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The story follows a theater actress, Lillian Cooper, whose son dies mysteriously. When the investigating officer rules the cause of death an accidental overdose, Lillian conducts her own investigation which leads her to an unlikely alliance with her son's former drug dealer.
2) The Giant
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Charlotte's first love reappears the same night that a series of killings begin. It becomes clear that her life is at risk in ways she never imagined.
3) Outsiders
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A Black high school student finds himself under suspicion after his classmate's mysterious disappearance.
6) The Walk
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In 1974, a cop confronts fierce social pressure after being assigned to protect black students as they are bused into all-white South Boston High.
8) Body Brokers
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This is the true and untold story of multi-billion-dollar drug and alcohol treatment frauds, where former drug addicts and dealers become millionaires overnight as "body brokers."
11) The Strange Ones
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Mysterious events surround two travelers, presumably brothers, as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.
12) Dark Hearts
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In underground Los Angeles three struggling artists' lives collide when a painter Colson and younger brother meet musical seductress, Fran. Colson begins a passionate and forbidden love affair with Fran while his brother looks on.
13) The Hollow Point
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The Hollow Point is a visceral story, set in the back roads of a border town, about a botched cartel arms deal that leaves several dead and a bag of money missing. An aging retired sheriff with violent tendencies and his young replacement with a dark past must join forces to investigate the source of this deal and protect the residents of the town.
15) No Way Out
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A photographer in Los Angeles heads down a path of revenge and destruction after he falls for a young free-spirited woman.
17) Last the Night
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A teacher on the verge of a breakdown overhears his students making fun of him and concocts a plan to exact revenge by hunting them down in the school after dark.
18) American Skin
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After witnessing his son murdered by a white police officer who goes uncharged, Marine veteran Lincoln 'Linc' Jefferson takes justice into his own hands in a series of events he hopes will finally lead to justice for his son.
19) Burn It All
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When a broken woman returns home to bury her mother, she finds that a violent organ smuggling ring has her mother's body and wants no witnesses. When the men in charge try to extinguish her, they spark an inferno of violence.
20) The Host
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Robert and Vera try to do what's best for the people they love and those they protect. But as the characters struggle to suppress their inner demons, a course of destruction emanates from hidden secrets that can never be escaped.
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