If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die: The Movie

The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Shosuke Murakami

Cast

Takayuki Yamada, Miki Nakatani, Ryoko Kuninaka

A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.

Runtime

2h

Director

Bill Paxton

Cast

Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Josh Flitter

Asthmatic teenager Barry Gabrewski is a daydreamer. Troubled by bullying, he escapes into a fantasy world where he is the sidekick to his martial arts hero, Chuck Norris, in a series of high-octane adventures taken right out of his movies. With help from his teacher's wise old uncle, Mr. Lee, Barry learns the finer points of martial ar...

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Aaron Norris

Cast

Jonathan Brandis, Chuck Norris, Beau Bridges

Takamachi Nanoha is a normal third-grader who feels a little useless and out-of-place with no purpose. Then one day, she saves a ferret, who turns out to be a mage from another planet who came to this planet to search for the jewel seeds. Nanoha agrees to help, but this task gets complicated when another girl arrives to steal them.

Runtime

2h 10m

Cast

Nana Mizuki, Yukari Tamura, Kaori Mizuhashi

A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Xavier Dolan, Pat Kiely

Cast

Kit Harington, Natalie Portman, Jessica Chastain