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Up Against Amanda

2000

Up Against Amanda

2000
3.6
After childhood abuse by her step-father and eight years in a juvenile psychiatric lockup, Amanda Lear is released. Her shrink is also her lover, who surreptitiously pays her rent on a nice house for a year. She moves in, takes one look at her neighbor Richard, and dispatches her doctor. To cover her tracks and to begin her seduction, she gets Richard's help with a security system. Soon she's bugging his calls and spying on him with hidden cameras, taking advantage of a rift between Richard and his wife who's in Nashville cutting a record. Amanda will stop at nothing to get Richard's exclusive attention. Will this good neighbor wise up before the hot tub overheats?
Katherine

1975

Katherine

1975
6.1
A harrowing look at the 60s and early 70s through the eyes of Katherine Alman, a wealthy debutante who slowly, but inexorably spirals down into a fight for the causes that shook a nation, leading a path to the underground life. Written by Miguel Cane
Party Girl

1930

Party Girl

1930
3.3
Jay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in a web involving an escort service or 'party girls' and trapped into an unhappy marriage.
Nasha

2013

Nasha

2013
4.1
A teenage boy becomes smitten with his new drama teacher and pursues her, despite the perilous risks of being found out.
Across the Moon

1994

Across the Moon

1994
3.5
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state prison.
Pat and Margaret

1994

Pat and Margaret

1994
7.5
Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain and frumpy younger sister. The meeting is painful for both women highlighting the vast differences in their lives and resurrecting painful memories of their unhappy childhood with an uncaring, errant mother. The tabloid press smell a juicy story and a race ensues to trace the whereabouts of the long lost parent.
Otello

1986

Otello

1986
5.9
Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?"
On Thin Ice

2003

On Thin Ice

2003
4.8
Patsy McCartle is a widow with two sons trying to gather all the money she has to pay for her car, bills, and her son's medication, all of which she can barely afford. She turns to dealing drugs and becomes addicted to crystal meth.
Breaking the Rules

1992

Breaking the Rules

1992
5.2
Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.
Crush

2009

Crush

2009
3.6
A four-part anthology exploring the multitude of emotions and colors in gay relationships. (1) Don't Ask. (2) Bloodline. (3) Strokes. (4) Breathe.
Dancers

1987

Dancers

1987
4.3
A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.
Just Like a Woman

1992

Just Like a Woman

1992
5.7
Gerald is a smart, young, high-flying American banker. Everything is great until his wife finds another woman's underwear in their bedroom and subsequently throws him out. He finds lodgings with Monica, a recently divorced 50-year old housewife, who is smitten with Gerald. But after their first night of love, Gerald avoids her. Monica feels used and betrayed until Gerald confesses he likes to dress up as a woman. Monica learns to accept and eventually support Geraldine, Gerald's alter ego.
The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1990

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1990
6.1
A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.
The Hard Way

1980

The Hard Way

1980
5.7
John Connor is a soon-to-retire hitman that agrees to take on one last job. After years plying his deadly trade, he has finally had enough. Seeking to retire to Dublin and maybe salvage his dying marriage, Connor wants to leave the lonely world of the marksman behind him and melt into the background. Unfortunately, his handler O'Neal is reluctant to let him go, and, after much coertion, manages to talk him into accepting one final job.
The Last Alarm

1940

The Last Alarm

1940
4.3
A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire. It becomes his purpose in life to track down the arsonist. As he gets closer to finding the killer, things become dangerous for him and his family.
The Silent Enemy

1930

The Silent Enemy

1930
6.7
In the Canadian Northwest, the Chippewa tribe struggles to find food before the onset of winter.
A Chance of Snow

1998

A Chance of Snow

1998
5.6
After signing her divorce papers, a woman heads out to her Minnesota airport with her sister and daughters for a flight to her mother's home. At the airport, her sportswriter husband shows up to catch a flight to Miami to visit his father. When a blizzard hits, the two suddenly find they have time to re-evaluate their relationship with assistance from an older couple.
The Ride

1997

The Ride

1997
6.5
A has-been cowboy is given a second chance at the hands of an unexpected teacher.
Sudden Fury

1993

Sudden Fury

1993
4.3
A teenage boy finds his mother and father murdered in their home but as the story goes on he reveals he knows more than he is letting on.
A Thief in the Night

1972

A Thief in the Night

1972
5.5
Patty, a young woman caught up in living for the present with little concern for the future, awakens one day to find her husband missing and the radio reporting that millions of people around the globe have mysteriously vanished. As dramatic, earth-shaking events begin to unfold around her, Patty realizes she is living in the end times spoken of in biblical prophecy.