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Hsiao Kang is a troubled student. Ah Tze and Ah Bing are petty criminals. During a random act of violence on the streets of Taipei, their stories intermingle...

Based on a true story, this film features Julianne Moore as a 1950's mother who defies the conventions of the day and finds a way to keep her family together by applying her remarkable resourcefulness and uncommon wit. (Go Fish Pictures)

When a boy learns that a young orca whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.

The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity (imdb)

What kinds of adventures do pets get up to when their owners are away? This movie tells us. When Max's happy life as a favorite dog is disrupted by the addition of Duke, the two end up lost in New York City, meeting other animals and fighting their way home.

Jennifer and Ryan are students at UC Berkeley, acquaintances off and on since early adolescence. She's quick, witty, ironic, literary, and independent; he's deliberate, literal, serious, studying structural engineering, always working on a plan. They take walks, they console each other over break-ups, he shares his plans. She's headed for Italy after graduation. Then, to their equal surprise, they spend a night together... (imdb)

Off the beaten path of life, three people stumble into a fateful encounter. Thomas, young and strong, has been dishonorably discharged from the army. Ali, an affable Turkish businessman, has seen some hard times but now his primary concern is making sure the employees of his snack-bars don't cheat on him. Laura, an attractive woman with a dark past, seems to find refuge in the shadows of her marriage to Ali. (altinportakal.tursak.org.tr)

Terkel is a 6th grader, who is responsible for the suicide of the classmate, who's in love with him! Suddenly it's not just his annoying sister and his alcoholic uncle Stewart Stardust he has to deal with, he receives death treats. Only the new teacher, a young handsome and idealistic man, who the class just loves from day one, is able to help Terkel. But then it all culminates in a school trip. (imdb)

Over the course of four days, a brutal murder and a racially charged trial trigger and explosive chain of events that resonate throughout Los Angeles. While navigating through the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L.A., two of the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad officers (Russell, Speedman) must track down cold-blooded killers and also face their own demons, which prove to be more ruthless than the criminals they pursue. (MGM)

The king of Rushmore prep school is put on academic probation. (imdb)