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Liberty Stands Still
rating:3.0

Liberty Stands Still

2002Runtime:0 minutes
&NFb;&NFb_;Liberty Wallace (Linda Fiorentino), president of America's largest gun manufacturer, is on her way to the theater one night when her cell phone rings. Seems one of her company's guns killed a little girl, and the girl's father (Wesley Snipes) wants revenge. As Fiorentino stands in the street, the long-range laser sight of a gun aimed at her chest, Snipes warns her she'll be blown to bits if she hangs up. ...

Directed by:

  • Kari Skogland
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Extremely Dangerous
    rating:3.0

    Extremely Dangerous

    1999Runtime:0 minutes
    Neil Byrne (Sean Bean) has been convicted of murdering his wife and daughter. Of course, he pleads his innocence, unaware that he's being used as a pawn in a huge conspiracy that involves the entire British police department. On the lam, Byrne must discover who killed his family and keep from being offed himself by the British mob and government agents. An evocative thriller that will keep you guessing until the end.

    Directed by:

  • Sallie Aprahamian
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Montana
    rating:3.0

    Montana

    1998Runtime:0 minutes
    Claire (Kyra Sedgwick) is a mob hit woman who finds herself in hot water after her boss's (Robbie Coltrane) accountant (Philip Seymour Hoffman) turns the boss against her. With the help of her terminally ill counterpart, Nick (Stanley Tucci), Claire weathers a series of violent encounters with the henchmen sent to kill her. A taut thriller that balances violence with liberal doses of black humor.

    Directed by:

  • Jennifer Leitzes
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    The In Crowd
    rating:3.0

    The In Crowd

    2000Runtime:0 minutes
    What would you do to get in? When Adrien (Lori Heuring) starts work at a posh country club, it isn't long before she's "discovered" by Brittany (Susan Ward), the most popular girl at the club. But soon, something dark starts to emerge. Is it just a coincidence that Adrien looks like Brittany's dead older sister? Is the in-crowd hiding a secret they'd kill to keep?

    Directed by:

  • Mary Lambert
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Scenes of the Crime
    rating:2.9

    Scenes of the Crime

    2001Runtime:0 minutes
    Following a botched delivery, mob bagman Lenny (Jon Abrahams) winds up with crime lord Jimmy Berg (Jeff Bridges) as his hostage. But when Lenny learns he's been working for a rival boss (Brian Goodman), he realizes that being caught between these two gangsters could cost him his life. It'll take all his negotiation skills and street savvy if he hopes to escape this tense standoff in one piece.

    Directed by:

  • Dominique Forma
  • rating:2.9 2.9 Average Rating

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    Place Vendome
    rating:2.9

    Place Vendome

    1998Runtime:0 minutes
    A jeweler's wife doesn't realize her husband is morally and financially bankrupt until he asks her to guard stolen diamonds. When he's found dead the next day, the wife and the loot are soon pursued by a diamond cartel and other interested parties.

    Directed by:

  • Nicole Garcia
  • rating:2.9 2.9 Average Rating

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    Kissed by Winter
    rating:2.9

    Kissed by Winter

    2005Runtime:0 minutes
    Consumed with grief in the wake of her young son's tragic death, a Norwegian doctor (Annika Hallin) breaks all ties with her husband and begins a new life, retreating to the relative void of a remote country town. Once there, she finds herself embroiled in an investigation surrounding the death of a Muslim immigrant by getting dangerously close to the man (Kristoffer Joner) everyone suspects of committing the crime.

    Directed by:

  • Sara Johnsen
  • rating:2.9 2.9 Average Rating

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    Like a Dream
    rating:2.9

    Like a Dream

    2009Runtime:0 minutes
    The death of a pet cat sends Chinese immigrant Max (Daniel Wu) into a recurring nightmare, where he's haunted by the face of a grieving woman (Yolanda Yuan). But when Max meets the woman in real life, she's nothing like her dreamy doppelgänger. Is it purely coincidental, or is there a real connection brewing between them? Clara Law directs this haunting tale of modern-day severance and relocation set in New York, Shanghai and Taipei.

