Drama, Romance
An angry coffeehouse poet meets an attractive, conservative publisher, who is interested in his work. She wants him to enter the Los Angeles Poetron, a contest where poetry is read competitively. Jake rejects the idea because he believes poetry is an art and not a competition. But the beautiful Marni sways Jake—it’s love at first sight.
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IMDB 2.9 | Apr , 2005
A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy and addiction that follows two young Iowan lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business - cooking their own methamphetamine - only to watch it burn a searing hole in their lives.Alexander the Last
IMDB 4.7 | Mar , 2009
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.Mother's Red Dress
IMDB 4.5 | Sep , 2011
Laura Ullman, a single mother, kills her abusive ex-boyfriend and turns the gun on her son when he threatens to call the police. Paul leaves home to start a better life and falls for Ashley, a young woman looking for direction in her life, unaware of his past troubles.Melvin Goes to Dinner
IMDB 5.3 | Dec , 2003
Marital infidelity, religion, a guy in heaven wearing a Wizards jersey, anal fetishes, cigarettes and schizophrenia, ghosts, and how it’s going to get worse before it gets better.Fuel
IMDB 4.4 | Jan , 2009
Fuel is the story of a young man's struggle to save his girl from an abusive environment. Emilio discovers that he has the ability to run incredibly fast. With the hope of a scholarship, he sees an opportunity to be able to leave his hometown, along with all his troubles, and take Sandy with him. But a tragic flaw, a violent streak he possesses, induced by exposure to gasoline vapors, will all but destroy his best-laid plans. Emilio's hopes race through his heart, not like blood, but like fuel.The Hanging Garden
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 1997
William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but during his visit home, he becomes unhinged as the newly remembered reasons for his miserable adolescence come to life in each of their presents.The Missing Person
IMDB 5.6 | Jan , 2009
John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subject on the soon-departing California Zephyr train to Los Angeles.Ready or Not
IMDB 4.1 | Jan , 2009
Four college buddies find themselves on the adventure of their lives, when on the morning after a Las Vegas bachelor party, they end up stranded deep in Mexico penniless, being chased, falling in love, and fighting to make it back across the border in time for the wedding.The Sex Movie
IMDB 3.9 | Jun , 2006
Four friends spend an evening together after time apart. Differences in sex and sexuality reveal deep-rooted conflicts and long-hidden longings.The Triumph of Love
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2001
A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love.Young, Single & Angry
IMDB 4 | Jan , 2006
Since girlhood, TAYLOR has believed that love and marriage are the most important events in every woman's life. Now she's 35 and single with no prospects in sight. As Taylor and her friends wade through the mire of the L.A. dating pool, they realize a lot more is involved in finding the right mate as they meet co-dependents, addicts and sexual deviants. As they hit bottom, thinking there maybe no happiness in their future, a trap door opens leading them to the discovery that they can find happiness within themselves.Bunny and the Bull
IMDB 6 | Nov , 2009
A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.Born Romantic
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2000
In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCormack) fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers, who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. A winning romantic comedy, Born Romantic is the second feature by British writer-director David Kane of This Year's Love fame.The Sensei
IMDB 4.5 | May , 2008
Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he's severely beaten at school, Karen O'Neil, a martial arts Sensei, secretly trains him to defend himself. When the town discovers their secret, a series of catastrophic events unfolds.Socket
IMDB 3.5 | Jul , 2007
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IMDB 3.1 | May , 1995
A college freshman Ramsy, played by Corey Haim experiences love for the first time in the 1960s when he asks out Joy, played by Ami Dolenz. An education of the heart.The Last Time I Committed Suicide
IMDB 5.1 | Jun , 1997
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IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 1961
Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.American Buffalo
IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 1996
Three inner-city losers plan a robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.Flawless
IMDB 6.2 | Nov , 1999
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.