.

2010-06-14 | en

0.0

Don't Let Your Meat Loaf

Three unemployed actors try to make money be doing stand up comedy.

1995-01-01 | en

6.8

Currency and Peace

Martin is an innocent lad from small-town Mlada Boleslav who comes to big-city Prague, hoping to exchange his krona for deutschemarks so that he can visit Germany. A local spiv named Robert obliges Martin, but at an unfair exchange rate. When Martin finds out he was rooked, he plans revenge on Robert ... but then decides to join Robert's gang instead.

1988-07-01 | cs

6.8

Owning Mahowny

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.

2003-05-02 | en

5.4

God's Own Country

Manu travels from Dubai to Kochi to attain his goal, without which he will be in trouble. Public prosecutor Mathew Tharakan and taxi driver Muhammed have their own intentions to be pursued as well. Vasudeva Sanal's God's Own Country narrates the story of what happens to the three as they try to reach their destination.

2014-05-09 | ml

6.2

The Square

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

2008-06-30 | en

5.4

The Collector

A romantic comedy set in the world of gambling, debt collecting and professional boxing. Laura is an unlucky gambler with a huge debt, she crosses paths with Claus, a former boxer who now makes a living as a debt collector. Laura is cheating, scamming, and lying and eventually life catches up with her. Claus is trying to regain his self respect and start anew. Together, they make an awkward but very charming couple on the verge of love. It is a story about trust, friendship, new beginnings, getting a second chance and doing the right thing.

2004-10-22 | da

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David Kross

Frederick Lau

Janina Uhse

Anne Schäfer

Robert Schupp

Silvina Buchbauer

Sophia Thomalla

Uwe Preuss

Monika Anna Wojtyllo

Arthur Gropp

Úna Lir

Monika Oschek

Selam Tadese

José Barros

Marina Weis

Firat Aygül

Kaspar Eichel

Johanna Ingelfinger

Theresa Tripp

Hannes Wegener

Gerdy Zint

Jerry Kwarteng

Christian Hoyer

Anne-Kathrin Gummich

Enrico Lo Verso

Martin Armknecht

Daniele Lochtmans

Dennis Lopes

Fabio Lopes

Sarina Radomski

Wenka von Mikulicz

Pierre Kiwitt

Tamer Arslan

Frences Kulus

Michael Michailenko

Dejan Bućin

Avi Gramer

Leo Gramer

Johannes Kunkel

Janina Kuhlmann

Frieda Langer

Carlotta Krempien

Uwe Gerdel

Lucy Cat

Monika Marschner

Hans-Jürgen Ongsiek

Cindy Pfister

Olga Blinov

Sade Quaas

Sara Benamara

Julia Titze

Vilislava Vikolova

Lkhagii

Maya Fly

Dainery Nowack Santana

Samuel Finzi

Peri Baumeister

Detlev Buck