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1) The victim
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A young striper flees a depraved murder by two police detectives. But when she bangs on the door of a backwoods recluse, the situation takes even more grisly twists.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.
3) 16 blocks
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Jack Mosley is a burned-out detective who is assigned the task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail, 16 blocks to the 100 Centre Street courthouse. However, as the two head off, Mosley learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants the witness dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness.
Language
English
Description
Charlie is marred to the scandalous Victoria, but is in love with her sister Florence. Charlie goes off to war in search of redemption. On the front lines, he battles not only the enemy, but also the demons of self-doubt which have plagued him throughout his life. One day, Charlie witnesses a murder and must decide whether to protect his abusive father or tell the truth.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen; Unrated edition.
Language
English
Description
Dale Denton is a lazy court-process clerk and stoner. He likes to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver. Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that the bad guys are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Pictures
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Disc 1. Side A. Eraser (115 mins.): Eraser is an elite federal marshal who "erases" the pasts of jeopardized informers and relocates them into safe anonymity. Side B. The last boy scout (105 mins.): An ex-secret service agent and a former pro football star uncover a web of intrigue and corruption in professional sports when they team up to investigate the murder of the football players girlfriend.
Disc 2. Sida A. Passenger 57 (84 mins.): An ordinary...
9) The courier
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
10) Cop and a half
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Language
English
Description
A hard-boiled detective is saddled with a pint-sized sidekick when an eight-year-old boy witnesses a murder and shares what he knows with the police in exchange for a badge.
11) Trauma center
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
Lt. Wakes, a vengeful police detective, is determined to solve the murders of his partner and an informant. Wakes joins forces with Madison, a witness injured during the shootings, after the killers pursue her across the abandoned floor of a hospital and confirm Wakes's worst fears: the two men are actually corrupt vice cops covering up a crime. As Wakes vows revenge, this heart-pounding action-thriller reaches an explosive climax.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Language
English
Description
Susan Starrling sees something no child should ever see: her stepmother's murder. Traumatized and withdrawn, she cannot help her imprisoned father, who's been wrongly convicted of the crime and faces execution, and she retains only the troubling image of the killer's shadow. Susan becomes the charge of two people: a dedicated psychiatrist, who resolves to heal Susan and unlock the child's dark secret, and Susan's worried Aunt Dell, who would rather...
13) Rear window
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
14) The hate U give
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
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