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Rendition (2007)

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When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Hood
CAST:  Omar Metwally  •  Reese Witherspoon  •  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Moa Khouas

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Hood
CAST:  Omar Metwally  •  Reese Witherspoon  •  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Moa Khouas

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

The Middleman (1976)

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A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Satya Banerjee  •  Pradip Mukherjee  •  Arati Bhattacharya  •  Gautam Chakraborty

A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satyajit Ray
CAST:  Satya Banerjee  •  Pradip Mukherjee  •  Arati Bhattacharya  •  Gautam Chakraborty

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

Innocent Voices (2005)

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A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Mandoki
CAST:  Carlos Padilla  •  Xuna Primus  •  Leonor Varela  •  José María Yázpik

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Mandoki
CAST:  Carlos Padilla  •  Xuna Primus  •  Leonor Varela  •  José María Yázpik

Under Suspicion (2000)

IntenseGrippingDarkSlow burner

A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Hopkins
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Thomas Jane  •  Monica Bellucci

A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Hopkins
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Thomas Jane  •  Monica Bellucci

Black Mass (2015)

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The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Cooper
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Joel Edgerton  •  Kevin Bacon  •  Dakota Johnson

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Cooper
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Joel Edgerton  •  Kevin Bacon  •  Dakota Johnson

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

Chappa Kurishu (2011)

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The film revolves around the lives of two people: Arjun (Fahad Fazil), a wealthy man in the construction business in Kochi who has an affair with his subordinate Sonia (Remya Nambeesan), even though he is preparing to be engaged to his family friend's daughter Ann ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sameer Thahir
CAST:  Vineeth Sreenivasan  •  Fahadh Faasil  •  Roma Asrani  •  Remya Nambeesan

The film revolves around the lives of two people: Arjun (Fahad Fazil), a wealthy man in the construction business in Kochi who has an affair with his subordinate Sonia (Remya Nambeesan), even though he is preparing to be engaged to his family friend's daughter Ann ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sameer Thahir
CAST:  Vineeth Sreenivasan  •  Fahadh Faasil  •  Roma Asrani  •  Remya Nambeesan

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Demme
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  Meryl Streep  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Kimberly Elise

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Demme
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  Meryl Streep  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Kimberly Elise

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

Memory (2022)

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Alex, an assassin-for-hire, finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he is struggling with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Liam Neeson  •  Guy Pearce  •  Taj Atwal  •  Harold Torres

Alex, an assassin-for-hire, finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he is struggling with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Liam Neeson  •  Guy Pearce  •  Taj Atwal  •  Harold Torres

Winter's Bone (2010)

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After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Debra Granik
CAST:  Jennifer Lawrence  •  John Hawkes  •  Kevin Breznahan  •  Dale Dickey

After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Debra Granik
CAST:  Jennifer Lawrence  •  John Hawkes  •  Kevin Breznahan  •  Dale Dickey

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

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A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Jason Clarke  •  Mark Strong  •  Joel Edgerton

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Jason Clarke  •  Mark Strong  •  Joel Edgerton

Just, Melvin: Just Evil (2000)

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A documentary about a man who molested generations of his children and stepchildren.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ronald Whitney
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A documentary about a man who molested generations of his children and stepchildren.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ronald Whitney
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Thanks for Sharing (2013)

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A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon—sex addiction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Blumberg
CAST:  Mark Ruffalo  •  Gwyneth Paltrow  •  Tim Robbins  •  Josh Gad

A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon—sex addiction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Blumberg
CAST:  Mark Ruffalo  •  Gwyneth Paltrow  •  Tim Robbins  •  Josh Gad

Selma (2014)

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"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ava DuVernay
CAST:  David Oyelowo  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Carmen Ejogo  •  André Holland

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ava DuVernay
CAST:  David Oyelowo  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Carmen Ejogo  •  André Holland

Compliance (2012)

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On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Zobel
CAST:  Ann Dowd  •  Dreama Walker  •  Pat Healy  •  Philip Ettinger

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Zobel
CAST:  Ann Dowd  •  Dreama Walker  •  Pat Healy  •  Philip Ettinger

The Hateful Eight (2015)

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Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Tarantino
CAST:  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Bruce Dern  •  Michael Madsen  •  Kurt Russell

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Tarantino
CAST:  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Bruce Dern  •  Michael Madsen  •  Kurt Russell

Ava (2020)

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A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tate Taylor
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Colin Farrell  •  Common  •  Diana Silvers

A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tate Taylor
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Colin Farrell  •  Common  •  Diana Silvers
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