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A wealthy San Francisco playgirl pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.

It all begins in a modest Indian village when the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while theres a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita (Aishwarya Rai) announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets the wealthy American Will Darcy (Martin Henderson) and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate? Darcy comes off to Lalita as an arrogant California snob. Lalita looks to Darcy like a small-town Indian beauty who knows nothing of the world.

A car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles. Crash takes a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America.

Los Angeles detective Jake Gittes is hired by a woman claiming to be a Mrs. Mulwray to spy on her husband. Shortly after Gittes is hired, the real Mrs. Mulwray appears in his office threatening to sue if he doesn't drop the case immediately. Gittes pursues the case anyway, slowly uncovering a vast conspiracy centering on water management, state and municipal corruption, land use and real estate, and involving at least one murder.

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth -- not to conquer or give aid, but -- to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent (Sharlto Copley) contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District

A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

A young writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author.

Inspired by the highly successful concept of 'Slow TV', this is an Australian-first immersive journey on Australia's most iconic railway that reveals the stunning vistas from Adelaide to Darwin.

Based on the book by Tracy Chevalier, the story behind one of the most beguiling portraits by Vermeer the inspiration, rapture and pain that went into creating it.

Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.

Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard), who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he will get treatment from therapist Sean Maguire (Robin Williams).

Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's book this is an opulent story of the idle rich in the 1920s and one man's devotion to a flirtatious waif. CAST: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow DIR: Jack Clayton

Retired auto worker and Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) fills emptiness in his life with beer and home repair, despising the many Asian, Latino and black families in his neighborhood. Walt becomes a reluctant hero when he stands up to the gangbangers who tried to force an Asian teen to steel Walt's treasured car. An unlikely friendship develops between Walt and the teen, as he learns he has more in common with his neighbors than he thought.

This dramatic series tells the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead. Offred, one the few remaining fertile women, is forced into sexual servitude in an attempt to repopulate a devastated world.

Inspired by the true story of Christopher McCandless, a young man abandons his life of comfort to pursue the freedom of life on the road, a quest that leads him to the Alaskan wilderness and the ultimate challenge of his life.

Aimee and Steph go to an isolated fire-water tank to cool off on a hot summer night. Once there, the intimate mood of the tank takes a dramatic turn, forcing Aimee to make a decision that she will question for the rest of her life.

After deciding to sell their zoo in India and move to Canada, Santosh and Gita Patel board a freighter with their sons and a few remaining animals. Tragedy strikes when a terrible storm sinks the ship, leaving the Patels' teenage son, Pi (Suraj Sharma), as the only human survivor. However, Pi is not alone; a fearsome Bengal tiger has also found refuge aboard the lifeboat. As days turn into weeks and weeks drag into months, Pi and the tiger must learn to trust each other if both are to survive.

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. Nominated for Best Film at the 2009 AFI Awards. Directed by Adam Elliott and narrated by Barry Humphries, and voiced by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette and Eric Bana.

Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "runners" for a shot at escape.

Based on the novels of Alexander McCall Smith, Jill Scott stars as a young woman in Botswana who follows her dream and embarks on a career as a private detective.

Rabbit proof fence is a powerful true story of hope and survival and has been met with international acclaim. At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white society, young Molly Craig decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp.

Aaron Davis's career in the force is on hold since an Aboriginal teenager died in police custody on his shift, but his life changes when he begins a relationship with a neighbour.

Aaron Davis's career in the force is on hold since an Aboriginal teenager died in police custody on his shift, but his life changes when he begins a relationship with a neighbour.

A boy believed to bring bad luck leads his family and friends through war-scarred Laos to find a new home. To prove he's not bad luck, he builds a giant rocket to enter a dangerous competition.

In the outback town of Cummeraganja in the mid-1960s, aboriginal sisters Gail, DEBORAH MAILMAN, and Cynthia, MIRANDA TAPSELL, enter a talent contest at the local pub; their parents won't let their younger sister, Julie, JESSICA MAUBOY, enter because they think she's too young - but she comes anyway and though the disdainfully racist judges don't award them a prize, the trio catch the eye of laid-back, alcoholic Irish MC Dave, CHRIS O'DOWD.

Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on Indias Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

The film depicts the founding of Facebook and the subsequent lawsuits.

Seventeen Australian directors create chapters of the hauntingly beautiful novel by Tim Winton. The overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people's lives.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.