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A perfect murder: A wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover, then creates a plan to make him murder his wife.
Murder in the first: A luckless prisoner and an idealistic rookie attorney take on the dehumanizing treatment of inmates at Alcatraz.
Murder by numbers: An unconventional detective engages in an intellectual contest against two gifted high school students who execute a "perfect" murder.
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A dark tale of murderous and unrepentant revenge. The story revolves around Las Vegas middle school science teacher Robinson, whose beloved wife witnesses an execution in the desert and is then targeted for death by the mobster who committed it, notorious Vegas crime lord Jimmy Dolan. Dolan's vast wealth stems from his human trafficking operations, and he succeeds in having Elizabeth killed before she can testify against him. Without a witness to...
3) Nightcrawler
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A pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are...
4) Ghost writer
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A music teacher takes in a boarder, a struggling writer who takes advantage of the teacher's hospitality. When the writer accidentally dies, the teacher steals his novel and passes it off as his own-- until the writer comes back to haunt him.
5) Sea of fear
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A peaceful weekend getaway quickly becomes a nightmare when the boat's navigator vanishes without a trace. One by one the five stranded passengers and captain are brutally murdered.
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"From acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro comes the stunning psychological thriller Nightmare Alley. Taking readers on a captivating journey through the making of the highly anticipated film, The Art and Making of Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley is filled with incisive commentary from the director and his creative team. A behind-the-scenes experience through Guillermo del Toro's eyes: The acclaimed filmmaker and a range of key collaborators...
7) Moonfall
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A mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurdling on a collision course with life, as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler is convinced she has the key to saving us all, but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible...
8) Vanilla sky
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In this steamy, intriguingly complex, psychological thriller the line between reality and fantasy is hopelessly blurred. David tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely disfigured. After he is placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn't remember committing, David's only hope is to delve into the depths of his subconscious mind where the answer to ending his living nightmare lies...
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Sometimes the most shocking truths lie right in front of us, though they remain unseen. Blind college student Sofia returns home after hearing the news of her cousin Eva's suicide and learns of some hidden, dark secrets the family has been keeping. Risking everything, even her own life, Sofia will dare to uncover the hidden truth that drove Eva to her death.
11) Gone
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When her sister disappears, Jill is convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years ago has returned, and she sets out to once again face her abductor.
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To Jill Johnson, it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked. The children were tucked into bed. But then the phone rings and an ominous voice asks, "Have you checked the children?" Locked in with the lights out and curtains drawn, a panicky Jill phones the police, who trace the calls--only to inform her they're coming from inside the house. And as the frightened teenager goes upstairs to check on the children,...
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"The Eye is an intelligence agent whose current assignment is to track Joanna Eris, a woman suspected of blackmailing a senior government official. But the Eye soon learns that Eris is far more than a blackmailer. She is a seductive, shadowy master of disguise who is a frenzied murderer whose rage is as fierce as her beauty. As he follows her, he becomes fascinated with what he sees. Soon his surveillance becomes a deadly obsession. The closer he...
14) Blood and wine
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A wealthy wine dealer has distanced himself from his wife with his philandering and from his son with his negligence. After he steals a diamond necklace with the help of a safecracker partner, things start coming apart.
15) A violent man
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"An unknown MMA fighter, Ty Matthews, beats the undefeated champ at a local gym. Overnight, Ty becomes the underdog champion of the world- with a title fight on the horizon. But when a reporter covering the story is found dead, and his girlfriend is his only alibi, Ty becomes the prime suspect. Forced to fight for his freedom as well as a shot at MMA glory, Ty must use all of his abilities to survive, in and out of the octagon."--Cover.
17) House of wax
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When their car breaks down on the way to a college football game, six friends become sidetracked and set off into an eerie backwoods town. Curiosity gets the better of them when they are intrigued by its macabre "House of Wax." They soon find out that the town is not what it seems and they must find their way out before they fall victim to its ghoulishly inventive killers.
18) Quicksand
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The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual deposits from an offshore bank and meets a down-on-his-luck international film star who has become embroiled in criminal activities.
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Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women prepare for the performance of a lifetime.
20) Baby Jane?
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Two twisted sisters live in their own self-made hell. After Blanche's spine kind of snaps, Baby Jane gives up on her failed attempts at becoming a big fat movie star to take care of her disabled sister, waiting on her hand and foot, every darn day! Until one day, Baby Jane has had enough. 'Baby Jane?' takes its cue from the original cult classic, but continually takes the audience down unexpected twists and turns.
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