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Genre: Thriller


A woman with dark hair wearing earbuds watchfully glances over her shoulder towards the viewer beside a mirror in a dim hallway.

Ana the Cleaner

Guy Bauer

True crime junkie Ana cleans the homes of Chicago’s elite. When one of her clients’ wives suddenly disappears, Ana believes she’s uncovered a murder.

A man and a woman walk through a sprawling rocky desert. The woman wears a red dress and has short brown hair, the man wears sunglasses, a black windbreaker and gray pants. They both have serious expressions as they walk.

The Beloved El ser querido

Rodrigo Sorogoyen

When a legendary filmmaker (Javier Bardem) offers his estranged daughter a role in his latest film, tensions percolate and old wounds are reopened.

A man stands in an energetic concert crowd as he stares knowingly into the camera, bathed in orange light.

Corpus

Corrin Evans

A New York nightlife photographer and his lover accept an invitation to a mysterious party upstate in this supernaturally charged erotic thriller.

Two women in ornate Bangladeshi wedding attire gather closely, one in a pink sari with floral hairpiece, the other in gold. The woman in gold leans agasint the woman in pink supportively, hand resting on her back, they smile.

The Difficult Bride

Rubaiyat Hossain

A privileged bride’s reality starts to unravel as traditional pre-wedding beauty rituals begin to elicit strange visions and physical reactions.

A woman with blonde hair and bangs walks away from stone ruins on a hill. She wears a blue button-up shirt and has a backpack slung over her shoulder. Dry hills and a dirt road expand beyond her, a dusty sky over the horizon.

The Dreamed Adventure Das geträumte Abenteuer

Valeska Grisebach

Searching for her missing friend Said in a Bulgarian border town, archeologist Veska unearths a secret criminal network in this engrossing, slow-burn epic.

An older woman and a young girl stand inside a drained pool, they use many colors of chalk to draw on the walls of the pool, the girl focuses on her drawing as the older woman looks up, a set in her jaw.

Love is the monster Amor es el monstruo

Neto Villalobos Brenes

In a tropical dystopia ruled by fear and inequality, a woman trying to right wrongs with her young granddaughter faces dangerous choices.

Gray-haired man in a textured coat and buttoned up polo shirt walks through a city street, surrounded by glowing lights and pedestrians. His expression is serious and contemplative.

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Noah Segan

A veteran pickpocket (John Turturro) finds himself in a race against time to return a stolen USB drive or face the wrath of a vengeful crime family.

In the entrance of a warmly-lit 1980's home a suited man takes the hand of a woman with curly blonde hair, there is a second man standing in the doorway dressed casually in a collared shirt, behind the man and woman are two young boys standing on a staircase.

Paper Tiger

James Gray

Adam Driver and Miles Teller deliver standout performances as brothers who get entangled with the Russian mafia in James Gray’s intense family drama.

Shot overhead, a woman in a bun and hospital gown looks up, she stands isolated on a section of red tile in the center of the room. Around her, hospital workers and patients bustle around, white tiles with red accents and red walls.

Species Sanguine

Marion Le Corroller

Cutthroat colleagues and strange skin conditions offer competing crises for medical intern Margot in this visceral body horror.

A family of four and a dog gather around an elegant table in a front lawn. The small table is set perfectly, food set out, and they pose smiling in warm sunlight. Behind them ivy, stairs, and a mansion frame the yard.

The Spiral L'Estranea

Paolo Strippoli

A Faustian bargain sends a once-perfect family on a harrowing downward spiral in this twisted fable from The Holy Boy director.

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