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1) 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...
2) Blow Out
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John Travolta ("Get Shorty") gives an outstanding performance as a B-movie sound-effects editor who inadvertently records the car crash of a presidential hopeful. But the more he listens to his recording, the more he come to believe that the "accident" was hardly that, but, rather, an act of political assassination. With the help of an eyewitness (Nancy Allen, "RoboCop"), Travolta attempts to unravel the web that has been unwittingly spun around him...
3) 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...
4) The Hot Spot
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A lowlife drifter who sells used cars in a Texas burg robs the local bank and gets involved with two women: one bad, one innocent. Based on Charles Williams' 1952 novel "Hell Hath No Fury."
5) Hannibal
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Based on the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris, HANNIBAL continues the story begun in Silence of the Lambs. Seven years have passed since Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) escaped from custody, seven years since FBI Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) interviewed him in a maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane. The doctor is now at large in Europe, pursuing his own interests, savoring the scents, the essences of the unguarded...
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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...
7) 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.
8) Original Sin
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In this sexy thriller, wealthy coffee merchant Luis Vargas (Antonio Banderas) only knows his bride-to-be through letters of love. He finally meets Julia (Angelina Jolie) on their wedding day and is left breathless by her beauty. But behind that bewitching facade lies a crafty mind. When he finds his business in ruins and his new wife on the run, Luis begins a desperate search for the woman who not only stole his money, but also his heart...and he'll...
9) No Way Out
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In a fit of rage, Secretary of Defense David Brice (Gene Hackman) murders his mistress (Sean Young). To keep a lid on the scandal, Brice's loyal aide (Will Patton) creates the perfect cover-up: he "invents" a more enticing killer - a Russian spy - and then enlists Naval Commander Tom Farrell (Costner) to find him. But as a chilling twist of fate would have it, Farrell also has a strong connection to the victim... and now all the clues he's been hired...
10) Wicker Park
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Intricately stepping back and forth in time and revealing the story from each character's perspective. Wicker Park is an intense psychological drama about a man caught in an obsessive search for a woman he fell deeply in love with - a woman who then vanished without a trace.
11) Running Scared
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Peter Hyams ("Busting") directs Gregory Hines ("A Rage in Harlem") and Billy Crystal ("City Slickers") in the motion picture that asks the question, "How come the bad guys always drive the good cars?" The answer has them Running Scared in this lightning-paced comic thriller. Ray and Danny are the wild men of the Windy City's police force. The pair's unorthodox methods get results in a tough town - until they come up against Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits,...
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Tim Matheson stars as the troubled Jim Norman who moves back to his hometown with his wife Sally (Brooke Adams) and son (Robert Hy Gorman) after accepting a teaching job at the local high school. But the town holds dark memories for Jim who moved away years earlier following the murder of his brother, Wayne (Chris Demetral). The young men responsible for the murder met with their own horrific deaths and now those restless spirits have come back for...
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While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), a black Philadelphian homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigation of a prominent businessman. Finding the killer, however, proves difficult when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the bigoted town sheriff (Rod Steiger). But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race...
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Screen legends Tyrone Power ("The Razor's Edge"), Marlene Dietrich ("Judgment at Nuremberg") and Charles Laughton ("The Night of the Hunter") star in this "brilliantly made courtroom drama" (Film Daily) that left audiences reeling from its surprise twists and shocking climax. Directed by Billy Wilder ("Avanti!"), scripted by Wilder and Harry Kurnitz ("One Touch of Venus"), and based on Agatha Christie's hit London play, this splendid, one-of-a-kind...
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Young Dr. Kildare presses his mentor, Dr. Gillespie, to go on a much-needed vacation while he takes a case caring for the daughter of a Wall Street tycoon. Kildare pretends to be a friend of the family to examine Nancy and learns she has blinding headaches. After the housekeeper confides that Nancy she has a tumor like the one that killed her mother, Kildare struggles to make a proper diagnosis.
18) Dark Blue
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When the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad (SIS) is assigned a high-profile quadruple homicide, veteran detective Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell) takes the case. Known for his tough street tactics and a fiery temper, Eldon also tutors rookie Bobby Keough (Scott Speedman) in the grim realities of police intimidation and corruption. While navigating the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L.A., Perry and Keough must track down the cold-blooded...
19) Kalifornia
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Tense, chilling, psychodrama and darkly comic road movie. Graduate student and his girlfriend set out on a cross-country roadtrip to research a book they are writing on serial killers. Along the way, they pick up an ex-con and his girlfriend who will take them on a ride they'll never forget.
20) House Of Games
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An uptight female psychiatrist (and best-selling author) attempts to intercede with a con man on behalf of one of her patients, a compulsive gambler who owes him several thousand dollars. She is sucked into a world of mirrors where nothing is what it seems...
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