Drama

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Paris Police 1900: Season 1

Paris Police 1900: Season 1

Crime · Episodic Cinema · Drama

Paris, 1899: A young, ambitious detective is thrust into a murder investigation against the dark backdrop of La Belle Epoque.

Pasolini

Pasolini

Biography · World Cinema · RT Certified Fresh

The Roman life and the imaginary worlds of Pier Paolo Pasolini intermingle in Abel Ferrara’s retelling of the final days in the life of the fifty-year-old filmmaker and writer (played by Willem Dafoe), in a lovely, haunting film that draws on his last interview and envisages scenes f…

Patrice Leconte Collection: Hairdresser's Husband, Yvonne's Perfume, Girl On The Bridge , Half a Chance

Patrice Leconte Collection: Hairdresser's Husband, Yvonne's Perfume, Girl On The Bridge , Half a Chance

Drama

Patrice Leconte is one of the most acclaimed and successful filmmakers of his generation, and this four-film collection brings together some of his most memorable work.

Paul Verhoeven's Tricked

Paul Verhoeven's Tricked

Documentary · Tribeca Film Festival · Drama

Part behind-the-scenes documentary, part narrative feature, PAUL VERHOEVEN'S TRICKED is the result of an ambitious experiment in filmmaking. Director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Total Recall) shoots four minutes of the film Tricked, and crowd-sources the remainder of the script. With a brisk pac…

Paulette

Paulette

Comedy · Crime · Drama

Brash and opinionated retiree Paulette (Bernadette Lafont) lives alone in a housing project on the outskirts of Paris. One evening, upon observing some mysterious dealings outside her building, Paulette discovers a surprising way to supplement her meager pension - an unlikely but successful career s…

The People Next Door

The People Next Door

Drama

A married couple struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter from a life of drug addiction and ultimate committal to a mental ward.

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

Drama · World Cinema

The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.

Peppermint Soda

Peppermint Soda

Comedy · Drama

In the vein of such classic coming of age films as Francois Truffaut’s THE 400 BLOWS Diane Kurys’s PEPPERMINT SODA captures a particular moment in the tumultuous life and development of young people.

Persian Lessons

Persian Lessons

Drama

A young Jewish man pretends to be Iranian to avoid being executed in a concentration camp.

Personal Problems

Personal Problems

African-American · Drama

This entirely African American-conceived and produced ensemble drama is the result of a collaboration of a pair of pioneering Black artists: writer Ishmael Reed and filmmaker Bill Gunn, who wrote and directed the underground classic Ganja & Hess and wrote the screenplay for Hal Ashby's The …

Piccadilly

Piccadilly

Crime · Silent · Drama

American actress Anna May Wong had to travel to Europe for her greatest role, as Shosho, the scullery maid whose sultry dancing makes her the toast of London in E.A. Dupont's silent masterpiece.

Plan A

Plan A

Drama · World Cinema

PLAN A is based on the incredible true story of the "Avengers“ - a group of Jewish vigilantes, men and woman, who after surviving the Holocaust vow to avenge the death of their people.

Playdurizm

Playdurizm

Horror · Fantasy · Artsploitation

When a teenager finds himself caught in a glitchy-glitzy reality with his onscreen male idol, he does all he can to be possessed by this man and ignore the violent clues of how he got there.

Poison

Poison

Drama

Inspired by the writings of Jean Genet, Poison deftly interweaves trio of transgressive tales-“Hero,” “Horror” and “Homo”-that build toward a devastating climax.

The Pool

The Pool

Sundance Film Festival · Drama · World Cinema

A hotel worker in India living in abject poverty becomes obsessed with a swimming pool located on a luxurious estate. When he becomes acquainted with the family who lives there, his life is changed forever. A winner at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Pop Aye

Pop Aye

World Cinema · Comedy · Earth Day

A successful Bangkok architect in the midst of a midlife crisis is reunited with an elephant he knew growing up. The two embark on a road trip to the man's childhood home in the idyllic Thai countryside in Kirsten Tan’s feature debut, which won prizes (and hearts) at the Sundance and Rotterdam…

Port of Shadows (4KUHD) AKA Le Quai Des Brumes

Port of Shadows (4KUHD) AKA Le Quai Des Brumes

Romance · Crime · 4K UHD DISC

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance at life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, when acts of both revenge and kindness turn him into front-page news.

Porto

Porto

Romance · Drama · World Cinema

An American loner (Anton Yelchin) and a French student (Lucie Lucas) experience a night of carefree intimacy in the ancient Portuguese city of Porto. This romantic encounter is viewed from years later, both characters still haunted by the powerful connection they shared.

Post Mortem

Post Mortem

Drama · World Cinema

The second part of director Pablo Larrain's celebrated trilogy about Chile during the dictatorial reign of Augusto Pinochet, POST MORTEM is a "grim, intense, mordantly comic little film" (A.O. Scott, New York Times) about a civil servant transformed by the 1973 military coup.

