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The Rise

2012

The Rise

2012
6.7
A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.
Out in the Dark

2012

Out in the Dark

2012
6.9
Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue.
7 Boxes

2012

7 Boxes

2012
6.7
It’s Friday night in Asunción and the temperature is 40ºC. Víctor, a 17-year-old wheelbarrow-boy, dreams of becoming famous and covets a cell phone in Mercado 4. He is offered the chance to deliver seven boxes with unknown contents in exchange for $100. This sounds like an easy job but it soon gets complicated. Something in the boxes is highly coveted. Víctor and his persecutors find themselves caught up in a crime they know nothing about.
Violet & Daisy

2011

Violet & Daisy

2011
6.1
Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.
The Woman in the Fifth

2011

The Woman in the Fifth

2011
5.1
An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

2008

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

2008
7.3
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.
The Machine Girl

2008

The Machine Girl

2008
6
The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.
Blood and Black Lace

1964

Blood and Black Lace

1964
7.3
Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.
The Stranger

1946

The Stranger

1946
7.2
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
Dead of Night

1945

Dead of Night

1945
7.2
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales.
Dead or Alive

1999

Dead or Alive

1999
6.4
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
Ring 0

2000

Ring 0

2000
6.1
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
The Lost World

1925

The Lost World

1925
6.7
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
The Lady Vanishes

1938

The Lady Vanishes

1938
7.4
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
Torso

1973

Torso

1973
6.6
A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
Wake in Fright

1971

Wake in Fright

1971
7.3
A schoolteacher, stuck in a teaching post in an arid backwater, stops off in a mining town on his way home for Christmas. Discovering a local gambling craze that may grant him the money to move back to Sydney for good, he embarks on a five-day nightmarish odyssey of drinking, gambling, and hunting.
The Stepfather

1987

The Stepfather

1987
6.5
A seemingly mild mannered man -- who has just murdered his entire family -- quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter, he struggles to hide his true identity and maintain a grip on reality.
Ms .45

1981

Ms .45

1981
6.7
A shy and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day. She wanders the New York streets at night in a sexy black dress with her attacker's gun strapped to her garter belt, blowing away any man who tries to pick her up.
The Osterman Weekend

1983

The Osterman Weekend

1983
5.6
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.
Death and the Maiden

1994

Death and the Maiden

1994
7.1
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.