Based on the true story of the USS Indianapolis, a US Navy warship that was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Pacific Ocean in 1945. The ship sank and the surviving crew members were left stranded in shark-infested waters. As they waited for rescue, they faced extreme hardships and fought to stay alive.
American Pop is a 1981 animated drama that tells the story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family. The film explores their journey and their involvement in American pop culture. From the 1890s to the 1980s, the film depicts the struggles and triumphs of the family, including their experiences with prohibition, rock music, drugs, and the music business. Through its unique rotoscoping animation technique, American Pop provides a captivating and emotional portrayal of the immigrant experience and its impact on American society.
A young man moves to Chicago and becomes embroiled in the dangerous underworld of gambling and adultery.
In The Mercenary, a hired gun gets caught up in the Mexican Revolution and must navigate treacherous alliances and dangerous situations to survive.
The Learning Tree is a powerful coming-of-age drama set in 1920s Kansas, following the story of a 14-year-old black-American boy. It delves into themes of racial injustice, segregation, and the fear and immorality prevalent in society. The protagonist faces challenges such as probation, encounters with the court system, and racism. Through love and the pursuit of fairness, he navigates his way through life, ultimately learning valuable lessons about himself and the world around him.
China Girl is a gripping wartime drama set in China during World War II. It follows the story of an American man caught in a web of Japanese and German agents. With the backdrop of war propaganda, the protagonist must navigate a world of double identities, dangerous secrets, and interracial romance. As the tension escalates, he finds himself held prisoner and must use his wits to escape and seek vindication. This thrilling film captures the struggle for survival and hope for the future amidst the chaos of war.
After being framed for murder, a man must navigate a web of deception and betrayal to prove his innocence before it's too late. With the help of unlikely allies, he uncovers a sinister plot that goes deeper than he could have ever imagined.
Two Montana saddletramps head to Nashville to open up a detective agency. At first, the agency begins on a lark but, soon, they get involved in a case involving a kidnapped singer and an intricate blackmail scheme.
An eccentric bounty hunter named Providence captures and sets free a criminal in order to collect the same bounty over and over again in different states, until they discover that a local sheriff is up to something crooked.
The Hills Run Red is a 1966 spaghetti western film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It tells the story of a man seeking revenge on an outlaw gang who killed his family. Along the way, he encounters love, betrayal, and the horrors of the old west.
In 'Hallelujah', a preacher struggles with temptation and redemption while facing challenges such as crime, gambling, and personal relationships. This drama/musical movie explores themes of faith, love, and forgiveness.
Three sailors on leave head for Paris with one thing on their minds.
After being given a 24-hour leave from prison, in exchange for which she’ll agree to testify against her mobster boyfriend, Cocoa hits the streets, but quickly discovers that violence lurks around every corner.
After a couple steals a bag of money from a drug cartel, they find themselves on the run and in jeopardy. As they try to escape, they encounter various dangerous situations and face the consequences of their actions.
In Las Vegas, Lucky and two of her girlfriends, Carol and Lisa, plan to steal half a million dollars from the sadistic manager of the Circus Circus Casino. A shadowy man is their contact and organizer. Each of the women could be a weak link in a scheme that has to be flawless: Lucky's boyfriend is a security officer at the casino, Lisa is a trapeze artist who's now plagued with vertigo, and Carol is in debt to a nasty thug - plus, as a Black woman, she's subject to additional harassment. Can the gals pull off the heist, or is the plan, with it's mysterious organizer, too complicated to succeed?
A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.
A newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.
J. Ward Thomas of Park Avenue leads a double life as an investment broker and as notorious gambler Spade Martin, despite the protests of his beautiful wife Natalie, a nightclub singer who retired when they married. Spade's younger brother "Chick" wires Spade from Seattle that he has quit gambling for a job in real estate and is about to marry a nice girl named Betty. Relieved to find his kid brother is straight, Spade sends him $10,000 cash as a wedding present. When a woman posing as a pregnant wife comes to Spade for a loan, Spade gives it to her. Later, when Steve Burdick, the woman's supposed husband, brags in a bar that he made a fool of Spade, Spade's hit man, Trigger, kills Burdick. Tired of Spade's gambling, Natalie books a return engagement at Cafe Nocturne, telling him that she is a singer rather than a wife now.
A reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing room with its door and window locked from the inside.