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Life is a roller rink in this pleasant homage to the late, great John Hughes starring Shiloh Fernandez and Twilight beauty Ashley Greene.

This Internet series chronicling the exploits of singing supervillain Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) ended up being one of the best things Joss Whedon has ever made.

Whit Stillman’s enjoyable comedy of manners follows high society’s college freshman as they make the rounds of various Manhattan debutante balls over Christmas break.

This mixed bag of shorts films exploring various romantic entanglements in the City That Never Sleeps makes for a wildly uneven viewing experience.

The ’90s gave us some of the best (and two of the longest-running) animated series of all time. Go back to the decade when cartoons started to become a little more grown-up. . . an…

Richard Linklater’s unique look at a day in the lives of the various bohemians and misfits of Austin, Texas gave rise to the independent film movement of the early ’90s.

Jim Jarmusch’s terrific urban fable features a completely convincing performance by Forest Whitaker as a Mafia hitman and a great soundtrack courtesy of RZA.

Who killed Rosie Larsen? All of Seattle wants to know in this alternately fascinating and tedious mystery series.

David Bowie is perfectly cast as a space alien corrupted by television, alcohol and sex in Nicolas Roeg’s trippy science fiction film.

You’re not likely to find a more sweet and badasssss collection of films anywhere else. Get reacquainted with an all but long-lost genre on Netflix — damn right!

The third team-up of Daniel Day-Lewis and director Jim Sheridan is a scrappy Irish tale about a pugilist trying to go straight (and kiss Emily Watson) after serving 14 years in pri…

Billy Corben reveals Miami to be a city built out of white powder in this exhausting documentary that chronicles the illegal drug trade of the 1970s and ’80s.

Bad boy filmmaker Abel Ferrara lays on the Catholic guilt in this gritty NC-17 New York fable featuring a career-best performance by Harvey Keitel.

Two high school nerds take a page out of Frankenstein and create the perfect woman with their computer and a bolt of lightning in John Hughes’ gonzo ’80s comedy

The adventures of the world’s most, well, something secret agent are chronicled in Adam Reed’s fitfully funny animated series.