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Heroin(e)

2017

A flood of heroin threatens Appalacian city with addictions, lawless state and poverty. Three women fight to break the cycle one life at a time.

RATING: NR | IMDB: 6.8

First Match

2018

Years in foster care, made this girl from Brooklyn, really very strong. She decides to join boys' wrestling team with a purpose.

RATING: TV-MA | IMDB: 6.8

Silence

2016

With a hope to find their mentor, two portuguese priests from the 17th century travel to Japan.

RATING: R | IMDB: 7.1

Imperial Dreams

2014

Bambi from Watts, Los Angeles is a 21-year-old reformed ganster. His devotion towards family is tested when he returns to his old stomping grounds.

RATING: TV-MA | IMDB: 6.7

Ravenous

2017

19th century remote military outpost has captain John Boyd and his troop on a rescue mission tha goes dark as a result of an ambush by a cannibal.

RATING: tv-ma | IMDB: 5.8

Hamid

2018

Hamid is an 8-year-old boy who comes to know that 786 is God's number. He decides to reach out to god by dialing the number. One day, the call is answered.

RATING: nR | IMDB: 7.7

Friends with Money

2006

Olivia becomes unsure about her future and her relations with her successful and rich friends, after she quits her lucrative job.

RATING: R | IMDB: 5.4

First they Killed my Father

2017

This movie recounts the horrors suffered by Cambodian author and activist Loung Ung, under the rule of deadly Khmer Rouge.

RATING: TV-MA | IMDB: 7.1

Mudbound

2017

After returning from the World War 2, two men work on a farm in rural Mississippi. However, they need to deal with racism and adjust with post-war-life.

RATING: R | IMDB: 7.4

West Beirut

1998

When Beirut is partitioned on Muslim/Christian basis, a high school student named Tarek is in the midst of making super 8 movies with his friend Omar.

RATING: PG-13 | IMDB: 7.6