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1) Horizon line
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Former couple Sara and Jackson board a single-engine plane for a routine and casual flight to their friend's tropical island wedding. However, within minutes of takeoff, their pilot suffers a fatal heart attack, leaving them with no idea where they are, and no clue how to land the plane. With nothing but miles of ocean and sky in every direction, and a terrifying storm that's about to envelop them, Sara and Jackson have only one shot, and there's...
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Criterion collection volume 426
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Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Connecticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families. Chronicles a brief period of rapid moral deterioration. Their...
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In October 1991, three raging weather fronts, one of them a powerful hurricane, combined in the North Atlantic to form the greatest storm in recorded history. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Billy Tyne is the sword-fishing boat captain of the Gail who is from Gloucester. Tyne is highly competitive, but has been stung by a string of poor outings. His crew is hardly back in port when he tells them he's going out again, even...
6) Everest
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Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, the film documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle...
7) Frost
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A young woman, Abby, and her estranged father Grant fight to survive after being stranded on a remote mountainside during a winter storm in this gripping thriller from writer James Cullen Bressack and director Brandon Slagle.
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As an unusual drought ravages the Pacific Northwest, two scientists and their team of experts attempt to reverse climate change by releasing thousands of liquid-condensing drones into the atmosphere. Designed to induce precipitation through a delicate balance of hot and cold, the drones suffer a torrential error. Violent, icy windstorms whip through the streets, tossing residents around like rag dolls. To make matters worse, the freezing twisters...
10) Altitude
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After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force.
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When a huge snowstorm leaves everyone stranded, Mickey and all of his guests at the House Of Mouse, including Pooh, Piglet, Belle, Snow White, Ariel and many more of his old and new friends, break out the cookies and hot chocolate to help Donald mend his tattered Christmas spirit. The fun starts when Minnie pulls out their favorite holiday home movies and everyone starts to reminisce. As everybody lifts their voices in joyful song, they realize that...
14) The mousetrap
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A group of strangers stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm suspects a murderer is in their midst. A policman shows up on skis and digs into everyone's backgrounds to gain clues as to whom might fit the profile of a murderer or murderess.
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"Midsommar": A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
"The farewell": A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.
"The lighthouse": Two lighthouse keepers...
18) Life on the line
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As a huge electrical storm sweeps towards Texas, lineman Beau is haunted by memories of his brother's death by lightning years earlier. Bailey, the niece Beau helped raise, has a secret she needs to share with her boyfriend, Duncan. But he and Beau's brave team are racing to replace miles of power cables before the tempest strikes.
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Storm of the century: When a murder shakes the island of Little Tall, the local constable must stop the evil that is growing as quickly as the snowstorm.
The shadows: Stranded on a remote island when their boat crashes, five friends seek refuge in a rickety lighthouse. Then a strange woman arrives, rambling a frightening warning about a nightmare outside.
Sheltered: On the eve of a massive storm, a group of vacationers takes refuge at a house, but...