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Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Al Pacino drive this taut thriller as New York City detectives tasked with investigating a rash of vigilante killings that are linked to an old case, suggesting they might have put an innocent man behind bars.
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Former commercial photographer and music video director David LaChapelle delves into the "krumping" culture in South Central Los Angeles, capturing the unbelievable gyrations of dancers with moves so quick that they warrant a special disclaimer.
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In Paul Verhoeven's landmark sci-fi thriller, the monolithic corporation controlling a futuristic, crime-riddled Detroit transforms a dead cop into a cybernetic law-enforcement unit called RoboCop, and soon the streets are safe.
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Watching his back for the thugs trying to kill him, a con man stumbles onto a deadly secret that leads him to a small town terrorized by the mafia. Now, he must save the woman he loves, the little girl who insists she's his daughter and the locals.
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Commitment-phobic bride-to-be Maggie Carpenter has already left three men at the altar when sexist newspaper columnist Ike Graham writes an offensive, inaccurate story about her -- and will get fired unless he talks to her in person.
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In this slick actioner inspired by the 1970s TV series, veteran Los Angeles cop Hondo Harrelson is tasked with drafting and training an elite special weapons and tactics team -- who soon find themselves up against a crafty international criminal.
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While investigating a deadly water-borne epidemic along the Nile River, adventurer Dirk Pitt uncovers a secret dating back to the U.S. Civil War and battles an evil industrialist bent on killing every living thing in the world's oceans.
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Set in the 1850s, director Michael Curtiz's frontier tale recounts the bloody conflict between the Army and abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey) in the years preceding the Civil War. As West Point alumni Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and George Armstrong Custer (Ronald Reagan) attempt to crush Brown's antislavery crusade, they find themselves competing for the affections of a lovely lass (Olivia de Havilland). Van Heflin and Alan Hale also star.
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Detective Eric Matthews desperately tries to catch notorious killer Jigsaw in this suspenseful sequel that finds Jigsaw staying true to his bloodthirsty M.O. of creating devious plans in which people are forced to kill each other.
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The Wayans brothers bring their trademark wit to this raucous, gory spoof of some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Matrix and American Pie.
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While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans' sequel to Scary Movie takes comedic aim at haunted house movies. A group of students visits a mansion called Hell House, and murderous high jinks ensue.
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When car trouble strands old friends Mitchell and Carter in the California desert, friction surfaces as they try to deal with the situation, and a heated dialogue soon escalates into a violent struggle for survival.
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Burned-out NYPD detective Frank Keller is on the hunt for a serial killer who uses personal ads to attract potential victims. Unfortunately, he falls hard for Helen, the alluring top suspect in the case.
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Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp), a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife (Maria Bello), is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe (John Turturro) who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity. Charles S. Dutton and Timothy Hutton co-star in this suspenseful drama based on a Stephen King novella.
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Ben Kingsley is unforgettably menacing in this intense crime drama as sociopathic gangster Don Logan, who tries to recruit an ex-partner for a high-stakes heist and won't take no for an answer -- even when the retired criminal refuses.
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In John Singleton's update of the 1970s classic, New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for murder, but he jumps bail to Switzerland, returning to face trial two years later.
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When her two-timing husband deserts her for a toffee-nosed romance novelist, dowdy housewife Ruth Patchett goes berserk and -- aided by her mother -- sets out to methodically ruin his life in this dark comedy.
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Adapted from the popular manga series by the renowned Takayuki Yamaguchi, this anime saga centers on a legendary death match between allies-turned-rivals Fujiki Gennosuke, the one-armed swordsman, and Irako Seigen, the blind samurai.
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Nicolas Entel's searing documentary tells the story of Pablo Escobar -- Colombian drug kingpin, murderer and family man -- through the eyes of his son, Sebastian, as well as the sons of two of Escobar's most prominent victims.
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Engaging young con artist Paul appears one day on the doorstep of the Kittredge family. Professing to be a friend of the affluent couple's son, Paul spins a tale of celebrity and despair that deeply affects the pair and their socialite friends.
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In this PBS American Mystery! feature, Navajo Tribal Officer Jim Chee (Adam Beach) and Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) are hot on the trail of a series of puzzling murders that immerse them in the spine-tingling, mystical world of Navajo witchcraft. Up against the clock, Chee and Leaphorn search desperately for the connection between the murders -- which occurred 120 miles apart. The film is adapted from Tony Hillerman's best-selling novel.
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Jump in and buckle up for a wild ride in the fast lane of laughter in this sequel to one of the top action-adventure comedies ever! This time, the notorious Bandit (Burt Reynolds) and his beautiful companion Carrie (Sally Field) find themselves involved in a mission of epic proportions: transporting a pregnant elephant cross-country in 24 hrs or less! Hot on their heels is archenemy Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), who vows to finally put the Bandit behind bars.
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This documentary produced by Javier Bardem follows the plight of the Sahrawi, refugees living in the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara who have suffered countless human rights abuses.
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In 1974, America's R&B superstars traveled to Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for a three-day concert. This documentary of the event, part of which became 1996's When We Were Kings, is made up of footage unseen for more than 30 years. James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King, the Spinners, Miriam Makeba and more perform beloved tunes, while cameras capture daily life in Kinshasa and the show's preparation.
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In this heartwarming musical documentary, a group of children from the slums of Mumbai, India, are given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform "The Sound of Music" with a classical orchestra.
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