Robert Zemeckis
41) Forrest Gump
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English
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Tells the story of a good-natured man with a low IQ who personally experiences important events in American history and continues to love, albeit unreciprocated, his childhood sweetheart Jenny.
43) The witches
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English
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The darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world₂s Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe,...
44) Trespass
Series
Shout select volume 24
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English
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When two firefighters looking through the rubble of a fire discover a map leading to stolen gold, they set out to find the treasure in an abandoned apartment building occupied by a vicious gang.
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English
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In 1947 Hollywood Eddie Valiant is a down-on-his-luck detective who is hired to find out if Marvin Acme is playing hanky-panky with Jessica Rabbit, wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar Roger Rabbit. When Acme is found murdered all fingers point to Roger who enlists Eddie's help to find the real killer.
47) House of wax
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English
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When their car breaks down on the way to a college football game, six friends become sidetracked and set foot into an eerie backwoods town. Curiosity gets the better of them when they are intrigued by its macabre 'House of Wax'. They soon find out that the town is not what it seems and they must find their way out before they fall victim to its ghoulishly inventive killers.
48) Gothika
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English
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Dr. Miranda Grey is a clinical psychologist who works alongside her husband, Doug, in the mental ward of a top security prison, where Miranda has been devoting much of her attention to a clever but deeply disturbed murderer named Chloe. One night, Miranda has a hideous nightmare in which a chance meeting with a strange young girl. Once she wakes, however, Miranda discovers that the real horror has just begun.
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In 1947 Hollywood Eddie Valiant is a down-on-his-luck detective who is hired to find out if Marvin Acme is playing hanky-panky with Jessica Rabbit, wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar Roger Rabbit. When Acme is found murdered all fingers point to Roger who enlists Eddie's help to find the real killer.
51) Ghost ship
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English
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Salvagers discover the Antonia Graza, an Italian luxury liner with a dark secret. The passenger ship has been missing since 1962, floating adrift on the Bering Sea, the salvagers claim the vessel as their own. But the Antonia Graza in not uninhabited. Once towing of the ghost ship towards harbor has begun, a series of bizarre ocurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
52) 1941
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English
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"Set in Los Angeles just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, fear of a Japanese invasion threw the city into a state of pandemonium. Screwball characters run wild on Hollywood Boulevard as manic servicemen, zealous store owners, teary-eyed girls and bickering Nazis are thrown together"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 967
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English
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"On February 9, 1964, the Beatles made their first live appearance on American television on The Ed Sullivan Show, ratcheting up the frenzy of a fan base whose ecstatic devotion to the band heralded an explosive new wave of youth culture. I Wanna Hold Your Hand looks back to that fateful weekend, following six New Jersey teenagers, each with different reasons for wanting to see the Fab Four, on a madcap mission to Manhattan to meet the band and score...
57) Bah, humbug!
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English
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Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an old miser is re-imagined by cinematic visionary Robert Zemeckis.
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English
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For one doubting boy, an astonishing event is about to occur. Late on Christmas Eve night, he lies in bed hoping to hear the sound of reindeer bells from Santa's sleigh. Instead of bells and to his surprise, a steam engine's roar and whistle can be heard outside his window. The conductor invites him on board to take an extraordinary journey to the North Pole with many other pajama-clad children. There, he receives an extraordinary gift that only those...