United Artists Corporation
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Psychotherapist Dr. Sam Rice's life is upset by the savage murder of his client Bynum. The antique dealer is the victim of a female Jack The Ripper, and Rice may be next. The alluring Brooke Reynolds walks out of Bynum's past and quickly becomes part of Rice's life. As Rice falls in love with the deeply-troubled Brooke, the evidence points to her as the murderer.
4) Thief
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Criterion collection volume 691
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Frank is a professional safecracker. He wants to quit to start a new life, but the mobsters disagree.
5) Moonraker
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James Bond blasts into orbit in this pulse-pounding adventure that takes him from Venice, to Rio de Janeiro, and to outer space! Roger Moore stars for the fourth time as Agent 007 and joins forces with NASA scientist Holly Goodhead to prevent a power-mad industrialist from destroying all human life on Earth.
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When 007 James Bond travels to New York City to investigate the murders of three fellow agents and soon finds himself a target. He has to evade vicious assassins as he closes in on the powerful Kananga. Known as 'Mr. Big, ' Kananga is coordinating a globally threatening scheme using tons of self-produced heroin. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind's ultimate plan, he meets Solitaire, the beautiful Tarot card reader whose magical gifts are crucial...
7) Goldfinger
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From the opening bomb blast outside a steamy nighclub to a last-minute escape from the president's personal jet, James Bond faces off with a maniacal villain bent on destroying all the gold in Fort Knox - and obliterating the world economy.
8) WarGames
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Young electronics wizard David Lightman unwittingly hooks into America's supersecret wargames computer and the world is suddenly threatened with nuclear annihilation.
9) Osama
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Pushto
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This powerful and remarkable drama chronicles the true story of a young girl in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan who must disguise herself as a boy to save her family from starvation. The first feature film made in Afghanistan in the post-Taliban era.
10) The Alamo
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Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,00-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
11) Stand in
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When a New York bank sends stuffy, bookish Atterbury Dodd to Hollywood to take over the reins of floundering Colossal Studios, the film community eyes the newcomer with thinly-veined amusement. Colliding with Hollywood eccentrics, Dodd uncovers a conspiracy to scuttle the studio and he enlists an unlikely pair of allies who unite to save Colossal Studios.
13) Valkyrie
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Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolf Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known.
14) Ronin
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In a world where loyalties are easily abandoned and allegiances can be bought, a new and deadlier terrorist threat has emerged -- free-agent killers! The Cold War may be over, but a new world order keeps a group of covert mercenaries employed by the highest bidder. These operatives, known as "Ronin, " are assembled in France by a mysterious client for a seemingly routine mission: steal a top-secret briefcase. But the simple task soon proves explosive...
15) Rocky II
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It's the rematch of the century as Rocky Balboa takes on Apollo Creed in this powerful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed movies in film history. After club fighter Rocky Balboa goes the distance with the world heavyweight champion, boxing fans clamor for a rematch. But Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in the bout, announces his retirement. Though he tries to make a new life for himself, Rocky realizes that he can't escape his true calling....
16) Manhattan
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Allen portrays Isaac Davis, a successful comedy writer whose wife, having left him for another woman, is now embarking on a book about their failed marriage. Isaac happily consoles himself in the arms of an adoring 17 year-old schoolgirl until he meets someone closer to his own age, who happens to be his best friend's mistress.
17) Dr. No
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English
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James Bond, Agent 007, is sent to Jamaica to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a British secret service agent.
18) Rocky III
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English
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Rocky Balboa is now the heavyweight champ and spends his restless idle time participating in charity wrestling matches. The careless Rocky is beaten by a ruthless challenger, Clubber Lang. After Rocky acquires the needed hunger to win, he is ready for the brutal and nail-biting rematch with Lang.
19) Rain man
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"Charlie Babbitt has just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? From his refusal to drive on major highways to a 'four minutes to Wapner' meltdown at an Oklahoma farmhouse, Raymond first pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience and then pulls him completely out of his self-centered world. But what begins as an unsentimental journey for the Babbitt...
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Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.