Downtown '81
Jul 13, 2001 | IMDB 6.6
72 min Watch NowDrama, Comedy, Music
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.
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IMDB 4 | Jul , 2017
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2023
During a summer in a french southern village, two girls meet : Laure sells antique linen while Ophélie runs an art gallery. Although they have nothing in common, they grow closer as they talk to each other and their opposing characters become interwined.The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2014
Told from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.Alone With Her
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 2006
The harrowing story of a disturbed young man's attempts to win the affections of an unsuspecting young woman. When Doug first sees Amy, he instantly falls for her and begins to watch her every move, going so far as to set up spy cameras in her apartment. However, as his fascination grows into obsession he's no longer satisfied with just watching.Berkeley
IMDB 5.4 | Oct , 2005
Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies, and Vietnam enter our consciousness, so it does for Ben Sweet, the shy, 18-year-old son of conservative businessman, Sy. Ben enters UC Berkeley in 1966 to avoid the draft, but finds himself smack in the middle of a home-grown revolution.Norm of the North
IMDB 4.6 | Jan , 2016
Polar bear Norm and his three Arctic lemming buddies are forced out into the world once their icy home begins melting and breaking apart. Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that his new employers are directly responsible for the destruction of his polar home.The Walk
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2015
The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.Echoes
IMDB 3.7 | Jan , 1982
An artist is plagued by nightmares of a love triangle and murder. A psychic says the dream figure is his brother, a "troubled soul" from an ancient past life. Nearly born as his twin but miscarried, this past life rival now breaks through in nightmares in attempt to repeat history.Methodic
IMDB 4.4 | Oct , 2007
Possessed by an ominous presence known as "The Dollman", a young boy murders his parents in cold blood. Sentenced to a life under a microscope at the state mental hospital, "The Dollman" simply bides his time, dwelling within the boy, waiting for the day when he will become powerful enough to completely take over his human host and escape!Tony Takitani
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 2004
A reclusive illustrator falls in love with a young woman who addictively shops for clothing.Klimt
IMDB 5.1 | Mar , 2006
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.The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 1995
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IMDB 7.1 | Aug , 1953
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IMDB 6 | Apr , 2008
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IMDB 3.9 | May , 1970
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IMDB 4 | Jan , 2019
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IMDB 6.8 | Nov , 1971
A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter.Dream a Little Dream 2
IMDB 4.9 | Jul , 1995
Dinger and Bobby's adventure start when a pair of magical sunglasses arrive at the door. Their mundane lives in L.A. get a crazy twist-but soon enough, they've got thugs on their trail who want the valuable pair for themselves. Under hot pursuit, it's one crazy antic after another as the troublesome twosome scramble to keep their hot commodity out of the wrong hands.First Man into Space
IMDB 4.9 | Feb , 1959
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...Wings
IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 1927
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.