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Stanton Carlisle is working in a carnival. Knowing a good con when he sees one, he learns the tricks of mind-reading and eventually becomes "The Great Stanton," star attraction of swanky nightclubs and the darling of society. But with all his notoriety built on lies, it's only a matter of time before Stanton's world comes crashing down around him.
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All-star soccer player Jenna Sims and her mom Sally are ready for a new start when they move to a new, sunny beach town. Jenna joins her new school's soccer team in the hopes of making new friends and keeping her college scholarship, but things soon turn dangerous when she is framed for murder after discovering the cover-up of a player's death. Can she find who the real culprit is before the real murderer gets to her?
3) Cutter's Way
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Suspected of murdering a teenage girl, Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges), a laidback Santa Barbara boat salesman and gigolo, turns to his best friend, Alex Cutter (John Heard), a disabled Vietnam veteran, for help in finding the real killer. But Bone gets more than he bargained for when, instead of contacting the police, Cutter tries to blackmail their suspect, and their suspect violently turns the tables on them, beginning a cunning game of cat-and-mouse...
5) Shock
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A psychiatrist (Vincent Price) and his nurse treat a veteran's wife who has seen them kill the psychiatrist's wife. She is committed to a private sanitarium by the same psychiatrist she had witnessed commit the murder. Vincent Price has a field day in this enjoyable suspense classic shot in 19 days!
7) Reta
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A VA nurse, a veteran herself, entrusted with the safety and care of national heroes that could no longer care for themselves stalks as a self-appointed "Angel of Death".
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New mom HALLIE REYNOLDS (32) is devoted to baby AVA, who had a heart transplant when she was born; but motherhood is exhausting and her mother-in-law is overbearing, so Hallie is thrilled when she makes a new friend in MEGAN BANKS (34). Hallie's life takes a sinister turn as danger seems to follow her every move, and she starts to question whether someone is out to kill her and take her child - or if it's just her mind playing tricks.
10) Becky
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A newly married couple moves into their home in the suburbs and are warmly welcomed by their neighbors, one of whom takes a dangerous interest in the husband. While his wife is away, they spend an intimate moment together and then agree to keep their distance. But she inserts herself into every aspect of his life, wreaking havoc on his marriage and job until the final explosive confrontation.
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An unsuccessful day trader is desperate when he loses his family's savings. Drawing from the teachings of a self-help guru, he finds that he can manifest his inner voice in the form of a younger version of his wife. With her help, he turns his luck around and is able to build a fortune, but soon discovers that she may have a much darker agenda and will take everything from him, even his life.
13) Bad Influence
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INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS - A single mom is overjoyed when her daughter finally makes friends at her new high school. Soon, however, it becomes clear that this group of students follows their own moral code that's strange, self-centered, and possibly dangerous.
14) Girl in Red
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A recently divorced hipster seeks refuge at a rental property hoping for a calm and quiet escape from his crumbled relationship and life, only to discover the homeowner is not the owner at all, but a sixteen year old girl with the intent to blackmail him. She seduces him and traps him into a relationship as part of a grander scheme to escape her psychotically overbearing parents. Pressured through incredibly invasive interrogation and obsessive chaperoning...
15) DarkGame
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A police detective races to save the captives of a dark web game show, where the losers are executed via live broadcast. For the sadistic masked host, this is all part of his master plan to gain ratings.
16) A Patch of Fog
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A security guard catches a famous writer/television host shoplifting and blackmails him into becoming friends.
17) The Unquiet
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When an abandoned women's prison is put up for sale, a top notch paranormal debunker is brought in to dispel rumors that the place is haunted by former inmates that died horrific and violent deaths. This skeptic and her ex-husband, a documentary filmmaker, both with differing opinions about the supernatural, stumble across some scary revelations about the facility's violent and abusive history.
18) Jonah
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A journalist's childhood trauma surfaces when a mother claims that her son was abducted by aliens.
19) Screwdriver
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Blindsided by divorce, a young woman seeks refuge in the home of an old high school friend and his wife. As their hospitality gives way to surreal manipulation, she falls into a delirious tailspin, grappling with her health and her sanity.
20) The Package
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In this explosive thriller, Sergeant Johnny Gallagher (Gene Hackman) thinks he's been given a routine assignment: to escort a rebellious American soldier (Tommy Lee Jones) from Europe to the U.S. for a court martial. Gallagher soon learns, however, that the assignment is anything but routine, when he uncovers a terrifying military conspiracy. The clock is ticking down to a historic superpower summit, and Gallagher must stop the deadly plot before...
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