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Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady's home make her decide to travel with him for a while. This turns out to be a bad move, as no dog is above the law.

Animation · Adventure · Comedy

The Massachusetts State Police is desperate to crack down on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a protege of Costello who has infiltrated the state police as an informant for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy, and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves.

Crime · Drama · Thriller

Longing for freedom, the lowly bureaucrat of the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith, summons up the courage to write down his unspoken desires in his little secret diary. Serving silently at the pleasure of the grim, autocratic hyper-state of Oceania, Smith knows that the English Socialist Party's supreme leader, the omnipotent Big Brother, watches his every move, condemning the already terrified people into a life of slavery. Under those dire circumstances--as the totalitarian government's suffocating stranglehold tightens more and more--Julia, another equally seditious party member, crosses paths with Winston, and a dangerous clandestine affair begins. Now, there's no turning back, and, sooner or later, the illicit couple will have to pay for its hideous crimes against the dictatorial state. What makes a good citizen?

Drama · Sci-Fi

An elderly man reads the book "The Princess Bride" to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations. The grandson is sure he won't like the story, with a romance at its core, he prefers something with lots of action and "no kissing", but he lets grandfather continue, because he doesn't want to hurt his feelings. The story centers on Buttercup, a former farm girl who has been chosen as the princess bride to Prince Humperdinck of Florin. Buttercup does not love him, she who still laments the death of her one true love, Westley, five years ago. Westley was a hired hand on the farm, his stock answer of "as you wish" to any request she made of him which she came to understand was his way of saying that he loved her. But Westley went away to sea, only to be killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts. On a horse ride to clear her mind of her upcoming predicament of marriage, Buttercup is kidnapped by a band of bandits: Vizzini who works on his wits, and his two associates, a giant named Fezzik who works on his brawn, and a Spaniard named Inigo Montoya, who has trained himself his entire life to be an expert swordsman. They in turn are chased by the Dread Pirate Roberts himself. But chasing them all is the Prince, and his men led by Count Tyrone Rugen. What happens to these collectives is dependent partly on Buttercup, who does not want to marry the Prince, and may see other options as lesser evils, and partly on the other motives of individuals within the groups. But a larger question is what the grandson will think of the story as it proceeds and at its end, especially as he sees justice as high a priority as action.

Adventure · Comedy · Family

James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as "Lektor". Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organization discovers it. While being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, while each S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald "Red" Grant and ex K.G.B. Agent Rosa Klebb, who knows all of the tricks in the book, and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe.

Action · Adventure · Thriller

Wisborg, Germany, 1838. Saddled by his superior with the urgent task of sealing a land deal, newlywed estate agent Thomas Hutter reluctantly abandons his worried wife, Ellen, in hopes of securing his position in the firm. However, the mesmerising sight of lustrous gold is a deadly trap; as the ambitious young realtor arrives at the mysterious Count Orlok's isolated castle in the Carpathian Alps, the ghastly embodiment of pure horror begins to haunt Ellen's unspoken nocturnal imaginings. With the light succumbing to darkness, who can ease the suffocating stranglehold of ancient evil? After all, few have gazed into the abyss and lived to tell the tale. Can willing sacrifice rid Wisborg of the Nosferatu?

Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

An art collector appeals to Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure of heart.

Adventure

In exchange for lighter sentences, just like the anti-hero team in Suicide Squad (2016), a fresh batch of Belle Reve's meta-humans strike a deal with the cold head of Task Force X, Amanda Waller. This time, her ragtag band of super-powered convicts--Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, King Shark, Polka-Dot Man, and Ratcatcher 2--ventures into the dangerous South American island nation of Corto Maltese to find the Thinker, the evil scientist in charge of the mysterious Project Starfish. However, as the band joins forces with an old leader of the notorious team, humankind is on the verge of extinction. Can the new expendables stop a menace that could mean the end of the world as we know it?

Action · Adventure · Comedy

Life tells the story of the six-member crew of the International Space Station that is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.

