Paramount Pictures
1) Primal fear
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Criminal defense attorney Martin Vail is brilliant and confident. He is accustomed to fabricating and selling the truth while seeking the glory in the media spotlight. When he learns of the gruesome murder of a local Catholic archbishop, he immediately decides to defend the accused penniless altar boy. But Vail soon discovers that nothing is as it seems, as he becomes tangled in a web of lies, corruption and betrayal.
2) Alfie
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Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller. He is wonderfully successful with women -- and rarely gets emotionally involved with them. But in this charming comedic drama, Alfie experiences a series of reversals that threaten his carefree lifestyle: his health is put into question, his child is adopted by another man, he gets a married woman pregnant, and when he finally does decide to settle down, he is rejected for a younger man. Capturing the changing attitudes...
3) Congo
Pub. Date
[1999]
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An expedition to return a gorilla to Africa and find the Lost City of Zinj and its diamond mines encounters a variety of dangers.
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The '20s never roared louder than in this sumptuously romantic retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age classic. Robert Redford stars as Jay Gatsby, who had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow), then lost her to a rich boy. But now Gatsby is mysteriously wealthy... and ready to risk everything to woo Daisy back. A winner of two Academy Awards, THE GREAT GATSBY features a stellar cast and an elegant script by Francis Ford Coppola....
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In the role that won her Broadway’s acclaimed Tony Award, Pauline Collins is the hilariously endearing SHIRLEY VALENTINE, a wisecracking, completely unpredictable English housewife who proves it’s never too late to recapture your dreams. Bored with her suburban life, Shirley takes a chance on adventure when a friend invites her on a vacation to Greece. Within no time she’s back to her rebellious teenage roots, saying yes to a wild fling with...
6) Flashback
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Pub. Date
c2002, p1990
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Comedy about an aging hippie (Hopper) and an uptight young FBI agent (Sutherland). The hippie, a 60's radical on the lam, is captured and is being escorted to jail by the straitlaced FBI agent. Complications arise when the agent ends up behind bars, and the hippie helps him escape!
9) Mother!
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Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem deliver unforgettable performances in MOTHER!, director Darren Aronofsky's praised opus. experience the visually arresting psychological thriller that will leave your heart pounding and your mind blown!
10) Sabrina
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Humphrey Bogart and William Holden play the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie’s all work, Holden’s all playboy. But when Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn), daughter of the family’s chauffeur, returns from Paris, the stage is set for some family fireworks. Nominated for six **Academy Awards**. Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the **Golden Globes.** *"It's a Cinderella story that gets turned on its heard, a satire about breaking down...
11) Roman holiday
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Audrey Hepburn's portrays of a modern-day princess, rebelling against royal obligations, exploring Rome on her own. She meets an American newspaperman (Gregory Peck) who, seeking an exclusive story, pretends ignorance of her true identity. But his plan falters as they fall in love. Audrey Hepburn won an **Academy Award,** a **BAFTA Award** and a **Golden Globe** for her performance. Nominated for a Golden Lion at the **Venice International Film Festival.**...
12) Super 8
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witnesses a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon they suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local deputy tries to uncover the truth, something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
13) The untouchables
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Special collector's ed.
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A larger-than-life depiction of Al Capone, the warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago ... and Eliot Ness, the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. In this classic confrontation between good and evil, Ness learns, with the help of a cop named Malone, how to beat the mob by shooting fast and shooting first.
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Criterion collection volume 452
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Forget James Bond for a moment and step into the real, dour and chilling world of spies and counterspies. Richard Burton was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award for his role as the burned-out British agent who refuses to "come in from the cold" to take a desk job. Instead, he launches into the most dangerous assignment of his career, stalking East German agent (and Golden Globe winner) Oskar Werner. John Le Carre's best-selling novel provides...
Pub. Date
c2006
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Ethan Hunt has retired from active duty as a super-spy in order to train new IMF agents. He is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he has ever faced - Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell, transportation expert Declan, and background operative Zhen , in order to rescue Lindsey, one of his trainees, who was kidnapped...
16) Regarding Henry
Pub. Date
[2003]
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A ruthless lawyer is shot during a robbery attempt and must rebuild his life without any memory of his past.
17) Chinatown
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Pub. Date
c1999
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Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
18) Forrest Gump
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Special collector's ed. ; widescreen version.
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The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his actions. Forrest comes to embody...
19) Rat race
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An all-star comedy cast brings laughs from start to finish when a casino tycoon gives six money-crazed contestants the chance to win {dollar}2 million in a race from Las Vegas to New Mexico. Who will win this dash for the cash is anybody's guess, but one thing is for sure - it's going to be a hilarious ride.
20) Harold and Maude
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Deadpan rich boy Harold (Bud Cort) stages elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother, but she keeps planning his brilliant future for him instead. Obsessed with the trappings of death, Harold freaks out his blind dates, modifies his new sports car to look like a mini-hearse, and attends funerals, where he meets the spirited Maude (Ruth Gordon). An eccentric to the core, Maude lives exactly as she pleases, with avid collecting and...