John the Violent

A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but...

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Susanne Bier

Cast

Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Susanne Bier

Cast

Halle Berry, Benicio del Toro, David Duchovny

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Rebecca Miller

Cast

Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves

A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Marleen Gorris

Cast

Julia Stiles, Alessandro Nivola, Shirley MacLaine

An exploration of Jewish American identity in a multilayered portrait of the immigrant experience. A series of first-person addresses delivered by a cross-section of Jewish New Yorkers, whose by turns tragic and humourous tales speak to a collective history of trauma, displacement, and resilience.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Chantal Akerman

Cast

Mark Amitin, Eszter Balint, Stephan Balint

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa