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1) The cooler
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Bernie is extremely unlucky at gambling and he owes the Shangri-La casino's mob boss Shelly Kaplow over $100,000. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler". He gambles next to high rollers and gives them some of his bad luck to stop them from winning. This arrangement works out for awhile, but when Bernie has almost paid off his debt, he meets cocktail waitress, Natalie. The two start to fall in love and Bernie's luck begins to change. Unfortunately,...
3) Undertow
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John Munn and his two sons live on a solitary farm in rural Georgia. When John's brother arrives, fresh from prison and with a sea of rage and envy simmering beneath his skin, their isolated world becomes one marked by violence, greed and murder.
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"Princess Kaʻiulani [is] the bright and beautiful heir to the Hawaiian throne in this epic based on a true story. Following an idyllic childhood in Honolulu, the willful teenage princess is sent to Britain to receive an education fit for a future queen. There, she meets the handsome young Clive Davies..., who quickly sweeps her off her feet. But meanwhile, destiny calls back home, where the Hawaiian monarchy is overthrown and the threat of U.S. annexation...
5) The guys
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Based on a true story of a New York City journalist and a fire captain who form an unexpected bond as they pay tribute to the heroes lost in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Unable to write the eulogies himself, he asks for help from a journalist who can offer the assistance that he needs.
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Evangelical Christian do-gooder, Laura Marshall fills her home with down-and-out boarders. Laura's shy teenage son, Ben, lands a job tending to self-proclaimed "Dame" Evie Walton, an over-the-hill actress with the mouth of a drunken sailor and an insatiable lust for life. The battle for Ben's soul begins as Evie shanghais Ben away from his repressive roots and transforms him from a boy to a man.
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Based on the true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. Despite modest beginnings and a lifelong battle with bipolar disorder, this tenacious and resourceful competitor pedaled his way into history. In 1993, Obree designed and built a bicycle from scrap metal and washing machine parts. Pitted against top competitors in a high-profile race, he broke the world record - only to have his title stripped later in a storm of controversy.
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World War II. On June 1, 1944, a United States bomber pilot crashes onto the Cave Hill just outside of Belfast in Northern Ireland. He lives long enough to give a ring to a stranger and asks that he return it to his girlfriend. 50 years later, a young man searches for the woman to make good on a promise.
10) Splinter
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Several people are trapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still living victims into deadly hosts. Now the young couple and escaped convict must find a way to work to together to survive the primal terror that turns people into a bloodthirsty host.
11) Outpost
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As war ravages Eastern Europe, a battle-hardened team of mercenaries sets off on a mission, facing an enemy powerful and evil enough to turn these violent, seemingly indestructible men into quivering victims. Surrounded by hostile forces, they fight their way to a half-century old underground Nazi bunker, a place where soldiers were experimented on to create a super-human army. The mutilated remains of those soldiers still exist along with a ghastly...
12) Never die alone
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King David is a cunning and charismatic leader of the streets who returns to his home turf in Los Angeles after a 10 year absence seeking redemption, but finds only brutal retribution. An aspiring reporter becomes seduced by the culture of drugs and violence that he is supposed to be reporting about. Together, the two become mixed up with ruthless gangsters and a cold-blooded killer seeking revenge.
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Weary from constant battle with the Robotech Masters, the United Earth Forces eventually fell to the Invid Invasion. Lt Cmdr Scott Bernard leads a tight-knit team of freedom fighters towards the main Invid base located at Reflex Point. Their greatest hope for liberating the Earth lies with the return of Admiral Hunter's Expeditionary Force.
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"The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose to the top ... and there was no place to go but down"--Container.
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A dancer is abducted by three hooded women who keep him chained in a room for 12 days, where they subject him to various humiliations, including rape and tattooing. When he is freed, he searches for the women but eventually realises the futility of his search. But the trauma of his captivity is never far below the surface, and it finally explodes into temporary insanity.