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Man Hunt (1941) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Man Hunt
director: Fritz Lang actor: Walter Pidgeon / Joan Bennett …
other title: Duello mortale / Feras Humanas …
Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman.
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
director: Fritz Lang actor: Rudolf Klein-Rogge / Oscar Beregi Sr. …
other title: Il testamento del dottor Mabuse / Dr. Mabuses testamente …
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
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The Lost One (1951) IMDb WikiData
Der Verlorene
director: Peter Lorre actor: Peter Lorre / Karl John …
other title: Un uomo perduto / Der Verlorene …
A German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy.
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The Beast with Five Fingers (1947) IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Beast with Five Fingers
director: Robert Florey actor: Robert Alda / Andrea King …
other title: Il mistero delle 5 dita / Die Bestie mit den fünf Fingern …
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
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The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Wojna światów - następne stulecie
director: Piotr Szulkin actor: Roman Wilhelmi / Krystyna Janda …
other title: The War of the World: Next Century / Wojna światów - następne stulecie …
Poland, Christmastime. A band of hyperintelligent, bloodthirsty Martians take over the country and enlist hapless television newscaster Iron Idem as the voice of their propaganda machine. But when Iron dares to go off message, he makes an enemy even greater than the aliens—the state itself.
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The Hero (1966) IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData
নায়ক
director: Satyajit Ray actor: Uttam Kumar / Sharmila Tagore …
other title: Nayak: The Hero / Le Héros …
Arindam, a matinee idol, is going by train to collect an acting award. On the train, he is confronted by Aditi, a journalist who somewhat unwillingly starts to take his interview. Arindam, won over by Aditi's naivete, starts to disclose his past, his fears and his secrets.
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Strongroom (1962) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Strongroom
director: 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) ReviewDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
The Man in the White Suit
director: 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) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Society
director: 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) Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
江湖龍虎鬥
director: 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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Star Slammer (1986) IMDb WikiData
Star Slammer
director: Fred Olen Ray actor: Sandy Brooke / Susan Stokey …
other title: Gefangene im Weltraum / Star Slammer : La prison des étoiles …
Two women who have been unjustly confined to a prison planet plot their escape, all the while having to put up with unhinged guards, crazed wardens and mutant rodents.
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Spoiler (1998) IMDb WikiData
Spoiler
director: 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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The Dry (2021) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Dry
director: Robert Connolly actor: Eric Bana / Genevieve O'Reilly …
other title: Chi è senza peccato - The Dry / Canicule …
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound — the unsolved death of a teenage girl.