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The Roku Channel
73
7.1
/9852/
72
/309/
70
/171/
3.5
/8343/
80
/30/
78
/174/

Hopscotch (1980)
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
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Kanopy
59
6.6
/100486/
69
/3637/
66
/2151/
3.4
/202566/
55
/47/
71
/7518/
42
/12/
cc age 13+

Footloose (1984)
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
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Amazon Prime Video
50
39
5.6
/2925/
63
/60/
60
/60/
2.9
/2460/
20
/5/
45
/47/

Eye of the Tiger (1986)
Buck is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his daughter, Buck and his friends arm themselves to the teeth and wage war against the gang to destroy them once and for all.
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AMC+ Amazon Channel
49
32
5.4
/1618/
54
/93/
49
/25/
2.8
/3128/
33
/86/

'Gator Bait (1974)
Desirée lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by poaching. After an accident involving Deputy Billy and a friend, the Sheriff, Deputy and a family of locals go after Desirée. Soon the hunters become the hunted as she exacts her revenge for their violence against her family.
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49
22
6.1
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10
/1/
52
/4/
76
/103/

Harry's War (1981)
After his aunt dies of a heart attack while fighting the IRS, Harry Johnson decides to take up the cause.
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MGM Plus
37
14
3.5
/891/
43
/20/
32
/24/
2.5
/554/
23
/246/

Gorp (1980)
Pranksters cause trouble at a summer camp for rich kids.
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MGM Plus
50
11
5.0
/579/
48
/18/
45
/16/
3.0
/459/

Dirty O'Neil (1974)
A police officer has very little work as there is virtually no crime in his small California town...until three hoodlums appear and rape a young woman.
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?
7.2
/23/

The Standard v.15 (2005)
The Standard v.15 begins to tell of the pitfalls of the standardized curriculum and the strain it puts on individuality, particularly at an age where young people are primarily concerned with being accepted. This controversial story will take you on a ride that's sure to leave you thinking...
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6.4
/26/
10
/1/

U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart (1987)
Two unorthodox, anything-goes law enforcement partners, unencumbered by regulations and the law, search for the killer of a fellow U.S. Marshal in this lighthearted, busted pilot film.
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31
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5.5
/134/
30
/2/
10
/1/

Taking Back Our Town (2001)
A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a plant in her toxic township already known as "cancer alley". Pat and a few newly recruited, fledgling activitsts face the full force of Shintech's wealth and influence peddling, which has bought the cooperation of the government from the local level all the way up to the Governor's office.
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5.5
/36/
10
/1/

The Ordeal of Bill Carney (1981)
Bill Carney has just been paralyzed from the neck down. He has been taking care of his two sons since his wife left him. Now, when word of his condition reaches her, she wants to take them away, as she feels that he is unable to care for them. And it appears that the courts agree too. So, his lawyer, also a paraplegic, begins the campaign to take his case before the Supreme Court. Will he win?
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6.8
/101/
60
/3/
70
/1/

My Mother's Secret Life (1984)
16 year old Tobi has just lost her father, whom she has been living with. She finds her mother's address in his papers. So Tobi builds up a fantasy of what her mother, Ellen Blake, must be like. But when she goes to see her, she finds out her mother is a high priced call-girl.
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46
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4.6
/442/
53
/6/
47
/9/
40
/1/

She's in the Army Now (1981)
Akin to Private Benjamin, this comedy deals with the tough life of female army recruits going through basic training. Through their training they come to realize that there is more to being tough than having muscles.
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6.0
/73/
10
/1/
50
/1/

Streets of Justice (1985)
After bikers kill the wife and son of an auto worker (John Laughlin) and then get off with a light sentence in the court system, he decides to seek his revenge as a clandestine vigilante.
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6.6
/85/
55
/2/

A Cry for Love (1980)
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!
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5.3
/53/
10
/1/
32
/3/

Modesty Blaise (1982)
Pilot for a never-made TV series based upon the popular comic strip character. Adventurer Modesty Blaise and knife thrower Willie Garvin - retired ex-criminals living in California with driver Weng - first save and then protect a young computer expert from a criminal organization, led by the evil Debbie La Forge. .
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4.9
/92/
10
/1/

Beyond Reason (1982)
An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.
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5.5
/76/

Escape from Bogen County (1977)
A political despot controls his town and his wife Maggie. When Maggie tries to escape his control, he swears a warrant out for her arrest and sends the law after her. The arresting officer, however, takes pity on Maggie and tries to help her escape the despot's clutches.
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51
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5.7
/115/
66
/3/
30
/2/

Malibu (1983)
A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes involved with the lives of the various people living in the community.
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MGM Plus
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5.6
/90/
16
/3/
26
/3/

Portrait of an Escort (1980)
Jordan West is a divorcée who moonlights at a professional dating service to make ends meet. But her secret job causes gossip among her neighbors and trouble at the real estate office where she works in the daytime, while her teenage daughter is the only one who remains oblivious to her mother's night job. When Jordan tries to quit her escort profession, she finds herself harassed by her boss/madam, Mrs. Kennedy, and then stalked by an unknown former client.
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Amazon Prime Video
57
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5.3
/179/
43
/3/
80
/2/

Portrait of a Showgirl (1982)
The story of three Las Vegas showgirls, each at a different stage in her career.
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MGM Plus
67
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6.6
/669/
61
/13/
78
/8/

Inherit the Wind (1988)
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
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57
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6.3
/229/
50
/4/
60
/2/

Angel on My Shoulder (1980)
A small-time Chicago hood, now deceased, gets a second chance at life by striking a bargain with the Devil to inhabit and attempt to corrupt a totally honest politician.


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