Katharine Ross
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Joanna reluctantly moves with her husband and children from New York City to the suburban community of Stepford, Connecticut. But when life in Stepford begins to seem too perfect, Joanna and her new friend Bobby investigate a mysterious conspiracy among the town's husbands.
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In the New England town of Stepford, the women dedicate themselves to housework, cleaning, doing laundry, and preparing gourmet meals for their husbands. Their homes are well maintained as are the lawns. It's all a well-kept secret until Joanna moves to town and discovers the truth behind these Stepford wives.
5) The graduate
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Uncertain of what he wants to do with his life, college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns home. And when the wife of his father's business partner, the sexy Mrs. Robinson, seduces him, the affair only deepens his confusion. That is, until he meets the girl of his dreams. But there's one problem-- she's Mrs. Robinson's daughter.
6) Hellfighters
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English
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Chance Buckman is a Texan who tames out-of-control oil well infernos in exotic locations around the world. Between blazes, Chance carries the burden for Madelyn, the wife who left him 20 years earlier because of his dangerous lifestyle.
7) The Graduate
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English
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A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.
9) The Graduate
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English
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A recent college graduate spends his summer being seduced by the wife of his father's best friend, Mrs. Robinson, and falling in love with her daughter.
10) Attachments
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English
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One millennial I.T. nerd plus one computer illiterate senior citizen, equals one unlikely attachment. Eileen Roth is a widow who needs to learn how to use a computer in order to communicate with her beloved grand-daughter in this funny love story.
11) Shenandoah
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English
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A Virginia farmer during the Civil War refuses to support either the Confederacy or the Union until his son is taken prisoner and, seeing the horrors of war first-hand, he is forced at last to take his stand.
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English
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Mac and Dal, two brothers who fought on opposite sides in the Civil War, return home to Texas to discover that their sisters and Dal's sweetheart have been kidnapped by rampaging Rebel guerrillas refusing to accept the defeat of the Confederacy. With the help of their notorious uncle, Mac and Dal must rescue the women before they can be sold into a Mexican brothel.
14) Donnie Darko
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English
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In this psychological thriller, a delusional suburban teen is visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past and deadly predictions for the future.
15) Games
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English
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Attempting to fill their empty lives, a wealthy couple plays a variety of peculiar and unconventional games with their guests in their lavish Manhattan apartment. Every ace is trumped in this riveting psychological thriller where everything goes, the winner takes all, and losing the game could mean losing your life.
16) The legacy
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English
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A couple, on vacation in England, are taken to an estate for tea. To their surprise, other guests have been invited as well. Their skepticism turns to terror and horror when the guests start dying in odd and violent fashions.
19) The graduate
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Criterion collection volume 800
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English
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"Benjamin Braddock has just finished college and is already lost in a sea of confusion and barely contained angst when he becomes sexually involved with a friend of his parents', the indomitable Mrs. Robinson, before turning his attention to her college-age daughter"--Container.
20) Rodeo girl
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Sammy follows her husband on the rodeo circuit and then decides to toss her hat in the ring. However, when she discovers that she is pregnant she and her husband have conflicting views on her continuing to compete. Based on a true life story of a real Rodeo Girl.