Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

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 be...

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Lars von Trier

Cast

Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Pedro Almodóvar

Cast

Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffe...

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Cast

Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

John Singleton

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright

Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Darren Lynn Bousman

Cast

Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell

Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch

At a Dresden hospital in 1945, nurse Anna Mauth (Felicitas Woll) cares for badly injured British pilot Robert Newman (John Light), whom Anna believes to be a German deserter. As Allied forces close in, Anna grows close to Robert despite her engagement to Dr. Alexander Wenninger (Benjamin Sadler). The gripping historical romance won a 2...

Runtime

3h

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Felicitas Woll, John Light, Benjamin Sadler

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of th...

Runtime

1h 48m

Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele — the 'Death Angel of Auschwitz', who killed more than 300.000 people — emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is assigned to defend him, but Rohm himself — an expert on Mengele and his crimes — feels ...

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Götz George, Kai Wiesinger, Karoline Eichhorn

A family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Cast

Thomas Kretschmann, Nadja Uhl, Michael Baral