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Scream(2022)

3.4/5 (with 1,272 votes)

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937)

3.6/5 (with 3,368 votes)

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

A Time to Kill(1996)

R
| 2h 29min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 1,090 votes)

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

The Natural(1984)

PG
| 2h 17min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 254 votes)

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.

Get Rich or Die Tryin'(2005)

R
| 1h 57min | Drama, Crime, Music
3.4/5 (with 383 votes)

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

Mirror Mirror(2012)

3.0/5 (with 1,473 votes)

After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a beautiful princess, Snow White. Now, joined by seven rebellious dwarves, Snow White launches an epic battle of good vs. evil...

The Contract(2006)

R
| 1h 36min | Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
2.9/5 (with 214 votes)

Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.

Freaks(1932)

NR
| 1h 2min | Drama, Horror
3.9/5 (with 503 votes)

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

The French Connection(1971)

R
| 1h 44min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 783 votes)

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

Raising Cain(1992)

R
| 1h 32min | Horror, Drama, Thriller, Crime
3.0/5 (with 142 votes)

When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls to Jenny to unravel the mystery. And as more children disappear, she fears for her own child's safety.

Dead Man(1995)

R
| 2h 1min | Drama, Fantasy, Western
3.6/5 (with 656 votes)

Wounded and branded an outlaw, a young accountant named William Blake flees gunmen and travels the frontier. Nobody, an outcast Native American, aides Blake along a journey beyond the frailty of life as his physical existence grows thin.

Pacific Heights(1990)

R
| 1h 42min | Thriller
3.1/5 (with 152 votes)

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

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Best Seller(1987)

R
| 1h 35min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 45 votes)

Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.

Carandiru(2003)

R
| 2h 28min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 249 votes)

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Our Hospitality(1923)

NR
| 1h 13min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 106 votes)

A man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.

Shaft's Big Score!(1972)

R
| 1h 44min | Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 23 votes)

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff(1949)

3.4/5 (with 22 votes)

Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).

No Regret(2006)

1h 53min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 15 votes)

Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs.

Directed by Leesong Hee-il - With Kim Dong-wook

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?(1970)

1h 24min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 29 votes)

Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. His wife pushes him to seek a promotion, which may be a long shot after he gives a dull and tipsy toast at an office dinner. But why would Herr Raab run amok?

The Notorious Landlady(1962)

3.5/5 (with 19 votes)

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.

Le Viager(1972)

1h 40min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 47 votes)

In 1930, Louis Martinet, a peaceful sexagenarian, no longer has a long life to live according to the words of his doctor, Leon Galipeau, who sees to take advantage of the very interesting situation of the "future deceased". This one indeed has a small house in Saint-Tropez. Galipeau sniffs the windfall. Following his advice, Martinet agrees to give it in life to the brother of the doctor, Emile, and then rushes back to a health of iron. Worse, he even survives the war. Galipeau, exhausted, decide to use the great means to get rid of the importunce who persists in thwarting their project ...

Innocents with Dirty Hands(1975)

R
| 2h 1min | Thriller, Crime
3.1/5 (with 21 votes)

Saint Tropez. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the murder of her wealthy husband Louis, an alcoholic impotent. She hits him, and leaves the rest of the task to Jeff. Julie finds herself alone the following day, and becomes therefore the prime suspect. Where is Louis' body? Where is Jeff? Is there any secret beyond a door?

Small Sacrifices(1989)

2h 39min | Drama, TV Movie
3.8/5 (with 4 votes)

A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.

Phar Lap(1983)

PG
| 1h 47min | Drama, Kids & Family, History
3.7/5 (with 11 votes)

Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.

Sunburn(1979)

1h 39min | Action, Comedy, Crime
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.

Kahaani 2(2016)

PG-13
| 2h 7min | Thriller, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

Vidya Sinha (Vidya Balan) has only one obsession in life. She wants to see her teenage daughter Mini, who is paralysed waist-downwards, walk again. But, is this scenario as obvious as it seems? Or is Vidya an impersonator of Durga Rani Singh from Kalimpong, who is wanted for kidnapping and murder?

Directed by Sujoy Ghosh - With Vidya Balan

The Naked Truth(1957)

NR
| 1h 31min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...

Nonstop Trouble with the Family(1985)

1h 28min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

A series of murders eliminates the poverty-stricken heirs to a 10 million-dollar fortune while Didi Dodel, the unsuspecting main heir, blithely escapes the attempts on his life. After a wealthy miser dies and leaves his fortune to Didi and five others, the five each hit upon the idea of eliminating Didi from the list (Didi does not know he has been named), but they do not realize how fate can step in and alter the best and worst of intentions.

No Code of Conduct(1999)

1h 33min | Action, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 11 votes)

A cop (Charlie Sheen), his partner (Dacascos), and his father (Martin Sheen) uncover a plot by city elders to smuggle drugs from Mexico into Phoenix, Arizona.

Only Human(2004)

3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

Leni takes Rafi to meet her family in Madrid. Leni's family is Jewish - mother, father, older sister and daughter, brother, and grandfather. Rafi is Palestinian, in Spain since age 12. Before her father returns from work, Leni reveals Rafi's origins. He accidentally drops a block of frozen soup out the flat window, probably killing a passerby. Leni initiates a cover-up and Rafi figures out the body is probably Leni's father. The body disappears and without telling the rest of the family what they know, Leni and Rafi organize a search for dad. Mom is sure he's having an affair. Leni's belly-dancing sister kisses Rafi. Her brother grabs a rifle to shoot the Arab. Can anything be put right?

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