Last updated November 10, 2025
Ne'er-do-well rolling stone Hal Carter (William Holden) rides the rails into a quiet Kansas community hoping his wealthy college chum Alan (Cliff Robertson) will offer him a "respectable" job. Though Hal is an arrogant blowhard, his brash sexuality magnetizes the ladies -- including Alan's girl, Madge Owens (Kim Novak). Convinced by kith and kin that Hal is a loser, Madge is ready to end their romance. Will she listen to her head or her heart?
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Go behind the scenes and experience both the glamour and the darker side of the high fashion industry as filmmaker Ole Schell documents girlfriend Sara Ziff's rise to international model status in this revealing film. Taking place over several years, the documentary features interviews with numerous models in the industry and includes appearances by designers Karl Lagerfeld and Nicole Miller, photographer Gilles Bensimon and others.
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When a car accident sidelines his mother and brother, tough-talking slacker C-Dub (Jimmy Tsai) shelves his pipe dream of becoming an NBA star to run the family's ping-pong supply and coaching business.
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Robynn Murray was a high school cheerleader who became the poster girl for women in combat. This documentary short follows Murray over the course of two years as she battles post-traumatic stress disorder and embarks on journey of self-discovery.
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On Halloween, the scariest night of the year, the Rangers have a strange encounter with a mysterious cloaked Medium who conjures "visions" of monsters past. But the Medium is actually a mutant who will ruin Halloween if the Rangers don't stop him.
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In order to celebrate the 20th season of the English Premier League, the world's most popular football league, this documentary uses match footage and in-depth interviews to examine how the league was formed amid great controversy.
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Housewife Linda Hanson is devastated when her husband dies suddenly in a car crash. But when he reappears the next day as if nothing ever happened, she realizes the tragedy might have just been a premonition.
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It's up to Princess Lillifee to stop the evil Prince Steel from putting the country of Bluetopia into a permanent deep freeze, all while protecting a defenseless baby unicorn and reuniting her with her kidnapped parents.
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It's a classic case of beauty and the geek when Abhay, the nerdiest guy on campus, crosses paths with Alisha, the girl of every man's dreams, and whether by destiny or happenstance, they're forced into each other's company -- and each other's arms.
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When a virus that turns its victims into crazed killers infects travelers on an airplane, authorities seal off the jet to let the bug run its course. Realizing they've been left to die, a flight attendant and a passenger plan a daring escape.
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A tribe of Cro-Magnons is attacked and loses its precious fire (a blaze that is always kept burning). To ensure the band's survival, Naoh (Everett McGill) goes in search of more fire, accompanied by Amoukar (Ron Perlman) and Gaw (Nameer El-Kadi). Along the way, they meet Ika (Rae Dawn Chong), a young woman who's rescued from slavery because she actually knows how to "make" fire. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
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In this raw drama based on David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, Becca and Howie grapple with the realities of life eight months after the death of their 4-year-old son, Danny.
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In 19th-century California, a band of misfit soldiers at an Army outpost take in a seriously injured man, who tells them horrific tales of resorting to cannibalism to stay alive when his group became stranded.
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French freedom fighters kill four and take 30 hostages on an island, instigating a political crisis. Special forces captain Philippe dives into negotiations as the French presidential election -- and lives -- are on the line.
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On a red-eye flight bound for Miami, Lisa learns that a fellow passenger has plans to murder the deputy secretary of Homeland Security -- and that he wants to use her as part of the plot.
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In this horror-fantasy reimagining of the classic tale, young Valerie juggles a difficult romantic decision with feelings of fear and grief as her town is terrorized by a legendary werewolf, which has killed her sister and hungers to feast again.
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After six years of vicious unsolved murders, Manchester policeman Peter Hunter arrives in West Yorkshire to supervise the Yorkshire Ripper investigation and a copycat killer case in this second installment of the Red Riding trilogy.
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Director Kevin Smith puts a unique spin on the horror genre in this tale of hormonal urges gone awry. Three high school boys answer an online ad from a woman seeking wild sex and soon find themselves in the hands of some dangerous religious zealots.
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In this riveting character study, a jujitsu master in a financial bind considers entering the arena to compete for cash -- which goes against his values and his integrity. When a gun mishap adds to his debt, he's left at the mercy of gangland thugs.
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Suspected of terrorism, an Egyptian-born man "vanishes" and is taken to a secret prison. His wife desperately tries to uncover his whereabouts, as well as his true intentions, while a CIA analyst objects to the interrogation practices being used.
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Chris Columbus's faithful adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical set in New York's East Village boasts a slew of stars from the show's original Broadway cast, including Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs and Jesse L. Martin. Based on Puccini's opera "La boheme," the story follows a group of scrappy bohemians who face true love, broken hearts, drug addiction and AIDS -- and paying rent to high-powered oppressors.
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A skilled assassin in search of a new life accepts a final hit job posing as a soprano for a Swiss opera company. Her mark: a handsome baritone whose business dealings threaten the interests of a powerful corporation. But things don't go as planned.
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Some 65 years after leaving the Pacific, former Navy Ens. Leon Cooper returns to the site of the bloody battle at Tarawa to investigate a disturbing rumor: that trash and debris now decorate the shores where thousands of men fell dead or wounded. Out of respect for the sacrifices his countrymen made there in the fall of 1943, Cooper is determined to clean up the area and restore honor to once hallowed ground. Oscar-nominated actor Ed Harris narrates.
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Drew Barrymore stars as Beverly D'Onofrio, an unlucky teen who gets pregnant while still in high school, in this coming-of-age drama from director Penny Marshall that's based on D'Onofrio's autobiography by the same name. After sleeping with a boy she barely knew, Beverly gets married on a whim and discovers that her newborn isn't the only one who has a lot of growing up to do. Her teenage husband is a still a kid -- and so is she.
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Determined to help people die with dignity, Dr. Jack Kevorkian refused to conceal or halt his participation in assisted suicides until the government stopped him with a 1999 murder conviction. This film chronicles his struggles. Through interviews with key players in the trial as well as a prison phone chat with Kevorkian himself, director Anna Terean provides an illuminating study of both the doctor and the politics of euthanasia.
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