CIFF 2011
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1. Old Goats (2011)
Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Comedy
Old Goats is a comedy that features three elderly men playing themselves, but within a fictional framework. The story blends fiction and reality. Britt lives alone on a boat and searches ... See full summary »
Director: Taylor Guterson | Stars: Bob Burkholder, Britton Crosley, Gail Shackel, Benita Staadecker
Votes: 224
2. I'm Yours (2011)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A road movie romance that conjures a heady concoction of free love and end of the world conspiracy.
Director: Leonard Farlinger | Stars: Rossif Sutherland, Karine Vanasse, Don McKellar, Nicholas Campbell
Votes: 157
3. Take Shelter (2011)
R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Tova Stewart
Votes: 108,058 | Gross: $1.73M
4. Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Tony Ka Fai Leung, Chao Deng, Carina Lau, Bingbing Li
Votes: 11,880 | Gross: $0.46M
5. Servitude (2011)
85 min | Comedy
A group of frustrated waiters at a kitschy steakhouse take over their restaurant for one final, glorious, revenge-filled night when they discover they are all about to be fired.
Director: Warren P. Sonoda | Stars: Joe Dinicol, John Bregar, Kristen Hager, Linda Kash
Votes: 316
6. Blackthorn (2011)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
Director: Mateo Gil | Stars: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea, Magaly Solier
Votes: 10,356 | Gross: $0.20M
7. Western Confidential (2011)
85 min | Comedy, Western
Tells the story of two half-brothers on the run from a Buffalo baron with an embarrassing score to settle. Set in the 1880's among the vast plains, rolling foothills and winding rivers of Alberta.
Director: David Lawrence | Stars: Eric Amber, Renée Amber, Shauna Baker, Julian Black Antelope
Votes: 24
8. Target (2011)
Not Rated | 158 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In 2020, a group of wealthy Muscovites traveling to a complex of abandoned astrophysics, where rumors say they have enough power to stop the aging process.
Director: Aleksandr Zeldovich | Stars: Maksim Sukhanov, Justine Waddell, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Danila Kozlovskiy
Votes: 706
9. De storm (2009)
96 min | Action, Drama, History
During the devastating North Sea flood of 1953, a young woman and a naval officer search for her lost infant son.
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Sylvia Hoeks, Barry Atsma, Dirk Roofthooft, Monic Hendrickx
Votes: 3,177
10. Late Bloomers (2011)
95 min | Drama
The struggles of Mary and her husband adjusting to retirement.
Director: Julie Gavras | Stars: William Hurt, Isabella Rossellini, Doreen Mantle, Kate Ashfield
Votes: 1,061
11. The Woman in the Fifth (2011)
R | 84 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A college lecturer flees to Paris after a scandal costs him his job. In the City of Light, he meets a widow who might be involved in a series of murders.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi
Votes: 7,092 | Gross: $0.11M
12. Take This Waltz (2011)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Aaron Abrams
Votes: 30,284 | Gross: $1.24M
13. Autoerotic (2011)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Romance
Follow four interconnected Chicago couples as they explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration.
Directors: Joe Swanberg, Adam Wingard | Stars: Amy Seimetz, Lane Hughes, Megan Mercier, Kate Lyn Sheil
Votes: 677
14. Angels Crest (2011)
R | 92 min | Drama
The disappearance of a 3-year-old boy divides a tightly knit community and culls out its secrets.
Director: Gaby Dellal | Stars: Thomas Dekker, Lynn Collins, Elizabeth McGovern, Joseph Morgan
Votes: 2,113 | Gross: $0.00M
15. King of Devil's Island (2010)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Drama
Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the boys home Bastoy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?
Director: Marius Holst | Stars: Benjamin Helstad, Trond Nilssen, Stellan Skarsgård, Kristoffer Joner
Votes: 19,953 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Le Quattro Volte (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have ... See full summary »
Director: Michelangelo Frammartino | Stars: Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano, Artemio Vallone
Votes: 4,272 | Gross: $0.15M
17. Becoming Santa (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
The story of one man entering the culture and character of Santa Claus for a single season. We follow Jack as he bleaches his hair and goes to Santa School. He tries to do everything that ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Myers | Stars: John Merian, Gary Casey, Peter Fontana, David Childs
Votes: 430
18. The Runway (2010)
TV-14 | 101 min | Comedy
The citizens of Ireland's County Cork come to the aid of a South American pilot who has crash landed in their town.
Director: Ian Power | Stars: Demián Bichir, Kerry Condon, James Cosmo, Jamie Kierans
Votes: 706
19. Top Floor Left Wing (2010)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
This is not the way it was supposed to happen. Like every other morning, Christian Echeveria, huissier, should have been able to levy his daily distress in this Parisian suburb, before ... See full summary »
Director: Angelo Cianci | Stars: Hippolyte Girardot, Mohamed Fellag, Aymen Saïdi, Judith Henry
Votes: 210
20. Radio Free Albemuth (2010)
R | 111 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Sci-fi thriller from Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly); Nick Brady receives messages from space and joins conspiracy to overthrow authoritarian U. S. regime.
Director: John Alan Simon | Stars: Shea Whigham, Jonathan Scarfe, Michael Rothhaar, Katheryn Winnick
Votes: 1,897 | Gross: $0.01M
21. The Divide (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Director: Xavier Gens | Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 38,568 | Gross: $0.02M
22. Starbuck (2011)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class action lawsuit against him, their biological father.
Director: Ken Scott | Stars: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie
Votes: 17,036 | Gross: $3.79M
23. The Skin I Live In (2011)
R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes
Votes: 165,798 | Gross: $3.19M
24. The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)
Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Based on the H. P. Lovecraft story of the same name, a folklorist investigates reports of unusual creatures in Vermont only to uncover more than he bargained for
Director: Sean Branney | Stars: Stephen Blackehart, Autumn Wendel, P.J. King, Barry Lynch
Votes: 3,553
25. Kill List (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley
Votes: 45,323 | Gross: $0.03M
26. The Piano in a Factory (2010)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch.
Directors: Meng Zhang, Bo Gao | Stars: Qianyuan Wang, Yongzhen Guo, Qian Liu, Qian Liu
Votes: 1,557
27. Visual Acoustics (2008)
Unrated | 83 min | Documentary
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the worldÕs greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream.
Director: Eric Bricker | Stars: Frances Anderton, Wim de Wit, Beth Edwards Harris, Frank Escher
Votes: 689 | Gross: $0.10M
28. The Redemption of General Butt Naked (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Tells the story of Joshua Milton Blahyi - aka General Butt Naked - a brutal warlord who murdered thousands during Liberia's horrific 14-year civil war. Today, the General has renounced his ... See full summary »
Directors: Daniele Anastasion, Eric Strauss | Stars: Joshua Milton Blahyi Jr., Janice Blahyi, Joshua Blahyi, Josie Blahyi
Votes: 287
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