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Woodshock

Drama
<p>Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug.</p>
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Woodsman, The

Drama
<p>After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he&apos;s a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.</p>
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Woodstock

Documentary, Music
<p>In August 1969, 500,000 people gathered at a farm in upstate New York. What happened there was far more than just a concert. Woodstock tells the story of a legendary event that defined a generation through the voices of those who were there.</p><p>In August 1969-against a backdrop of a nation in conflict over sexual politics, civil rights, and the Vietnam War-half a million people converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York to hear the concert of a lifetime. What they experienced was a moment that would spark a cultural revolution, changing many of them and the country forever. With never-before-seen footage, "WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION" tells the story of the political and social upheaval leading up to those three historic days, as well as the extraordinary events of the concert itself, when near disaster put the ideals of the counterculture to the test. What took place in that teaming mass of humanity - the rain-soaked, starving, tripping, half-a-million strong throng of young people - was nothing less than a miracle of unity, a manifestation of the "peace and love" the festival had touted, and a validation of the counterculture's promise to the world. Who were these kids? What experiences and stories did they carry with them to Bethel, New York that weekend, and how were they changed by their time in the muck and mire of Max Yasgur's farm? Directed by award-winning filmmaker Barak Goodman and written by Goodman and Don Kleszy, WOODSTOCK takes us back to the three days that defined a generation.</p>
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Woodstock or Bust

Drama
<p>The Summer of love. 1969. Hippies... free love... the draft... drugs... violence in the streets... Vietnam. The Woodstock Music Festival was a beacon for a generation looking for a world of peace, love and music. For two seventeenyear-old singer/songwriters from the West Coast, Lorian (Willow Shields) and Meryl (Meg Delacy), it's the once-in-a-lifetime dream to travel cross-country and perform at the festival. Defying the odds, their parents, sometimes their own better judgement... and hooking up with an eclectic cast of characters, they make a road-trip of self discovery. Along the way they find their own three days of mind-expanding, life-changing love, music and friendship.</p>
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Woodstockers

Comedy
<p>When his marriage collapses and his best friend dies, an aging hippie who went to Woodstock in 1969 and never left must finally reckon with a life shaped by peace, love, and too much weed.</p>
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Woodwalkers

Humans who can shapeshift into animals struggle to integrate with others without revealing their special abilities. As a group, they strive to inform and institute change in the perspective of deforestation and the importance of natural habitats. However, when that cannot happen, they're forced to take matters into their own hands.
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Woodwalkers 2

For shapeshifter Carag and his friends Brandon, Holly, and Lou, a new school year begins at Clearwater High. But first, the Woodwalker Council must decide whether Carag's mentor and patron of the school, Andrew Milling, is guilty of attacking humans. Carag is in a dilemma: he wants to put a stop to Milling's actions, but Milling promises to take him to his true puma family if he covers for him before the council.
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Woody Guthrie and the Ghost of Tom Joad Today

Musical
<p>Narrated by Rosanne Cash and featuring music from Bruce Springsteen, this timely film connects the paths of two American icons&#8212;songwriter Woody Guthrie (who penned &quot;This Land is Your Land&quot;) and novelist John Steinbeck (who wrote &quot;The Grapes of Wrath&quot;)&#8212;as they forged a bond in a campaign to ease the suffering of migrants in California, and their legacy today.</p>
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Woody Woodpecker

Animation, Family, Comedy
<p>Woody Woodpecker enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip.</p>
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Wool

Sci-Fi
<p>Based on Hugh Howey's book, a high-concept novel set in a stark future; the air outside is no longer breathable, so the last community on Earth lives underground in an enormous silo. Survival is everything, and some will do anything to ensure it. The upcoming Shift Trilogy is a prequel to the story of Wool.</p>
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Wooley Faces

Drama, Comedy
<p>It is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in West Belfast in 1981 with a mother struggling to keep three unruly teenagers on the straight and narrow while her feckless husband serves time for stealing a milk van.</p>
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WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA - THE VI$UAL ALBUM

Musical
<p>In the neon-drenched, hyper-saturated landscape of modern fame, a young pop star's meticulously constructed persona begins to fracture. WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA - THE VI$UAL ALBUM is a pulsating cinematic experience that follows the journey of an artist navigating the immense pressures of stardom, public scrutiny, and personal identity. As she prepares to release a career-defining album, the lines between her on-stage character and her private self dangerously blur, forcing her to confront the emptiness behind the glittering facade.</p> <p>This visually arresting film unfolds as a series of interconnected music videos, each chapter peeling back a layer of her psyche. The narrative weaves through themes of isolation, the commodification of art, and the desperate search for authenticity in a world that sells rebellion. With a tone that shifts from euphoric to claustrophobic, the movie creates a hypnotic atmosphere that is part concert film, part psychological drama. It invites viewers into a high-stakes world where every emotion is amplified, every mistake is public, and the quest for self becomes the most perilous performance of all.</p>
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Wordplay