Preludio

Preludio

Drama

In this intimate approach to filmmaking, a wannabe rock star and a chef meet at a party and what starts as a casual conversation becomes more profound as they open up to each other and talk about their fears, hopes and dreams. Everything happens in real time and in one single shot.

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Romance · Drama

Márta, a forty-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. But the love of her life claims they have never met before.

The President's Wife

The President's Wife

Comedy · Biography · History

Madame Chirac’s rise from invisible political spouse to major media figure—as calculated as it was inevitable—is chronicled with equal parts reverence and wit, driven by Catherine Deneuve’s wryly memorable central performance.

The Prey

The Prey

Crime · Thriller · Drama

A convicted bank robber breaks out of prison to protect his family after confiding sensitive information to an outwardly friendly cellmate, only to realize he's actually a madman who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

Priest of Love

Priest of Love

Drama

In his first starring role, Sir Ian McKellen gives a sensational performance as D.H. Lawrence, working alongside Hollywood legend Ava Gardner and director Christopher Miles. PRIEST OF LOVE provides a beautifully shot portrait of one of the great artists of the 20th century.

Prince

Prince

Drama

Prince is the story of ayoub (ayoub elasri) ; 17, shy, lanky, growing up fast on the cusp of the criminal underworld of amsterdam, and completely crazy about neighborhood beauty Laura (Sigrid ten Napel). Unfortunately, Laura's already with the baddest boy in town.

Prison Girls

Prison Girls

Crime · Drama

Six female prisoners are given a weekend furlough in preparation for their upcoming parole. While out, the groovy jailbirds have miscellaneous sexual experiences—some good, some bad, some downright shocking!

Promise at Dawn

Promise at Dawn

War · Biography · Drama

From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this epic drama tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French…

Proud

Proud

LGBTQ · Drama · World Cinema

In 1981, it was still illegal to be gay in France. Today, same-sex marriage is recognized and has paved the way for legalizing the adoption of children by LGBTQ families. Proud tells the story of Charles, Victor and Diego, three generations of the same family who represent the seismic social changes…

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Drama

Fashion photographer turned director Aaron Reinhardt visits a former model and records their conversations, planning to develop her story, a life of delusion and lies, into a film.

The Quare Fellow

The Quare Fellow

Culture · Drama · World Cinema

Legendary Irish playwright Brendan Behan's insider's look at life on death row is a film "studded with gem-like performances" (Hollywood Reporter) that packs "a harsh Irish eloquence and a brutal dramatic punch" (New York Times).

Queen Kelly

Queen Kelly

Silent · Drama

In Eric von Stroheim’s lost silent masterpiece, Gloria Swanson stars as an innocent but flirtatious convent girl from the imaginary European country of Cobourg-Nassau who catches the eye of the prince and the ire of the mad queen he is set to marry.

Queen Margot

Queen Margot

History · War · Romance

She is beautiful. She is Catholic. She is the King’s sister. She is Marguerite de Valois. Her brothers call her Margot. He is Protestant. They say that he is rude, that he never shaves, that he smells of garlic and sweat. He is Henri de Navarre. They are forced to marry in a political move to …

Queen Tut

Queen Tut

Romance · LGBTQ · Drama

A 17-year-old Egyptian teenager relocates to Toronto to live with his estranged father. In his exploration of the city, he meets a trans elder, fighting alone against the possible demolition of her haven, a drag nightclub.

The Queen of Spades (Special Edition)

The Queen of Spades (Special Edition)

Horror · Drama

A gambling craze is sweeping 19th-century St. Petersburg, yet a dashing Russian army captain is too impoverished to participate. But when he learns that an aging countess may hold the ultimate key to gambling riches, the desperate young officer will stop at nothing to steal the sinister secret for h…

Queen of the Ring

Queen of the Ring

Biography · Drama

An extraordinary, true-life tale that follows a single mom who defied incredible odds to become the first million-dollar female athlete and longest reigning wrestling champion at a time when the sport was banned across most of America.

Rabin, The Last Day

Rabin, The Last Day

Based on True Story · Jewish Interest · Drama

Lauded director Amos Gitai (Kippur) delves into the prelude and aftermath of the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in this gripping docudrama.

The Railway Children

The Railway Children

Family · Drama

Suddenly impoverished, three children and their mother are forced to move to a dusty cottage in the country perched on the edge of a railroad. But along these magical tracks, Bobbie and her siblings will discover adventure, face danger and forge friendships that will change their young lives forever…

Rams

Rams

Comedy · Drama · World Cinema

In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what’s dearest to them – their sheep.

ReEntry

ReEntry

Romance · Sci-Fi · Drama

A romantic sci-fi drama about a woman whose husband disappears in a scientific experiment, only to return a year later.  

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Drama

In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature.

Red Cow

Red Cow

Drama · World Cinema

Benny’s mother died giving birth to her, and she grew up alone with her caring yet patriarchal father. He is a figure of authority and a mentor for many people in their Jerusalem religious community.

