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The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
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(2010) (United States) (DVD)
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(2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (video)
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(United States) (laserdisc) (video)
On a diabolical mission to eradicate sin, the misogynistic serial-killer preacher with the sharp switch-blade, Reverend Harry Powell, discovers the secret of the condemned bank robber, Ben Harper. With $10,000 hidden somewhere around Harper's decrepit farmhouse,...
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Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
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(2019) (USA) (Blu-ray)
Koji Kobayashi, a spotter for a Japanese fishing fleet crash lands his plane on a barren island. His best friend, Shoichi Tsukioka, manages to find him and lands his plane next to his so he can be rescued. The two pilots are shocked when they see two giant monsters waging...
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Diabolique (1955)
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(1999) (USA) (VHS)
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(2011) (USA) (DVD)
The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared - and subsequent reported sightings of the...
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Godzilla (1954)
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(2012) (USA) (DVD)
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(2012) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships explode and are sunk. At first, the authorities think its either underwater mines or underwater volcanic activity. The authorities soon head to Odo Island, close to where several of the ships were sunk. One night, something...
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Senso (1954)
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(2011) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.
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The Thing From Another World (1951)
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(1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
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(2016) (United States) (DVD)
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(United States) (laserdisc) (video)
'Doc' Riedenschneider, legendary crime 'brain' just out of prison, has a brilliant plan for a million-dollar burglary. To pull it off, he recruits safecracker Louis, driver Gus, financial backer Emmerich, and strong-arm man Dix Handley. At first the plan goes like clockwork,...
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I Shot Jesse James (1949)
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(2007) (USA) (DVD) (as Eclipse from the Criterion Collection)
After a bank robbery goes bad, Jesse James and a wounded Bob Ford lay low for 6 months. Ford is thrilled to learn that his love, Cynthy Waters, is in town acting on stage with a traveling company. She's happy to see him but both realize that with a price on his head, they...
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
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(2021) (USA) (Blu-ray)
Mesmerized by the dark allure of the carnival world, self-centered and rapaciously ambitious Stanton clings to the supposed prophetess, Mademoiselle Zeena, to learn the tricks of the trade. As a catastrophic accident and pure chance favor Stanton, more and more, the...
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It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
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(1987) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
A young George Bailey, overwhelmed by family obligations and a sense of responsibility toward his community, feels tied down to a company he never had an interest in working for, and a life he never wanted to live. As he ages, he sees his youth, dreams and opportunities pass...
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My Darling Clementine (1946)
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(2014) (United States) (DVD)
1882. The four Earp brothers are driving cattle through Arizona towards California when they stop outside the town of Tombstone. While Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan are in the town their cattle is stolen and James is murdered. Wyatt suspects that the Clanton family were...
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Cat People (1942)
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(1994) (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
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(2016) (United States) (Blu-ray)
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(2016) (United States) (DVD)
Serbian fashion designer Irena Dubrovna and American marine engineer Oliver Reed meet in Central Park, fall in love and marry after a brief courtship; but Irena won't consummate the union for fear that she will turn into a panther compelled to kill her lover, pursuant to a...
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The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
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(1988) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
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(1999) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow that needs a brain, a Tin Man missing a...
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
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(2013) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
While holidaying in Switzerland, Lawrence and his wife Jill are asked by a dying friend, Louis Bernard, to get information hidden in his room to the British Consulate. They get the information, but when they deny having it, their daughter Betty is kidnapped. It turns out...
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King Kong (1933)
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(1987) (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
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(1984) (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition.
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Island Of Lost Souls (1932)
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(2011) (United States) (DVD)
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(2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Rescued by a passing freighter after his ship sank, Edward Parker is unceremoniously dumped on an island belonging to Dr. Moreau. He's made to feel welcome there though his host tells him not to judge too quickly, or harshly, anything he might see on the island. Moreau has...
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The Gold Rush (1925)
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(2012) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
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(2012) (USA) (DVD)
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(USA) (video) (laserdisc)
A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm.
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Häxan (1922)
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(2001) (USA) (DVD)
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(2019) (USA) (Blu-ray)
Divided into seven chapters, this part-documentary/part-fiction hybrid attempts to shed light on the numerous superstitions pivoting around the indecipherable mental illnesses that led to the relentless witch purges during the medieval times. Through a series of graphic...
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The Phantom Carriage (1921)
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(2011) (USA) (DVD) (as 'The Phantom Carriage')
The story is based on an old Swedish folk tale that states the last man to die just before the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve is doomed to drive the Phantom Carriage for the following year collecting all of the spirits of the dead. When David Holm proves to be that...
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The Criterion Collection
