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3) Ultrasound
Language
English
Description
After his car breaks down, Glen spends one hell of an odd night with a married couple, setting into motion a chain of events that alter their lives plus those of several random strangers.
Series
Adventures in Odyssey volume 12
Language
English
Description
Connie and Dylan have gotten caught up in a mystery movie and suddenly every visitor to Whit's End looks suspicious to them. There are laughs and chills galore.
5) Scare me
Language
English
Description
"Two strangers, Fred and Fanny, are stuck in their Catskills cabin during a power outage. Looking to pass the time, they decide to tell each other scary stories. But the more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life. As the horrors of reality manifest, Fred confronts his ultimate fear that Fanny may be the better storyteller, forcing him to craft the most horrific tale imaginable and put an end to the competition for...
Language
Korean
Description
A rash of brutal murders sweeps a quiet rural village where a mysterious stranger just appeared. When the investigating officer watches his daughter fall under the same savage spell, he consults a shaman for answers, unknowingly escalating the situation into something far more dangerous.
7) Expired
Language
English
Description
"As Jack works as a hitman, his lonely life is altered by two strangers -- one a club singer, the other a scientist. Jack and the singer fall in love, but as their relationship grows stronger, Jack grows physically weaker, unable to assassinate the targets he seeks, and it doesn't take long for the scientist to discover the shocking reasons behind Jack's deadly affliction"--Container.
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English
Description
Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11. Official Selection at the **Seattle International Film Festival**. *"David Heinz's excellent debut is an ardent plea for togetherness in a divided world. Aided by his leading actors, talented cinematographer, and ear-worm of a soundtrack, Joni and Elliott's journey is a privilege to share." - Chloe Walker, **Film Inquiry***
Language
Français
Description
In this elegant crime drama, a mysterious stranger is a lone passenger disembarking from a train in a sleepy French village. His name is Milan, a criminal intent on knocking over the local bank. Upon his arrival, he is befriended by Manesquier, a retired poetry teacher. Through their unexpected friendship, both men come to realize they have been allowed to look back on their lives complete with dashed hopes and unfulfilled dreams. At the same time,...
Language
Persian
Description
When an engineer and his colleagues from Tehran arrive in a remote village in Iranian Kurdistan, the locals assume they are archaeologists or telecom engineers. Even though they form an ambivalent relationship with the community, the visitors' behavior and keen interest in the health of an ailing old woman appear strange, and their true motives are shrouded in mystery.
11) 9/11
Language
English
Description
When five people find themselves trapped in an elevator after a plane hits the World Trade Center, they work together to try to survive.
12) The strangers
Language
English
Description
A couple staying at an isolated vacation home, returns from a wedding reception. They receive a knock on the door in the middle of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. As the night goes on, the reality of their psychological terror becomes more terrifying than anything both could have imagined. Now, they must go beyond what either of them thought they were capable of in order to survive....
13) Salem's Lot
Language
English
Description
Into the sleepy little hamlet of Salem's Lot comes a stranger who unleashes an insidious evil so devastating it threatens to destroy the entire town and everyone in it. Ben Mears, a young novelist, returns home to Salem's Lot, determined to write a book about the eerie old Marsten House which overlooks the town. It is Mears' conviction that the source of all the trouble is the house itself, which he believes attracts evil to it. With the help of his...
14) Japanese story
Language
English
Description
In a remote Australian desert a geologist and a businessman strike a deal to go on a cross country journey together. As they encounter life or death situations, it is clear that neither of them will ever be the same person they were at the beginning.
Language
Italiano
Description
Giovanna is a young working-class wife and mother, who has no time for the senile elderly man her husband has rescued from the streets. But as she uncovers the stranger's secrets, it unlocks a freedom within her heart she never expected; a freedom that will lead her to the arm of a neighbor she secretly adores, and to fulfillment her husband and family cannot provide.
17) Long way down
Language
English
Description
Four strangers happen to meet on a roof of a building with the intent of committing suicide. They decide to call off their plans for six weeks and form an unconventional, dysfunctional family and friendship.
18) Peaceful warrior
Language
English
Description
Talented college gymnast with Olympic dreams are changed when he meets a mysterious stranger named Socrates who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. The gymnast suffers a serious injury, but with the help of Socrates and an elusive young woman, he discovers that he has much to learn and even more to leave behind before he can become a peaceful warrior and find his destiny.
19) Dead calm
Series
Language
English
Description
A suspense thriller about a husband and wife, recovering from a personal tragedy, who encounter a stranger while cruising their boat in the Pacific and become ensnared in a drama of mystery, high emotions, and extreme danger.