Redemption

Redemption

Drama

Menachem, a former frontman for a rock band, is now religious, and a father to a six-year-old. When his daughter is diagnosed with cancer, he must find a creative solution to fund the expensive treatments. He reunites his band for one last tour. The journey to save his daughter exposes old wounds an…

Reginald Denny Collection: The Reckless Age, Skinner's Dress Suit, What Happened to Jones?

Reginald Denny Collection: The Reckless Age, Skinner's Dress Suit, What Happened to Jones?

Comedy · Drama

The Reginald Denny Collection gathers three silent features from the career of the debonair British star.

Rent Free

Rent Free

Comedy · LGBTQ · Drama

When two young men living in a rapidly changing Austin suddenly lose their apartment, they come up with a last-ditch plan to spend the rest of the year “rent free”.

The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre

Drama

During the middle of the 16th century, Martin Guerre returns to his village in southwestern France, after being away in the war for almost a decade. The villagers who knew him as a young man suspect he is not Martin, but he seems to know all about his friends, his family and his wife, even the most …

Revelations of a Psychiatrist in a World of Perverse Sex

Revelations of a Psychiatrist in a World of Perverse Sex

Exploitation · Drama

Mondo-style film in which a psychiatrist explains to his students several stories of sexual deviancy.

Rhythm Thief

Rhythm Thief

Drama

Winner of the jury prize at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, RHYTHM THIEF stars Jason Andrews (Last Exit to Brooklyn) as a NYC music bootlegger who finds himself in deep trouble after ripping off the music of an all-girl punk band (fronted by rocker Cynthia Sley of the Bush Tetras). "A Lower East Si…

Rich and Strange (Special Edition) aka East of Shanghai

Rich and Strange (Special Edition) aka East of Shanghai

Romance · Comedy Drama · Comedy

Fred Hill and his wife Emily lead a boring existence in the London suburbs. When the Hills come into an inheritance from a wealthy uncle, Fred quits his mundane job and they embark on a world cruise to get a taste of the high life.

Rififi in Paris aka Du rififi a Paname / The Upper Hand

Rififi in Paris aka Du rififi a Paname / The Upper Hand

Crime · Thriller · Drama

In Paris, a grizzled gold-smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want a piece of the action. To make matters worse, he must match wits with a coin-tossing Mafioso and the U.S. Treasury Department.

Riot Girls

Riot Girls

Action · Sci-Fi · Drama

In an alternate 1995, a mysterious disease has wiped out all of the adults. In this new age, two gangs are pitted against each other in a brutal war for territory, resources and survival.

The Road to Eilat

The Road to Eilat

Comedy · Romantic Comedy · Drama

The hanged body of an old man in the middle of a small kibbutz in the north of Israel leads Albert, a war veteran, to make a drunken bet. Along with Ben, his grumpy unemployed son, the feisty odd couple will cross the entire country on an old tractor, in one week.

The Road to Salina - aka - La route de Salina

The Road to Salina - aka - La route de Salina

Thriller · Drama · World Cinema

A young drifter stops at a desolate roadside service station where the owner identifies him as her son Rocky, who disappeared four years ago. 

The Robber

The Robber

Based on True Story · Thriller · Drama

Based on the real-life story of one of Austria’s most-wanted bank robbers, The Robber is a breathless thriller “as lean and taut as its marathon-winning title character.” (LA Times).

Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers

Crime · Drama · World Cinema

The tragedy of Luchino Visconti’s searing family drama is set in motion when brothers Rocco and Simone both fall in love with the mercurial Nadia. Presented by Martin Scorsese. 

The Rocket

The Rocket

Sundance Film Festival · Tribeca Film Festival · Drama

A boy who is believed to bring bad luck leads his family (and a couple of ragged misfits) through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by war, the boy builds a giant rocket to prove he's not cursed and to enter the most lucrative but dangerous competition o…

Rodin

Rodin

Biography · History · Drama

An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.

Rose

Rose

Comedy · Drama

78-year-old Rose has just lost her adored husband. Her grief gives way to a powerful impulse to live, making her realize that she can still redefine herself as a woman. But in doing so the whole balance of her family is upset.

Roseland

Roseland

Drama

A trio of romantic - if bittersweet - tales set in New York’s esteemed Roseland Ballroom unfold in this touching drama.

Run Silent, Run Deep

Run Silent, Run Deep

War · Action · Drama

The captain of a submarine (Clark Gable) sunk by the Japanese during WWII is given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His single-minded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew (including Burt Lancaster, Jack War…

The Runner Stumbles

The Runner Stumbles

Crime · Drama

A priest's life is suddenly changed by the arrival of a vivacious young nun who immediately sets the town talking with her open, unorthodox behavior. But soon talk turns to vicious gossip and tragedy as the self-righteous townsfolk come to believe the love between the nun and the priest is more than…