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The Skeleton Twins
Craig Johnson · 2014
Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.
Mysterious Skin
Gregg Araki · 2005
Baseado no romance homônimo de Scott Heim, de 1995, esta história assombrosa de um abuso sexual infantil segue dois jovens muito diferentes (um garoto de programa galanteador e um estudante tímido obcecado por OVNIs) enquanto se cruzam vários anos após uma noite fatídica com seu treinador.
Videodrome
David Cronenberg · 1983
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Jennifer's Body
Karyn Kusama · 2009
Ao ser possuída por um demônio, a estudante Jennifer se torna muito brava com os rapazes que nunca a deram uma chance. Enquanto a maldosa Jennifer satisfaz seu apetite com carne humana de meninos da escola, sua amiga nerd Needy descobre o que está acontecendo e promete colocar um fim na carnificina.
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee · 2005
Verano de 1963. Dos vaqueros, Ennis Del Mar y Jack Twist, se conocen mientras hacen cola para ser contratados por el ranchero Joe Aguirre. Los dos aspiran a conseguir un trabajo estable, casarse y formar una familia. Cuando Aguirre les envía a cuidar ganado a la majestuosa montaña Brokeback, entre ambos surge un sentimiento de camaradería que deriva hacia una relación íntima. Al concluir el verano, tienen que abandonar Brokeback y seguir caminos diferentes.
Final Destination
James Wong · 2000
Pour le petit groupe d'étudiants, le voyage à Paris s'annonçait bien. Mais peu avant le décollage de leur avion, Alex a soudain une vision fulgurante : l'appareil va exploser en vol. Parce qu'il va tenter d'alerter les passagers, il sera expulsé de l'avion avec cinq de ses camarades et son professeur. Lorsque, quelques minutes plus tard, l'appareil explose, ils seront les seuls survivants... Pour Alex, ce don de voyance qui lui a sauvé la vie est aussi une malédiction. Comment expliquer ses visions ? D'où lui vient ce fascinant pouvoir ?
Final Destination 3
James Wong · 2006
Pour fêter la fin de l'année scolaire, Wendy et ses amis ont décidé de se retrouver dans un parc d'attractions. La soirée s'annonce comme la plus fun de l'année. Pourtant, au moment d'embarquer dans un immense roller coaster, Wendy a un terrible pressentiment. Alors que tous les autres se moquent d'elle, elle quitte l'attraction avec Kevin.Quelques instants plus tard, horrifiée, la jeune fille voit les wagons lancés à toute allure sortir des rails à une hauteur vertigineuse, tuant ses amis. Elle et quelques autres viennent de manquer le rendez-vous que leur avait fixé la mort. Ils vont découvrir que ce n'est pas forcément une chance.Peu de temps après, le destin rattrape brutalement l'un des survivants. Wendy comprend que, sur les photos qu'elle a prises lors de cette tragique soirée, certains indices semblent désigner les prochaines victimes et ce qui les attend...
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Trey Parker · 1999
In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized. When outraged Americans try to censor the film, the controversy spirals into a call to wage war on Canada and Terrance and Phillip end up on death row, with the kids their only hope of rescue.
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Mike Clattenburg · 2006
The boys get arrested for robbing an ATM machine and spend 18 months in jail, upon release they decide to pull off "The Big Dirty", a plan to steal a large amount of coins because they are untraceable and quit their life of crime forever.
Superbad
Greg Mottola · 2007
Os estudantes adolescentes Seth e Evan têm grandes esperanças para uma festa de formatura. Os adolescentes co-dependentes pretendem beber e conquistar garotas para que eles possam se tornar parte da multidão popular da escola, mas a ansiedade de separação e dois policiais entediados complicam a auto-missão proclamada dos amigos.
Boogie Nights
Paul Thomas Anderson · 1997
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.
Wet Hot American Summer
David Wain · 2001
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.
Lars and the Real Girl
Craig Gillespie · 2007
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.
The Piano Teacher
Michael Haneke · 2001
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson · 2003
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Jackson · 2002
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson · 2001
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Anthony Hickox · 1992
Pinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Tony Randel · 1988
Confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty Cotton insists her supposedly dead father is stuck in hell, controlled by sadomasochistic demons after being betrayed by his evil, occult-obsessed wife, Julia. Few believe Kirsty, except the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard, who is intrigued by the young woman's lurid stories. So when Kirsty and fellow patient Tiffany head to hell for a rescue, Channard and Julia are close behind.
Hellraiser
Clive Barker · 1987
Hedonist Frank Cotton finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons the Cenobites, who open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
Eraserhead
David Lynch · 1977
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Beeban Kidron · 1995
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.
Paris Is Burning
Jennie Livingston · 1991
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.
Pink Flamingos
John Waters · 1972
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
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.
Crash
David Cronenberg · 1996
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins to use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
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.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Stephen Herek · 1989
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-wai · 2000
In 1962 Hong Kong, two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses.
Chungking Express
Wong Kar-wai · 1994
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
David Lynch · 1992
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Trainspotting
Danny Boyle · 1996
Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.
Blue Velvet
David Lynch · 1986
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Hairspray
Adam Shankman · 2007
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
