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1) Compliance
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
It tells the chilling story of just how far one might go to obey a figure of authority. On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food joint, high-strung manager Sandra Ann Dowd receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee, a pretty young blonde named Becky, has stolen money from a customer. Convinced she's only doing what's right, Sandra commences the investigation, following step-by-step instructions from the officer...
2) Man on fire
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Hard-drinking, burnt-out CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has given up on life -- until his friend Rayburn ... gets him a job as bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos... Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim his soul, but when Pita is kidnapped, Creasy's fiery rage is released and he will stop at nothing to save her"--Container.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Veronica Guerin was a relentless crime reporter for The Sunday Independent during the early '90s. Guerin's violent murder in 1996 led to a revision of Ireland's laws and the creation of the Criminal Assets Bureau. Picks up with her pursuit of the underground drug trade in Dublin, which she suspects is led by mobster Martin "The General" Cahill. When Cahill's gang is attacked, she suspects mobster Gerry "The Monk" Hutch is responsible. Not deterred...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Tilson's are a wealthy couple who have grown tired of the high stress of life in New York City and are looking to move. Upstate, they find a mansion in the village of Cold Creek which has fallen into disrepair after it was repossessed. Convinced the house has great possibilities, the Tilsons buy it, and with a little hard work they are soon living in their dream home. Before long the family begins to learn the disturbing truth about the history...
5) Magic
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The life of an emotinally disturbed magician begins to decline after the dummy he incorporated into his act begins to take over.
7) Phone booth
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Stu Shepard, a self-centered New York City publicist, suddenly finds himself on the deadly end of a high-powered rifle scope when he picks up a ringing payphone and the man on the other end tells him that he's going to kill him if he hangs up.
8) El asaltante
Publisher
Venevision International
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
A gripping and original film where a violent character is followed throughout one morning as he executes an aggressive plan he had been preparing for a long time. The audience will become a witness of this assailant's intimate moments of extreme anxiety that will lead to the most precarious and nerving situations.
Series
Criterion collection volume 399
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2007, ©1987.
Language
English
Description
A therapist and best-selling author must confront her own demons when she meets a man who has gambling debts and she feels compelled to help him.
10) Panic room
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg and her daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Publisher
Fox Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In this suspenseful romantic thriller, Julia Roberts stars as Laura, a young woman who thinks she's found the man of her dreams in Martin (Patrick Bergin). Only after they are married does she discover the real Martin--compulsive, controlling and dangerously violent. After three years of living in fear and dread, Laura finally escapes, only to have Martin track her down.
12) Syriana
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
As a career CIA operative, Bob Barnes begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to. An up-and-coming oil broker, Bryan Woodman faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir al-Subaai. Corporate lawyer, Bennett Holiday faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies Across the globe, a disenfranchised...
Series
Criterion collection volume 215
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Polish
Description
The suspenseful story of three people isolated for 24 hours aboard a yacht.
14) The kite runner
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after twenty years of living in America, Amir returns...
15) Wall Street
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tired of the view from his one-bedroom apartment, Bud Fox dreams of the luxury and power at the pinnacle of Wall Street investment banking. Charming his way into the tutelage of Gordon Gekko, the best of the best, Fox is soon rubbing shoulders with friends in the highest places. But in a world that values high-risk greed over low-yield ethics, Fox will soon find himself in a most precarious position.
16) A mighty heart
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jewish-American journalist, Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Pakistan in January of 2002. The violent act became an international scandal as the group that claimed responsibility for the crime demanded the liberation of prisoners from the American detainee prison in Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. The American government does not give in to the terrorists' demands. Mariane travels to Pakistan and is alone, searching for the most important person in her life....
18) The stool pigeon
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Policeman Don Lee often works with informants, but numerous close calls and failed missions cause him to see the world as one betrayal after another. Then he meets Guy and is given a chance to change his views.
19) Family plot
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A phony psychic and a private eye search for a lost heir, getting mixed up in a diamond theft at the same time. This version has been digitally remastered.
20) Caché =: Hidden
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Français
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Description
A talk show host and his wife and son seem to be living an ideal life until clandestinely-filmed videotapes of their private lives start to show up on their front porch. As the tapes reveal more secrets, the resulting stress and fear leads to conflict, obsession, and deceit for the couple and brings back episodes from the husband's childhood when he wronged a young Algerian boy.
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