Movie List for "short"

Escape from Pretoria (2020)

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa. Year 2020.

Generes: Thriller
Director: Francis Annan
Writer: Francis Annan, L.H. Adams, Karol Griffiths (Story Development), Tim Jenkin (book)
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Ian Hart, Daniel Webber, Nathan Page

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

A modern take on Charles Dickens’s classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles. Year 2019.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Armando Iannucci
Writer: Simon Blackwell (screenplay by), Charles Dickens (novel), Armando Iannucci (screenplay)
Actors: Fisayo Akinade, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Albie Atkinson, Aneurin Barnard

Soul (2020)

A musician who has lost his passion for music is transported out of his body and must find his way back with the help of an infant soul learning about herself. Year 2020.

Generes: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Director: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers(co-director)
Writer: Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers
Actors: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Quest Love, Phylicia Rashad

Benedetta (2020)

A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair. Year 2020.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writer: David Birke (screenplay), Judith C. Brown (book), Paul Verhoeven (screenplay)
Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Virginie Efira, Olivier Rabourdin

Ad Astra (2019)

Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe. Year 2019.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray, Ethan Gross
Actors: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland

Photograph (2019)

A struggling street photographer in Mumbai, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develop a connection that transforms them in ways they could not expect. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Ritesh Batra
Writer: Ritesh Batra
Actors: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Sachin Khedekar, Denzil Smith

The Turning (2020)

A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after their parents’ deaths. A modern take on Henry James’ novella “The Turn of the Screw.” Year 2020.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Floria Sigismondi
Writer: Carey W. Hayes, Chad Hayes, Henry James (novel)
Actors: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten

Pain and Glory (2019)

An aging film director suffering from chronic illness and writer’s block reflects on his life. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas

The Boys in the Band (2020)

A group of gay men who gather in a NYC apartment for a friend’s birthday party. After the drinks are poured and the music turned up, the evening slowly exposes the fault lines beneath their… Year 2020.

Generes: Drama
Director: Joe Mantello
Writer: Mart Crowley (play)
Actors: Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells

Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019)

Raghu, a normal college guy gets dragged into trouble when he falls in love with Lekha and their whirlwind romance changes the course of his life. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon
Writer: Gautham Vasudev Menon
Actors: Dhanush, Megha Akash, M. Sasikumar, Senthil Veeraasamy

The Best of Enemies (2019)

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Robin Bissell
Writer: Robin Bissell, Osha Gray Davidson (inspired by true events chronicled in ‘The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South’ by)
Actors: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche

Hellboy (2019)

Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Neil Marshall
Writer: Andrew Cosby (screenplay by), Mike Mignola (based on the Dark Horse Comic Book “Hellboy” created by)
Actors: Mark Stanley, Brian Gleeson, Nadya Keranova, Maria Tepavicharova

Vaanku (2020)

N/A Year 2020.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director: Kavya Prakash
Writer: Shabna Muhammed
Actors: Joy Mathew, Anaswara Rajan, Major Ravi, Sirajudheen

Last Night in Soho (2020)

Plot unknown. Reported to be a psychological horror film set in London with a female lead. Year 2020.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director: Edgar Wright
Writer: Krysty Wilson-Cairns (screenplay), Edgar Wright (screenplay)
Actors: Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg

In the Tall Grass (2019)

After hearing a young boy’s cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out…and that something evil lurks within. Year 2019.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Writer: Vincenzo Natali, Stephen King (based on the novella by), Joe Hill (based on the novella by)
Actors: Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Patrick Wilson, Will Buie Jr.

Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)

Batman, Batgirl and Robin forge an alliance with The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to fight against the Turtles’ sworn enemy, The Shredder, who has teamed up with Ra’s Al Ghul and The League Of Assassins. Year 2019.

Generes: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Jake Castorena
Writer: Marly Halpern-Graser, James Tynion IV (based on the comic book by), Freddie Williams II (based on the comic book by), Bob Kane (Batman created by), Bill Finger (Batman created by), Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles created by), Peter Laird (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles created by), Paul Dini (Harley Quinn created by), Bruce Timm (Harley Quinn created by), Denny O’Neil (Ra’s al Ghul created by), Neal Adams (Ra’s al Ghul created by), Chuck Dixon (Bane created by), Doug Moench (Bane created by), Graham Nolan (Bane created by)
Actors: Troy Baker, Eric Bauza, Darren Criss, Kyle Mooney