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A wannabe kpop idol meets her famous lookalike.
A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes progressively more frightened.
When amateur historian Catherine Corless begins examining records from a former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway, she stumbles upon evidence pointing towards a deeply troubling past. Refusing to let the questions go, she embarks on a painstaking investigation, putting her in conflict with the Church, State, and local town. As official resistance mounts, and unsettling discoveries emerge, her determination challenges powerful institutions, exposing a hidden chapter of Ireland's past that many would rather keep hidden.
A father, businessman and secret doomsday prepper escorts people to the safety of his bunker – actually an underground house – when a massive and potentially deadly fog descends and cuts the power at his home.
Have you ever felt incredibly alone in the world? Have you ever suspected that everything around you is unreal? Ah Zhi is a strange young man who spends his spare time searching for evidence that this world is a virtual world. He spends his spare time searching for proof that this world is a virtual one, until the appearance of a quirky girl named Xiao Yi, who makes him almost give up on the search for the truth. Through the fast-igniting love between Ah Zhi and Xiao Yi, life seems so romantic and real. But is Xiao Yi an NPC in a virtual game or the perfect lover in real life, and can they live happily ever after in this world? ......
Eight years ago, Jiale, a senior member in the gang, takes the blame for his brother and goes to prison. After his release, he wants to live peacefully in a small coastal town, away from the underworld. However, his former boss, Rong, intends to hand over the gang to him, while Huoshan, who rose to power thanks to Jiale's sacrifice, sees his return as a huge threat. As power, lies, and old grudges intertwine, Jiale has no choice but to return to the underworld. Along the way, he saves Jiehe, a girl with a music dream on the verge of despair, and she becomes a glimmer of light in his dark life. To protect the ones he cherishes and account for his past, he picks up the knife again. A thrilling gunfight breaks out in the dark alleys of the city, and he turns the tables time and again with his skills. Tearing off Huoshan's disguise, the truth from eight years ago comes to light.
John, a lone wolf in his mid twenties who's struggling to make ends meet, crosses paths with a lady name Jewel, who happens to be a Pimp and opens John up to more then just a new profession.
A man vents about his unraveling life to his best friend, unaware that the truth of their conversation extends far beyond his own perspective.
The EU has fallen apart, and in Germany, far-right populists are forming a new government. War is imminent. Jonas has deserted; he and his sister go into hiding at the home of their father, Stuber, whom Jonas has not seen since childhood. But there, the situation escalates. A catastrophe occurs even before the war has begun.
Ramu returns to his hometown to sell a piece of land he owns and falls in love with a young woman only to find out that her parents want him dead.
Over the course of a day, from a café to the water’s edge, Hoàng and Hân drift into a detached romance whose reality seems to lie only in the telling, which comes later.
Ernesto's wife has just left him. He decides to spend his birthday at his beach house with his best friend, only to discover that his ex-wife is now his neighbour's new girlfriend.
A piano tuner wanders through the streets of New York after dark, seeking artistic inspiration. Sketchbook in hand, he observes the city’s lovers, mourners, and giant ants from afar. But when a twist of fate brings him face-to-face with a kindred spirit, he finds what he was looking for all along.
A school term, a pair of forgotten joggers, a line from Macbeth - in the ordinary spaces of uniformed days, one student starts to notice a quiet disconnect between who they are and who they're expected to be.
My සිම්බා (My Simba, 2026) is a heartwarming Sri Lankan Sinhala forest adventure directed and written by Janardhanan Krishnamoorthy (JK), marking a unique milestone as the first local feature film to star a live, real-life lion. The emotional narrative follows an innocent villager and his young son who unknowingly rescue an orphaned lion cub, raising it as part of their own family. As the cub grows into a majestic predator and the truth about its origins comes to light, the family is forced to navigate danger and sacrifice in a touching journey of love, courage, and the call of the wild. Releasing in theaters on July 17, 2026, the film features a strong ensemble cast led by Kalana Gunasekara, Roshan Ranawana, Nayomi Thakshila, and Suraj Mapa, alongside Rajitha Hiran and Meenuka Premarathna.
