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Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.
2) Amsterdam
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In the 1930s, three friends--a doctor, a nurse, and a lawyer--reunite and seek to uncover a political conspiracy following the mysterious murder of a retired U.S. general.
4) Red stone
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"A dangerous hitman is tasked with hunting down a teenager who witnessed his older brother's murder at the hands of a ruthless Southern crime lord. The hired gun must track down the boy before either the rival henchmen or the FBI find him first. As the hours tick down, the hitman begins to question his deadly ways and must choose which side he belongs to"--Contianer.
5) Wrong place
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"Frank, a former police chief, finds himself hunted down by a meth kingpin seeking to silence him before he can deliver eyewitness testimony against his family, but finds himself up against more than he bargained for when he threatens to harm Frank's daughter"--Container.
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Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
7) 9 bullets
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"A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after he witnesses his parents' murder. Now on the run from the local crime boss, who happens to be her longtime ex, she makes a desperate attempt to get the boy to safety"--Container.
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As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings...
9) Blaze
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Blaze is the sole witness to a shocking crime. Struggling to make sense of what she saw, she unleashes the wrath of her imaginary dragon.
10) The window
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Tommy habitually tells tall tales and nobody believes him when he witnesses a murder through a tenement window.
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Former tobacco company employee Harry Burton prepares to leave for Washington, D.C. to testify against his former employer in a lawsuit that could deliver a serious blow to the cigarette industry. Harry and his wife say good-bye to their son, Charlie, and dogs, Samson and Hercules, and depart for the airport. Two hired thugs sneak into the house and grab Charlie to force his father into altering his testimony. But, the thugs' plans are quickly thwarted...
12) Narrow margin
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A district attorney struggles to convince an unwilling murder witness to testify against a top-level mob boss. The only escape is a Vancouver-bound train. Will Robert and his witness fall victim to the mob, or can they survive the next 20 hours and live to see the next stop.
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Dale Denton is a lazy court-process clerk and stoner. He likes to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver. His purpose is to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord. He panics and drops his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale goes back to Saul to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to...
14) Connie and Carla
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Connie and Carla are best friends who want to make a name for themselves in the musical theater. One night, Connie and Carla witness a low-level Mafiosi hit. The gals are seen by the shooters, and they hit the road in fear for their lives. Connie and Carla end up in Los Angeles, needing new identities. After watching a drag review, they decide to pose as drag queens. Their act is an immediate hit, and soon they're the toast of L.A.'s gay community....
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As the sole survivor of a massacre at the Boston restaurant where she was a chef, it's no wonder Reece Gilmore wants to escape her life. She hits the road with no destination in mind, desperately wanted to make a clean start. When her car gives out in a Wyoming town, Reece takes a job a the local diner, hoping to earn enough cash to keep moving. But when she meet a young writer named Brody, Reece considers putting the past behind her and settling...
16) Bird on a wire
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Two people forced to surface from the Witness Protection Program are being chased by their old enemies.
17) Breakout
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A pair of criminals hunt down the kids who witnessed them commit murder in the woods. The hunters become the hunted when the kids' father tracks them down in the wilderness.
18) Wrong place
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Frank (Bruce Willis), a former police chief of a small town, finds himself being hunted down by a meth kingpin seeking to silence him before he can deliver eyewitness testimony against his family, but ultimately finds himself up against more than he bargained for when he threatens to harm Frank's daughter (Ashley Greene).
19) Shock
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A young woman goes into a coma after witnessing her neighbor killed. When she finally comes to, she realizes that the psychiatrist treating her is actually the killer.
20) Cat run
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A high-end call girl (Paz Vega) is on the run for her life. With key evidence to the scandalous government cover-up of a shockingly horrific crime, she must rely on two bumbling private detectives to be her unlikely protectors from a deadly combination of the Mob, a corrupt US senator and a ruthlessly sadistic female assassin all of whom will stop at nothing to hide the truth.