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Browse 16 movies from Vortex Media
An anxious New York law school dropout stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters and falls for the girls' mother, an actress in a rocky marriage.
Mar 2026
A young woman skips her small town — in search of her estranged mother — alongside a charismatic con man on the run from the law. The duo leave a wave of crime and passion behind them as they hustle their way through the Southeast.
Jun 2026
After her daughter disappears from a gas station, a mother's race against time uncovers a chilling truth buried beneath a quiet town's surface.
Struggling musician Nomi accepts a last-resort job from her overachiever best friend Mara: mentoring misfit campers, the “Floaters,” at their childhood Jewish summer camp. As the camp struggles to survive amidst competition with a longtime rival, Nomi, the Floaters, and Mara must overcome their differences to bring the community together and save the camp.
Jun 2025
Natasha takes place over the course of one summer. It is the story of Mark Berman, 16, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants living in the suburbs north of Toronto. When his uncle enters into an arranged marriage with woman from Moscow, the woman arrives in Canada with her fourteen year-old daughter, Natasha. Mark, a slacker, is conscripted by his parents to take responsibility for the strange girl. He learns that, in Moscow, she’d led a troubled and promiscuous life. A secret and forbidden romance begins between the two of them that has bizarre and tragic consequences for everyone involved.
Sep 2015
In a world where environmental collapse has left survivors to fight for the precious resources needed to survive, a young woman’s loyalties are tested by the arrival of a wounded man. When he discovers her family has a secret supply of fresh water it puts them all in the crosshairs of a dangerous cult, and their ruthless leader Gabriel.
Jan 2026
When an antique nutcracker set to be auctioned at the Warby family Christmas charity goes missing, a demanding event planner and the heir to the Warby dynasty try to track it down.
Jul 2024
A filmmaker documents her boyfriend's violent parasomnia during their holiday at a remote cabin in the woods.
Oct 2025
A sideshow can be a magical place. For those who live and work there, it can be a safe haven. For Cleo, her role in the family-run exhibit is clear: as the 88th generation of proud, bearded women, she follows their legacy of sword-swallowing, and her overbearing mother, Lady Andre, wants Cleo to be an obedient daughter and stick with tradition. But outside the show tents of Paradise County is a big world, and when Cleo’s fresh ideas for their sword show aren’t embraced, and she clashes with her mother, she gets the itch to leave her talented fringe family to find love and perhaps a new normal that doesn’t include facial hair.
Jul 2025
After the death of their abusive and tyrannic father, three children – now adults – and their aging mother return to their long-abandoned summer cottage. They will have to partake in a strange competition that tore their family apart 30 years prior – a nightmarish return to the past for the family's children.
Aug 2025
A corporate jingle writer is on the verge of abandoning her songwriting dreams for good when she mistakenly hands over an old love song to the man who broke her heart, a famous country singer is looking for his next hit.
In the wake of her grandfather's death, Camila finds herself questioning her spirituality and the role it plays in her life while her family struggles with reconciling his abusive past.
Nov 2023
A young romance author leaves New York City after her novel is panned, hoping to write a redemption novel from home in Alaska. Finding inspiration in her former lover, and the mysterious Christmas cards left at her keys, newfound success has her making the difficult choice between returning to New York for a career of fictional romance, and her real romance in Alaska.
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Ali's life in Canada as a newcomer is shaken when his naive cousin Omid arrives unexpectedly from overseas. His arrival sets off a tide of misadventures threatening to cost him his cherished ambitions and driving him to wits end.
May 2025
When a food critic with no culinary abilities of her own is tasked with preparing her family's first Christmas dinner since the passing of their beloved matriarch, she is forced to enlist the help of a local French food truck owner whom she nearly put out of business with a bad review.
A minor traffic citation spirals into an all-consuming obsession for a neurotic young woman.
May 2023