Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm)
81) Bank of Dave
Language
English
Description
Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick; 'Bank of Dave' tells the story of how a working-class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community Bank.
83) Walk on water
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling drama, a homophobic Israeli intelligence agent grappling with the recent suicide of his wife is assigned to befriend the granddaughter and gay grandson of a Nazi war criminal. Director Eytan Fox (Yossi & Jagger) delicately conveys the complex traumas haunting both modern Israel and the individual psyches of his characters. In this way, WALK ON WATER illuminates the ways the personal and the political always intersect.. Winner, Top...
Language
English
Description
Struggling to build relationships with others, a teenage math prodigy (Asa Butterfield, *Hugo, Enders Game*) develops a budding friendship with a young girl while competing at the International Mathematics Olympiad. Nominated for Best Actor (Asa Butterfield), Best Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins), and Best Supporting Actor (Rafe Spall) at the **British Independent Film Awards**. Official Selection at the **Toronto Independent Film Festival**. *"It...
85) Gook
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eli (Justin Chon) and Daniel (David So) are two Korean American brothers that run their late father's shoe store in a predominantly African American community of Los Angeles. These two brothers strike up an unlikely friendship with 11-year-old African American girl, Kamilla (Simone Baker). As Daniel dreams of becoming a recording artist and Eli struggles to keep the store afloat, racial tensions build to a breaking point in L.A. as the infamous L.A....
86) Das experiment
Language
Deutsch
Description
A dramatization of an experiment by Stanford University in 1971 which asked for 24 male students to volunteer for a simulated prison experience as prisoners or guards to determine behavioral and psychological consequences. The original time frame was two weeks. The experiment was terminated after six days.
87) Cold souls
Language
English
Description
Paul Giamatti stars as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of Anton Chekhov's Classic Play, "Uncle Vanya." Paralyzed by anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls.. Giamatti enlists their service -- only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea. His intention is to reinstate it once he survives the performance but complications...
Series
Language
Español
Description
The lives of five people are intertwined by romance, friendship and rivalry. Victor has fallen for a woman, Elena. Elena wants nothing to do with Victor and she calls the cops when he shows up at her apartment. The two cops that show up are David and Sancho. Sancho is a chronic, abusive drunk and believes his wife, Clara may be having an affair with his partner, David.
89) The song
Language
English
Description
Aspiring singer, songwriter Jed King is struggling to catch a break and escape the long shadow of his famous father when he reluctantly agrees to a gig at a local vineyard harvest festival. Jed meets the vineyard owner's daughter, Rose, and a romance quickly blooms. Soon after their wedding, Jed writes Rose a song, which becomes a breakout hit. Suddenly thrust into a life of stardom and a world of temptation, his life and marriage begin to fall apart....
90) Hostile border
Language
English
Description
Raised in the U.S., Claudia is an undocumented immigrant living beyond her means in a twisted version of the American dream. When she’s arrested by the FBI for credit card fraud, Claudia is quickly deported to México.. Speaking no Spanish and lost in her foreign “homeland,” she reluctantly takes refuge at her estranged father's cattle ranch. As she clashes with her unyielding father, her attempts to return home to the U.S. thrust her into a...
91) Black cop
Language
English
Description
It's not easy being a black cop. Your community doesn't trust you, your colleagues are wary of you, being patronized by the people you protect is constant. And when the world is on edge waiting for a grand jury verdict on a high profile police case involving unarmed youth, all eyes are on you. For one officer already struggling between duty and moral obligation, things take a drastic turn when he is profiled by his colleagues off-duty, pushing him...
92) Faithless
Language
Swedish
Description
Marianne is a successful actress happily married to Markus and devoted to her young daughter. A friendship with a film director develops into passion as the two yield to temptation and indulge in an affair in Paris that continues back at home. Eventually Markus, who has suspected the affair confronts the faithless pair and their marriage, a friendship and a family are threatened to be destroyed.
93) Detention
Language
English
Description
A downtrodden 17-year-old girl is sent to detention where she must survive a slasher film killer and save the world in time for prom.
94) Legendary
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cal Chetley is an extremely bright, engaging, undersized fifteen-year-old. Mike, Cal's older brother and one-time world-class high school/collegiate wrestler, left him and his mother behind years ago after a tragic car accident killed their father, an accident to this day Mike feels responsible for.
95) Paradise Hills
Language
English
Description
Generations into the future, a strict binary divides society into the bourgeoisie "superiors" and the "inferiors." Uma, a superior teenager, struggles with her family's decision to marry her off to Son, a fellow superior. Instead, she finds herself falling for Markus, an inferior. When her mother learns of the secret romance, she banishes Uma to Paradise Hills, a finishing school for rebellious young women. Uma learns that behind the high-class facility's...
96) Blind dating
Language
English
Description
Danny is smart, handsome, popular, and blind-- and not just physically. He also can't see how wild women are for him. Even his sexy therapist can't keep her clothes on around Danny. After a series of painful blind dates set up by his brother, Danny falls for a young Indian woman named Leeza, and finally everything seems picture perfect. But when cultures clash, and Leeza reveals that she's been promised to someone else, Danny must prove to her that...
Language
English
Description
Lois, Harry, Marilyn, Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find the emotional support needed after losing a loved one. New love and romance do not end before retirement, but can bloom long after. These five do not see themselves as becoming old, and these residents of Boynton Beach aren't about to start. Sometimes we all need...
Language
English
Description
Wesley, a young deaf boy, is frequently bullied at school, and his home life, a sanctuary, consists of his loving mother and younger sister. When his father, a rough, unhappy man, returns home, Wesley withdraws into a shy and uneasy silence. But one day, on his cold walk home from the school, Wesley finds a strange man helpless and bleeding next to the road. He brings the man to an abandoned barn not far from his house. The man slowly recovers, helped...
99) Greenfingers
Language
English
Description
When British convict Colin is placed in an experimental program to finish his prison sentence, all his wants is peace. But after his wise elderly roommate introduces him to gardening, Colin uncovers a surprising talent and passion for plants.
100) The first time
Language
English
Description
Dave is an incurable romantic in love with the hottest girl in school, Jane. Unfortunately, she only thinks of him as a friend without benefits. Through a chance encounter, Dave meets Aubrey, an alluring girl from a nearby school, which sparks a flame that soon becomes a red-hot romance filled with all the angst, missteps and awkwardness of a first time love!