The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Drama
Accused barn burner and con man Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury
Director: Martin Ritt
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
Comedy | Romance
Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been holed up in a Paris apartment supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. Benson now has just two days to the deadline and thus hires a temporary secretary, Gabrielle Simpson, to help him complete it in time.
Starring: William Holden, Audrey Hepburn
Director: Richard Quine
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Comedy | Sci-Fi
The mad and evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has created an evil little scheme that is bound to give him world global domination but first thing's first. He plans to torment Mike Nelson and the robots by sending them a real stinker of a film to watch called, "This Island Earth." He is convinced that this movie will drive them insane. And since the guys cannot control when the movie begins or ends, they are forced to witness the true horror that is this awful movie that has a lobster creature dressed in slacks. But will this be the ultimate cheese that breaks the boys' spirits? It's up to one test subject's quick wit, sharp sense of humor, and utter intolerance for cinematic garbage to foil the plans of the scientist and to save the Earth.
Starring: Trace Beaulieu, Michael J. Nelson, Jim Mallon
Director: Jim Mallon
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Absence of Malice (1981)
Drama | Romance | Thriller
A prosecutor leaks a false story to a reporter that the nephew of a mob boss is under investigation for murder, hoping to pressure the nephew into turning informant. The reporter has no responsibility for the truth of the story, only for accurately repeating what she's been told.
Starring: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Melinda Dillon, Wilford Brimley
Director: Sydney Pollack
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Doc West (2009)
Western
After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his past is exposed and a battle amongst the town breaks out in gunfire he will have to choose sides, between the outlaws or the law-abiding citizens.
Starring: Terence Hill, Paul Sorvino, Boots Southerland, Clare Carey, Adam Taylor
Director: Giulio Base, Terence Hill
American Psycho (2000)
Crime | Drama
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status, and style, with a stunning fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the film offers a sharp satire to the dark side of yuppie culture in the 80s, while setting forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling.
Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis
Director: Mary Harron
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21 Jump Street (2012)
Action | Comedy | Crime
A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.
Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Dave Franco, Brie Larson, Rob Riggle
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Wanderlust (2012)
Comedy
George and Linda are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George's awful brother in Atlanta. On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things. Money? It can't buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them. Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves?
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Malin Akerman, Justin Theroux, Alan Alda
Director: David Wain
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Mientras Duermes / Sleep Tight (2011)
Horror | Thriller
You wake day after day to the comfort and security of your home. But how safe is it really?
Starring: Marta Etura, Luis Tosar, Alberto San Juan, Carlos Lasarte, Petra Martínez
Director: Jaume Balagueró
Tales of an Ancient Empire / The Sword and the Sorcerer 2 (2010)
Action | Adventure
A princess is on a quest to unite the five greatest warriors to save her kingdom from a demon sorceress.
Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Paré, Whitney Able, Ralf Moeller, Sarah Ann Schultz
Director: Albert Pyun
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Horror | Mystery
In a small town, a wrongfully killed man exacts revenge on those who murdered him from beyond the grave.
Starring: Charles Durning, Larry Drake, Lane Smith, Tonya Crowe
Director: Frank De Felitta
Eagle Eye (2008)
Action | Mystery | Thriller
Two strangers are ripped from their ordinary lives when they are "activated" as part or a high-tech assassination plot. Through blistering chases and shocking twists they try to escape – but where do you go when the enemy is everywhere?
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Notorious (1946)
Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller
At the end of World War II, U.S. military intelligence drafts a beautiful woman with a tainted past to infiltrate a band of nefarious Germans who are in Brazil. She is teamed with Devlin, a dashing but chilly agent with whom she falls deeply in love. In order to have better access to information she agrees to marry the ringleader of the Germans. The marriage touches off an intricate downward spiral of deceit and betrayal, leaving Bergman trapped in the home of an enemy. If her husband ever discovers the truth about her mission, her life will be in mortal danger.
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung / No Sex is No Option (2011)
Comedy
The successful advertiser Tom Moreno (Stephan Luca) knows everything about women. He is particularly well versed in the art of getting the ladies laid and getting rid of them after the third night the latest. Of course he hadn't met Elisa (Marleen Lohse) yet, the new art director of his agency, who – quite to his bewilderment – seems relentlessly unimpressed by Tom's time-tested scam. To make matters worse, with his friends having to deal with their own quite peculiar problems, there doesn't seem to be anybody who could possibly help the lady-killer out of his identity crisis: Vince (Oliver Fleischer) finds his wife in Tom's bed, Luke (Johannes Allmayer) learns from Tom's mother (Corinna Harfouch) – of all people – that no sex isn't the answer either, Paule (Anna Thalbach) falls in love with a suit (Michael Lott) and turns from the classical "buddy" to a seductive femme fatale. On top of that Tom's boss Rolf (Armin Rohde) reveals that the agency stands on the verge of bankruptcy. Hardly surprising that Tom starts to neglect his special "how-to-avoid-relationships" – rules…
Starring: Stephan Luca, Marleen Lohse, Anna Thalbach, Corinna Harfouch, Armin Rohde
Director: Torsten Wacker
The Odessa File / Der Fall Odessa (1974)
Drama | Thriller
After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to inquire into the alleged sighting of a former SS Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually finds himself investigating the shadowy but powerful organization of former SS members known as ODESSA, a subject of great interest to the Israeli secret service.
Starring: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell
Director: Ronald Neame
Mr. Hobbs takes a Vacation (1962)
Comedy | Family
Roger Hobbs is a harried city dweller who longs to take his family to the seashore for a vacation. He and his wife Peggy do get the family to the sand, but new problems develop there, and the vacation turns out to be a mixed blessing.
Starring: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian, John Saxon, Marie Wilson, Reginald Gardiner, Lauri Peters
Director: Henry Koster
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The Geisha Boy (1958)
Comedy
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Sessue Hayakawa, Suzanne Pleshette, Marie McDonald, Nobu McCarthy, Barton MacLane
Director: Frank Tashlin
Hondo (1953)
Action | Drama | Romance | War | Western
Based on the Louis L'Amour story "The Gift of Cochise," this sparkling western has Wayne as a half-Indian Cavalry scout who, with his feral dog companion, finds a young woman and her son living on a isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. A poetic and exciting script, outstanding performances, and breathtaking scenery make this an indisputable classic.
Starring: John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness
Director: John Farrow, John Ford
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Crime | Drama
Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Bill Sadler, Clancy Brown
Director: Frank Darabont
Fight Club (1999)
Drama
The mundane existence of a product liability evaluator and insomniac, who is addicted to self- help groups, is turned upside down when he meets a sado-masochistic anarchist who is secretly plotting to overthrow civilization. As their friendship grows, they become increasingly involved in a secret society of "fight clubs" where men act out their aggressions and violently beat one another to a pulp. In the meantime, the evaluator falls in love with a woman who is also addicted to self-help groups, but is unable to act on his desire for her.
Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Director: David Fincher
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