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Short Cuts (1993)
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.3
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73
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72
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4.0
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91
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82
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80
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cc age 16+

Good Time (2017)
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
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Kanopy
78
7.2
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70
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71
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3.9
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92
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71
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88
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cc age 18+

Anomalisa (2015)
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
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77
7.5
/119763/
74
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75
/1698/
3.9
/89445/
81
/159/
85
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73
/33/
cc age 16+

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
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The Roku Channel
77
7.5
/103819/
75
/3025/
75
/1542/
4.2
/262872/
69
/193/
71
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67
/34/

Synecdoche, New York (2008)
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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Fandango at Home Free
77
7.0
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69
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66
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3.2
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92
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76
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82
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cc age 16+

The Spectacular Now (2013)
Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.
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MGM Plus
76
7.6
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75
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73
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82
/214/
86
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72
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cc age 16+

Road to Perdition (2002)
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
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75
7.4
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74
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72
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3.8
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86
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82
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62
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
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Kanopy
74
6.8
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68
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64
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3.6
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88
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67
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79
/51/

Annihilation (2018)
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
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MGM Plus
74
7.6
/438471/
76
/11165/
75
/5985/
3.8
/389115/
77
/141/
83
/9661/
61
/32/
cc age 17+

The Machinist (2004)
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
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Plex
71
6.8
/112778/
69
/3946/
67
/2102/
3.6
/123323/
77
/75/
69
/1962/
70
/29/

eXistenZ (1999)
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
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Netflix
71
7.8
/715376/
77
/32076/
77
/14942/
4.0
/1171885/
74
/332/
77
/4682/
68
/51/
cc age 18+

The Hateful Eight (2015)
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
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70
6.5
/3469/
59
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57
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3.4
/2142/
81
/27/
66
/42/
81
/18/

Georgia (1995)
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her self-destructive tendencies and rampant drug abuse — that keeps her spiraling down the drain.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
6.8
/7586/
67
/141/
65
/112/
3.4
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65
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74
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62
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Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
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69
6.7
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64
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61
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Washington Square (1997)
In 1870s New York, spinster heiress Catherine Sloper is courted by the much younger, penniless Morris Townsend, much to the chagrin of her overprotective father. Catherine must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man interested in her solely for her inheritence.
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69
7.3
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72
/110/
71
/80/
3.4
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100
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84
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75
/11/

Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
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68
6.4
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65
/72/
58
/56/
3.4
/2946/
75
/32/
61
/76/
66
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
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Kanopy
68
6.5
/52960/
64
/3084/
63
/997/
3.6
/199048/
94
/226/
59
/16/
72
/28/
cc age 18+

Possessor (2020)
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
6.7
/10990/
68
/259/
66
/148/
3.3
/6364/
72
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71
/249/
66
/20/

Rush (1991)
Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines. While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.
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67
6.7
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66
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3.5
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56
/7/

Flesh + Blood (1985)
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who stiffs them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
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Fandango at Home Free
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66
7.3
/5560/
73
/413/
72
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3.5
/14653/
92
/25/
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QT8: The First Eight (2019)
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.
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Amazon Prime Video
66
6.4
/11413/
66
/290/
60
/210/
3.5
/20057/
85
/27/
62
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72
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Miami Blues (1990)
After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective. Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.
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Kanopy
66
7.2
/89819/
73
/1974/
70
/1148/
3.7
/86474/
64
/53/
79
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53
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cc age 13+

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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66
6.7
/92855/
70
/2828/
66
/1521/
3.3
/44022/
72
/65/
75
/2959/
39
/12/
cc age 15+

Backdraft (1991)
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
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65
7.2
/58185/
71
/1492/
69
/1014/
3.6
/67084/
65
/43/
74
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32
/13/
cc age 17+

The Hitcher (1986)
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.
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65
6.1
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59
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58
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3.2
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42
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cc age 18+

Greenberg (2010)
Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—until his brother's assistant, Florence, comes to his rescue. She's as much a lost soul as he is, and the pair form a significant connection—giving Roger a much-needed reason to be happy.
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YouTube TV
65
7.1
/123867/
72
/3512/
67
/1334/
3.5
/167872/
78
/59/
80
/5091/
61
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cc age 17+

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for love, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone. Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer faces-off with the resolute teacher, Mr. Hand. Hilarity and heartbreak ensue.
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64
6.7
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65
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61
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3.5
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43
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69
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53
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Palindromes (2005)
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
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The Roku Channel
63
6.4
/43111/
69
/1642/
70
/1390/
3.4
/114837/
77
/146/
60
/452/
65
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cc age 17+

Kill Your Darlings (2013)
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
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The CW
62
6.5
/8409/
69
/471/
64
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3.0
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55
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54
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54
/19/
cc age 15+

LBJ (2017)
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
5.9
/20262/
60
/889/
58
/328/
3.1
/17438/
74
/109/
46
/327/
69
/29/
cc age 17+

Welcome to Me (2015)
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
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Amazon Prime Video
61
6.3
/5861/
62
/87/
60
/91/
3.4
/5651/
59
/41/
43
/61/
58
/23/

Kansas City (1996)
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
poster
61
6.3
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58
/84/
56
/82/
3.3
/3919/
61
/115/
57
/218/
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The Anniversary Party (2001)
While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close friends, some colleagues and their next door neighbors in a party. Under the effect of Ecstasy, revelations are disclosed and relationships deteriorate among the group.
poster
fuboTV
61
6.4
/45418/
66
/1076/
62
/674/
3.2
/42564/
53
/49/
44
/801/
63
/25/
cc age 16+

Single White Female (1992)
Having recently split from her fiancé, Allison Jones welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson. The young women quickly form a bond, but soon Allison begins to notice not all’s well with her new tenant.
poster
60
6.3
/2047/
55
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55
/34/
3.4
/736/
61
/66/
58
/32/
52
/25/

The King Is Alive (2000)
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.
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Kanopy
60
6.2
/7476/
59
/237/
58
/152/
2.9
/3573/
52
/54/
37
/82/
59
/21/
cc age 17+

Hateship Loveship (2014)
A shy caretaker believes that the father of her teenage charge is falling in love with her, unaware that she is actually the victim of the girl's prank.
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Netflix
59
5.9
/14914/
61
/1043/
60
/237/
2.7
/28930/
52
/62/
42
/114/
60
/15/
cc age 15+

Night Always Comes (2025)
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.
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Starz
59
6.5
/48212/
69
/3324/
64
/1175/
3.1
/63574/
56
/156/
51
/359/
59
/35/
cc age 17+

White Boy Rick (2018)
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
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The Roku Channel
59
5.8
/3502/
59
/145/
59
/81/
3.0
/2013/
74
/31/
44
/26/
56
/10/

Alex of Venice (2015)
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
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Hoopla
59
6.0
/23430/
59
/397/
58
/309/
3.2
/28705/
51
/164/
40
/3129/
66
/37/
cc age 17+

Margot at the Wedding (2007)
Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed musician/artist/depressive Malcolm at the family seaside home, Margot shows up unexpectedly to rekindle the sisterly bond and offer her own brand of support. What ensues is a nakedly honest and subversively funny look at family dynamics.
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MGM Plus
59
6.2
/11173/
68
/347/
60
/136/
3.0
/6618/
60
/10/
59
/181/
48
/7/

Easy Money (1983)
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
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The Roku Channel
59
7.1
/124029/
71
/3122/
68
/1626/
3.3
/34368/
44
/160/
73
/3407/
44
/35/
cc age 17+

The Jacket (2005)
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
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57
6.2
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61
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58
/100/
3.2
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/23/
45
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/8/

The Big Picture (1989)
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
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56
6.5
/5696/
66
/182/
66
/170/
3.2
/4033/
51
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Buried Alive (1990)
A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.
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Amazon Prime Video
53
5.4
/1976/
55
/31/
56
/53/
3.0
/2362/
34
/11/

Heart of Midnight (1988)
A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. Carol decides to renovate the venue, but, in the process, uncovers dark secrets about the club and her dead relative. After a series of disturbing events, Carol becomes increasingly unstable, but she finds some measure of comfort in Sharpe, an enigmatic older detective.
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Kanopy
52
4.9
/2916/
54
/177/
51
/46/
2.4
/26013/
50
/105/
37
/22/
53
/29/
cc age 17+

Sharp Stick (2022)
Sarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. When she begins an affair with her older employer, she is thrust into an education on sexuality, loss and power.
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Hoopla
52
51
6.0
/8241/
64
/372/
64
/370/
3.1
/14273/
29
/76/
37
/357/
47
/23/
cc age 5+

Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
Arnold and his friends must recover a stolen document in order to prevent the neighborhood from being bulldozed.
poster
50
6.1
/6067/
63
/74/
57
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3.0
/1873/
22
/49/
42
/92/

A Thousand Acres (1997)
The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.


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