Documentary
<p>"Wordplay" starts the story of the New York Times crossword puzzle, and the current and historical creative forces behind it. But as it dances across the story, filling it in as one of its devotees might across the puzzles, it reveals an entire amazing world behind its practice, creation, and history, from the annual crossword convention in Stamford to the breadth of individuals who enjoy it daily.</p>
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Words and Pictures

Drama, Comedy, Romance
<p>Prep school English teacher Jack Marcus (Clive Owen) laments his students' obsession with social media and good grades - as opposed to rigorous engagement with language. A one-time literary star, Jack has not published in years. He's let the school's literary magazine fall into ruin. He's estranged from his son. In short, Jack has much to despair of, and when Jack despairs, Jack drinks. A lot. Jack's drunken behaviour has been bad enough to have him banned from a local upscale pub.</p><p>Dina Delsanto (Juliette Binoche) is an abstract painter. Like Jack, she was once celebrated for her art, but the onset of arthritis has made the physical act of painting too painful to bear. Jack finds Dina attractive but icy; he flirts with and provokes her with equal relish.</p><p>With a performance review looming and his job on the line, Jack comes upon an inspired method of galvanizing student interest in their studies: he declares a war between words and pictures, confident that the former can convey greater meaning than the latter. Dina accepts Jack's challenge and the battles begin. But, before they even know it, their hearts have also entered the fray.</p>
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Words From The Void

Drama
<p>A young man has to grapple with an intense moral dilemma.</p>
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Words on Bathroom Walls

Drama
<p>Based on Julia Walton's novel of the same name, "Words on Bathroom Walls" tells the story of witty and introspective Adam (Charlie Plummer), who appears to be your typical young adult -- a little unkempt with raging hormones and excited about a future pursuing his dream of becoming a chef. </p><p>Expelled halfway through his senior year following an incident in chemistry class, Adam is diagnosed with a mental illness. Sent to a Catholic academy to finish out his term, Adam has little hope of fitting in and just wants to keep his illness secret until he can enroll in culinary school. But when he meets outspoken and fiercely intelligent Maya (Taylor Russell), there is an instant soulful and comforting connection. As their romance deepens, she inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition. </p><p>Now, with the love and support of his girlfriend and family, Adam is hopeful for the very first time that he can see the light and triumph over the challenges that lie ahead.</p>
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Words, The

Drama, Thriller
<p>The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There&apos;s only one catch - he didn&apos;t write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man&apos;s work, and for placing ambition and success above life&apos;s most fundamental three words.</p>
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Work and the Glory III: A House Divided, The

Drama
<p>Joshua Steed returns to Missouri a wealthy man with a beautiful wife; however, the past has a way of catching up. Soon Joshua is tangled in a web of rumors, deception and betrayal that threatens to tear his family apart. Back in Kirtland, financial trouble riddles the foundations of the fledgling Church causing a division, and questioning of the Prophet Joseph Smith&apos;s divine calling. Has he lost his prophetic gift? Hundreds of Saints immigrate to Missouri, where Governor Boggs raises an army - with Joshua at its head - to address the &quot;Mormon Problem.&quot; When the militia receives orders to attack the Mormon settlement, only Joshua can save his family from the gathering mob.</p>
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Work It

Drama, Comedy, Music
<p>A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father&apos;s alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions.</p>
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Work, The

Documentary
<p>Set inside a single room in Folsom Prison, The Work follows three men from outside as they participate in a four-day group therapy retreat with level-four convicts. Over the four days, each man in the room takes his turn at delving deep into his past. The raw and revealing process that the incarcerated men undertake exceeds the expectations of the free men, ripping them out of their comfort zones and forcing them to see themselves and the prisoners in unexpected ways.</p>
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Worker, The

Action, Thriller
<p>A Mexican special ops agent (Pena) working to take down the drug cartels who is forced to leave the country and enter a protection program in Los Angeles with his family. He works as a day laborer content with the knowledge that his wife and son are safe.</p><p>But the cartels have long arms and when his wife and son are kidnapped, his unique set of skills come in handy as he seeks revenge.</p>
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Working Man, A

Action,Thriller
<p>Levon Cade has left his profession behind him to go 'straight' and work in construction. He wants to live a simple life and be a good father to his daughter. But when his boss's teenage daughter Jenny vanishes, he's called upon to re-employ the skills that made him a legendary figure in the shadowy world of black ops. His hunt for the missing college student takes him deep into the heart of a sinister criminal conspiracy creating a chain reaction that will threaten his new way of life.</p>
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World Beyond: Ground Zero

Action
<p>In a harsh, lawless world where trust is rare and survival comes at a cost.</p>
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World Made Straight, The

Drama, Thriller
<p>In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.</p>
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World of Kanako, The

