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- DirectorYuriy BykovStarsArtyom BystrovNatalya SurkovaYuriy TsuriloDima Nikitin is an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dormitory, which is about to collapse.
- DirectorYang ZhangStarsBenshan ZhaoQiwen HongDandan SongA black comedy about a migrant construction worker who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from his town.
- DirectorJianbin ChenStarsJianbin ChenQinqin JiangJin ShijiaLatiaozi was a Farmer who made a living with shepherding with his wife Jinzhizi. One day.
- DirectorTatsushi ÔmoriStarsMasami NagasawaSadao AbeHalo AsadaAkiko (Masami Nagasawa) is a single mother and her son is Shuhei (Sho Gunji). Akiko casually has sex with other men, including Ryo (Sadao Abe). Akiko is the only person whom Shuhei can rely on. One day, Shuhei makes a shocking decision.
- DirectorDoze NiuStarsEthan JuanMark ChaoJu-Lung MaSet in 1980s Taiwan after the end of military dictatorship, Monga centers around the troubled lives of five boys coming of age together. The narrator of the story, Mosquito, is invited to be a part of the gang after a silly fight over a chicken leg. Mosquito grew up without a father and has never had any real friends, so after Monk, Dragon, and the others take him under their wing, he discovers an irresistible world of friendship and brotherhood. However, Mosquito soon learns that in this violent world things aren't always what they seem. When a group of mainlanders attempts to take over Monga, the fragile balance of the district's turf is threatened, friendship is tested, and loyalty is questioned.
- DirectorMong-Hong ChungStarsChien-Ho WuYi-Wen ChenSamantha Shu-Chin KoA family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin KikiOn the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
- DirectorSimon BakerStarsSamson CoulterBen SpenceSimon BakerAfter developing an interest in surfing, a teenage boy and his friend forge an unlikely friendship with an older surfer.
- DirectorChih-Yen HsuMag HsuStarsRoy ChiuYing-Hsuan HsiehSpark ChenA teenage boy and his mother are further driven apart when they find out that his father's life insurance policy is to be received by his lover.
- DirectorRobert ConnollyStarsEric BanaGenevieve O'ReillyKeir O'DonnellAaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
- DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsJingchun WangMei YongXi QiTwo married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
- DirectorYu-Chieh ChengStarsMorning Tzu-Yi MoShu-Fang ChenRun-yin BaiA boy lives with his Grandma and Mr. Lin, the tenant who looks after him and Grandma. But when Grandma passes away, the boy's uncle returns to Taiwan and discovers that ownership of the apartment was transferred to other people.
- DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsAleksey SerebryakovElena LyadovaRoman MadyanovIn a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
- DirectorAndrew DominikStarsEric BanaSimon LyndonVince ColosimoChopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.
- StarsAaron JefferyTodd LasanceVince ColosimoUnderbelly Files: Chopper recounts the "true" story of Australian criminal and author Mark "Chopper" Read, a notorious Tasmanian standover man.
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsForest WhitakerEric BanaJeff GumAfter the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
- DirectorKwabena GyansahStarsAsana AlhassanAkofa Edjeani AsieduAdjetey AnangThrust into Accra by circumstances, a 14-year-old girl from Northern Ghana must endure life in the slums of Accra, and find a way to get back home.
- DirectorStephen McCallumStarsRyan CorrAbbey LeeSimone Kessell1% is set within the primal underworld of outlaw motorcycle club gangs. It follows the heir to the throne of a motorcycle club who has to betray his president to save his brother's life.
- DirectorAsaph PolonskyStarsSharon AlexanderShai AviviTomer CaponeAs Eyal finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife Vicky urges him to return to their routine -- but just because the shiva has ended doesn't mean it's life as usual.
- DirectorSavi GabizonStarsElla ArmonyShai AviviShmil Ben AriA middle-aged Israeli bachelor is forced to evaluate his life choices when he discovers an ex-girlfriend had given birth to his son 20 years before, in this affecting drama from writer director Savi Gabizon.
- DirectorCyrus NowrastehStarsShohreh AghdashlooJim CaviezelMozhan NavabiA story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986.
