Fantastic Film Festival
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1. 7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society) (2019)
75 min | Comedy
The family, the tenant, the wedding, the businessman, the neighbors, the poor child and the run over. 7 black comedy stories of a dysfunctional society.
Directors: Gerard Quinto, Esteve Soler, David Torras | Stars: Francesc Orella, Rosa Cadafalch, Pol López, Vicky Peña
Votes: 647
2. A Glitch in the Matrix (2021)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher tackles the question "are we living in a simulation?" with testimony, philosophical evidence and scientific explanation in his quest for the answer.
Director: Rodney Ascher | Stars: Nick Bostrom, Joshua Cooke, Erik Davis, Philip K. Dick
Votes: 2,181
3. A Serial Killer's Guide to Life (2019)
Not Rated | 81 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A self-help addict unwittingly finds herself on a killing spree with her unhinged life coach.
Director: Staten Cousins Roe | Stars: Katie Brayben, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Poppy Roe, Sarah Ball
Votes: 1,414
4. Absolute Denial (2021)
71 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
Follows a genius programmer who sacrifices everything in his personal and professional life to build a supercomputer of unprecedented power.
Director: Ryan Braund | Stars: Nick Eriksen, Jeremy J. Smith-Sebasto, Harry Dyer, Heather Gonzalez
Votes: 87
5. After Blue (2021)
Unrated | 129 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A chimeric future on After Blue, a planet from another galaxy, a virgin planet where only women can survive in the midst of harmless flora and fauna. The story is of a punitive expedition.
Director: Bertrand Mandico | Stars: Elina Löwensohn, Paula Luna, Vimala Pons, Agata Buzek
Votes: 993
6. Akilla's Escape (2020)
90 min | Crime, Drama
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
Director: Charles Officer | Stars: Saul Williams, Thamela Mpumlwana, Donisha Rita Claire Prendergast, Vic Mensa
Votes: 390
7. Aren't You Happy? (2019)
80 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A girl roams through the city looking for a place to sleep, but between yoga studios, art galleries and the beds of strangers there is no space for her. A post-modern comedy in pink and blue.
Director: Susanne Heinrich | Stars: Marie Rathscheck, Nicolai Borger, Malte Bündgen, Dax Constantine
Votes: 513
8. Assholes (2017)
74 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Adah and Aaron are literally Assholes.
Director: Peter Vack | Stars: Betsey Brown, Patrick Labella, Jack Dunphy, Peter Vack
Votes: 419
9. Actors (II) (2021)
80 min | Drama
Director: Betsey Brown | Stars: Betsey Brown, Peter Vack, Andrew Ryder, Jane Brown
Votes: 57
10. Away (I) (2019)
75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A boy and a little bird are on a journey across a strange island trying to get back home.
Director: Gints Zilbalodis
Votes: 1,484
11. Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Director: Kim Yong-hoon | Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Woo-sung, Bae Sung-woo, Youn Yuh-jung
Votes: 5,612
12. Chained for Life (2018)
91 min | Drama
A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut.
Director: Aaron Schimberg | Stars: Jess Weixler, Adam Pearson, Stephen Plunkett, Charlie Korsmo
Votes: 899
13. Come and See (1985)
Not Rated | 142 min | Drama, Thriller, War
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas
Votes: 97,190
14. Cutterhead (2018)
84 min | Thriller
Rie visits a tunnel-boring machine being used to construct the Copenhagen Metro. When an accident occurs, she must survive the claustrophobic conditions of an airlock with Ivo and Bharan whilst reconsidering their lives.
Director: Rasmus Kloster Bro | Stars: Christine Sønderris, Kresimir Mikic, Samson Semere, Adrian Heili
Votes: 1,765
15. Diner (2019)
117 min | Crime
When a job seeker finds one through a job board she soon finds a whole lot more than for which she bargained. In fact, this job could be hazardous to her health and life. Is it a high risk ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Ninagawa | Stars: Yûki Ashida, Katsuki Bettô, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kanata Hongô
Votes: 502
16. Dreams on Fire (2021)
123 min | Drama
A vibrant and intoxicating look into Japanese dance and subculture communities.
