What Just Happened

7.0

Wag the Dog

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

1997-12-25 | en

8.1

8½

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

1963-02-14 | it

7.2

Leaving Las Vegas

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

1995-10-27 | en

7.5

Ed Wood

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

1994-09-28 | en

0.0

A Tale of Young Elopement

A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.

1987-02-07 | ja

7.4

Lost in Translation

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

2003-09-18 | en

6.9

The War of the Roses

Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.

1989-12-08 | en

6.4

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.

2007-03-22 | en

7.4

Lovers of the Arctic Circle

Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance. A story of circular lives, with circular names, and a circular place where the day never ends in the midnight sun. There are things that never end, and Love is one of them.

1998-09-04 | es

4.4

Vollidiot

Based on Tommy Jaud's bestselling novel, this comedy focuses on a dispassionate clerk and his set-backs in life. 29-year-old Simon works in a phone shop, but his thoughts just circle around finding a new girl-friend after being left by his last one year ago. While his Croatian cleaner tries to procure him, his efforts to chat up women in clubs also fail. However, he finds the woman of his dreams (and mother of their future children) in his most hated coffee shop, although not having a clue how to win her heart...

2007-04-11 | de

5.8

Keine Lieder über Liebe

As Tobias, a young director, supposes that his girl-friend Ellen had an affair with his brother Markus, front man of "Hansen", one year ago, he decides to shoot a documentary about the band's next tour. When Ellen joins the project, everybody's emotions boil over, although they are observed all the time.

2005-10-26 | de

7.1

Contempt

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

1963-10-29 | fr

7.5

Barton Fink

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

1991-08-01 | en

7.0

Desert Hearts

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.

1985-10-01 | en

6.9

Broken Flowers

As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.

2005-07-31 | en

7.1

Lisbon Story

Lisbon Story is Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to find him and help him.

1994-12-16 | en

6.9

Open Hearts

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.

2002-09-06 | da

7.4

Bad Education

An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.

2004-03-19 | es

6.3

On a Magical Night

After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him. While she wonders if she made the right decision, many of the people in her life offer their opinions on the matter. They intend to let her know, whether she likes it or not, on what proves to be a life-changing evening.

2019-10-09 | fr

6.9

King Kong

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

2005-12-12 | en

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Robert De Niro

Sean Penn

Bruce Willis

Robin Wright

Stanley Tucci

John Turturro

Kristen Stewart

Lily Rabe

Marin Hinkle

Catherine Keener

Michael Wincott

Jason Kravits

Mark Ivanir

Remy K. Selma

Christopher Evan Welch

Sam Levinson

Paul Herman

Lombardo Boyar

Logan Grove

Alessandra Daniele

Karina Friend Buck

Peter Jacobson

Moon Bloodgood

Ari Barak

Jonathan C. Kaplan

Brandon Keener

Terrance Yates

Ron Li-Paz

Jacques Maroun

Dey Young

Emily Alpren

Paul Lieber

Lindy Booth

Kate Burton

William Ragsdale

Brent Rose

Bess Rous

Ayla Kell

Paydin LoPachin

Jean-Michel Richaud

Alex Norca

Cayleen Davies

John Schiappa

Annie Parisse

Tienne Vu

Virginia Nguyen

Thao Le

Michelle Elkin

Emily J. Benson

Erin Marino

Heather McManama

Junar Pasco

Katie A. Rustowicz

Patrick R. Sheck

Phromporn Thongsrisook

Marni E. Zaifert

Scott Burn

Sulinh Lafontaine

Julia Faye West

Graham Clarke

Dennis Albanese

Stacey Alfano

Dimitri Lekkos

Vincent De Paul

Steven Galarce

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