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Surveillance
rating:3.1

Surveillance

2007Runtime:0 minutes
Revealing the stunning truth behind a horrific string of homicides near Santa Fe, a young girl (Ryan Simpkins), a police officer (Kent Harper) and a drug addict (Pell James) spill their wildly different eyewitness accounts to FBI agents Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman). Michael Ironside, Cheri Oteri and French Stewart co-star in this thriller from director Jennifer Chambers Lynch (Boxing Helena).

Directed by:

  • Jennifer Chambers Lynch
  • rating:3.1 3.1 Average Rating

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    Sherlock Holmes
    rating:3.1

    Sherlock Holmes

    2009Runtime:0 minutes
    Not to be confused with the Robert Downey Jr. blockbuster, as a mob of monsters invades London, Dr. Watson believes that the creatures exist but Holmes suspects that Spring-Heeled Jack is responsible in this low-budget take on the classic character.

    Directed by:

  • Rachel Goldenberg
  • rating:3.1 3.1 Average Rating

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    The Human Contract
    rating:3.0

    The Human Contract

    2008Runtime:0 minutes
    When businessman Julian gets involved with a gorgeous nonconformist, the sexually charged relationship affects everything in his life, and his closely guarded secrets start to unravel. Jada Pinkett Smith writes and directs this erotic thriller.

    Directed by:

  • Jada Pinkett Smith
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Cold Sweat
    rating:3.0

    Cold Sweat

    1994Runtime:0 minutes
    Mark Cahill is a good family man with a loving wife and two wonderful children. Mark also happens to be a hit man who is haunted by his last victim, a blonde, who keeps appearing in his bedroom at the worst of times.

    Directed by:

  • Gail Harvey
  • rating:3.0 3.0 Average Rating

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    Under Still Waters
    rating:3.0

    Under Still Waters

    2008Runtime:0 minutes
    While sorting out their relationship problems at a remote lake house, married couple Charlie (Lake Bell) and Andrew (Jason Clarke) cross paths with a mysterious stranger named Jacob (Clifton Collins Jr.), whose unexplained presence threatens to derail their progress and puts their lives at risk. Writer Carolyn Miller also directs this psychological thriller with a surprising twist. Frankie Ingrassia co-stars.

    Directed by:

  • Carolyn Miller
  • rating:3.0 3.0 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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    Blood Games
    rating:2.8

    Blood Games

    1990Runtime:0 minutes
    A team of sexy female baseball players whips the local rednecks -- and things turn violent when the men refuse to pay up for losing in this campy thriller. While team manager Midnight (Ross Hagen) tries to collect the cash, the locals attack some of the babes. Soon it's an all-out war, with the hometown hicks hunting down the women, who start fighting back after a few of their teammates wind up dead.

    Directed by:

  • Tanya Rosenberg
  • rating:2.8 2.8 Average Rating

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    Red Road
    rating:2.7

    Red Road

    2006Runtime:0 minutes
    In director Andrea Arnold's taut thriller, which captured the 2006 Cannes Jury Prize, far-removed Jackie (Kate Dickie) uses her job as a security surveillance monitor to zoom in on her little corner of Glasgow, Scotland, via cameras placed throughout the city. One day, she sees the familiar face of Clyde (Tony Curran), a man whom she never imagined she would see again -- and who figures prominently in a dark episode of Jackie's past.

    Directed by:

  • Andrea Arnold
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    Office Killer
    rating:2.7

    Office Killer

    1997Runtime:0 minutes
    After being put on contract status and forced to work from home because of downsizing, mousy copy editor Dorine Douglas (Carol Kane) finds a solution to her frustrations when she's called in to help an insufferable co-worker -- and accidentally electrocutes him. Next thing you know, the office is desperately understaffed, and Dorine has a cellar full of dead colleagues in this delectably dark satire.

    Directed by:

  • Cindy Sherman
  • rating:2.7 2.7 Average Rating

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    Red Hook
    rating:2.6

    Red Hook

    2009Runtime:0 minutes
    Despite her better judgment, college freshman Jenny (Christina Brucato) reluctantly agrees to join her new friends in a New York City scavenger hunt. As the group receives mysterious text message clues, they're sent to dark, dangerous corners of the city. Soon, they realize that this is no innocent game, and winning could mean the difference between life and death. Terrence Mann, Hollis Scarborough and Frankie Shaw co-star in this thriller.

    Directed by:

  • Elizabeth Lucas
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    The Kiss You Gave Me
    rating:2.6

    The Kiss You Gave Me

    2000Runtime:0 minutes
    A TV reporter (Maricarmen Aviles) from Puerto Rico loses her son after her ex-husband Armando (Junior Alvarez) kidnaps him and takes him to the States. Angela must team up with a lawyer to find and rescue the child. This gripping thriller set in the near future marked the first narrative film by documentarian Sonia Fritz. It was originally produced for Puerto Rican television and is based on a novel by Stella Soto.

    Directed by:

  • Sonia Fritz
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    Let the Devil Wear Black
    rating:2.6

    Let the Devil Wear Black

    1999Runtime:0 minutes
    College student Jack launches an investigation into his wealthy father's death when he suspects that his mother and his uncle were involved. His suspicions seem cemented when the two announce their impending marriage.

    Directed by:

  • Stacy Title
  • rating:2.6 2.6 Average Rating

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    The Dungeonmaster
    rating:2.5

    The Dungeonmaster

    1984Runtime:0 minutes
    The evil wizard Mestema (Richard Moll) has waited centuries for the perfect opponent. He finally finds him in nerdy programmer Paul (Jeffrey Byron) -- an otherwise regular guy with an unusually close bond to his sentient computer -- whom he challenges to a series of trials. Testing Paul's physical strength and mental acuity, Mestema forces him to battle monsters, zombies and more to save his soul and that of his girlfriend, Gwen (Leslie Wing).

    Directed by:

  • Dave Allen
  • John Carl Buechler
  • Steven Ford
  • Peter Manoogian
  • Ted Nicolaou
  • Rosemarie Turko
  • Charles Band
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    The Brothel
    rating:2.5

    The Brothel

    2008Runtime:0 minutes
    Grieving over her husband's death, Julianne leaves the city for a remote Arizona town, where she begins turning a dilapidated brothel into a boutique hotel -- and soon makes contact with the ghosts of the building's 19th-century working girls.

    Directed by:

  • Amy Waddell
  • rating:2.5 2.5 Average Rating

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    Relative Evil
    rating:2.4

    Relative Evil

    2004Runtime:0 minutes
    In this disturbing tale, recovering addict JJ (Jonathan Tucker) returns home from rehab only to find that he was better off in the clinic. Sober and ready for a fresh new start, JJ discovers that his evil family is plotting to cash in on his life insurance policy before he turns 18. As he unravels the cold truth about his greedy relatives, JJ struggles to stay sober, but soon slips into self-destruction. Jennifer Tilly also stars.

    Directed by:

  • Tanya Wexler
  • rating:2.4 2.4 Average Rating

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    Loaded
    rating:2.3

    Loaded

    1994Runtime:0 minutes
    A group of teens embark on a weekend trip to an isolated country house, planning to shoot a low-budget horror film. But when the friends decide to take LSD, their excursion takes a terrifying turn.

    Directed by:

  • Anna Campion
  • rating:2.3 2.3 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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