Set in 11th-century Japan, the story of a family that is broken apart when the father is cast into exile. His wife and children are left to fend for themselves and are eventually ambushed by vi-cious slave traders.
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High school student Hodaka leaves his home on an isolated island and moves to Tokyo, but he immediately becomes broke. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds a job as a writer for a shady occult magazine. After he starts his job, the weather has been rainy day after day. In a corner of the crowded and busy city, Hodaka meets a young woman named Hina. Due to certain circumstances, Hina and her younger brother live together, but have a cheerful and sturdy life. Hina also has a certain power: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
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Akira Kurosawa’s crime drama masterpiece follows the executive of a shoe company who becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped and held for ransom. He must choose between saving his position in his company or saving the child in this suspenseful Japanese thriller.
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Oliver Stone’s satirical black comedy about murderers who become pseudo celebrities; starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., and Tommy Lee Jones. Two victims of traumatic childhoods become lovers and, inevitably, psychopathic serial murderers who get irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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They’re young, they’re in love, and they’re in cahoots. Arthur Penn’s famous film based on the true story of the famous criminal couple tells the story of a bored, small-town waitress and her love affair with an ex-con. Their relationship blossoms into a violent crime spree throughout the country in a film that marked the start of a new Hollywood Era and broke cinematic taboos of the time.
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April 6th, 1917, at the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message across enemy territory that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers. Award winning director, Sam Mendes, presents yet another epic story with breathtaking visuals that you won’t want to miss.
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Pedro Almodovar delivers yet another rich, layered, and overall exquisite film. Pain and Glory is the story of a filmmaker in the twilight of his career reflecting on his life, the people in it, and the choices he made. Watch the brilliant performances of Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia and Penélope Cruz.
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Inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris, Les Misérables tells the story of a cop, Stéphane, and his move to Paris where he joins the local Anti-Crime Brigade of the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil. Amidst rising tensions between local gangs, an arrest turns unexpectedly violent. Stéphane and his corrupt colleagues must deal with the aftermath and keep the neighborhood from spiraling.
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During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
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In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy and the rebellious son of a mayor travel from Portland to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find an estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor. (1991)
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