Barbara Hershey
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English
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"Distressed young heiress Norma Restarick comes to see Hercule Poirot about 'a murder she might have committed.' The detective consults an old acquaintance, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, who lives in the same building as the young woman and her two roommates. When Norma's childhood nanny is found dead, apparently by suicide, Poirot believes he has identified the victim. Next he must deduce the killer, while Norma's family fears for her sanity"--Container....
22) The Entity
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English
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The Entity has come for Carla. She doesn't know what it is or why it has chosen her, but she is its victim. The Entity won't kill Carla because it has other things in mind for her.
24) Falling down
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English
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Follows a troubled man, Bill Foster, who has a mental breakdown and embarks upon an increasingly violent crime spree across Los Angeles. A police detective, Sgt. Prendergast, who is working his last day before retiring, is the only one who correctly pieces together the clues. Prendergast races to find and arrest Foster before the dangerous and unpredictable man reaches his destination: his ex-wife and young daughter.
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Criterion collection volume 70
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English
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This fifteen-year labor of love, an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis's landmark novel that imagines an alternate fate for Jesus Christ, features outstanding performances, bold cinematography, and a transcendent score.
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English
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"The haunted Lambert family ... seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. They must rely on familiar allies to exile the demons that follow them and unearth the secret before the evil continues its deadly rampage"--Container.
29) 9 bullets
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English
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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 parents₂ 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.
31) Splitting heirs
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At a wild party during the '60's, baby Thomas Henry Butterfly Rainbow Peace is accidentally "misplaced" by his rich hippie mum and dad. When the wrong baby is claimed, the real heir winds up being raised by a poor Pakistani family, while the "heir apparent" grows up in America with a silver spoon in his mouth. Once Tommy Patel learns that he, not Henry Martin is the true Duke of Bournemouth, he'll do anything to get back what he's lost!
32) Swing kids
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English
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Two friends in Nazi Germany must choose between their individual freedom or loyalty to the murderous Third Reich.
33) Left to die
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English
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Accused of a crime she did not commit. Imprisoned by a corrupt system. The odds are stacked against Sandra Chase when she finds herself behind bars in Ecuador.
34) Boxcar Bertha
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English
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Set in the 1930's, a young homeless woman and an union organizer team up on a crime spree to get revenge from a railroad company. Martin Scorsese's second feature was made for budget-conscious Roger Corman.
35) Tin men
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English
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A fender-bender between two aluminum siding salesmen turns into a vendetta.
36) Defenseless
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English
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T.K. Katwuller is a lawyer defending real estate tycoon Steve Seldes against charges of hiring teenage girls to perform in porno films, which is complicated by the fact that he is her lover and the husband of an old friend. When her client is murdered, the apparent victim of a teenager's outraged father, only the engimatic Detective Butell remains tempered enough to expose the truth of the real killer.
37) Daniel Deronda
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English
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Daniel Deronda is sensitive and charming, the illegitimate son of an aristocrat, haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful, vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table, sparks fly. But above all, Gwendolen needs money, and the icy aristrocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is more than happy to provide. As her situation becomes more and more oppressive, she turns to Daniel for help-- only to...
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English
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Tom Thompson is a befuddled college grad whose social life is practically D.O.A, until he's asked to be a pallbearer at the funeral of a classmate he can't remember! Comic chaos follows as Tom fends off the seductive advances of the grieving mother and tries desperately to find the nerve to ask out the beautiful girl of his dreams--who can't remember him!
40) The Public eye
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English
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A brash, 1940's tabloid photographer is led into a shadowy underworld of mob violence, unlikely romance, and dangerous corruption. Based on the life of Weegee.