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2) Casino Jack
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Based on the true crime story of the former high-powered lobbyist whose crooked schemes, fraudulent transactions and insatiable appetite for financial gain ultimately landed him behind bars, Casino Jack follows what has been called the biggest scandal to hit Washington since Watergate. It's a sobering story, but this movie tells it with great fun.
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An unsuccessful day trader is desperate when he loses his family's savings. Drawing from the teachings of a self-help guru, he finds that he can manifest his inner voice in the form of a younger version of his wife. With her help, he turns his luck around and is able to build a fortune, but soon discovers that she may have a much darker agenda and will take everything from him, even his life.
4) DarkGame
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A police detective races to save the captives of a dark web game show, where the losers are executed via live broadcast. For the sadistic masked host, this is all part of his master plan to gain ratings.
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A gruesome scene adorns a pier in San Pedro, south of Los Angeles. Twenty-seven dead bodies. A burned-out ship smoldering in the harbor. An FBI agent assesses the carnage and learns of two survivors: one in the hospital, the other a cripple from New York being held in the DA's office. He heads to the hospital in search of answers.
9) Cellphone
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Wynne, who is grieving the death of her fiancé, starts seeing disturbing images on her cell phone about her future. If she doesn't figure them out in time, she will die.
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Between 1972 and 1975, ex-military man Donald Neilson commits a series of violent crimes that terrify locals and baffle law enforcement. Despite his meticulous prior planning, Neilson's reckless armed robbery spree doesn't ever reap him a satisfactory sum. Neilson attempts to hit the jackpot by kidnapping the teenage daughter of a very wealthy family in order to fetch a robust ransom.
11) Reta
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A VA nurse, a veteran herself, entrusted with the safety and care of national heroes that could no longer care for themselves stalks as a self-appointed "Angel of Death".
12) DEMISE
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One lie destroys the lives of many, while one's obsession leads to the demise of a rising star in the fashion world.
14) Stigmata
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A priest from the Vatican is sent to visit a woman who's showing signs of stigmata (the wounds of Christ). The priest comes to find that the lady is truly possessed by something, and when her rants begin to make sense, the man of the cloth starts to question what he's been preaching in this eerie, thought-provoking horror movie.
15) The Package
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In this explosive thriller, Sergeant Johnny Gallagher (Gene Hackman) thinks he's been given a routine assignment: to escort a rebellious American soldier (Tommy Lee Jones) from Europe to the U.S. for a court martial. Gallagher soon learns, however, that the assignment is anything but routine, when he uncovers a terrifying military conspiracy. The clock is ticking down to a historic superpower summit, and Gallagher must stop the deadly plot before...
16) Screwdriver
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Blindsided by divorce, a young woman seeks refuge in the home of an old high school friend and his wife. As their hospitality gives way to surreal manipulation, she falls into a delirious tailspin, grappling with her health and her sanity.
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A moody thriller, "Eye of the Needle" is set during the waning days of World War II and focuses on a ruthless Nazi spy (Donald Sutherland) operating covertly in England. Discovering vital information about the upcoming D-Day invasion, he plots a return to Germany, only to be stranded on an island off the coast of Scotland; there, his icy resolve is disturbed by an unexpected relationship with a woman (Kate Nelligan) living in isolation with her bitter...
18) Mile 19
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While driving to a life-changing business meeting with coworkers, Linda, an ordinary woman, passes a stalled car on the side of the road. She immediately has a premonition that creates an overwhelming feeling that she should help a stranger. So, she reluctantly returns to the vehicle against the advice of her friends. This decision ignites an adventure she will never forget, ultimately changing her life...forever.
19) Shock
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A psychiatrist (Vincent Price) and his nurse treat a veteran's wife who has seen them kill the psychiatrist's wife. She is committed to a private sanitarium by the same psychiatrist she had witnessed commit the murder. Vincent Price has a field day in this enjoyable suspense classic shot in 19 days!
20) Cutter's Way
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Suspected of murdering a teenage girl, Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges), a laidback Santa Barbara boat salesman and gigolo, turns to his best friend, Alex Cutter (John Heard), a disabled Vietnam veteran, for help in finding the real killer. But Bone gets more than he bargained for when, instead of contacting the police, Cutter tries to blackmail their suspect, and their suspect violently turns the tables on them, beginning a cunning game of cat-and-mouse...
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