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The story follows Adam Beckett (Zach Galligan), a young aspiring artist who dreams of becoming great but struggles to find his place in the world. After failing an art test in New York City, he is forced to take a dull government job controlling traffic lights.

However, he soon discovers that the city is secretly run by a shadowy group of influential old men.

Bored with her possessive husband while cruising on an Ocean liner, Stephanie (Mathilda May) is offered the opportunity to swap her life with that of a young woman who has thrown herself overboard. Her new identity catapults her into a life of prostitution and abuse which she both abhors and adores.

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Set in modern day Buenos Aires, the film centres around a relationship between two emotionally crippled roommates. Adrian LeDuc is a lonely sociopath. Jack Carney , the new roommate, appears normal enough at first but it soon becomes apparent that he is hiding something.

As their friendship develops, Adrian suppresses his suspicions that Jack may be the government mercenary turned serial killer who has been terrorising the city. The shocking climax of this twisted tale of deceit, perversion and murder reveals the darker side of the human psyche.

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Over 40 years after Sam Peckinpah's classic western was released, missing footage has been located and restored.

The new scenes complete the electrifying depiction of an obsessive Union officer (Charlton Heston) who leads a squad of rebel prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals into Mexico to hunt down a band of murderous Apaches.

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Some people will do anything for a million dollars...

even if it means killing anyone who gets in their way! Written and directed by Oscar nominee Sam Peckinpah and starring Academy Award winner Gig Young, Warren Oates, Robert Webber, Kris Kristofferson and the seductively beautiful Isela Vega, 'Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia' is a gritty classic that vibrates with explosive action and nail-biting tension. When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollars on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men (Young and Webber) recruit a small-town bartender (Oates) to help them do their dirty work. But their tequila-fuelled trek across the desolate Mexican frontier grows more intense, gruesome and bloody with every savage murder they leave in their wake!

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When callous thugs beat Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) senseless and viciously murder the gorgeous blonde he's been trying to help, the hard-boiled detective retaliates the only way he can: by hitting first and asking questions later.

Cutting a brutal swathe through the city's sleazy underside, Hammer uncovers a mysterious black container whose deadly contents not only solve the murder...but trigger an apocalyptic climax as well!

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In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami…wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana (Al Pacino).

The world will remember him by another name…Scarface.

For $1,000 a day, vacationers can indulge whims at the theme park called Westworld. They can bust up a bar or bust out of jail, drop in on a brothel or get the drop on a gunslinger. It's all safe: the park's lifelike androids are programmed never to harm the customers. But not all droids are getting with the program.

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Susan Harris (Julie Christie) is alone in the house when, suddenly, doors lock, windows slam shut and the phone stops working. Susan is trapped by an intruder - but this is no ordinary thug.

Instead, the intruder is a computer named Proteus (voice of Robert Vaughn), an artificial brain that has learned to reason. And to terrorise.

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This frightening, but extremely moving and romantic horror film stars Jeff Goldblum as an over-ambitious scientist who accidentally merges with a housefly while conducting a bizarre teleporting experiment.

A journalist (Geena Davis) who has fallen in love with him while covering his scientific endeavours suddenly finds herself caring for a horrifying creature whose insect half gradually begins to take over.

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Teenager Bill Whitney (Billy Warlock) has always felt like the odd one out in his wealthy, upper-class Beverly Hills family. For some reason, he just doesn't seem to fit in.

But his sense of alienation takes a sinister turn when he hears an audio recording of his sister's coming-out party, which seems to implicate his family and others in a bizarre, ritualistic orgy. And then there are the strange things he's been seeing - glimpses of people with their bodies contorted impossibly out of shape... Is Bill going mad or is there something seriously amiss in his neighbourhood?

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Welcome to Club Exotica, a place where fantasies can become reality but where illusion runs amuck. Here, in a murky underworld of lust and longing, a lonely accountant named Francis falls for Christina, one of the dancers.

Although Christina is already involved with someone, the club owner pushes her towards Francis and a dangerous game of deceit and duplicity begins... A multi-layered and mysterious portrayal of lives shaped by desire and delusion, Atom Egoyan's bold erotic thriller is a stunning combination of directorial flair and keen philosophical insight...

Life on the assembly line stinks. Glue the windshield...One car a minute. 55 an hour. 220,000 a year. The pay is lousy. The union is crooked. Life is an endless list of unpaid bills. And now, three workers are plotting the ultimate heist to set themselves free.

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In a world of wealth and desire, high-end male escort Julian Kay (Richard Gere) offers his love and attention to women in need. But when a client, the wife of a sadistic finance magnate, is found dead, all eyes turn to Julian as the prime suspect.

Realising he's being framed, Julian races to prove his innocence, determined to unravel the mystery behind the setup. As he digs deeper into the case, he embarks on a journey that forces him to confront his own identity.

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America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, 'Dazed and Confused' eavesdrops on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshmen.

A launching pad for a number of future stars, the first studio effort by Richard Linklater also features endlessly quotable dialogue and a blasting, stadium-ready soundtrack. Sidestepping nostalgia, 'Dazed and Confused' is less about "the best years of our lives" than the boredom, angst, and excitement of teenagers waiting...for something to happen.