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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Series 1
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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Series 1

1994
Based on best-selling British author Ruth Rendell's fiction, these four complex mysteries -- "Master of the Moor," "Vanity Dies Hard," "The Secret House of Death" and "The Double" -- explore crumbling relationships and motives for murder.

Directed by:

  • Marc Evans
  • Alan Grint
  • Jim Goddard
  • Mary McMurray
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    The Proposition
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    The Proposition

    1998
    In 1930s Boston, upper-class couple Arthur and Eleanor Barret become involved with a Harvard student and a mysterious priest in their efforts to produce an heir, leading to a torrent of violence that threatens to swallow them all.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
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    Father of My Children
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    Father of My Children

    2009
    When a man who seemingly has everything takes his own life, the question on everyone's mind is, why? This drama penned and helmed by Mia Hansen-Løve explores that quandary by recounting the weeks before and after a film producer's suicide. With an adoring family, a job that fulfills him completely and a charismatic bearing that masks all woes, producer Grégoire Canvel appears at the top of his game. But underneath the surface, trouble is brewing.

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    Canterbury's Law: The Complete Series
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    Canterbury's Law: The Complete Series

    2008
    Julianna Margulies stars in this prime-time Fox drama as spirited attorney Elizabeth Canterbury, a woman who balances her desire to help others seek justice with her own ongoing struggle to deal with her son's unsolved disappearance. Though Elizabeth's professional life is decidedly driven, her personal life with her law professor husband, Matt (Aidan Quinn), is haunted by their shared grief over losing their only child.

    Directed by:

  • Mike Figgis
  • Jace Alexander
  • Rosemary Rodriguez
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    When the Sea Rises
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    When the Sea Rises

    2004
    Middle-aged performance artist Irène (Yolande Moreau) -- who has her own one-woman road show -- falls into an unlikely affair after unwittingly sparking the romantic interest of a lanky young drifter (Wim Willaert) who befriends her when her car breaks down. Also starring Olivier Gourmet, this charmingly offbeat tale is based on Moreau's real-life experiences as a traveling comedian during the 1980s.

    Directed by:

  • Yolande Moreau
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    White Material
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    White Material

    2009
    Writer-director Claire Denis returns to Africa -- her childhood home and the site of her 1988 film, Chocolate -- to spin this tale of a country torn apart by civil war, as African soldiers force French nationals to abandon their land. At the center of the story is Maria (Isabelle Huppert), a white woman who ignores her family's fears and steadfastly refuses to leave her coffee plantation. Isaach De Bankolé and Christopher Lambert also star.

    Directed by:

  • Claire Denis
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    Dawson's Creek: Season 3
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    Dawson's Creek: Season 3

    1999
    Teen angst and raging hormones are again on prominent display in coastal Capeside, Mass. This season finds a jealous Jen continuing her quest to drive a wedge between Dawson and his longtime friend and confidant, Joey.

    Directed by:

  • Greg Prange
  • Melanie Mayron
  • Morgan J. Freeman
  • James Whitmore Jr.
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    I, the Worst of All
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    I, the Worst of All

    1990
    The life of brilliant and beautiful 17th-century Mexican poet Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna) gets erotic treatment in this telling drama. To pursue her love of writing, Juana enters a convent and gains international renown. But when the Inquisition comes, the local Vicereine (Dominique Sanda) becomes Juana's protectress and erotic muse, sending the poetess down a romantic road of startling passion and intensity.

    Directed by:

  • Maria Luisa Bemberg
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    Kissed
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    Kissed

    1996
    Ever since she was a young girl, Sandra Larson (Molly Parker) has been fascinated with the darkness of death, but when she takes a part-time job as an embalmer at a funeral parlor, her obsession consumes her every desire. As her boyfriend (Peter Outerbridge) struggles to relate to her new lifestyle and her love of the afterlife and the study of necrophilia, he jumps through hoops to prove he'll do anything for love.

    Directed by:

  • Lynne Stopkewich
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    Life in Flight
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    Life in Flight

    2008
    With a beautiful wife (Amy Smart), an adoring son (Kevin Rosseljong) and an accomplished career, New York-based architect Will (Patrick Wilson) thinks he has it all -- until a new friendship with dynamic young designer Kate (Lynn Collins) reveals the cracks in his too-perfect life. With long-repressed doubts now in the open, Will must reconsider the direction of his life from the bottom up. Tracey Hecht directs this existential drama.

    Directed by:

  • Tracey Hecht
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    Open Window
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    Open Window

    2006
    Engaged professionals Peter (Joel Edgerton) and Izzy (Robin Tunney) have always been there for each other. But when Izzy is brutally raped in the couple's home, she begins to fall apart emotionally, leaving a helpless Peter to watch her spin out of control. As time passes, Izzy struggles to piece her life back together with the help of her parents (Elliott Gould and Cybill Shepherd) and therapist (Shirley Knight).

    Directed by:

  • Mia Goldman
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    No Turning Back
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    No Turning Back

    2001
    After losing his pregnant wife and home during a catastrophic hurricane, Pablo (Jesus Nebot), a hard-working English professor from Honduras, immigrates with his 5-year-old daughter to California, where he begins working in the fields. But sometimes trouble follows a man, and after another tragic accident, Pablo hits the road again with daughter in tow -- this time to Mexico, and with a documentary filmmaker as their driver.

    Directed by:

  • Jesus Nebot
  • Julia Montejo
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    The Hamburg Cell
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    The Hamburg Cell

    2004
    This dramatization of the events leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, focuses on the unlikely hijacker who became the pilot of Flight 93, showing how a small band of middle-class students made the shocking transformation to mass murderers.

    Directed by:

  • Antonia Bird
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    Da Vinci's Inquest: Season 1
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    Da Vinci's Inquest: Season 1

    1998
    Using his sleuthing abilities to ferret out clues from dead bodies, cop turned coroner Dominic Da Vinci (Nicholas Campbell) works to bring criminals to justice and bucks an overbearing bureaucracy to boot in this sophisticated police procedural. Heralded by audiences and critics for its lifelike portrayal of crime fighting, the award-winning series co-stars Ian Tracey, Venus Terzo and Donnelly Rhodes.

    Directed by:

  • Chris Haddock
  • Stephen Surjik
  • Anne Wheeler
  • John L'Ecuyer
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    Mouth to Mouth
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    Mouth to Mouth

    2005
    While hitchhiking in Europe, disaffected teen Sherry (Ellen Page) falls in with an underground cultlike group of former prostitutes and drug addicts. Their charismatic leader (Eric Thal) wants to change the world, but Sherry soon realizes that change comes at a steep price. This gritty look at adolescent euphoria and irresponsibility is partly based on first-time director Alison Murray's real-life experiences.

    Directed by:

  • Alison Murray
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    Felicity: Season 1
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    Felicity: Season 1

    1998
    This popular drama series follows the trials and tribulations of Felicity Porter (Keri Russell), a young woman who suddenly ditches her plan to become a doctor and instead goes to the University of New York to be with Ben (Scott Speedman), the guy she's had a crush on for years. But upon arriving at school, Felicity's world immediately changes as she begins to question and reevaluate her entire life.

    Directed by:

  • Matt Reeves
  • Brad Silberling
  • Todd Holland
  • Joan Tewkesbury
  • Danny Leiner
  • Tom Moore
  • Michael Schultz
  • Marc Buckland
  • Ellen Pressman
  • Michael Fields
  • J.J. Abrams
  • Lawrence Trilling
  • Elodie Keene
  • Stan Salfas
  • Robert M. Williams Jr.
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    Now and Then
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    Now and Then

    1995
    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
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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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