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Brubaker (1980)

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The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Alexander  •  Morgan Freeman

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Alexander  •  Morgan Freeman

John Day (2013)

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A mysterious death of a young girl unfolds a web of secrets and a conspiracy. The father of the girl, John day, is a simple , honest and god fearing man. Gautam , a nihilistic cop, the key player behind the tragic incident gets embroiled and sucked into the deep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahishor Solomon
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Randeep Hooda  •  Shernaz Patel  •  Sharat Saxena

A mysterious death of a young girl unfolds a web of secrets and a conspiracy. The father of the girl, John day, is a simple , honest and god fearing man. Gautam , a nihilistic cop, the key player behind the tragic incident gets embroiled and sucked into the deep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahishor Solomon
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Randeep Hooda  •  Shernaz Patel  •  Sharat Saxena

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

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When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Ethan Hawke  •  Albert Finney  •  Marisa Tomei

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Ethan Hawke  •  Albert Finney  •  Marisa Tomei

22 Female Kottayam (2012)

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22 Female Kottayam, also known as 22FK, is a 2012 Indian rape and revenge film directed by Aashiq Abu and starring Rima Kallingal and Fahad Fazil in the lead roles. The film deals with the travails of a nurse who was victimised for no fault of hers and who takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aashiq Abu
CAST:  Rima Kallingal  •  Fahadh Faasil  •  Prathap Pothan  •  Riya Saira

22 Female Kottayam, also known as 22FK, is a 2012 Indian rape and revenge film directed by Aashiq Abu and starring Rima Kallingal and Fahad Fazil in the lead roles. The film deals with the travails of a nurse who was victimised for no fault of hers and who takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aashiq Abu
CAST:  Rima Kallingal  •  Fahadh Faasil  •  Prathap Pothan  •  Riya Saira

Don't Breathe 2 (2021)

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The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodo Sayagues
CAST:  Stephen Lang  •  Bobby Schofield  •  Rocci Williams  •  Adam Young

The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodo Sayagues
CAST:  Stephen Lang  •  Bobby Schofield  •  Rocci Williams  •  Adam Young

Dysphoria

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A young couple spend their last weekend with their 3-year-old daughter in their isolated country house before they are to sell it, when they are attacked by a random psychotic woman and they have to fight for their survival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imanol Ortiz López
CAST:  Najwa Nimri  •  Alba García

A young couple spend their last weekend with their 3-year-old daughter in their isolated country house before they are to sell it, when they are attacked by a random psychotic woman and they have to fight for their survival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Imanol Ortiz López
CAST:  Najwa Nimri  •  Alba García

Continuance (2021)

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A competent lawyer is infatuated with his young caretaker and becomes consumed with desire and obsession after losing touch with reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Olmos
CAST:  Tony Gorodeckas  •  Noor Razooky  •  Teresa Suarez Grosso  •  Brian Patrick Butler

A competent lawyer is infatuated with his young caretaker and becomes consumed with desire and obsession after losing touch with reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Olmos
CAST:  Tony Gorodeckas  •  Noor Razooky  •  Teresa Suarez Grosso  •  Brian Patrick Butler

The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)

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A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it. The Marines barely hold off the VC (Viet Cong), but in the end, hold the base.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Trenchard-Smith
CAST:  R. Lee Ermey  •  Mark Neely  •  Gary Hershberger  •  Margaret Gerard

A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it. The Marines barely hold off the VC (Viet Cong), but in the end, hold the base.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Trenchard-Smith
CAST:  R. Lee Ermey  •  Mark Neely  •  Gary Hershberger  •  Margaret Gerard

Jacob the Liar (1975)

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A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Beyer
CAST:  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Henry Hübchen  •  Blanche Kommerell

A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Beyer
CAST:  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Erwin Geschonneck  •  Henry Hübchen  •  Blanche Kommerell

A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

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Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Frank
CAST:  Liam Neeson  •  Dan Stevens  •  Boyd Holbrook  •  Marina Squerciati

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Frank
CAST:  Liam Neeson  •  Dan Stevens  •  Boyd Holbrook  •  Marina Squerciati

Desiring Julia (1986)

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A young man falls in love with extra-liberated Giulia. Their relationship becomes very passionate, but Giulia has no limits in her sexual fantasies and games. Poor guy, will soon discover he'll have to pay a price for Giulia. He'll have to put up with all her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Barzini
CAST:  Serena Grandi  •  Johan Leysen  •  Valeria D'Obici  •  Sergio Rubini

A young man falls in love with extra-liberated Giulia. Their relationship becomes very passionate, but Giulia has no limits in her sexual fantasies and games. Poor guy, will soon discover he'll have to pay a price for Giulia. He'll have to put up with all her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Barzini
CAST:  Serena Grandi  •  Johan Leysen  •  Valeria D'Obici  •  Sergio Rubini

The Call (2013)

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Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Anderson
CAST:  Halle Berry  •  Abigail Breslin  •  Morris Chestnut  •  Michael Imperioli

Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brad Anderson
CAST:  Halle Berry  •  Abigail Breslin  •  Morris Chestnut  •  Michael Imperioli

The Evil Dead (1981)

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Five vacationing college students unwittingly resurrect demonic spirits through the Book of the Dead. Now there is no escape. The guilty must be punished.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Raimi
CAST:  Bruce Campbell  •  Ellen Sandweiss  •  Richard DeManincor  •  Betsy Baker

Five vacationing college students unwittingly resurrect demonic spirits through the Book of the Dead. Now there is no escape. The guilty must be punished.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Raimi
CAST:  Bruce Campbell  •  Ellen Sandweiss  •  Richard DeManincor  •  Betsy Baker

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the murderous zombies surround the house, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George A. Romero
CAST:  Duane Jones  •  Judith O'Dea  •  Karl Hardman  •  Marilyn Eastman

A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the murderous zombies surround the house, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George A. Romero
CAST:  Duane Jones  •  Judith O'Dea  •  Karl Hardman  •  Marilyn Eastman

Unforgiven (1992)

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William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Gene Hackman  •  Richard Harris  •  Jaimz Woolvett

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Gene Hackman  •  Richard Harris  •  Jaimz Woolvett

New Nightmare (1994)

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A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Heather Langenkamp  •  Robert Englund  •  Miko Hughes  •  Wes Craven

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Heather Langenkamp  •  Robert Englund  •  Miko Hughes  •  Wes Craven

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  William Holden  •  Gloria Swanson  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Nancy Olson

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  William Holden  •  Gloria Swanson  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Nancy Olson

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Marlon Brando  •  Kim Hunter  •  Karl Malden

A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Marlon Brando  •  Kim Hunter  •  Karl Malden

Barton Fink (1991)

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A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  John Turturro  •  John Goodman  •  Judy Davis  •  Michael Lerner

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  John Turturro  •  John Goodman  •  Judy Davis  •  Michael Lerner

Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

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Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Chelsom
CAST:  Simon Pegg  •  Rosamund Pike  •  Toni Collette  •  Tracy-Ann Oberman

Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Chelsom
CAST:  Simon Pegg  •  Rosamund Pike  •  Toni Collette  •  Tracy-Ann Oberman
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