things to watch in january 2023
by cmlawther | created - 26 Nov 2022 | updated - 26 Nov 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. I Am Waiting (1957)
91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Isamu Kosugi, Kenjirô Uemura
Votes: 991
2. Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
TV-MA | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.
Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Cat Power, Janis Joplin, Karleen Bennett, Laura Joplin
Votes: 5,641 | Gross: $0.41M
3. Ma (I) (2019)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, McKaley Miller
Votes: 59,665 | Gross: $45.37M
4. Salt (2010)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Thriller
A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 330,193 | Gross: $118.31M
5. W. (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ioan Gruffudd, Colin Hanks
Votes: 50,047 | Gross: $25.53M
6. About Some Meaningless Events (1974)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
In search of a subject for their film, a group of directors ask passers-by about their expectations of Moroccan cinema in the streets and bars of Casablanca.
Director: Mostafa Derkaoui | Stars: Nour Abdellatif, Salah Eddine Benmoussa, Mohamed Derham, Mostafa Derkaoui
Votes: 312
7. California Suite (1978)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine
Votes: 8,111
8. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
R | 104 min | Comedy
The comic "Bluntman and Chronic" is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Amy Noble, Harley Quinn Smith
Votes: 161,097 | Gross: $30.09M
9. Radium Girls (2018)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, History
In the 1920s a group of factory workers advocate for safer work conditions after some of their colleagues become ill from radium exposure.
Directors: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler | Stars: Joey King, Abby Quinn, Cara Seymour, Scott Shepherd
Votes: 2,305
10. Aardvark (2017)
PG-13 | 89 min | Drama
The aardvark has evolved to be one of a kind. You could say the same of Josh Norman.
Director: Brian Shoaf | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Jenny Slate, Sheila Vand, Jon Hamm
Votes: 598
11. Accomplice (2021)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
Traverse the globe with the world's top riders as they pedal through rugged terrain and majestic locations in this visual homage to the bicycle.
Director: Jeremy Grant | Stars: Graham Agassiz, Paul Basagoitia, Garett Buehler, Paul Genovese
Votes: 415
12. Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A retired English businessman has just been through heart surgery but it has, apparently, done little to relieve his constant pain or improve his long-term survival prospects.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure, Emmanuelle Bataille
Votes: 847 | Gross: $1.11M
13. Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary that chronicles Jennifer Lopez's life on and off-stage during her first ever world tour.
Director: Ted Kenney | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Bryant Siono, Carnell Harrel, Norman Jackson
Votes: 550
14. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Director: David Zucker | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Ricardo Montalban
Votes: 185,073 | Gross: $78.76M
15. Sangam (I) (1964)
238 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Returning home from war after being assumed dead, a pilot weds the woman he has long loved, unaware that she had been planning to marry his best friend.
Director: Raj Kapoor | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Vyjayanthimala, Iftekhar
Votes: 1,900
16. The Ultimate Playlist of Noise (2021)
TV-MA | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Marcus, an audio-obsessed high school senior, learns he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf, and decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise.
Director: Bennett Lasseter | Stars: Keean Johnson, Madeline Brewer, Rya Kihlstedt, Ian Gomez
Votes: 1,088
17. Go Youth! (2020)
TV-MA | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
This coming-of-age tale explores the loves, dreams, and fears of four teens in Mexico City who rebel against the adult world.
Director: Carlos Armella | Stars: Daniela Arce, Rodrigo Cortes, Mario Palmerin, Paola Arroyo
Votes: 135
19. Pale Flower (1964)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki, Naoki Sugiura
Votes: 4,393
20. Baby Driver (2017)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza González
Votes: 611,435 | Gross: $107.83M
21. The Cameraman (1928)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Hopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion-picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire.
Directors: Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey
Votes: 13,191
22. I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.
Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Kelsey Grammer, Greg Kinnear
Votes: 21,223 | Gross: $9.66M
23. Mad Max (1979)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley
Votes: 222,495 | Gross: $8.75M
24. Rocanrol Cowboys (2021)
76 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The rise and fall of the Argentinian clearly-Stones-inspired Ratones Paranoicos band, Since their way out of the underground till the emptiness after a full stadium.
Director: Plastico | Stars: Pablo 'Sarcófago' Cano, Juanse Gutierrez, Pablo Memi, Ruben 'Roy' Quiroga
Votes: 141
25. Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A prison truck is assaulted and the two convicts inside are murdered. The prison guard on duty gets suspended for negligence and takes it upon himself to track down the killers.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Michitarô Mizushima, Misako Watanabe, Shôichi Ozawa, Shinsuke Ashida
Votes: 1,173
26. 12 Rounds (2009)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Detective Danny Fisher discovers his girlfriend has been kidnapped by an ex-con tied to Fisher's past, and he'll have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to secure her safe release.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: John Cena, Ashley Scott, Aidan Gillen, Steve Harris
Votes: 30,518 | Gross: $12.23M
27. Hallelujah (1929)
Passed | 109 min | Drama, Musical
A sharecropper decides to become a preacher after falling for a vamp from the city.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine, Harry Gray
Votes: 2,000
28. The Quick and the Dead (1995)
R | 108 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio
Votes: 102,902 | Gross: $18.64M
29. Ray & Liz (2018)
108 min | Drama
Photographer Richard Billingham returns to the squalid council flat outside of Birmingham where he and his brother were raised, in a confrontation and reconciliation with parents Ray and Liz.
Director: Richard Billingham | Stars: Patrick Romer, Richard Ashton, Justin Salinger, Callum Slater
Votes: 1,825
30. Carpinteros (2017)
TV-MA | 106 min | Drama
Julián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow prisoner Yanelly, must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.
Director: José María Cabral | Stars: Jean Jean, Ramón Emilio Candelario, Judith Rodriguez Perez, Fernando De Jesús Mejía
Votes: 611
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