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Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | horror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:50 |
Posing for a portrait, Dorian Gray talks with Lord Henry Wotton, who says that men should pursue their sensual longings, but laments that only the young get to do so. Taken with the idea, Dorian imagines a scenario in which the painting will age as he stays youthful. His wish comes true, and his boyish looks aid him as he indulges his every whim. But when a stunning revelation forces him to see what he's become, Dorian faces some very dangerous questions.
Mark | imdb: 5 |
Genre | horror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama |
Country | Canada |
Lacey, a socially detached loner is cursed with immortality and a never-ending tedium of existence. In her attempts to keep her compulsions in check, she seeks out the darkest souls humanity has to offer. Lacey must now face her own inner demons while simultaneously finding her next meal.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:08 |
Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love,then Pip a humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | horror, thriller, fantasy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland |
Duration | 01:58 |
Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, detective, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy steals the life's work of the poor musical Professor Petry. In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petry breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a fire, leaving him severely disfigured. Years later, Petry returns to terrorize a London opera house that is about to perform one of his stolen operas.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | thriller, melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:26 |
In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tasmin. Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | fantasy, drama, adventure |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:32 |
A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | fantasy, melodrama, drama, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands |
Duration | 01:34 |
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | horror, thriller, fantasy, drama |
Country | Germany |
As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all involving circumstances similar to hers.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | thriller, fantasy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, France |
Duration | 01:58 |
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | thriller, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, France |
Duration | 01:47 |
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | thriller, fantasy, drama |
Country | Germany, United Kingdom, Romania |
Duration | 02:00 |
A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker arts. When the life of his friend and protector is threatened, Krabat must struggle to free himself from an evil sorcerer's control in a gripping fight for freedom, friendship and love.
Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:09 |
A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.
Mark | imdb: 8.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.
Mark | imdb: 5 |
Genre | horror, thriller, fantasy, detective |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:53 |
Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – and they soon see the true nature of its horror.
Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:38 |
Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As these worlds collide, a single bullet determines the destiny of these four characters.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | thriller, melodrama, drama, military |
Country | United Kingdom, Australia, Germany |
Duration | 02:01 |
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.
Mark | imdb: 4.7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, detective |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:30 |
Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a beautiful young neighbour Charlotte. His life may be turning around but all is not what it seems and, haunted by visions of his dead wife, Ben starts to lose his grip on reality.
Mark | imdb: 5.1 |
Genre | drama, biography |
Country | Austria, France, Germany, United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:11 |
A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | horror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective |
Country | USA, Canada |
Duration | 02:31 |
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 00:40 |
An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | horror, fantasy, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:55 |
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Mark | imdb: 5.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:39 |
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam (Sam Claflin), an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Spall), who has high-level connections in politics, finance and the police force. Liam's drive for redemption sees him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:31 |
A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | horror, thriller, melodrama, drama, music |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:32 |
Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary "phantom".
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | thriller |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:35 |
The Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.
Mark | imdb: 3.9 |
Genre | fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:34 |
Mo Ali’s futuristic knife-crime drama brings the dystopian environment of CHILDREN OF MEN and DISTRICT 13 to London’s East 17. SHANK delivers a ruthless vision of forthcoming urban life, where guns have been superseded by knives and are fiercely wielded by aimless youths. Amidst the chaos is the Paper Chazers gang, a rare morally conscious group who trade scavenged food for money. After Chazers gang member, Junior (Kedar Williams-Stirling), witnesses his brother, murder he must decide whether to get revenge of stick to the gangs moral code... In this superbly paced and artistic film, present-day social issues, and murky city streets, provide a perfect canvas for imagination and action.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | horror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family, crime, detective |
Country | Japan |
Duration | 01:59 |
In Victorian-era London, on the night of Ciel Phantomhive's tenth birthday a fire destroyed his manor and killed both of his parents. In a moment of death Ceil strikes a deal with a demon, his soul in exchange for revenge. This demon becomes his butler and calls himself by name of Sebastian Michaelis, to protect and serve Ciel until the deal has been completed. One month after the fire Ciel returns from being missing, with his new butler Sebastian. Ceil is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the work as the Queen of England’s guard dog and looking for his parents murders.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:50 |
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:51 |
London, England. Mike, a fifteen-year-old boy, gets a job in a bathhouse, where he meets Susan, an attractive young woman who works there as an attendant.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | fantasy, melodrama, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:04 |
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:44 |
An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:51 |
Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | melodrama, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Australia |
Duration | 01:38 |
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | horror, action, fantasy, drama |
Country | USA, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland |
Duration | 01:40 |
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire Dracula.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | thriller, drama |
Country | United Kingdom, Germany, USA |
Duration | 02:10 |
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:53 |
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attemts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.
Mark | imdb: 3.6 |
Genre | fantastic, thriller, drama, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:43 |
S. Darko follows Samantha Darko, the younger sister of Donnie, the protagonist of Donnie Darko, and her friend Corey. On their way to California, their car breaks down, forcing them to wait in a small town until it is fixed. While there, Samantha begins to have dreams that warn her of the end of the universe.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | horror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective |
Country | Denmark, France |
Duration | 01:24 |
The young woman, Marie, is an outsider in the small coastal community where she has grown up. The townspeople live in fear of her and not least her mother, who is wheelchair bound, suffering from a mysterious illness. When Marie discovers her body changing – long hair growing on her chest and back – she begins searching for answers concerning her family’s hidden past. Something that will have great consequences for herself and her family – and the choices she has to make.