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| Angela’s Shadow |
| Director: Jules Koostachin |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
Angela and Henry, young 1930s socialites with a baby on the way, embark on a short trip north to the Cree community of KiiWeeTin to visit Angela’s beloved childhood nanny. When Angela is harassed by a menacing shadow figure, Mary moves to bless and protect her and her unborn child with illegal Cree ceremonies and medicine. As the truth about her ancestry and the spectral figure’s identity unfold, Angela must decide whether to delve into her newfound spiritual traditions in order to protect herself from her husband’s escalating purity-obsessed racism.
| Armageddon Road |
| Director: Karen Lam |
| Keywords: 1970s, Set in Las Vegas |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Black Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Assassination |
| Director: David Mamet |
| Keywords: Filmed in Boston, MA United States |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Best of Enemies |
| Lead Roles: Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Birthright Outlaw |
| Director: Aaron Burns |
| Lead Roles: Lucas Black as Rev. Jeremiah Jacobs, Sarah Drew as Martha Jacobs |
| Keywords: Faith-Based Film, Missing Person, Missing Child, Rescue, Religious |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Blue Rose |
| Director: George Baron |
| Lead Roles: Olivia Welch as Detective Lilly, George Baron as Detective Dalton |
| Keywords: Filmed in Los Angeles, CA, 1950s, Police Detective, Film Noir |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Bluff |
| Director: Frank E Flowers |
| Lead Roles: Zoe Saldana |
| Keywords: Pirates, Set in the Caribbean, 1800s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Bones of Crows |
| Director: Marie Clements |
| Lead Roles: Grace Dove as Aline Spears |
| Keywords: Life Drama, Native Americans, Bigotry, Sex Crimes, Boarding School, Same Role, Multiple Actors |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
BONES OF CROWS is told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears as she survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
| Borderline |
| Director: Jimmy Warden |
| Lead Roles: Samara Weaving as Sofia, Eric Dane as Bell |
| Keywords: Crime Thriller, Singers, Stalker, Bodyguard |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Boys of Summer |
| Director: David Henrie |
| Keywords: Heroic Adventure, Supernatural, Private Investigator |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Casket Girls |
| Director: Justin G. Dyck |
| Lead Roles: Gabrielle Union |
| Keywords: Vampire, Demons, Set in New Orleans, LA, 1700s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Caught Stealing |
| Director: Darren Aronofsky |
| Lead Roles: Austin Butler as Hank Thompson, Zoë Kravitz |
| Keywords: 1990s, Set in New York City |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Condor's Nest |
| Director: Phil Blattenberger |
| Keywords: Action Thriller, 1950s, Nazis, Nazis Outside of World War II, Set in South America |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Confidence Men |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| De nos frères blessés |
| Director: Hélier Cisterne |
| Keywords: Set in Algeria, 1950s |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Dead Man's Hand |
| Director: Brian Skiba |
| Lead Roles: Jack Kilmer as Reno |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Deaf Lovers |
| Director: Boris Guts |
| Lead Roles: Anastasia Shemyakina, Daniil Gazizullin |
| Keywords: 2020s, Set in Istanbul |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
Ukrainian Sonya and Russian guy Danya meet in Istanbul. They have common problems: they need to find money for food, an apartment and a job. They have the same desire to have fun, dance, drink and sex. But the main questions are how to deal with the past, arrange life and build their joint future…
| Des feux dans la nuit |
| Director: Dominique Lienhard |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Diva Futura |
| Director: Giulia Louise Steigerwalt |
| Keywords: 1980s, 1990s, Set in Italy |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Falling World |
| Director: Jaclyn Bethany |
| Keywords: 1990s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
October 1992. It’s fall break and a group of law students, led by the enigmatic and beautiful Hadlley, head to her remote family home upstate. They are joined by first-year Lark, who is curious about Hadley, her background, and her friends. As the weekend goes on, it is clear that Hadley is hiding something that could threaten her entire world to fall apart.
| Family |
| Director: Benjamin Finkel |
| Lead Roles: Lucinda Lee Dawson Gray as Johanna |
| Keywords: Supernatural Horror, Supernatural, 2000s, Medical and Hospitals, Terminal Illness |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Fear Street: Prom Queen |
| Director: Matt Palmer |
| Keywords: Set in Ohio, 1980s |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Horror, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Final Sunset |
| Director: Paul D. Morgan |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Freaky Tales |
| Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck |
| Lead Roles: Pedro Pascal |
| Keywords: 1980s, Set in Oakland, CA, Set in California, Historical Drama, Segments, Inspired by a True Story, Posthumous Release |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Frontier Crucible |
| Director: Travis Mills |
| Lead Roles: Thomas Jane |
| Keywords: Set in Arizona, 1870s, Filmed in Arizona, United States |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Give ‘Em Hell Malone 2 |
| Lead Roles: Thomas Jane |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
Malone reemerges after a decade of hiding from his past. When a chance encounter suddenly exposes him to the world, Malone sets out to find the man who is trying to kill him.
