Paul Schrader
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Directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader based on his original screenplay, Master Gardener follows Narvel Roth, the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate, to pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel's spartan...
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William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk.
4) Taxi driver
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An unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to take violence. While also trying to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. 40 years later and better than ever. Enjoy this special edition.
5) Raging Bull
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Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta. Includes bonus features.
10) Forever mine
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Alan and Ella meet at an exclusive Miami beach resort and begin a passionate affair. When Ella's ruthless husband Mark discovers her betrayal, he takes retribution.
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"Think of three men... an obsessed Jewish businessman (William Fox), a visionary German artist (F.W. Murnau), and an idealistic American Catholic (Frank Borzage). For a few short years their fates were intertwinded and together these three men, the mogul, the artist, and the romantic would change the face of cinema." Includes commentary by film critics and historians with extensive archival film footage.
12) Hard core
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A businessman's daughter is missing in L.A., so he hires a private investigator. She is spotted in a cheap X-Rated movie. The father decides to bring her back personally.
13) Cat people
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Criterion collection volume 833
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A Serbian immigrant living in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
14) Dog eat dog
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A trio of ex-cons, deep in the underbelly of Los Angeles, are hired for a kidnapping. When the abduction goes awry and gets completely out of control, the cons find themselves on the run, vowing to stay out of prison at all costs.
15) American gigolo
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"Julian Kay is on the prowl and looking for someone to please. Boyish and sensual, he speaks five or six languages, and is equally comfortable as a chauffeur for a wealthy middle-aged matron, and as a translator/companion for the lonely wife of an eecutive. He is the American gigolo. But Julian's love-for-sale lifestyle turns deadly when a client is murdered and Julian becomes the prime suspect"--Container.
16) American gigolo
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"Julian Kay is on the prowl and looking for someone to please. Boyish and sensual, he speaks five or six languages, and is equally comfortable as a chauffeur for a wealthy middle-aged matron, and as a translator/companion for the lonely wife of an eecutive. He is the American gigolo. But Julian's love-for-sale lifestyle turns deadly when a client is murdered and Julian becomes the prime suspect."--Container.
17) Raging bull
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This searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
18) Adam resurrected
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A Nazi concentration camp survivor spends the next fifteen years of his life as a patient at a hidden experimental insane asylum, where he uses his magic tricks and comic abilities to stay sane. When he tries to help a young boy also suffering, he is forced to deal with his own pain and healing.
19) The walker
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Washington, D.C. Carter Page is a popular socialite who serves as confidant, companion and card partner to the wives of the most powerful men in America. When Carter's dearest friend finds herself on the brink of a scandal, he covers for her. Suddenly, he finds himself the chief suspect in a criminal investigation and this well-connected man-about-town becomes an outcast, hounded by the police and forced to hunt down the true culprit in order to clear...
20) Affliction
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When events shatter the quiet of his small town, Wade Whitehouse, with the aid of his new girlfriend, is forced to confront his past and reexamine his life.