Results found: Elite short stories

IMDb 82005

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s following his retirement, makes a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.

IMDb 7.12017

The vivid and inspiring story of British film icon Michael Caine’s personal journey through 1960s swinging London.

IMDb 6.71998

Gwyneth Paltrow plays London publicist Helen, effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic ...

IMDb 5.72014

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, ...

IMDb 6.82008

Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney’s most famous fairy is finally revealed in the all-new ...

2021

The story centers on a crocodile living a normal life, unaware that he is due to die in 100 days. The crocodile spends ordinary days with his animal companions.

IMDb 5.91992

A chronicle of Babe Ruth’s phenomenal story–from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom and his poignant retirement from the ...

IMDb 6.52017

Set in an small English town in 1959, the story of a woman who decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.

IMDb 6.42012

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer’s stories.

2021

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

IMDb 7.91974

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely ...

IMDb 4.42018

The sequel to the hit anthology film: Four chilling stories tied together by one man traveling through the terrifying land known as The Terrortory. Featuring monsters from the first ...

IMDb 4.52007

The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an ...

IMDb 5.42002

Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.

IMDb 5.92015

The in- flight service for Hong Kong starts now! An erotic story that took place in the spacious blue sky! An innocent actress runs away from the scandal with an idol, the impudent idol that ...

IMDb 6.42021

Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini-Green, and after a chance encounter with an old-timer exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman, he unknowingly ...

2024

One of the most controversial cases in recent years in Argentina, this movie is based on the true story of Nahir Galarza and the murder of her boyfriend that rocked the country. The youngest ...

IMDb 8.11986

George Carlin is in top form with these stand-up recorded at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles in 1986. Routines included are “Losing Things,” “Charities,” ...

IMDb 6.82010

Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial ...

2018

From M16 rifles to Huey helicopters, the Vietnam War launched weapons that went on to become legendary. This is the untold story of one such weapon built not by the Pentagon, but by teenage ...

IMDb 6.82005

This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in ...

2016

The story takes place in a fantasy world consisting of humans, Dragonoids and Monsters. There is a relative harmony between the three races. There are also Drops, spherical objects that come out ...

IMDb 8.62023

Created for Disney’s 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.

IMDb 6.91995

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic “Bones” Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy ...

IMDb 7.42014

A look at the story behind Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from all of the Marvel films, the Marvel One-Shots and ...

IMDb 6.32008

The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.

IMDb 6.91979

Taking place in a dystopian Australia in the near future, Mad Max tells the story of a highway patrolman cruising the squalid back roads that have become the breeding ground of criminals foraging ...

IMDb 6.22003

A futuristic ‘Brief Encounter’, a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.