Director: Philippe McKie | Stars: Bambi Naka, Ikuyo Kuroda, Akaji Maro, Masahiro Takashima
Votes: 176
17. Jallikattu (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery | Stars: Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad, Jaffer Idukki
Votes: 9,044
18. Jumbo (2020)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated with carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That's when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park's new flagship attraction.
Director: Zoé Wittock | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Bastien Bouillon, Sam Louwyck
Votes: 1,291
19. Lapsis (2020)
108 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother, delivery man Ray takes a strange job in a strange new realm of the gig economy.
Director: Noah Hutton | Stars: Dean Imperial, Madeline Wise, Babe Howard, Ivory Aquino
Votes: 2,667
20. Laughter (2020)
124 min | Drama
Mixing realism and worrying strangeness, Le Rire presents a humane exploration of the survivor's syndrome, the grieving process, the distance of time, the power of love, and the joy of being alive.
Director: Martin Laroche | Stars: Micheline Lanctôt, Alexandre Landry, Christine Beaulieu, Léane Labrèche-Dor
Votes: 158
21. Make Up (2019)
TV-MA | 86 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
On a remote holiday park in Cornwall, a young woman is drawn into a mysterious obsession when she suspects her boyfriend has cheated on her.
Director: Claire Oakley | Stars: Molly Windsor, Joseph Quinn, Stefanie Martini, Theo Barklem-Biggs
Votes: 1,961
22. Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad (2020)
107 min | Documentary
The story of a father's kidnapping as told through the 1994 video diaries of his son, the film's Director Miles Hargrove.
Directors: Miles Hargrove, Christopher Birge
Votes: 75
23. Mother Schmuckers (2021)
70 min | Comedy
Issachar and Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother's beloved dog, they have 24 hours to find it - or she will kick them out.
Directors: Harpo Guit, Lenny Guit | Stars: Maxi Delmelle, Harpo Guit, Claire Bodson, Fresco
Votes: 316
24. New York Ninja (2021)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Originally shot in 1984 and not finished until 2021, New York Ninja is about a sound technician for a news station (John Liu) who becomes a vigilante ninja in New York City after his pregnant wife is murdered.
Directors: John Liu, Kurtis Spieler | Stars: Don Wilson, Michael Berryman, Linnea Quigley, Leon Isaac Kennedy
Votes: 1,649
25. Nobadi (2019)
89 min | Drama
A grumpy old man enlists the help of an Afghani migrant to bury his dead dog, and as the two dredge through prejudices to find common ground, their day takes an unexpected turn.
Director: Karl Markovics | Stars: Heinz Trixner, Borhanulddin Hassan Zadeh, Konstanze Dutzi, Maria Fliri
Votes: 275
26. The Northman (2022)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Viking prince is on a quest to avenge his father's murder.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke
Votes: 253,453 | Gross: $34.23M
27. O Beautiful Night (2019)
89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Yuri is a young musician. He is very afraid of death. For this reason, he hardly leaves his apartment. One day he meets a mysterious man who claims to be death. He takes him on an extraordinary journey.
Director: Xaver Böhm | Stars: Noah Saavedra, Marko Mandic, Vanessa Loibl, David Ali Rashed
Votes: 413
28. Patrick (2019)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A bereaved nudist campsite handyman finds himself on an existential quest as he attempts to recover his missing favorite hammer.
Director: Tim Mielants | Stars: Kevin Janssens, Pierre Bokma, Ariane Van Vliet, Hannah Hoekstra
Votes: 2,518
29. The Penultimate (2020)
123 min | Drama
An insignificant Water Inspector enters at a remote building only to find himself trapped inside, facing a Kafkaesque maze of obstacles.
Director: Jonas Kærup Hjort | Stars: Joen Højerslev, Joen Bille, Anne Fletting, Malene Melsen
Votes: 223
30. Petrov's Flu (2021)
Unrated | 145 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Semyon Serzin, Chulpan Khamatova, Vladislav Semiletkov, Yuri Kolokolnikov
Votes: 3,023
31. Poser (I) (2021)
87 min | Drama, Music
As Lennon fuels her desire for entree into a podcast featuring live music and conversations with the artists she so fervently admires, Lennon finds inspiration for her own musical ambitions...and a growing sense of misdirected identity.
