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Strongroom (1962)
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Vernon Sewell actor: Colin Gordon / John Chappell …
other title: La camera blindata
During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they return to the bank to try and release them before the police turn up.
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The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Man in the White Suit
Alexander Mackendrick actor: Alec Guinness / Joan Greenwood …
other title: Lo scandalo del vestito bianco / O Homem do Fato Claro …
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
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Society (1989)
Society
★ 7.1 8 ratings
Brian Yuzna actor: Billy Warlock / Connie Danese …
other title: Society - The Horror / Dark Society
Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns home to find a party in full swing.
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Flaming Brothers (1987)
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Joe Cheung Tung-Cho actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Alan Tang Kwong-Wing …
other title: Hermanos de fuego / 江湖龍虎鬥
Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code of honour. However, this bond ultimately leads them into brutal conflict when they struggle to leave the violent world they live in.
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Spoiler (1998)
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Jeff Burr actor: Gary Daniels / Meg Foster …
other title: Spoiler - Verdammt im Eis / Spoiler – Verdammt im Eis
Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being frozen in suspended animation for years at a time, he stays the same age while his daughter grows older. As more time keeps being added to his sentence, he despairs of ever getting out.
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Two-Way Stretch (1960)
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Robert Day actor: Peter Sellers / Wilfrid Hyde-White …
other title: Un alibi (troppo) perfetto / Spjældet tur-retur …
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
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U Are the Universe (2025)
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Pavlo Ostrikov actor: Volodymyr Kravchuk / Leonid Popadko …
other title: U are the universe / Ти – Космос
After the explosion of the Earth, the Ukrainian space trucker Andriy becomes the only human in the Universe until French woman Catherine calls him from the faraway space station. Andriy decides to see her despite all the obstacles.
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The Grandmaster (2013)
一代宗師
★ 7.9 23 ratings
Wong Kar-Wai actor: Tony Leung Chiu-wai / Zhang Ziyi …
other title: O Grande Mestre / 一代宗師 …
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
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Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein
★ 7.4 10 ratings
James Whale actor: Colin Clive / Mae Clarke …
other title: El doctor Frankenstein / 科学怪人 …
Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his creation's violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.
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High Hopes (1989)
High Hopes
Mike Leigh actor: Phil Davis / Ruth Sheen …
other title: Belle speranze / Grandes Ambições …
Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.
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True Stories (1986)
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David Byrne actor: David Byrne / John Goodman …
other title: Historias verdaderas / True stories
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
五郎八卦棍
Lau Kar-leung actor: Gordon Liu Chia-Hui / Alexander Fu Sheng …
other title: Der Todesspeer des Shaolin / Les 8 diagrammes de Wu-Lang …
The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.
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A Touch of Zen (1970)
俠女
★ 8.7 9 ratings
King Hu actor: Hsu Feng / Shih Chun …
other title: A Touch of Zen - La fanciulla cavaliere errante / A Tocha de Zen …
Gu Sheng-zhai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run. Yang brings Gu into her circle of protectors, including a nameless monk whose spiritual guidance transforms him into a valiant fighter.