TIFF51 2010
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1. Home for Christmas (2010)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
The film looks at those who are desperately trying to connect or reconnect with their families, friends, or anyone who will listen.
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Nina Andresen Borud, Arianit Berisha, Joachim Calmeyer, Trond Fausa
Votes: 1,170
2. The Happy Poet (2010)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A poet who starts a health-conscious food stand finds support from his friends, as well as a potential love match with one of his customers. But will unexpected complications jeopardize his dreams of a hot dog-free future?
Director: Paul Gordon | Stars: Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Chris Doubek, Liz Fisher
Votes: 278
3. Cirkus Columbia (2010)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A story set in the former Yugoslavia and centered on a guy who returns to Herzegovina from Germany with plenty of cash and hopes for a good new life.
Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mira Furlan, Boris Ler, Jelena Stupljanin
Votes: 2,657 | Gross: $0.00M
4. Blissfully Yours (2002)
125 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a love affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo, Jenjira Pongpas, Sa-gnad Chaiyapan
Votes: 2,695
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5. Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project (2010)
109 min | Drama
A boy returns home from the institution where he grew up, but finds he is not welcome there. He fights to win the love of his family until matters escalate shockingly.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Rudolf Frecska, Lili Monori, Kornél Mundruczó, Kitty Csíkos
Votes: 618
6. A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ulrik's released from prison after 12 years for murder. Will he go straight? He gets a room and a job as mechanic. He hooks up with his old gang. His son introduces him as uncle to his pregnant fiancée.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Jorunn Kjellsby, Gard B. Eidsvold
Votes: 7,326 | Gross: $0.04M
7. Poetry (2010)
TV-PG | 139 min | Drama
A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yun Jeong-hie, Lee Da-wit, Kim Hee-ra, Ahn Nae-sang
Votes: 13,543 | Gross: $0.36M
8. Mother of Asphalt (2010)
107 min | Drama
An abused wife leaves her husband, takes her child away and goes to live in a car.
Director: Dalibor Matanic | Stars: Marija Skaricic, Janko Popovic Volaric, Kresimir Mikic, Noa Nikolic
Votes: 365
9. Donkeys (2010)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
Alfred is 64. He's lost touch with his family and a threat to his health makes him realise he wants to make amends. The more he tries to do right, the more he does wrong, and as his past ... See full summary »
Director: Morag McKinnon | Stars: James Cosmo, Tony Curran, Kate Dickie, Martin Compston
Votes: 238
10. Animal Kingdom (2010)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
Director: David Michôd | Stars: James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, Bryce Lindemann
Votes: 60,519 | Gross: $1.04M
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11. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 200,460 | Gross: $6.86M
12. 127 Hours (2010)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott
Votes: 401,518 | Gross: $18.34M
13. Erratum (2010)
95 min | Drama
Michal goes on a business trip to his home town, which unexpectedly turns into an inner journey to his long-forgotten past.
Director: Marek Lechki | Stars: Tomasz Kot, Ryszard Kotys, Tomasz Radawiec, Janusz Michalowski
Votes: 565
14. Submarino (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Two brothers meet at their mother's funeral, each in his way on a path of self-destruction, both haunted by a tragedy in their youth.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Gustav Fischer Kjærulff, Sebastian Bull, Mads Broe Andersen, Jakob Cedergren
Votes: 11,593
15. October (2010)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Clemente, a moneylender of few words, is a new hope for Sofía, his single neighbor, devoted to the October worship of Our Lord of the Miracles. They're brought together over a new-born baby... See full summary »
Directors: Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal | Stars: Bruno Odar, Gabriela Velásquez, Carlos Gassols, María Carbajal
Votes: 560 | Gross: $0.03M
16. Limbo (I) (2010)
105 min | Drama
Sonia moves with her kids to Trinidad where her husband Jo is working in the oil business. The milieu change and the discovery of an the affair her husband has been having makes her lose grip and go into a limbo.
Director: Maria Sødahl | Stars: Line Verndal, Henrik Rafaelsen, Lena Endre, Bryan Brown
Votes: 508
17. Majority (2010)
111 min | Drama
Mertkan has a simple life in Istanbul: 'working' as an office-boy in his dad's construction company, hanging out with his male friends in malls and discos, cruising with his dad's 4-wheel ... See full summary »
Director: Seren Yüce | Stars: Bartu Küçükçaglayan, Settar Tanriögen, Nihal G. Koldas, Esme Madra
Votes: 6,136
18. 3 (2010)
Unrated | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Devid Striesow, Angela Winkler
Votes: 5,394 | Gross: $0.06M
19. Open Hearts (2002)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A Dogme film about an engaged couple that is torn apart after the man is paralyzed in an accident, and the woman falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen
Votes: 10,950 | Gross: $0.12M
20. How I Ended This Summer (2010)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
One place. One day. Two men. The place is a polar research station on an island in the Arctic Ocean, inhabited now only by Sergei and Pavel. One day when Sergei is out angling, Pavel picks up a radio message that he daren't communicate.