| Gonzo Girl |
| Director: Patricia Arquette |
| Lead Roles: Patricia Arquette as Claudia, Camila Morrone as Alley Russo, Willem Dafoe as Walker Reade |
| Keywords: Filmed in Utah, United States |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 3 |
| Director: Kevin Costner |
| Keywords: Directing Yourself, 1800s, Ensemble, 1860s, The Civil War, Screenplay Written By the Star |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 4 |
| Director: Kevin Costner |
| Keywords: 1800s, Ensemble, 1860s, The Civil War, Screenplay Written By the Star, Directing Yourself |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Housekeeper |
| Director: Richard Eyre |
| Keywords: 1930s, Set in United Kingdom |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| In the Cradle of Granite |
| Director: Ariel Escalante |
| Lead Roles: Melissa Barrera |
| Keywords: 1800s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Jersey Boys Live! |
| Director: Des McAnuff |
| Lead Roles: Nick Jonas as Frankie Valli |
| Keywords: TV Movie |
| Classification: Based on Musical Group, Concert/Performance, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Jezdeca |
| Director: Dominik Mencej |
| Keywords: 1990s, Set in Slovenia |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Killing Faith |
| Director: Ned Crowley |
| Keywords: 1850s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| Director: Bill Condon |
| Keywords: 1980s, Set in Argentina |
| Classification: Based on Musical or Opera, Musical, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Kristallnacht |
| Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky |
| Lead Roles: Clive Owen, Alex Pettyfer |
| Keywords: Nazis, 1930s, Set in Berlin, Set in Germany |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Last Days of Basic Cable |
| Director: Max Winkler |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Liberation |
| Director: Finn Taylor |
| Lead Roles: Stephen Lang |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Lips Like Sugar |
| Director: Brantley Gutierrez |
| Keywords: 1980s, Set in Los Angeles, Olympics, Police Detective, Serial Killer |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Mastermind |
| Director: Kelly Reichardt |
| Lead Roles: Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Mile End Kicks |
| Director: Chandler Levack |
| Lead Roles: Jay Baruchel, Barbie Ferreira |
| Keywords: Romance, Set in Montreal, 2010s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Mongrels |
| Director: Jerome Yoo |
| Keywords: 1990s, Set in Canada |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
In rural Canada in the 1990s, a Korean family — a widower, his teenage son, and young daughter — attempts to find footing in a new land while navigating the dark forests of grief. Sonny has been hired to eradicate the feral canines plaguing the town, while sensitive Hajoon figures out what it means to be a man. Finally, young Hana, missing her mother, dreams up ways to make her return.
| The Movie Critic |
| Director: Quentin Tarantino |
| Lead Roles: Brad Pitt |
| Keywords: 1970s, Set in California, Set in Los Angeles |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Old Time Hockey |
| Director: Gary Ross |
| Keywords: 1990s, Hockey |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Oracle |
| Director: Daniel Di Grado |
| Keywords: Psychological Horror |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Panic in the Woods: Chapter One |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
Panagiotis, his company and their teacher go to the Black Forest for a leisure trip, where Julia is waiting for them, who is angry because two years ago she lost her child due to the carelessness of the campers at the time.
| Peaky Blinders |
| Director: Tom Harper |
| Lead Roles: Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby |
| Keywords: World War II, Set in United Kingdom, Gangs |
| Classification: Based on TV, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Performance |
| Director: Shira Piven |
| Lead Roles: Jeremy Piven as Harold May |
| Keywords: Historical Drama, Jewish, Dancing, Tap Dancing, Nazis, 1930s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Pippa |
| Director: Raja Menon |
| Keywords: 1970s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
About Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta of the 45th Cavalry tank squadron who fought on the eastern front during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 along with his siblings.
| The Prominents |
| Director: Peter Webber |
| Keywords: Nazi, World War II, 1940s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Rabbit Trap |
| Director: Bryn Chainey |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Regulators |
| Keywords: Set in Ohio |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Horror, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| The Return |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
An injured army doctor moves into his late grandfather’s home in New Bern, NC, where he encounters two women whose secrets will change the course of his life.
| Sherlock Holmes 3 |
| Lead Roles: Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock Holmes |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Stone Cold Fox |
| Director: Sophie Tabet |
| Lead Roles: Kiefer Sutherland, Krysten Ritter |
| Keywords: Revenge |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Stratton Castle: Tale of Jessie Golden Heart |
| Director: Zelie-Dember Slack, Peggy Roger |
| Lead Roles: Kat Fairway, Andrew Shelton |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
Set in the 1800’s of Scotland when servants didn’t rise above their station comes a love story for the ages. As the master of Stratton castle lies dying he makes his son promise to take over the lands and find an appropriate match, however, unbeknownst to his father, Walter has already fallen in love with Jessie, a beautiful servant girl. Now he must fight against his forbidden passion for fear of scandal and ruin or risk it all for Jessie the Golden Hearted.
| Super Toys |
| Director: David O. Russell |
| Lead Roles: Keke Palmer, Sacha Baron Cohen |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Victorian Psycho |
| Director: Zachary Wigon |
| Lead Roles: Margaret Qualley as Winifred Notty |
| Keywords: 1850s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Where the Wind Blows |
| Director: John Schimke |
| Lead Roles: C. Thomas Howell, Trevor Donovan as Chase, Ashley Elaine as Elaine |
| Keywords: Filmed in Montana, United States |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Wild Goat Surf |
| Director: Caitlyn Sponheimer |
| Lead Roles: Shayelin Martin as Goat |
| Keywords: Filmed in British Columbia, Canada, 2000s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
Set in a rundown Okanagan Valley RV park during the summer of 2003, Goat, a surfing-obsessed twelve year old prodigal skater girl, navigates the unbridled, unstructured, summer days of youth, dreaming of becoming a surfer like her deceased father…all while living 700km from the ocean.
| Wuthering Heights |
| Director: Emerald Fennell |
| Lead Roles: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
| Yesteryear |
| Director: Adam VillaSenor |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |