FilmFour (Firm)
Publisher
Searchlight Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Pádraic struggles to find normality and peace in his daily existence after his lifetime best friend, Colm, abruptly no longer wants to speak to him ever again. It's hard to avoid the consequences of that decision in a tiny Irish village, but as he searches for a reason he can accept and understand, the rest of his life seems to change around him as well, in some rather extreme and dire ways.
2) The lobster
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obligated to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
3) Another year
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
5) The unloved
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A powerful and personal look at the strength and resilience of youth. Tells the story of eleven-year-old Lucy seeking refuge as a ward of the state from her abusive father. Placed in a tumultuous foster home, Lucy befriends her rebellious teenage roommate Lauren, and together they navigate the cold and uncaring world before them. Captures the subtle magic and melancholy of childhood while painting an honest portrait of a girl torn between a broken...
6) Poor things
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An alien in the form of a voluptuous young woman combs the streets of Scotland in search of men. She lures a succession of lost souls into her otherworldly lair, where they are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again.
8) Lean on Pete
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence-until he...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their growing friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her...
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
11) In Bruges
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hit men Ray and Ken have been ordered to cool their heels in the storybook city of Bruges (it's in Belgium) after finishing a big job. But since hit men make the worst tourists, they soon find themselves in a life-and-death struggle of comic proportions against one very angry crime boss.
12) Tyrannosaur
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Joseph is an unemployed widower, drinker, and a man crippled by his own volatile temperament and furious anger. Hannah is a Christian worker at a charity shop, a respectable woman who appears wholesome and happy. When the pair is brought together, Hannah appears as Joseph's potential savior, someone who can temper his fury and offer him warmth, kindness, and acceptance. As their story develops, Hannah's own secrets are revealed and Joseph becomes...
13) Sightseers
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Chris wants to show his girlfriend Tina his world and he wants to do it his way, on a journey through the British Isles in his beloved caravan. Tina's led a sheltered life and there are things Chris simply needs her to see. But it doesn't take long for annoying tourists, overbooked camp sites, and Tina's meddling mother to spoil Chris' dream. Now he's out to prove that hell truly hath no fury like a vacationer scorned.
14) The lovely bones
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
When 14-year-old Susie Salmon was murdered, she left her unfinished life behind. Now from her place in a strange but beautiful in-between world, she must help her father catch her killer and protect her family before she can finally move on.
16) Nowhere boy
Publisher
Ecosse Films
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Set in Liverpool in 1955, the adolescent years of John Lennon are chronicled. Raised by his Aunt Mimi, his world is turned inside-out when his free spirited mother re-enters his life, opening up old wounds that release pain, anger, frustration, and his artistry.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, invited the King and Queen of England for a weekend at their home in upstate New York. But during the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America, international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal trip an unforgettable one....
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, invited the King and Queen of England for a weekend at their home in upstate New York. But during the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America, international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal trip an unforgettable one....
19) Starred up
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A troubled and explosively violent teenager is transferred to an adult prison where he finally meets his match - a man who also happens to be his father.
20) One day
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"After one day together -- July 15th, 1988, their college graduation -- Emma Morley (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess) begin a friendship that lasts a lifetime. She's a working-class girl who dreams of making the world a better place. He's a wealthy charmer who thinks the world is his playground. Somewhere over the next two decades, these two very different people realize that the love they've been hoping for has been there for them...