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1) High-rise
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Laing is the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. But as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, particularly on the lower floors, the regimented social strata begins to crumble and the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader based on his original screenplay, Master Gardener follows Narvel Roth, the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate, to pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel's spartan...
5) Mob town
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A true crime thriller inspired by the notorious mob summit of 1957, where over 50 mafia leaders across America converge on a small town in upstate New York to honor the new 'capo dei capi'. Stumbling upon their illegal operations, Sgt. Ed Croswell risks his life to stand up for justice, shedding light on the massive web of corruption to change the face of law enforcement forever.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The true story of Slahi's fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable military prosecutor,...
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Able goes on the run from the high-level conspiracy, kidnapping Angela. Evelyn attempts to uncover where Able's mission went wrong, unassisted by bumbling morons she must climb over and elbow through while fighting to bring Able and his mysterious bag back in.
8) Searching
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After David Kim's sixteen-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop. David must trace his daughter's digital footprints before she disappears forever.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Italiano
Description
Sicily, 1950s. Father Vittorio, Father Venanzio, Father Agrippino and Father Carmelo, Franciscan Friars from the Capuchin convent of Mazarin, are arrested. There are charges of conspiracy, aggravated extortion, and association in murder against them. What emerges is a compelling story of truth, lies, and the evils of corruption.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From the thrilling best seller from Alistair MacLean now comes the exciting motion picture! American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But they soon realize that the job is not a cushy number, and have to deal with a gang of kidnappers who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the scientist.
11) Flag day
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Vogel's father John taught her so much about love and joy, but he also happened to be the most notorious counterfeiter in US history. Directed by Sean Penn, the film stars Penn and his daughter Dylan Penn in an intimate family portrait of a young woman who struggles to rise above the wreckage of her past while reconciling the inescapable bond between a daughter and her father.
12) Witness
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An Amish boy witnesses a murder, and the cop on the case discovers it's part of a conspiracy in his department. Includes all-new special features including a five-part documentary and much more.
13) Never let me go
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth that they are genetically engineered clones raised to be organ donors, they embrace their fleeting chance to live and love. Based on the acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
14) The Forgiven
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend's lavish weekend party, a wealthy London couple is involved in a tragic accident with a local boy. But when they attempt to cover up the incident, the boy's father arrives seeking justice.
15) Parasite
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Korean
Description
Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A shocking revelation turns a teenage boy's world upside down in this chilling look at the evil that can lurk below even the most wholesome surface. When Tyler discovers a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession, he begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be a psychopath, and that his deadly rampage is not over.
17) First reformed
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
18) Hereafter
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
George is a blue-collar American with a special connection to the afterlife dating from his childhood. French journalist Marie has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. When London schoolboy Marcus loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each seeking the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might, or must, exist in the hereafter.
19) Brother's keeper
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Türkçe
Description
Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo2s condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried...
20) Deadlock
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Ron Whitlock is a wanted criminal leading a team of mercenaries on a mission of vengeance. Convinced that the government is working against them, the merciless group brutally seizes an energy plant and holds everyone inside hostage. With a nearby town on the brink of massive flooding and destruction, it2s up to one retired elite army ranger Mack Karr to save thousands of innocent lives before it's too late.
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