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Publisher
TriStar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tony Aaron (Neeson) is a private eye who makes his living setting up phony adultery cases with the help of his wife. But a routine set up fatally backfires when Tony's wife and his client - a wealthy artist - are murdered. At first, all clues point to the artist's mysterious mistress, Angeline (San Giacomo), but Tony is also named as a prime suspect. Both maintain their innocence, and guilt seems even harder to assign when the two plunge into a steamy,...
2) Submergence
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling film from visionary director Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire), James (James McAvoy) is a British agent and Danny (Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander) is a scientist working on a deep-sea diving project. A wild love affair develops even though their jobs, and their individual dangerous missions, are destined to separate them.
3) Spies
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Fritz Lang's elaborate superspy thriller is at last restored to its proper length.
4) Koma
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Koma is a psychological thriller featuring Hong Kong stars Lee Sinje (Divergence) and Karena Lam (Silk, Heroic Duo) that intricately weaves a winding tale through the darkest regions of the human psyche and an emotional cat-and-mouse game between two women. As facts begin to emerge, the truth becomes clearer - one has something the other desperately needs. As they become closer to each other, they find themselves on the brink of unspeakable danger....
6) The Dig
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Language
English
Description
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find his victim’s father searching for the body on an endless bog. When he asks the local police officer to remove the man from his land, he soon realizes that the police and community want the killer in their midst gone for good. With no memory of the murder and no way of stopping Sean, Callahan’s only option is to join THE DIG.
7) Never Here
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Disturbing events lead an artist who photographs strangers to suspect that someone out there is watching HER. Boundaries blur between real and imaginary, crime and art, the watcher and the watched.
8) Beirut
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Language
English
Description
Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives (Rosamund Pike, Dean Norris) must send a former U.S. diplomat (Jon Hamm) to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
9) 600 Miles
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
Oscar® nominee Tim Roth is riveting as Hank Harris, a U.S. agent out to bust an international arms-smuggling racket. While attempting an arrest, Hank is overpowered by a young Mexican gunrunner (Kristyan Ferrer), who makes a fateful decision to smuggle Hank into Mexico and deliver him to his crime bosses. As the two enemies begin a tense journey into the heart of deadly cartel country, they are suddenly bound in a desperate fight for survival in...
10) Black Butterfly
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Piper Perabo headline this chilling tale of a writer who takes in a mysterious drifter at his remote cabin and soon finds himself in a dangerous situation spiraling out of control.
11) The Perfect Host
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
English
Description
Warwick is the consummate host. John is a career criminal. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend. We become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**
12) Red
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
English
Description
After his 14-year-old dog, Red, is senselessly murdered by three thrill-seeking teenagers, an aging recluse sets out seeking justice for his four-legged companion and finds himself gradually pushed to take extreme measures.
13) Shadow Dancer
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
English
Description
When a young mother and true believer from a violent IRA family is captured by British spies, she is forced to betray everything she believes in for the sake of her son in this taut, high-stakes thriller.
14) Monos
Publisher
Neon
Language
English
Description
MONOS is a breathtaking saga where the mission of teenage soldiers descends into chaos and the strong begin to prey on the weak on a remote mountain in Latin America. Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Language
English
Description
Paulina Escobar is a political activist whose husband is a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country just out of a dictatorship. One day a storm forces her husband to ride home with a neighbor. That chance encounter brings up demons from her past, as she is convinced that the neighbor (Dr. Miranda) was part of the old fascist regime that tortured and raped her, while blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the truth. Paulina...
16) Wake in Fright
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Language
English
Description
Considered a classic of Australian New Wave cinema, WAKE IN FRIGHT tells the nightmarish story of a schoolteacher’s descent into demoralization at the hands of drunken, deranged derelicts while stranded in a small town in the outback.
18) Croupier
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Language
English
Description
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer going nowhere fast. To make ends meet, and against his better judgement, he takes a job as a CROUPIER. He finds himself drawn into the casino world and the job gradually takes over his life; his relationship with girlfriend Marion begins to deteriorate. One gambler in particular catches his attention: Jani, whom he starts to see outside of working hours – a serious violation of casino rules. Jani is down on her...
19) Frailty
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
FBI Agent Wesley Doyle is startled by the spontaneous declaration of youngster Fenton Meiks that Fenton’s delusion father believed he had a divine mission as avenging angel that required him and his brother Adam to become his “demon-slaying” murder accomplices. Fenton promises to provide the agent with a complete confession if he agrees to be shown the secret graves of the victims. Agent Doyle agrees, but this seemingly open-and-shut case is...
20) Blindfire
Publisher
Kandoo Films
Language
English
Description
Lives are left in pieces after a white cop responds to a violent hostage call and kills the black suspect, only to learn he may have been set up. Facing trial, he must find the person responsible while examining his own accountability. Winner of Best Crime Drama, World-Fest Houston Film Festival.
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