Director: Alexei Popogrebsky | Stars: Grigoriy Dobrygin, Sergey Puskepalis, Igor Chernevich, Artyom Tsukanov
Votes: 6,997 | Gross: $0.01M
21. Zefir (2010)
93 min | Drama
Zephyr, a strong-willed adolescent girl, spends her summer vacation with her grandparents in the mountains, waiting for her mother to come and take her back home. Her mother finally shows ... See full summary »
Director: Belma Bas | Stars: Seyma Uzunlar, Vahide Perçin, Sevinc Bas, O. Rustu Bas
Votes: 536
22. Littlerock (2010)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama
"Littlerock" is a powerfully intimate drama that captures the fears and desires of a young Japanese woman lost in America.
Director: Mike Ott | Stars: Atsuko Okatsuka, Cory Zacharia, Rintaro Sawamoto, Roberto Sanchez
Votes: 589 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Winter's Bone (2010)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt, Isaiah Stone
Votes: 150,578 | Gross: $6.53M
24. Morgen (2010)
100 min | Drama
A low-key satire that takes a droll approach to the serious subject of illegal immigration.
Director: Marian Crisan | Stars: András Hatházi, Yilmaz Yalçin, Elvira Rimbu, Dorin C. Zachei
Votes: 1,170
25. Time to Die (2007)
104 min | Drama
When the witty old lady Aniela finally gets rid of her last lodger, she thinks it's finally time for her to feel at home in her beautiful old wooden house. But her greedy son and neighbours have other plans.
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Stars: Danuta Szaflarska, Krzysztof Globisz, Marta Waldera, Patrycja Szewczyk
Votes: 1,161
26. R (2010)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward... See full summary »
Directors: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Roland Møller, Jacob Gredsted
Votes: 5,306
27. The Light Thief (2010)
80 min | Drama
The main hero of the film is an electrician with a far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines. He is the last link in a huge energetic system and he becomes the ... See full summary »
Director: Aktan Arym Kubat | Stars: Aktan Arym Kubat, Taalaikan Abazova, Askat Sulaimanov, Asan Amanov
Votes: 449
28. Jestem (2005)
93 min | Drama
A self-reliable 11-year-old boy runs away from children's home to be with his dysfunctional mother. She doesn't want him back so he starts living on an old barge.
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Stars: Piotr Jagielski, Agnieszka Nagórzycka, Edyta Jungowska, Barbara Szkaluba
Votes: 1,053
29. In a Better World (2010)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Markus Rygaard, Wil Johnson
Votes: 41,694 | Gross: $1.01M
30. Tiny Furniture (2010)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
About a recent college grad who returns home while she tries to figure out what to do with her life.
Director: Lena Dunham | Stars: Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Rachel Howe
Votes: 14,851 | Gross: $0.39M
31. Carancho (2010)
Unrated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An ambulance chaser/carancho falls for an ER/ambulance doctor, he meets one night "at work" in Buenos Aires.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Federico Silva, Cristian De Asís, Martina Gusmán
Votes: 8,785 | Gross: $0.09M
32. The Edge (2010)
Not Rated | 124 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1945, Soviet war hero Ignat is sent to work as a locomotive mechanic in a Siberian labor camp where he meets an assortment of Germans and Russians.
Director: Aleksey Uchitel | Stars: Vladimir Mashkov, Anjorka Strechel, Yuliya Peresild, Sergey Garmash
Votes: 3,236
33. White White World (2010)
121 min | Drama
In the Serbian drama "White, White World", the characters sing, but never dance. Formulated as a modern day Greek tragedy set in the decrepit eastern mining town of Bor, the movie follows a... See full summary »
Director: Oleg Novkovic | Stars: Uliks Fehmiu, Hana Selimovic, Jasna Djuricic, Nebojsa Glogovac
Votes: 597
34. Nothing (1998)
80 min | Drama
A mother of three is afraid of losing her husband, whom she loves, if he finds out she's pregnant again, so she tries to conceal the fact she's pregnant. But every attempt to change or ... See full summary »
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Stars: Anita Kuskowska-Borkowska, Janusz Panasewicz, Danuta Szaflarska, Violetta Arlak
Votes: 152
35. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)
TV-14 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.
Director: David Robert Mitchell | Stars: Claire Sloma, Marlon Morton, Amanda Bauer, Brett Jacobsen
Votes: 4,672 | Gross: $0.04M
36. Outbound (2010)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A drama about a woman who seems able to overcome everything for freedom, except for her past mistakes.
Director: Bogdan George Apetri | Stars: Ana Ularu, Andi Vasluianu, Ioana Flora, Mimi Branescu
Votes: 902
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