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It's Christmas Day and the Milgram family wake to find a mysterious black substance surrounding their house. Something monumental is clearly happening right outside their door, but what exactly? Descending into terrified arguments, they turn on the television, desperate for any information. On screen a message glows ominously: 'Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions'. As the television exerts an ever more sinister grip, their paranoia escalates...
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Polish
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Wszystko zaczęło się tamtej nocy. W lesie. Cass Anderson nie zatrzymała się, by sprawdzić, czy siedząca w zaparkowanym na leśnej drodze samochodzie kobieta nie potrzebuje pomocy. Teraz nieznajoma nie żyje. Od tamtej feralnej nocy Cass nie może się pozbierać-- regularnie powtarzające się głuche telefony mącą jej spokój, a ona sama czuje, że nieustannie jest obserwowana. Nawet najmniejszy dźwięk przyprawia ją o przyspieszone bicie...
64) Raging bull
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English
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This searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
65) The tenant
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English
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Roman Polanski directs and stars as Trelkovsky, a quiet, timid file clerk increasingly overshadowed with dread and fear after he moves into his new apartment. Adding to his paranoia are the building's other occupants, who do nothing to alleviate his growing obsession with the untimely, tragic fate of the apartment's previous tenant. Is Trelkovsky's dread truly justified or is it simply the result of his seemingly disintegrating mental state?
66) Kochanka
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Polish
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Ben różni się od większości ludzi. Niezdolny, by kontrolować swoje pędzące myśli, z zaangażowaniem oddaje się pasjom i obsesjom, które całkowicie go pochłaniają. Kino, motocykle, ciekawostki z życia prezydenta Stanów Zjednoczonych i Diana Hotchkiss, kobieta, której Ben nigdy nie będzie miał. To właśnie wokół tych rzeczy skupia się jego uwaga Bena. Kiedy Diana zostaje znaleziona martwa na progu swojego apartamentu, nieszczęśliwie...
67) The tenant
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Chronicles a harrowing descent into madness as Mr. Trelkovsky is subsumed into Simone Choule, a suicide victim whose presence still saturates Mr. Trelkovsky's new apartment.
68) Nina wu
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中文(繁體)
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After toiling for years in bit parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. The part, which calls for nudity and explicit sex scenes, is made all the more challenging thanks to the director's unending belittlements. While seemingly on the brink of professional triumph, Nina's psychological resolve begins to crack under the pressure. As she rushes to her childhood home following...
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Español
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"Para Ruth, una madre primeriza que está recuperándose de psicosis posparto, cada día es un reto. Lleva meses escuchando voces que salen de las paredes y sintiendo que no puede fiarse de nadie. Ni siquiera de sí misma. Cuando una noche Ruth oye un grito proveniente de la gasolinera del barrio, asume que se trata de su mente jugándole una mala pasada. La policía ha sido tajante con ella: tiene que dejar de llamarlos. Y su marido, Giles, también...
71) Ministry of fear
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Criterion collection volume 649
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English
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En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections.
72) Raging Bull
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Criterion collection volume 1134
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English
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Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight boxing champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
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Español
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Andrés te aconsejaría que fueras prudente. Te diría que un libro es un objeto mucho más peligroso de lo que parece. Si pasas las hojas demasiado rápido y una de ellas roza la yema de tu dedo, podría provocarte un pequeño corte. No parece muy grave, pero una infección de la herida, nunca descartable, podría derivar incluso en una amputación del metatarso. ¿Y si el libro se te resbalara? No pesa más de trescientos gramos, pero podría caer...
77) Cover-ups & secrets: the complete guide to government conspiracies, manipulations, and deceptions
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"Fake news, alternative facts, outright lies, fears of nuclear war, widespread surveillance of the population, mass shootings, the rise of a totalitarian state and more have led millions of us to distrust the word of government. And with good reason, too. There are countless conspiracy theories in circulation that suggest the world as we see it is not as it really is. Disinformation campaigns try to tell us that up is down and right is wrong.More...
78) Somebody's voice
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English
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Alex Grand is a successful crime novelist until his latest book is condemned for appropriating the experience of victims of abuse. In a bid to rescue his reputation he ghostwrites a memoir of abuse on behalf of a survivor, Carl Batchelor. Carl's account proves to be less than entirely reliable; someone is alive who shouldn't be. As Alex investigates the background of Carl's accusations his grasp of the truth of the book and of his own involvement...
79) Silvers Hollow
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English
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"When a young woman awakens in her childhood hometown with no recollection of how she arrived, she finds a world she doesn't recognize. Forced to navigate a surreal, dream-like landscape where all traces of time have seemingly vanished, she has no choice but to confront her past head-on in order to unlock the secrets of the present. What follows is an odyssey into the darkest depths of the human psyche, as she searches for not only the truth, but...
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You and me: Projecting the message that "crime doesn't pay", a group of ex-cons works in a department store whose owner believes in rehabilitation. It's a romantic crime story, laced with comedy and social commentary.
Ministry of fear: En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi...