The Playground

Oct 12, 2017

2h 31m

★ 3.7

Overview

A fable of five vastly separate inner-city lives who struggle against their limitations in an interlocking tale assembled by a dark orchestrator.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

SplitWorld Pictures

The Playground Trailers

Cast

Old Homeless Man

Myles Cranford

Grandison

Merrick McCartha

Mr. Vaugn

Shane P. Allen

Joseph

Christopher Salazar

Jill

Ghadir

Hairdresser Coworker

Raye Richards

Playground Girl

Felicity Bryant

Melanie

Marci Krown

Auto Mechanic Clerk

Jennifer Paredes

Salon Patron

Taylor Koster

Karin

Katelyn Katz

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

6.4

Italian for Beginners

Dec 7, 2000

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

5.6

Alice, Darling

Dec 30, 2022

Pushed to the breaking point by Simon, her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Alice becomes an unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends while on vacation. As she rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective, she slowly starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. However, Simon's vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering, and once unleashed, it tests her strength, her courage, and the bonds of deep-rooted friendships.

7.7

Edward Scissorhands

Dec 7, 1990

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

7.3

The Fisher King

Sep 20, 1991

Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

5.5

Locked Up

Jun 20, 2017

When an American teenager gets bullied at her school in Southeast Asia, she fights back--and gets sent to a reform school. But the "school" is more like a prison, and the young teenager must fend off predatory guards and menacing gangs to survive

6.4

Darkman

Aug 24, 1990

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.

3.0

Death She Wrote

Aug 6, 2021

A famous author hires a personal assistant to work out of her home but doesn't realize that the woman is actually a deranged fan who plans on taking over her whole life.

0.0

What Did You Eat Yesterday? New Year's Special 2020

Jan 1, 2020

One day, Shiro's all-time favorite idol Mami Mitsuya suddenly appears right in front of him! Even though this meeting left him excited, his partner Kenji ends up unhappy. Moreover, the appearance of a new partner and Shiro's work situation have led to the relationship between the two changing...

7.0

Love Your Female Neighbor!

Dec 24, 1998

Two young and attractive social workers/nuns bring fresh air into a city missionary station, but are also challenged by lust and money, offered by a millionaire.

7.2

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Sep 2, 1975

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

2.7

Breathtaking

Dec 16, 2000

A beautiful psychiatrist befriends an abused patient, ultimately leading to lust and murder.

6.2

Alma's Rainbow

Jun 23, 1994

The teenage daughter of a Brooklyn beauty-parlor owner blossoms under the influence of her recently-returned show-biz aunt.

5.2

The Housekeeper

Aug 9, 2023

A young housekeeper accepts a promising position at the home of a wealthy family, only to realize that someone may hiding a deadly secret. Not knowing who to trust, she must solve the mystery while avoiding impending deadly consequences.

0.0

Everything's Jake

Sep 25, 2000

A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the streets.

5.4

Meghnadbodh Rohoshyo

Jul 21, 2017

A professor mysteriously vanishes, leaving behind a host of suspects, a shadowy history and a clue: the anonymous birthday gift of a Bengali classic.

6.5

Night Shapes

Aug 12, 1999

The Pope is in town and the night of his stay is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin′s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city.

0.0

Murder Van

Invalid Date

Two women are abducted by a serial killer in a van and must work together to escape before it's too late.