A scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River discovers a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, but it breaks free. The Gill-Man returns to kidnap the lovely Kay, fiancée of one in the expedition, with whom it has fallen in love.
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Sid and Nancy (1986) Alex Cox, Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Biography, Drama, Music
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder.
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Digging for Fire (2015) Joe Swanberg, Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Orlando Bloom, Drama
The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.
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Sorceress (1995) Jim Wynorski, Linda Blair, Edward Albert, Julie Strain, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Erotic
This is another look at the occult as inspired by Roger Corman and his view of the dark side. Jealous witch Erica uses her powers to influence her unwitting husband Larry and his colleagues, who all work for a big law firm.
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Under Eighteen / Under 18 (1931) Archie Mayo, Marian Marsh, Anita Page, Regis Toomey, Romance, Drama
A wealthy theatrical producer entices a desperately poor young woman to visit his penthouse. The innocent girl doesn’t realize that the lecherous fellow is planning to do much more than have a drink with her. Fortunately, her friend the grocery boy isn’t so naive and manages to arrive in the nick of time.
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A Night to Remember (1958) Roy Ward Baker, Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Action, Drama, History
On April 14, 1912, just before midnight, the “unsinkable” Titanic struck an iceberg. In less than three hours, it had plunged to the bottom of the sea, taking with it more than 1,500 of its 2,200 passengers. In his unforgettable rendering of Walter Lord’s book of the same name, the acclaimed British director Roy Ward Baker depicts with sensitivity, awe, and a fine sense of tragedy the ship’s last hours. Featuring remarkably restrained performances, A Night to Remember is cinema’s subtlest and best dramatization of this monumental twentieth-century catastrophe.
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Clarence Geldart, Carl Miller, Drama, Romance
Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean when he fails to meet her at the railway station. She goes off to Paris alone. A year later, mistress of wealthy Pierre Revel, she meets Jean again. Misinterpreting events she bounces back and forth between apparent security and true love. Also misinterpreting, Jean commits suicide.
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A New Leaf (1971) Elaine May, Walter Matthau, Jack Weston, Comedy, Romance
Playboy Henry Graham squanders his wealth and must seek out a new source to maintain his idle rich lifestyle. The easy alternative to work is to find a rich woman, marry her, and murder her. Klutzy, nerdy Henrietta Lowell is the ideal candidate. But in dealing with his klutzy, nerdy, trusting new wife, a botanist, and her ill-managed estate, Henry unwittingly begins to assume some sense of responsibility, not realizing this while planning to do away with Henrietta on one droll camping trip…
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Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) Anthony Hickox, Julian Sands, Chris Young, Paula Marshall, Fantasy, Horror
Every six hundred years, a great evil has the opportunity to escape and unleash Armageddon. A group of five stones has the power to either free the evil, or banish it for another six hundred years. An order of Druids battles with a Warlock determined to unleash his father upon the world.
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Denver and Rio Grande (1952) Byron Haskin, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Adventure, Western
Edmund O’Brien and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sabotage the entire operation in the hopes that they can get their tracks laid first and get the money from the railroad.
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