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Split(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 57min | Horror, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 7,981 votes)

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan - With James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula, Haley Lu Richardson, Brad William Henke, ...
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Blonde(2022)

NC-17
| 2h 46min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 590 votes)

From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.

Directed by Andrew Dominik - With Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Evan Williams, Xavier Samuel, ...
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Life Itself(2018)

R
| 1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 229 votes)

As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

Directed by Dan Fogelman - With Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, Laia Costa, Annette Bening, ...
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Bethany(2017)

1h 30min | Horror
2.7/5 (with 19 votes)

Claire and her husband find themselves moving back into Claire's childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come back to haunt her. As her husband starts to get more work, Claire finds herself mixed up in a fog of past and present with a mysterious figure haunting her memories. What is this small figure that is trying to reach out to her, and what does it want?

Directed by James Cullen Bressack - With Tom Green
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Noble(2014)

PG-13
| 1h 40min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 15 votes)

Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.

Directed by Stephen Bradley - With Sarah Greene, Brendan Coyle, Liam Cunningham, Ruth Negga, Pauline McLynn, Eva Birthistle, ...

Nadunisi Naaygal(2011)

1h 50min | Mystery, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

Having suffered sexual abuse as a child, Veera grows into a psycho obsessed with sex and kills for pleasure.

Directed by Gautham Menon - With Veera Bahu, Sameera Reddy

The Lady Gambles(1949)

NR
| 1h 39min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 12 votes)

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.

Directed by Michael Gordon - With Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Don Beddoe, Edith Barrett, Jerry Paris, John Harmon, ...

Don't Look Back(2014)

1h 25min | Thriller
2.7/5 (with 8 votes)

A troubled young woman inherits a cabin filled with memories, but revealed secrets of the past ruin her hopes of a fresh start.

Girl on the Edge(2015)

1h 40min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 17 votes)

A powerful true story about the journey of a troubled teenage girl who finds healing in the most unlikely of places, and who must choose to either invest in her own recovery or succumb to the trauma of her past.

Directed by Jay Silverman

Wacko(1982)

R
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Horror
2.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.

Directed by Greydon Clark - With Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, George Kennedy, Julia Duffy
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I Am Richard Pryor(2019)

1h 32min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his honest, irreverent and biting humor.

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Dangerous Game(1988)

1h 39min | Horror, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A game becomes deadly serious! An insane cop hunts down five students in a shopping mall after closing time. His life is ruined as he was dishonorably discharged from the police force because of these people. Armed with a Rambo knife and a crossbow, he initially only wants to scare them off, but when he accidentally injures one of the boys deadly, there is no turning back. The witnesses to the murder must be eliminated! So begins a relentless hunt through the mall at night….

Directed by Stephen Hopkins - With Miles Buchanan
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Your Mum and Dad(2019)

1h 15min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The film follows Michael Moskowitz’s work with a New York-based therapist named Kirkland Vaughns, one of the few African-American Freudian therapists in the United States, while the director reveals her own family’s devastating trauma.