The best Mary Apick’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Mary Apick’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Mary Apick.
The Right Stuff
7.8/10
A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper.
Horse Girl
6/10
A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.
Cries of the Unborn
1.4/10
When three young, pregnant women are held against their will, a jury must examine just how far they would go to save a life.
Samir
8.8/10
A young American real estate agent of Middle Eastern descent is framed by his co-workers in the wake of the September 11 attacks and sent to prison at Guantanamo Bay. Thirteen years later, he returns to Los Angeles under a false identity to exact revenge.
Price for Freedom
5/10
“Price For Freedom” is based on the book written in 2013 by prominent NYC dental implant surgeon Dr. Marc Benhuri. It is a chilling account of how members of his family were terrorized, tortured, and murdered in Iran when Ayatollah Khomeni seized power in 1979.
The Pursuit
An Armenian-American woman struggling with cultural and familial pressures tries to live her truth and do right by her daughter.
Dash Akol
7.1/10
Dash Akol is greatly respected in Shiraz as an honorable man who has lost his family's money through helping his friends. He has an enemy, however, named Kaka Rostam, a mean and spiteful person. Dash Akol, who is in his forties, falls in love with Marjan, daughter of the late Haji Samad, for whose estate he is the executor. But he keeps his love secret. One day a suitor asks for Marjan's hand, and Dash Akol considers it against his code of honor to refuse. On the night of the wedding, Dash Akol hands over responsibility for the family to the bridegroom. As he is leaving the house, however, Kaka Rostam is waiting for him and a fight ensues. Kaka Rostam stabs him in the back, but Dash Akol succeeds in killing him. On his deathbed, Dash Akol sends his parrot to Marjan with the confession of love he has taught it.
Madaran
8.8/10
An Iranian mother must decide whether to end or spare the life of her son's killer.
Monday Nights at Seven
6/10
Monday Nights At Seven is a love story about a single father, Lazo Saroby, who is struggling unsuccessfully to let go of his past. Then he meets Isabel, a young woman who is also facing the consequences of her own life choices. As feelings for Isabel expose the lie Lazo is living, he is forced to get real with himself, as painful as it might be. Facing the truth is Lazo's ultimate battle, but it's the only way he stands a chance of ever being free.
Roya
Roya, a traditional Iranian-American mother, freaks out when her daughter dyes her hair blue right before an engagement party.
Dead End
7.2/10
A young woman is living with her mother at the end of a dead-end street. The young woman notices that a man standing in the street stares into her room every day. After a while, she gets used to his presence and falls in love with him. As the mysterious man slowly enters the girls household and becomes a friend. However the girl finds that the man is a government agent sent to arrest his brother who is a political activist hiding from the government.
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
7.1/10
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries
6.8/10
A satirical comedy about a poor farmer who, while plowing his field, accidentally uncovers an ancient burial chamber loaded with gold artifacts. Realizing that the trove would somehow liberate him from his bumpkin existence, he brings pieces of it to a jeweler in the city.
Mozafar
6.6/10
Goli's mother doesn't let her to marry Mozafar who is a in a poor financial position. In a series of events Mozafar has to overcome his rich opponent, Motahar.
The Cat
7.1/10
A little girl is selling flowers - until her world is enveloped by malevolent darkness. She is forced to run for her life as the world around her is destroyed. This is a parable about life in Iran since the Revolution.A little girl is selling flowers - until her world is enveloped by malevolent darkness. She is forced to run for her life as the world around her is destroyed. This is a parable about life in Iran since the Revolution.A little girl is selling flowers - until her world is enveloped by malevolent darkness. She is forced to run for her life as the world around her is destroyed. This is a parable about life in Iran since the Revolution.
I Am Neda
6.8/10
I Am Neda is the true story of a woman who fearlessly pursues the cause of freedom in defiance of tyranny and oppression.
