Understated Movies

A French academic is seduced into a world of untold histories in her scholarly quest to uncover the mystery of a history-capturing camera-like...

The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel.

Journeying home to the Bulgarian hinterlands on the border of Turkey and Greece, Saïd seeks out a fuel-smuggling deal with a small-time crook,...

In 2006 Berkeley, amidst the throes of first love, queer teens Nina and Jay grapple with understanding Jay's uncharted trans identity. Nina's...

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.

Life is not easy for anyone and the money is getting shorter for Antonia, who is unemployed. But she doesn't lose her sense of humor even when she...

Wendy Day is a young woman struggling to find her place in a world that has always felt slightly out of step. When a string of brutal murders shakes...

After his wife's death, Fernando becomes a quiet and introspective man who raises his son, Daniel by himself. Every night, while the boy is sleeping,...

Ben is a young bisexual man. He comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a man of color struggling with deep wounds of...

The world's greatest blue sapphire, the "blue lapis fist", said to have sunk in a pirate ship in the late 19th century, on the coasts of Singapore. A...

The second coming is upon us, and Jesus has returned to earth. But before he can get down to the serious business of judging the living and the dead,...

Close friends Alex and Yan Bo, eighth graders, cram for a test in a prestigious prep school. Once they’re accused of cheating off of one...

A bisexual woman struggles to accept her own identity when she looks to a local LGBTQIA+ book club for a sense of belonging.

Max is preparing an architecture and landscape competition for the city of Marseille. He is confident, his project is daring but pioneering. The oral...

A door-to-door salesman of dental appliances encounters beautiful, well-endowed nude women everywhere he goes.

Kelly is an electronic forró singer in search of ascension. She does shows in the backlands of Brazil, but does not have many opportunities....

The story of Brazil’s first emperor, returning to Europe on board the English ship Warspite. The trip makes Pedro conquer his fears and face...

In Brussels, a construction worker crosses paths with a bryologist.

After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.

Haunted by her past, a talented singer with a rising career copes with the pressure of success, a mother's disdain and the voices of doubt within her.