Drama, Crime
<p>An uncompromising revenge thriller of operatic scope, "The World of Kanako" is a non-stop visual and emotional assault to the senses as it follows troubled ex-detective Akikazu (Koji Yakusho, 13 Assassins, Babel) on the hunt for his missing teenage daughter, Kanako. What he discovers in his search is an unsettling and harrowing web of depravity-surrounding both Kanako and himself. As Akizaku stumbles along a shocking trail of drugs, sex and violence, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the revelations that affect all he holds dear.</p><p>Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima (Confessions, Japan's submission for the Academy's best foreign language film in 2011), The World of Kanako is an astonishing tour de force of mystery, beauty and boundary-pushing violence. A wildly kinetic and startlingly venomous throwback to the best that Asian extreme cinema has to offer, The World of Kanako offers a trip right up to the edge of a man's private hell-and over it.</p>
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World to Come, The

Drama,Romance
<p>In this powerful 19th century romance set in the American Northeast, Abigail (Katherine Waterston), a farmer's wife, and her new neighbor Tallie (Vanessa Kirby) find themselves irrevocably drawn to each other. A grieving Abigail tends to her withdrawn husband Dyer (Casey Affleck) as free-spirit Tallie bristles at the jealous control of her husband Finney (Christopher Abbott), when together their intimacy begins to fill a void in each other's lives they never knew existed. </p><p>Directed by Mona Fastvold and scripted by Jim Shepard and Ron Hansen, "The World to Come" explores how isolation is overcome by the intensity of human connection.</p>
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World Trade Center

Drama, Thriller
<p>Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.</p>
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World War X

Action
<p>Story's centered on a man recruited by a team of government agents to stop a terrorist from the future who is using time travel to reshape history.</p>
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World War Z

Action, Comedy, Drama
<p>Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.</p>
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World War Z 2

Thriller, Action, Horror
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World Without You, The

Drama
<p>Based on the acclaimed novel by Joshua Henkin, "The World Without You" deals with a grieving family that gathers on the Fourth of July weekend to honor the memory of their journalist son, Leo Frankel, who was killed in Iraq the previous year. They are confronted with old hurts as well as many dark secrets that threaten to tear the fragile threads barely holding the family together. Leo's mother, Marilyn, entrenched in grief, drops a bombshell when she announces she's leaving her husband, David, who has moved on from his mourning and still holds a grudge against Leo for his decision to go to Iraq and leave his wife and toddler behind. Marilyn's desire to find what actually happened to Leo has become an obsession with her risking everything to find the truth. Meanwhile, Leo's widow, Thisbe, hasn't come to terms with how falling in love with a new man will change her dynamic with the family, and she struggles with how best to let them know without causing further despair. Clarissa, the ...</p>
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World's End, The

Sci-Fi, Comedy
<p>In The World's End, 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub - The World's End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realise the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind's. Reaching The World's End is the least of their worries.</p>
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World's Fastest Indian, The

Adventure, Drama
<p>The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle&#8212;a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah&apos;s Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.</p>
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World's Greatest Dad

Comedy
<p>A thoughtful but outrageous comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, "World's Greatest Dad" is a story about a man that learns the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone. Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a man who has learned to settle. He dreamed of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as a high school poetry teacher. His only son Kyle (Daryl Sabara) is an insufferable jackass who won't give his father the time of day. He is dating Claire, the school's adorable art teacher, but she doesn't want to get serious - or even acknowledge publicly that they are dating. Then, in the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of all the fame, fortune and popularity he ever dreamed of, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.</p>
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Worldbreaker

Sci-Fi
<p>Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.</p>
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Worlds Beyond Her Hours

Mystery
<p>After being abandoned by her friends in the silent stacks of a library, a lonely teenager follows a letter to a broken clock that shatters her world. Thrust into a series of haunting alternate timelines, she must navigate a fractured multiverse to find her way back to the imperfect life she once hated&#8212;realizing too late that the reality she resented was the only place she belonged.</p>
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Worm Hands

Horror
<p>A young man realizes that his friend has abnormally long fingers.</p>
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Worm Hunger

Horror
<p>A young gay man&apos;s fantasy of a jock he is infatuated with devolves into a blood-soaked nightmare when his repressed desires manifest as a horrific act of violence.</p>
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Wormtown

One year into a plague of flesh-eating, mind-altering worms, the nocturnal town of Ashland, Ohio, has embraced the parasites’ rule. Under cult-like Mayor Joshua, zealous Ranchers spread their gospel—by persuasion or by force. A trio of uninfected women cling to survival through scavenging, extreme hygiene, and evasion. But everyone breaks eventually, unleashing betrayal, sacrilege, and body horror.
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Worry Bird

<p>A friend comes over after a breakup, but things are not as they seem.</p>
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Worship Him

Drama
<p>A woman finds herself stuck between pleasure and the force of God.</p>
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