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Trainspotting
Danny Boyle · 1996
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Mulholland Drive
David Lynch · 2001
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Pals
Eloy de la Iglesia · 1982
José is an unemployed 18-year-old living in a cramped apartment in the slums of Madrid. Marginalized by poverty, José spends his time with his friend Antonio. However, when Antonio gets his girlfriend, Rosario, pregnant, the two friends try anything to get the money to pay for her to have an abortion.
Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman · 2021
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
Perfect Blue
Satoshi Kon · 1998
Tras años siendo una ídolo juvenil que forma parte del exitoso trío musical CHAM!, Mima Kirigoe decide abandonar el grupo para perseguir su sueño de convertirse en actriz. Alentada por su entorno, decide romper con su imagen de niña buena y acepta un papel en una serie policíaca subida de tono, lo que provoca la ira de muchos de sus fans. Pronto descubre que alguien está escribiendo un blog en internet en el que explica detalles íntimos sobre su vida y además su misterioso acosador pasa a la acción amenazando a sus seres queridos. Mientras los cadáveres comienzan a acumularse a su alrededor, la realidad y las alucinaciones se mezclan en un mundo terrorífico en el que no hay lugar para la inocencia y los sueños se convierten en pesadillas.
Nowhere
Gregg Araki · 1997
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Céline Sciamma · 2019
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson · 2018
Un Japón distópico, dentro de 20 años. La saturación canina ha alcanzado proporciones de epidemia en Megasaki. Un brote de gripe canina se propaga, por eso, el Mayor Kabayashi dicta una orden de emergencia decretando la cuarentena. Isla Basura es el lugar donde se evacua a todos los perros. Allí, un grupo de aterradores perros alfa, encabezados por Chief, han perdido toda esperanza de volver con sus dueños. Hasta que un día aparece Atari, un niño de 12 años, sobrino del malvado Mayor, que llega hasta la isla pilotando un avión. Su objetivo es buscar a su perro Spots. Esté donde esté, el niño y la manada perruna lo encontrarán.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Edgar Wright · 2010
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michel Gondry · 2004
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos · 2018
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.
20th Century Women
Mike Mills · 2016
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Barbie: Princess Charm School
Ezekiel Norton · 2011
Barbie interpreta Blair, uma garota simples e órfã que foi sorteada para estudar na exclusiva Escola de Princesas. A escola é um lugar incrível onde as futuras princesas aprendem dança, etiqueta, artes e outras habilidades indispensáveis a uma princesa. Blair adora suas aulas, suas fadinhas assistentes e suas novas amigas, as Princesas Hadley e Isla.
Thirteen
Catherine Hardwicke · 2003
Tracy, una joven de 13 años de Los Ángeles, queda fascinada por Evie, la chica más popular del instituto. Tras hacerse muy amigas, y debido a la peligrosa influencia de la "cool" Evie, la antes inocente Tracy se verá poco a poco atrapada en un trepidante ritmo de vida que nada tenía que ver con su anterior vida sedentaria. Tracy se embarca en un mundo salvaje sobre el que no tiene control. Mientras, Mel, la madre de Tracy, trata desesperadamente de comprender la radical transformación que está sufriendo su hija.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Kelly Asbury · 2002
A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
Léon: The Professional
Luc Besson · 1994
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
The Doom Generation
Gregg Araki · 1995
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.
10 Things I Hate About You
Gil Junger · 1999
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
But I'm a Cheerleader
Jamie Babbit · 2000
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn''t like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she''s pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
Requiem for a Dream
Darren Aronofsky · 2000
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Uptown Girls
Boaz Yakin · 2003
Molly es una fiestera sin dinero. Ray es una quisquillosa niña cuya última niñera acaba de renunciar. Solo la ocupada madre de Ray podría pensar que contratar a Molly como niñera de su hija sería un buen plan. Mientras esta pareja dispareja se enfrenta al caprichoso control (de Ray) y a las rabietas temperamentales (de Molly), descubren que la mejor amiga puede llegar del lugar menos esperado.
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky · 2010
The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica who zealously supports her daughter's professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice.
Jennifer's Body
Karyn Kusama · 2009
Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she''s possessed by a sinister demon. Now it''s up to her best friend to stop Jennifer''s reign of terror before it''s too late.
mid90s
Jonah Hill · 2018
In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.
Parasite
Bong Joon-ho · 2019
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells · 2022
Avec mélancolie, Sophie se remémore les vacances d’été passées avec son père vingt ans auparavant : les moments de joie partagée, leur complicité, parfois leurs désaccords. Elle repense aussi à ce qui planait au-dessus de ces instants si précieux : la sourde et invisible menace d’un bonheur finissant. Elle tente alors de chercher parmi ces souvenirs des réponses à la question qui l’obsède depuis tant d’années : qui était réellement cet homme qu’elle a le sentiment de ne pas connaître ?
Perfect Days
Wim Wenders · 2023
Hirayama parece totalmente satisfecho con su sencilla vida de limpiador de retretes en Tokio. Fuera de su estructurada rutina diaria, disfruta de su pasión por la música y los libros. Le encantan los árboles y les hace fotos. Una serie de encuentros inesperados revelan poco a poco más de su pasado.
D.E.B.S.
Angela Robinson · 2005
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Pedro Almodóvar · 1988
Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.
Bottoms
Emma Seligman · 2023
Unpopular best friends PJ and Josie start a high school self-defense club to meet girls and lose their virginity. They soon find themselves in over their heads when the most popular students start beating each other up in the name of self-defense.
Sidewalls
Gustavo Taretto · 2011
Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?
Little Miss Sunshine
Valerie Faris · 2006
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