    Directed by:

  • Clara Law
  • rating:2.9 2.9 Average Rating

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    Dreamkiller
    rating:2.9

    Dreamkiller

    2010Runtime:0 minutes
    A mysterious company funds the research of scientist Nick Nemet (Dario Deak), who hopes to tame crippling phobias by urging people to confront their fears. Although his research is promising, his patients begin dying in agonizing ways after their treatments. Detective Annette DeFour (Penny Drake) launches an investigation into the murders and soon gets caught in a terrifying web of suspense. Catherine C. Pirotta directs this trippy indie thriller.

    Directed by:

  • Catherine C. Pirotta
  • rating:2.9 2.9 Average Rating

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    Bound by Lies
    rating:2.9

    Bound by Lies

    2004Runtime:0 minutes
    When an art critic is murdered, erotic photographer Laura Cross (Kristy Swanson) and her protective landlord, Gus Boyle (Kevin Chamberlin), become suspects. It's up to officers Max Garrett (Stephen Baldwin) and Eddie Fulton (Charles Malik Whitfield) to track down the real killer in this erotic thriller. But as Max struggles with his feelings for Laura, he finds himself headed down a deadly path that might lead the killer right to him.

    Directed by:

  • Valerie Landsburg
  • rating:2.9 2.9 Average Rating

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    Face
    rating:2.9

    Face

    1997Runtime:0 minutes
    Damon Albarn, lead singer of the British supergroup Blur, makes his acting debut in director Antonia Bird's edgy crime thriller set in the bowels of London's seedy underworld. Tough-as-nails gangster Ray (Robert Carlyle) and his motley crew of thugs are planning the heist of their lives. But when the loot disappears, the gang's greed gets the best of them. Is the traitor among them, or are they just paranoid?

    Directed by:

  • Antonia Bird
  • rating:2.9 2.9 Average Rating

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    The Ghost
    rating:2.9

    The Ghost

    2008Runtime:0 minutes
    Suffering from serious writer's block, novelist Anton Prachenko (Konstantin Khabensky) finds new inspiration when he winds up housing killer Mikhail (Vladimir Mashkov). Closely observing his new roommate, Prachenko finds the material he's been seeking. But he's completely blind to the fact that Mikhail is watching him carefully, too -- with a plan to frame Prachenko for one of his murders. Karen Oganesyan directs this tense thriller from Russia.

    Directed by:

  • Karen Oganesyan
  • rating:2.9 2.9 Average Rating

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    Lie with Me
    rating:2.8

    Lie with Me

    2004Runtime:0 minutes
    In this made-for-television thriller, Roselyn Tyler (Eve Best) awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will Tomlinson (Andrew Lincoln) can't make the charges stick against the prime suspect (Paul McCann), he and Roselyn scheme to put him behind bars. But she soon learns that lies have hazardous consequences.

    Directed by:

  • Susanna White
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Gaudi Afternoon
    rating:2.8

    Gaudi Afternoon

    2001Runtime:0 minutes
    Barcelona hasn't turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra (Judy Davis) thought it would be. She's about to return to America when the mysterious Frankie (Marcia Gay Harden) offers her a large sum of money to track down Frankie's missing lover. Soon, Cassandra's embroiled in a kidnapping case full of double crosses and lesbian femmes fatales! Juliette Lewis and Lili Taylor co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Susan Seidelman
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    El Alquimista Impaciente
    rating:2.8

    El Alquimista Impaciente

    2002Runtime:0 minutes
    When a nuclear power-plant worker turns up dead, it's up to an intrepid pair of detectives from the Spanish Guardia Civil (Ingrid Rubio and Roberto Enriquez) to figure out why someone would want to kill him. But with an "average Joe" victim and no apparent motive to advance their investigation, they've got their work cut out for them. Patricia Ferreira directs this taut mystery-thriller, adapted from the novel by Lorenzo Silva.

    Directed by:

  • Patricia Ferreira
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    The Devil's Teardrop
    rating:2.8

    The Devil's Teardrop

    2010Runtime:0 minutes
    When an armed madman kills seven people inside a Washington, D.C., train station and demands $20 million from the authorities, an FBI agent seeks assistance from a handwriting expert to glean clues from the sinister killer's ransom note.

    Directed by:

  • Norma Bailey
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Now and Then
    rating:3.8

    Now and Then

    1995Runtime:0 minutes
    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
  • rating:3.8 3.8 Average Rating

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    Now and Then (1995)
    A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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