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15 movies and shows
Kleks Academy
Fri, 05 Jan 2024
A seemingly ordinary girl finds her way into the eponymous Academy to explore the world of fairy tales, imagination and creativity. With the help of a crazy, talented teacher, she develops her unique abilities and also stumbles upon a clue that will help her unravel the biggest secret of the family...
The Secret Recipe
Thu, 20 Feb 2025
When a gifted chef loses his sharp sense of taste, he turns to an old friend who helps him rediscover traditional flavors through an old recipe book.
Lisa Frankenstein
Wed, 07 Feb 2024
In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.
Les Misérables
Thu, 14 Nov 2019
Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserables”. Alongside his new colleagues Chris and Gwada – both experienced members of the team – he quickly discovers tensions running high between local gangs. When the trio finds themselves overrun during the course of an arrest, a drone captures the encounter, threatening to expose the reality of everyday life.
Fantastic Return to Oz
Thu, 24 Oct 2019
A year to the day after Dorothy and the people of the Emerald City defeated Urfin Jus, the villain is trying to exact his revenge. To command the army of Carraci, however, Urfin needs not only the magic book, but also Dorothy’s silver slippers. The slippers are safely hidden away in Dorothy’s house. Unfortunately, Dorothy’s guest, Tim, is overcome by curiosity and picks up the shoes, accidentally transporting himself, Dorothy and the slippers to the Land of Oz. The Emerald City and its citizens are in danger once again.
Stella. A Life.
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
Stella, grows up in Berlin during the rule of the Nazi regime. She dreams of a career as a jazz singer, despite all the repressive measures she is forced to go into hiding with her parents in 1944, her life turns into a culpable tragedy.
Austenland
Thu, 15 Aug 2013
Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
Diary of a Chambermaid
Wed, 04 Mar 1964
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
La Bête Humaine
Fri, 23 Dec 1938
Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.
Oficina do Diabo
Thu, 16 Jan 2025
In a competition in Hell, a master devil instructs his apprentice on human behavior while following the path of a "client" at the crossroads between good and evil.
Aabra Ka Daabra
Fri, 24 Dec 2004
A young wizarding student sets out on a quest for a magic potion that can bring back his missing father. He faces several hardships while trying to find and rescue his father.
Kolaigaran
Wed, 05 Jun 2019
A man is found to be murdered and the investigating officer believes that he was killed by a young woman and her mother. But their neighbour claims that he is the murderer! Who is lying?
Eyes in the Trees
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A video journalist and his film crew embark on a journey into an isolated forest, only to find their excursion turned into a fight for survival for not just themselves, but the entire human race.
Miracle on the Precipice
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Inspired by John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, the Lightly family struggles with a rebellious son, a selfish adopted daughter, an overworked mother and an out of work father. When they leave for a mountain park to decompress and try to rebuild their once joyful family, tragedy strikes and the Lightlys begin a fight for survival that challenges everything they know about themselves and their beliefs.
Alice in Funderland
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In Dublin for her sister's wedding, Alice's night takes a curious turn when she stumbles into Hartstown, and has a series of very odd encounters with the local nightlife.