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Racquet

1979

Racquet

1979
4.4
Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.
Shreck

1990

Shreck

1990
5
Roger, Neil, and Mike are horror movie fans who have a mock seance to bring Nazi psycho Max Shreck back from the dead. Unfortunately, the seance works and Shreck wreaks havoc in our time.
Magic in the Mirror

1996

Magic in the Mirror

1996
6
A little girl's imaginary friends come to life when she goes through her great-grandmother's antique mirror, a la Alice, after she sees it glowing.
Hostage for a Day

1994

Hostage for a Day

1994
4.7
Warren Kooey is a man who's tired of his current life; a witch of a wife, a boss who complains about everything he does and looses his lifesavings (stolen by the wife). He has only one thing on his mind: Alaska
Sounds of Silence

1989

Sounds of Silence

1989
4.9
In Los Angeles, photographer Peter Mitchell learns that he has inherited a palatial estate in Sweden from his unknown relative, Annie Holst. He, his girlfriend Sarah, and her deaf son Dennis, head overseas to decide whether to live in the property or to sell it. But when they arrive, they find the locals offer a chilly reception whenever Annie's name is mentioned. It turns out that Annie had lost her son some 50 years ago in a tragedy at the nearby orphanage where she had placed him temporarily, due to circumstances beyond her control. But she had continued to see her son even after his death. Now, young Dennis is drawn to the derelict orphanage, and to a new friend who only he can see. And Peter must solve a decades-old mystery of how the orphans died before his family faces a similar fate.
The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues

1987

The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues

1987
5.9
Brady Hawkes and Billy Montana join forces once again in this new adventure. This time around their goal is to help the Sioux fight the government and get the supplies they need. They also uncover corruption within a government outpost and find themselves in a dangerous position.
Kate's Secret

1986

Kate's Secret

1986
5.4
A beautiful woman married to a successful lawyer and the perfect suburban mother turns out to be a closeted bulimic.
Patthar Ke Phool

1991

Patthar Ke Phool

1991
5.3
Suraj falls in love with Kiran and doesn't know that she is the daughter of an underworld kingpin. Suraj's life takes a drastic turn when the same criminal kills his father.
The Proud and Damned

1972

The Proud and Damned

1972
3.9
A group of five Confederate mercenaries led by Sergeant Will Hansen must choose sides carefully in a small village where they find themselves trapped in the middle of a rebellion. The group is torn as to whether they should honor the powerful military dictator who forces them to spy for him or help the local village fight for its independence. Follow Sergeant Hansen and his men as they make a decision that could cost them their lives.
Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996
5.6
A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have to wage a courageous battle to find their place in America as a loving family.
Curaçao

1993

Curaçao

1993
6.9
Cornelius Wettering and Stephen Guerin are expatriates living in Curaçao. They're bound together by an understanding that each is hiding from a dangerous past.
Purgatory

1988

Purgatory

1988
4
Two Peace Corps volunteers in Africa are framed and put into an oppressive women's prison.
Harvest of Fire

1996

Harvest of Fire

1996
5.4
In a small Amish community, three barns are burnt down almost simultaneously. FBI agent Sally Russwell is sent in to investigate this possible hate crime. What she finds however is a community that little trust for outsiders or "The English" as they call them. However, in her investigations, Agent Russell makes friends with one entrepreneurial widow, Annie Beiler who has her own curiosity about this stranger. Together, Annie introduces Russell in-depth to this close knit community bearing many appealing attributes. However, as Sally's investigations continue, she discovers secrets that reveal uncomfortable truths about the religious community that are linked to the arson attacks.
Central Bazaar

1976

Central Bazaar

1976
8
For this remarkable experimental film, the provocative avant-garde legend Stephen Dwoskin gathered together a group of strangers and filmed them as they explored their fantasies over a period of five days: a project that now sounds a little like TV's Big Brother. The ceremonial gowns and make-up here not only evoke the eroticism of European horror movies but also highlight the film's interplay between performance and intimacy. Jonas Mekas called it 'theatre of life'.
James Dean

1976

James Dean

1976
4.7
A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both were trying to break into films as actors, and was his lover for a time.
The Sleepwalker Killing

1997

The Sleepwalker Killing

1997
6
Mark Schall kills his mother-in-law and wounds his father-in-law in the middle of the night, then turns himself in. He claims, however, that he cannot remember the crime itself. His defense team finds evidence that suggests the crimes were committed while Mark was sleep walking. They build their defense around this theory.
Mommy's Day

1997

Mommy's Day

1997
2.9
After escaping a lethal injection for the murders Mommy (Patty McCormack) had committed, she is given a special implant in her arm that will keep her from having homicidal urges. However, since she still tries to see her daughter and other murders are continuing, it doesn't look very good for Mommy.
The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw

1991

The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw

1991
5
Hawkes, Jones and Cassidy are on their way to the biggest poker game in history. But a few folks want to see them fold before they even get there.
Carolina Skeletons

1991

Carolina Skeletons

1991
6.8
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for that, but there are some people in the town who will stop at nothing to hide the secrets of their past...
Dangerous Intentions

1995

Dangerous Intentions

1995
7
A man stalks his wife and child when they leave for an abused women's shelter.