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28 Days Later

Director: Danny Boyle

Runtime: 113 minutes

Overview: After a deadly virus escapes from a research facility, London becomes eerily empty and dangerously unpredictable. A small band of survivors tries to stay alive while the infection spreads fast through people and animals, forcing them to make hard choices about trust, safety, and what’s left of humanity.



Mission: Impossible

Director: Brian De Palma

Runtime: 111 minutes

Overview: After a covert mission collapses without warning, an elite agent finds himself blamed for the disaster and hunted from all sides. With trust in short supply, he goes on the run to uncover a hidden traitor inside the agency and stop sensitive intelligence from falling into the wrong hands.



The Notebook

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Runtime: 123 minutes

Overview: In a nursing home, an older man reads a love story from a worn notebook to a woman living with memory loss. The tale follows two young lovers kept apart by war and family pressures, then drawn back together years later after life has taken them in different directions.



Bugonia

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Runtime: 119 minutes

Overview: Two conspiracy-obsessed young men abduct a powerful CEO, convinced she’s an alien with plans to destroy Earth. As they try to force answers out of her, the situation turns into a tense, darkly funny standoff that pokes at paranoia, power, and what people choose to believe.



F1

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Runtime: 156 minutes

Overview: A retired racing veteran returns to help a struggling Formula 1 team, taking on the pressure of elite competition while guiding a talented but inexperienced teammate. As the season heats up, the team must balance ambition, teamwork, and risk in pursuit of a long-awaited shot at glory.



Hamnet

Director: Chloé Zhao

Runtime: 126 minutes

Overview: In 16th-century England, a young couple builds a life between rural home and the pull of work in London. When illness and hardship strike their family, they’re forced to face grief in different ways, and creativity becomes a path toward meaning, memory, and connection.



Marty Supreme

Director: Josh Safdie

Runtime: 150 minutes

Overview: A driven young man chases an unlikely dream of greatness in competitive table tennis, pushing himself far beyond what anyone around him thinks is reasonable. As the pressure mounts, his ambition collides with money troubles, risky choices, and a whirlwind of conflicts that test how much he’s willing to sacrifice to get ahead.



One Battle After Another

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Runtime: 162 minutes

Overview: A former radical lives off-grid with his tough, independent teenage daughter, trying to stay out of trouble and out of sight. When an old enemy resurfaces and she disappears, he’s forced back into a frantic search that drags up past choices and puts their bond to the test.



Sentimental Value

Director: N/A

Runtime: 133 minutes

Overview: Two sisters reconnect with their estranged father when he returns with plans for a personal comeback film and asks one of them to star. After she refuses, he casts a rising Hollywood actor instead, stirring old resentments and forcing the family to face unresolved grief, ambition, and the cost of turning real life into art.



Sinners

Director: Ryan Coogler

Runtime: 138 minutes

Overview: Two twin brothers return to their hometown hoping for a clean start and a new venture, but old tensions and fresh temptations quickly surface. As the night unfolds, their plans collide with a sinister supernatural presence that threatens the whole community.



The Damned

Director: Thordur Palsson

Runtime: 89 minutes

Overview: In a remote Icelandic fishing village during a brutal winter, a widow leading a small crew faces an impossible moral decision after a foreign shipwreck appears offshore. As isolation deepens and supplies grow scarce, fear and old folklore begin to seep into daily life, testing trust, sanity, and survival.



Never Let Go

Director: Alexandre Aja

Runtime: 101 minutes

Overview: A mother and her twin sons live in a remote house, convinced that a dangerous evil waits just beyond their doorstep. Their safety depends on strict rules and staying connected to home, but dwindling supplies and growing doubt begin to strain their bond and test what they believe is real.



Bicentennial Man

Director: Chris Columbus

Runtime: 131 minutes

Overview: A household robot is brought into a family as a helpful appliance, but over time it begins to show creativity, emotions, and a growing sense of self. As it learns from human relationships and changing times, it pushes beyond its programming and challenges what it means to be recognized as truly human.



I Swear

Director: Kirk Jones

Runtime: 121 minutes

Overview: A teenager develops Tourette Syndrome and is met with confusion, bullying, and misunderstanding at school and at home. As he grows into adulthood, unexpected support and everyday kindness help him find steadier footing, pursue independence, and turn hard-earned experience into a sense of purpose.



Man on Fire

Director: Tony Scott

Runtime: 146 minutes

Overview: A burned-out former intelligence operative takes a bodyguard job for a young girl in Mexico City. As their uneasy partnership turns into a genuine bond, a sudden kidnapping pushes him into a relentless, dangerous search that tests his limits and sense of purpose.



Nanny McPhee

Director: Kirk Jones

Runtime: 97 minutes

Overview: A widowed father struggling to manage his seven unruly children hires a strict, mysterious nanny who uses a touch of magic to teach them better behavior. As pressure mounts from a wealthy relative who threatens the family’s future, the household must learn to work together and appreciate what they have.



Bridge to Terabithia

Director: Gábor Csupó

Runtime: 95 minutes

Overview: A lonely boy dreams of being the fastest runner at school, but a confident new classmate beats him and upends his routine. As they become close friends, they escape bullying and family pressures by inventing a shared fantasy kingdom filled with monsters and adventures where they can feel brave and understood.



Prisoners

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Runtime: 153 minutes

Overview: When two young girls vanish from a quiet neighborhood just before the holidays, panic spreads as hours pass with no answers. With only a suspicious RV as a lead, the search turns into a tense race between a determined investigation and a parent pushed toward extreme choices.



Ghost

Director: Jerry Zucker

Runtime: 127 minutes

Overview: After a young man is killed, he finds himself unable to move on and stays close to the woman he loves. With danger still looming, he turns to an unlikely go-between—a reluctant psychic—to get warnings through and uncover what’s really going on.



Chef

Director: Jon Favreau

Runtime: 114 minutes

Overview: After walking away from a high-profile restaurant rather than compromise his creativity, a chef has to rebuild his career and confidence. With help from family and friends, he hits the road with a food truck, rediscovering the joy of cooking, connection, and a fresh start.