Directors: Noah Dixon, Ori Segev | Stars: Sylvie Mix, Bobbi Kitten, Aujolie Baker, Amber Falter
Votes: 587
32. Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
103 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley
Votes: 14,052
33. PVT Chat (2020)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama
Jack is an internet gambler living in NYC who becomes fixated on Scarlet - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy Chinatown street.
Director: Ben Hozie | Stars: Peter Vack, Julia Fox, Keith Poulson, Buddy Duress
Votes: 1,865
34. S He (2018)
95 min | Animation
A high heel mother shoe survives in an authoritarian world dominated by male shoes and brings up her daughter shoe by disguising herself as a male shoe.
Director: Shengwei Zhou | Stars: Fuyang Lyu, Shengwei Zhou
Votes: 145
35. Sons of Steel (1988)
97 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic Australia, a scheme to blow up the Sydney Opera House is discovered. The only way to stop it is to send an agent back in time to prevent the plotters from hatching it.
Director: Gary L. Keady | Stars: Rob Hartley, Roz Wason, Jeff Duff, Dagmar Bláhová
Votes: 191
36. Strawberry Mansion (2021)
91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
In a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric.
Directors: Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney | Stars: Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Linas Phillips
Votes: 2,279
37. Exit Plan (2019)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
In an existential crisis and looking to solve a cold case, Max checks into a secretive hotel with elaborate assisted suicide fantasies. He uncovers a disturbing truth, questioning the nature of life, death, and his perception of reality.
Director: Jonas Alexander Arnby | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tuva Novotny, Robert Aramayo, Jan Bijvoet
Votes: 2,072
38. The Golden Glove (2019)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Jonas Dassler, Vasiliki Georgina Pseimada, Christine Jensen, Greta Sophie Schmidt
Votes: 18,239
39. The Last Berliner (2018)
97 min | Drama, Thriller
A highly suspenseful and compelling hostage thriller about the issue of gentrification - and the good souls who lose along the way. Nail-biting and tragic right until the very surprising end.
Director: Gregor Erler | Stars: Pegah Ferydoni, Tom Keune, Matthias Ziesing, Christopher Cornelsen
Votes: 135
40. Krew Boga (2018)
100 min | History
Two men in the early Middle Ages come to a pagan land: one to bring Christianity, the other to find his way of living. They choose two different ways of reaching the pagans. In the fight between dialogue and force, one of them will die.
Director: Bartosz Konopka | Stars: Christoph Pieczynski, Karol Bernacki, Wiktoria Gorodecka, Jacek Koman
Votes: 474
41. The Execution (2021)
138 min | Crime, History, Mystery
The thriller is inspired by the case of an infamous Soviet-era serial killer who eluded police for a decade.
Director: Lado Kvataniya | Stars: Niko Tavadze, Evgeniy Tkachuk, Daniil Spivakovskiy, Aglaya Tarasova
Votes: 1,740
42. The Full Monty (1997)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Wim Snape
Votes: 114,105 | Gross: $45.95M
43. The Old Man: The Movie (2019)
88 min | Animation, Comedy
An outrageous road movie about The Old Man and his grand-kids in a 24 hour race against time to stop a milky madman hell bent on killing his prized cow to save the world.
Directors: Oskar Lehemaa, Mikk Mägi | Stars: Mikk Mägi, Oskar Lehemaa, Jan Uuspõld, Märt Avandi
Votes: 641
44. The Twentieth Century (2019)
90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Determined to become the leader of the Dominion of Canada, a young W.L. Mackenzie King rises to power.
Director: Matthew Rankin | Stars: Dan Beirne, Sarianne Cormier, Catherine St-Laurent, Mikhaïl Ahooja
Votes: 1,468
45. Ultrasound (2021)
103 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After his car breaks down, Glen spends one hell of an odd night with a married couple, setting into motion a chain of events that alter their lives plus those of several random strangers.
Director: Rob Schroeder | Stars: Vincent Kartheiser, Chelsea Lopez, Breeda Wool, Tunde Adebimpe
Votes: 1,686
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