Horror · Sci-Fi · Thriller

This is the story of Willard Stiles who is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. Willard then finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his co-workers and is eventually fired by his cruel and uncaring boss, Mr. Frank Martin, a vicious man whose professional interest in Willard extends to a personal financial one.

Drama · Horror · Thriller

A team of trainees of the National Guard brings supply to the New Mexico Desert for a group of soldiers and scientists that are installing a monitoring system in Sector 16. They do not find anybody in the camp, and they receive a blurred distress signal from the hills. Their sergeant gathers a rescue team, and they are attacked and trapped by deformed cannibals, having to fight to survive.

Horror · Thriller

A boy preacher named Isaac goes to Gatlin, Nebraska and gets all the children to murder every adult in town. A young couple on a road trip stop in Gatlin to report a murder and seek help, but the town seems deserted. They are soon trapped in Gatlin with little chance of getting out alive.

Horror · Thriller

84 years later, a 100 year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

Drama · Romance

In Sheffield, ordinary people from the working class live their lives, while the television news reports the escalation of the tension between the United States of America and the Soviet Union after the invasion of Iran by the Soviets. People in general do not pay much attention until the day they realize that a nuclear attack may happen and affect mankind.

Drama · Sci-Fi · Thriller

It's Baltimore, 1962, and rebellious teenager Tracy Turnblad (Lake) attempts to win the coveted 'Miss Auto Show' crown as she fights against racial discrimination. Written and directed by John Waters (Polyester, Serial Mom) and featuring rock legends Sonny Bono and Deborah Harry as the pushy parents of Tracy's rival.

Comedy · Drama · Music

Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling, the U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.

Sci-Fi · Thriller

In the stark beauty of 19th Century Snowdonia a young girl tries desperately to hold her home together. Struggling with her mother's mysterious illness, her father's absence and a ruthless mining company encroaching on their land. A growing darkness begins to take grip of her home, and the suspicious local community turns on Gwen and her family.

Drama · History · Horror

An animated adaptation of Richard Adams' novel, about a pair of dogs (Snitter and Rowf) who escape from a research laboratory and try to survive in the wild with the help of a cunning fox (The Tod). The lab director tries to keep the escape quiet, but as an increasing number of sheep are found killed, word leaks out, together with rumors that the dogs might be plague carriers.

Animation · Adventure · Drama

Lord Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) sees his family heritage, especially the grand country home Downton Abbey, as his mission in life. The death of his heir aboard R.M.S. Titanic means distant cousin Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens), a Manchester lawyer, suddenly is next in line and accepts moving onto the vast estate with his even more modernist, socially engaged mother, who clashes with his Lordship's domineering, conservative mother, the dowager countess. Marrying off the daughters is another concern. Meanwhile, the butler presides over a staff which serves the family, but also lead most of their entire lives in the servants' quarters, intriguing amongst themselves.

Drama · Romance

Linda Liddle carries the weight of a firm while her ego-driven boss, Bradley Preston, coasts on a family name. When their aircraft plunges into the sea, the corporate ladder disintegrates. Bradley clings to his entitlement as a shield against the heat. Linda realizes her meticulous planning is the only thing keeping them breathing. She watches him flounder, a pathetic shell stripped of his suit. The power dynamic curdles. Linda leans into her simmering resentment; she weaponizes her competence to dominate the man who once patronized her. She demands total submission for a sip of water. The price of his survival is the absolute destruction of his dignity.

Adventure · Horror · Thriller

In The Boys, a world exists where superheroes, known as Supes, are revered as celebrities, managed by the powerful Vought International. However, beneath the glamorous facade lies a dark truth: most Supes are corrupt and abuse their powers. The story follows two groups: The Boys, vigilantes seeking revenge against Supes for past traumas, and The Seven, Vought's premiere superhero team led by the ruthless Homelander. As Hughie joins The Boys for revenge after a Supe kills his girlfriend, and the idealistic Starlight joins The Seven only to discover their corruption, both groups clash in a brutal fight to expose Vought's secrets and dismantle their control over the corrupt Supes, blurring the lines between good and evil in a world where immense power breeds immense corruption.

Action · Comedy · Crime