- CreatorOri ElonYehonatan IndurskyStarsDoval'e GlickmanMichael AloniNeta RiskinA Haredi family living in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem reckons with love, loss and the doldrums of daily life.
- DirectorAnand TiwariStarsVicky KaushalAngira DharAlankrita SahaiIndividually, Sanjay and Karina don't earn enough to be able to buy a home, so they enter into a marriage of convenience.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsMasaharu FukuyamaMachiko OnoYôko MakiRyota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsJake MacapagalJohn ArcillaAlthea VegaThis riveting crime thriller follows Oscar, a recent emigrant to Manila who gets pulled into a harrowing world of corruption and violence when he takes a job as an armored car driver to support his family (in Tagalog w/ English subtitles).
- DirectorYung ChangStarsMoxiang QiYunfei MiaoZongli HeA documentary on rural teenagers in southwestern China who are recruited as their country's next Olympic hopefuls, with a focus on the coach Qi Moxiang.
- DirectorPatrick DalyJoel FendelmanStarsAngela BarotiaYolanda BermasPrem JohnWhen Marie takes a job as a maid in Singapore to support her family in the Philippines, she trades one set of hardships for another. Betrayed by her husband, she begins to build a new life for herself. As she gets caught up in the new life she is building for herself in Singapore, she needs to choose between her personal aspirations and her family responsibilities.
- DirectorByambasuren DavaaStarsBat-Ireedui BatmunkhEnerel TumenYalalt NamsraiA young Mongolian boy turns grief into a source of power, after the death of his father.
- DirectorMichihito FujiiStarsGô AyanoNaoyuki FernandezHayato IchiharaKenji Yamamoto's father died from using a stimulant drug. His life fell into desperation. Kenji then joined a crime syndicate. There, he meets the gang's boss Hiroshi Shibasaki. Hiroshi reaches out to Kenji and they developed a relationship like father and son. As time passes, Kenji has his own family.
- CreatorBrian GatewoodAlessandro TanakaStarsChanning TatumFlorin Piersic Jr.Joseph Gordon-LevittParody comedy designed to resemble a non-existent gritty 1980's Cold War Romanian police show that promoted Communist ideals. The action-packed and blood-soaked first season finds Detectives Gregor Anghel and Joseph Baciu investigating the murder of fellow officer Nikita Ionescu and, in the process, unraveling a subversive plot to destroy their country that is fueled by what-else-but the greatest enemy: Capitalism.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsLucas PittawayDaniel HenshallLouise HarrisBased on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
- DirectorKôji WakamatsuStarsMaki SakaiArata IuraAkie NamikiThe film outlines Japanese students movements in the 60s, then shows the formation of the Japanese United Red Army, a communist armed resistance group.
- StarsJenna ColemanEwen LeslieAsher KeddieA young woman crumbles after her baby disappears. Though the public is quick to place blame, the truth proves to be more complex.
- DirectorIvan SenStarsAaron PedersenHugo WeavingRyan KwantenAn indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl.
- StarsAaron PedersenTasia ZalarTasma WaltonDetective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station. Soon, Jay's investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
- DirectorPete GleesonStarsNicolinaStephaniePeter CoffeyOn a road between Australia's most isolated town and its largest gold mine lies Coolgardie, where the arrival every three months of a new foreign backpacker couple is a much-anticipated event.
- CreatorSamantha StraussStarsFrances O'ConnorHarriet WalterIngrid TorelliTHE END is where life begins in a dark new comedy series about three generations of a family trying to figure out how to live with meaning, die with dignity and find the beauty that lies in between.
- CreatorWarren ClarkeQue Minh LuuStarsShari SebbensCalen TassoneRoz HammondThe 60 x 30 serial drama centres on the inner-city neighbourhood of Arcadia Heights, exploring the relationships between the residents of the Arcadia social-housing tower and the people who live in the rapidly-gentrifying community that surrounds it. "The Heights" mines the frictions and commonalities between the upper and working classes in the melting pot of urban Australia and presents a medley of characters, cultures, classes, and backgrounds from the 'tower' community, exploring their relationships, work lives, and everyday challenges faced by its characters in an entertaining relationship drama series.