Tag: violence

  • The Blood of Wolves

    Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.

  • Love Object

    The twisted tale of Kenneth, socially insecure technical writer who forms an obsessive relationship with “Nikki”, an anatomically accurate silicone sex doll he orders over the Internet.

  • Inland Empire

    As a Hollywood actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

  • Children of Men

    In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child’s birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

  • Cold Prey

    When one of them breaks a leg, five friends snowboarding in the Norwegian mountains take shelter in an abandoned ski lodge and soon realize they’re not alone.

  • American Gangster

    Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

  • The Hurt Locker

    During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

  • Deadwood

    The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock…

  • Cell 211

    The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot — the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

  • Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic

    Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell — limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery — in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.

  • The Town

    Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of…

  • Guna Guna Istri Muda

    Horror pierces Vivian’s life when her husband, Burhan, decides to marry Angel, an avaricious young woman who uses witchcraft to terrorize her family.

  • Bullhead

    A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

  • A Single Shot

    The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.

  • Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

    A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity.

  • Killing Them Softly

    Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

  • Lawless

    In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war…

  • Out of the Furnace

    Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.

  • Blue Ruin

    When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

  • No Tears for the Dead

    A hitman accidentally kills a little girl. Filled with regret, he wants to quit. But then to tie up loose ends, he is forced to go on another job, to kill the girl’s mother.

  • Joe

    The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.