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1. AKA

Apr 28, 2023 • Rated TV-MA

A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss's young son.

2. Shawn Mendes: In Wonder

Nov 23, 2020 • Rated TV-MA

In Wonder follows Shawn Mendes’ journey toward self-discovery, after the physical and emotional demands of his rise, and his last world tour, pushed him towards a personal and musical reckoning. The documentary is a heartfelt look at a songwriter and performer wrestling with the pressures of stardom and the emotional tolls of coming-of-age while the world watches. Largely framed around his rise and recent tour, the film offers unprecedented access to Mendes’ private life both at home, and while traveling across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and features years of footage as he rose from precocious troubadour to global superstar. [Netflix]

3. Anima

In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead scores and stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.

4. All Quiet on the Western Front

Oct 7, 2022 • Rated R

All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The German film from director Edward Berger is based on the world-renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. [Netflix]

5. Stutz

Nov 14, 2022 • Rated R

Phil Stutz is one of the world’s leading psychiatrists. He’s helped countless patients over 40 years, including world-class creatives and business leaders, and among them many therapy-skeptics. Directed by friend and patient Jonah Hill, the film explores Stutz’s life and walks the viewer through his signature visualization exercises, The Tools. As Hill sits down with Stutz for an unorthodox session that flips their typical doctor-patient dynamic, they bring The Tools to life in a humorous, vulnerable and ultimately therapeutic experience. Featuring candid discussion of both Stutz’s and Hill’s personal mental health journeys, alongside the lighthearted banter of two friends from different generations, the film beautifully frames The Tools and the journey toward mental health in a manner that’s accessible to anyone — whether or not they are actively seeking help. [Netflix]

6. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Jun 12, 2019 • Rated TV-MA

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year. Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, Rolling Thunder is a one of a kind experience, from master filmmaker Martin Scorsese.

7. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

May 2, 1997 • Rated PG-13

After being cryogenically frozen for thirty years, superagent Austin Powers (Myers) returns to battle the insidious Dr. Evil (Myers).

8. Miss Americana

Jan 31, 2020 • Rated TV-MA

A look at iconic pop artist Taylor Swift during a transformational time in her life as she embraces her role as a singer/songwriter and harnesses the full power of her voice.

9. My Octopus Teacher

Sep 7, 2020 • Rated TV-G

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.

10. Marriage Story

Nov 6, 2019 • Rated R

An incisive and compassionate portrait of a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.

11. Kai po che!

Feb 22, 2013 • Rated Not Rated

At the beginning of the new millenium, best friends Ishaan, Omi and Govind are trying to make a mark in India, a country where cricket is religion. They hit upon a brilliant plan - to start a training academy that could produce India's next sporting superstars. Based on Chetan Bhagat's bestselling novel The Three Mistakes of My Life, Kai Po Che is an unforgettable ode to friendship and the magical moments one shares with one's closest pals. [UTV]

12. Virunga

Nov 7, 2014 • Rated TV-14

In the forested depths of eastern Congo lies Virunga National Park, one of the most bio-diverse places in the world and home to the last of the mountain gorillas. In this wild, but enchanted environment, a small and embattled team of park rangers - including an ex-child soldier turned ranger, a carer of orphan gorillas and a Belgian conservationist - protect this UNESCO world heritage site from armed militia, poachers and the dark forces struggling to control Congo's rich natural resources. When the newly formed M23 rebel group declares war in May 2012, a new conflict threatens the lives and stability of everyone and everything they've worked so hard to protect.

13. Haider

Oct 2, 2014 • Rated Not Rated

William Shakespeare's Hamlet is reimagined in mid 90's Kashmir.

14. PK

Dec 19, 2014 • Rated Not Rated

P. K. is a comedy of ideas about a stranger in the city, who asks questions that no one has asked before. They are innocent, child-like questions, but they bring about catastrophic answers. People who are set in their ways for generations, are forced to reappraise their world when they see it from PK's innocent eyes. In the process PK makes loyal friends and powerful foes. Mends broken lives and angers the establishment. P. K.'s childlike curiosity transforms into a spiritual odyssey for him and millions of others. The film is an ambitious and uniquely original exploration of complex philosophies. It is also a simple and humane tale of love, laughter and letting-go. Finally, it is a moving saga about a friendship between strangers from worlds apart.

15. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Apr 25, 2008 • Rated R

Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay marks the triumphant return of these two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes. Their last adventure found them traveling across country to find a White Castle hamburger in order to satisfy a weed-induced case of "the munchies." This time, the boys get themselves in trouble trying to sneak a bong on board a flight to Amsterdam. Now, being suspected of terrorism, they are forced to run from the law and try to find a way to prove their innocence. What follows is an irreverent and epic journey of deep thoughts, deeper inhaling and a wild trip around the world that is as "un-PC" as it gets. (New Line Cinema)

16. Dangal

Dec 21, 2016 • Rated Not Rated

Dangal (Wrestling) revolves around the extraordinary life of Mahavir Singh, an ex-wrestler who is forced to give up his dreams of winning gold for India in international wrestling due to lack of financial support. He resolves to train his future son to one-day represent India in his passion sport. But destiny had other plans. Over two decades, Mahavir’s faith in his dream dwindles as he is blessed with four children, all girls. But when his eldest daughter Geeta, aged 14 and his second daughter Babita, aged 12, bash up a group of boys from the neighborhood during an eve-teasing incident, Mahavir realizes his girls have the same talent he was born with. With hope restored, Mahavir relentlessly pursues his goal of transforming his daughters into world-class wrestlers. Forcing them to train with the village boys, Mahavir inspires them to fight to win despite the odds and to go for gold, no matter what.

17. Baahubali: The Beginning

Jul 9, 2015 • Rated TV-14

Sivudu is an orphan, raised by adoptive parents in a secluded tribal village at the foot of a waterfall. Warned by his foster mother of the dangers beyond, he was confined to life in his village behind the waterfall. Captivated by a vision of ethereal beauty, his determination to see the world beyond intensifies. He embarks on the journey of a lifetime into the world beyond the hill. On his adventures, he encounters Avantika, a fearless warrior princess exiled from her kingdom, now part of a tribe involved in guerrilla warfare; and inevitably falls in love with her. To win over Avantika’s heart, and prove he is worthy of her, he follows her on her conquests far and wide. One of which takes him to the Kingdom of Mahishmati. While on a rescue mission, Sivudu encounters the crown prince of Mahishmati, Bhallaladeva, and the Commander-in-Chief of the army, Kattappa - a great warrior and a confidant of the Mahishmati Royal Family. In an altercation, between Kattappa and Shivudu, the dark truth of his family and the injustice imparted to them is finally revealed. Shivudu pursues a battle of epic magnitude against the tyrannical ruler of Mahishmati, to restore to them their true King.

18. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Jul 3, 1991 • Rated R

In a future, war-ravaged Los Angeles in which the machines have taken over the earth, a faction of human rebels led by an adult John Connor do battle with the cyborgs. Two "intelligent machines" have been dispatched to the past, one -- a replica of the Terminator model T-800 which dominated the original film -- to protect the young Connor, the other -- a shape-shifting metallic T-1000 -- to kill him.

19. Spider-Man 2

Jun 30, 2004 • Rated PG-13

In the second installment in the Spider-Man series, based on the classic Marvel Comics hero, Tobey Maguire returns as the mild-mannered Peter Parker, who is juggling the delicate balance of his dual life as a college student and a superhuman crime fighter. The entertaining adventure escalates and Spider-Man's life becomes even more complicated when he confronts a new nemesis, the brilliant Otto Octavius, (Molina) who has been reincarnated as the maniacal and multi-tentacled "Doc Ock." (Sony)

20. Last Action Hero

Jun 18, 1993 • Rated PG-13

Last Action Hero follows the adventures of 11-year-old Danny, whose magic ticket blasts him out of his theater seat and into an action movie. There he teams up with movie idol, Jack Slater, living his wildest fantasies in a celluloid world where anything is possible. (Sony Pictures)

21. The Irishman

Nov 1, 2019 • Rated R

The Irishman is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century. Spanning decades, the film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics.

22. Mean Girls

Apr 30, 2004 • Rated PG-13

Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows about "survival of the fittest." But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time and falls prey to the psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today. [Paramount Pictures]

23. Tamasha

Nov 27, 2015 • Rated Not Rated

Ved has grown up among stories. As a kid in Simla, he would collect money, even steal money so that the old storyteller would tell him stories. Ramayan, Helen of Troy, Laila Majnu, Heer Ranjha, Aladin, Romeo Juliet. The storyteller would also say that all stories are the same. Ved wants his story with Tara to be different. So they decide to not tell each other who they are, to only lie about themselves and after returning from the island to never meet each other again. But they do meet again. The question is whether they will be able to shape their story in the way they want. Will the muse be able to make an artist of a common man, will Ved be able to break the shackles of ordinary existence, escape the corporate rat-race and become the way Tara sees him – the exuberant story-teller? [UTV]

24. Highway

Feb 21, 2014 • Rated Not Rated

Right before her wedding, the daughter (Alia Bhatt) of a major industrialist, is abducted and held for ransom. As the days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper (Randeep Hooda).

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