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1) Shattered
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After lonely tech millionaire Chris encounters charming, sexy Sky, passion grows between them, and when he's injured, she quickly steps in as his nurse. But Sky's odd behavior makes Chris suspect that she has more sinister intentions, especially when Sky's roommate is found dead from mysterious causes.
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Ambitious young Texan oilman Tim Kelly fails in his bid to secure a desired parcel of land in Argentina for his employer, oil baron George Hastings. When he runs into fellow Hastings employee Duke Ferrel at the racetrack on Pan-America Day, the two hatch a scheme to impress their boss by giving him the prize Argentinian racehorse, Lucero. More importantly, Tim may have just met the girl of his dreams.
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Two multi-millionaire brothers. Both married the women of their dreams, and both Kissel brothers would be found murdered, one in a Hong Kong apartment after being fed a drugged milkshake by his own child, the other stabbed to death in his Greenwich mansion. It's the incredible story of the Kissels, and how their desire for wealth and excess spiraled out of control.
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The story of an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and uniform which had for years been the foundation of his happiness and pride. More than the plight of a single doorman, however, it is a mourful dramatization of the frustration and anguish of the universal working class. -- Based on container summary.
9) Shalimar
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Sir John Locksley, the greatest jewel thief, learns he is dying and decides that his most prized possession, the Shalimar Ruby, should be passed on to a worthy successor. Locksley holds a deadly contest at his island estate for the best jewel thieves.
10) City lights
Series
Criterion collection volume 680
Description
The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive...
11) Clambake
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After trading identities with a penniless water ski instructor, a millionaire matches his speedboat racing skills against his arch-rival to capture the heart of a no-nonsense girl determined to marry rich.
12) The upside
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A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy. From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
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Criterion collection volume 819
Description
Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
16) Dames
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A musical comedy film about an eccentric multimillionaire who hates musicals, his granddaughter who stars in them, and their friends & family members caught in the middle. Includes dances choreographed by Busby Berkeley.
17) Would you rather
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After the tragic death of her parents, Iris is desperate to make ends meet while caring for her terminally ill younger brother. When seemingly philanthropic aristocrat Shepard Lambrick expresses an interest in helping them with untold riches, she finds herself in a group of similarly desperate individuals all looking to make easy money. The guests soon find themselves trapped in Lambricks mansion and forced to play a sadistic game of Would You Rather,...
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