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The Return of Martin Guerre
During the middle of the 16th century, Martin Guerre returns to his village in southwestern France, after being away in the war for almost a decade. The villagers who knew him as a young man suspect he is not Martin, but he seems to know all about his friends, his family and his wife, even the most unusual things. Is this man really Martin Guerre?

- 1982
The Seventh Seal
A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. The knight challenges Death to a chess game for his life. The Knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.

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- 1957
It's a Small World
Harry Musk is one in a million. Adult, pint-sized Harry longs to be part of the big world.

- 1950
Last Year at Marienbad
At a weekend gathering, a man tries to convince a woman that they had met there and spent some time together the previous year. The woman has no recollection whatsoever of having met this man and is convinced that he is just making all of this up. The more the man talks about their activities the previous year however, the more convincing he becomes. The question remains however - did they meet previously or not?

- 1961
The Silver Chalice
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver, and sculpt around its rim, the faces of the disciples and Jesus. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah, by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.

- 1954
Storm in a Teacup
Mrs Hegarty, a formidable old lady, has her dog confiscated by a pompous Scottish political bigwig, because she is unable to afford a dog licence. In view of the fact that he is running for high office, his actions appear a little strange. Frank Burden, a local journalist, thinks he smells hypocrisy in high places, and writes a long article attacking the gentleman, who promptly sues him!

- 1937
The Storyteller
A television writer is troubled by accusations that a young boy's death resulted from actions the boy copied from the writer's teleplay.

- 1977
Minnesota Clay
Wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, Minnesota Clay seeks revenge on the man who withheld evidence at his trial. The catch: he is going blind.

- 1964
The Lightship
Just when US Coast Guard captain Miller takes his teenage son Alex to his lightship off the coast of Virginia, Calvin Caspary and two criminal accomplices, on the run for the police, decide to hijack it. What the crazy trio didn't count on is that this small crew doesn't just keep taking it lying low, they will put up a fight. Alex hides dad's gun and wrestles his his war past and courage.

- 1985
So Ends Our Night
Three German refugees during World War II are always hiding, constantly in fear of deportation.

- 1941
Texas Carnival
Cornie and Debbie work at a carnival's dunk tank. One day, an inebriated Texan comes to the booth he and Cornie start drinking. The Texan invites him to a function where Cornie is mistaken for the Texan and Debbie for the man's sister. Cornie loses a wager and doesn't know how he's going to pay it. Meanwhile, Debbie finds herself attracted to the Texan's foreman.

- 1951
Paranoiac
Eleven years earlier, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide. All that remains of the family is cruel Simon, an alcoholic in desperate need of funds; his mentally fragile sister Eleanor; and his protective aunt Harriet. Simon is just weeks away from receiving his inheritance, but there is a hitch in his plans when the long believed dead Tony Ashby suddenly arrives.

- 1963
Theater of Blood
Edward Lionheart is a crazed Shakespearean actor who adds murder to his repertoire when he takes gruesome revenge on the critics who slighted him.

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- 1973
Three Smart Girls
The three Craig sisters, in Switzerland with their ten-years-divorced mother, run away to New York to prevent their father from marrying calculating socialite Donna Lyons. The overpowering vivacity of the Smart Girls (nominal ages 14-20) sweeps all before it, but a romantic complication between middle sister Kay and their accidental ally, Lord Michael Stuart, threatens shipwreck to their schemes...

- 1936
Dead Man Down
Victor (Farrell), a professional killer and the right hand man to an underground crime lord in New York City (Howard), is seduced and blackmailed by Beatrice (Rapace), a crime victim seeking retribution. Their chemistry and intense relationship leads them to execute a violent and cathartic plan for revenge.

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- 2013
Magic Magic
Alicia arrives in South America to vacation with her cousin, Sara. When Sarah is suddenly called away, Alicia is stuck on a remote island off Chile with three of Sara's friends, including Brink, an American exchange student with a sadistic streak. Bewildered, frightened, and unable to sleep, Alicia's reality becomes a nightmare from which there is no waking. Ancient indigenous rites, disturbing animal behavior, and captivating hypnotic trances come together in an intense exploration into the darkest corners . . . when the games go too far, reality unravels with astonishing and deadly consequences.

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- 2013
Glass Chin
A former welterweight champ has retired early from boxing, but is unsatisfied living out of the limelight in New Jersey. He goes across the river, to Manhattan, to try to reclaim his glory by lending his name to a shady restaurateur.

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- 2014
Duke
In 1963, Duke Ellington (Freeman) and his orchestra tour Iraq while the CIA stage a coup that overthrows the country's government.
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

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- 1996
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly sets it up for her to become a radio broadcaster.

- 1938
The Swan Princess: Christmas
Princess Odette, Prince Derek and their trusted woodland friends return for their first Christmas celebration! But, with the villainous Rothbart striving to destroy Christmas itself, will they be able to stop him and save the day? Told in beautiful CG animation for the very first time, The Swan Princess Christmas is an enchanting musical holiday treat the whole family will enjoy!

- 2012
Still the Water
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.

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- 2014
Desolate
A young man spirals out of control when he suspects his best friend is responsible for his failed relationship. But after an apocalyptic incident strikes their city, the friends are forced to put their differences aside in order to survive the night against what seem like creatures from another world in this intense science-fiction thriller.

- 2013
Aura
Four kids wake up one morning in a mysterious abandoned field. As darkness covers the sky with no hope of light, they must face mysteries rooted deep in mankind’s origin.

- 2014