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1) Flatliners
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An ambitious, charismatic medical student persuades two classmates to take part in an experiment to determine if there is life after death.
2) Dreamcatcher
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Four friends with an unusual power become stranded in a blizzard and are confronted by a deadly alien force. As they try to stop this unparalleled horror, the fate of the world is in their hands.
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In Elvira, Mistress of the dark, From Hollywood to Las Vegas, from screaming gremlins to campy schtick to witchy graveyard warfare, this film is bursting at the seams with morbid and monstrous misadventures.
In Transylvania 6-5000, two bumbling reporters try to unravel the mystery of modern-day Transylvania. Along the way they meet a decidedly bizarre assortment of loonies and throwbacks. What the reporters uncover is enough to scare the cape off...
5) City lights
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Criterion collection volume 680
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The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive...
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The highest-grossing silent film of all time, as well as the first realistic war drama, tells the harrowing story of wealthy James Apperson (John Gilbert) who deploys as a soldier to the front lines in France in World War I. The film fiercely captures the heroism of the ordinary foot soldier struggling to survive, and how James' determination to return to the village girl he loves faces the ultimate test.
7) Eraser
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A U.S. Marshal must protect an executive who's uncovered a deal to put a new superweapon in the wrong hands.
8) Silent movie
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A has-been movie director (Mel Brooks) intends to make a comeback by making a silent movie, and in the process, save his film studio from a takeover by a New York-based conglomerate.
9) Wolf
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Film version of the age-old legend of a man who turns into a wolf-like creature under the influence of the full moon.
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Restoration of "The dragon painter", full-length 1919 feature in which Hayakawa plays Tatsu, a wild youth living in the mountain forests of Japan, spending all his time painting. Although Tatsu creates beautiful art, local villagers believe that he is insane, as he claims that he has a beloved princess fiancée who has been turned into a dragon. When an renowned-but-aging artist hears of the young hermit's talent, Tatsu is brought to civilization...
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"Continuing his trek across the Muslim world, art scholar Waldemar Januszczak introduces viewers to masterworks in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia -- from the gigantic and surreal mud mosques of Mali; to a rare, 10th-century Egyptian ewer carved out of a single piece of rock crystal, to the inspired urban planning of the ancient city of Isfahan in Iran; to the stunning architecture of Uzbekistan's Samarquand. Januszczak shares his knowledge...
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A modern Mexican classic provides the basis for a theatrical tale of love, jealousy, repression, and revolution. The Royal Ballet's 2022 production reunited Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon with the stellar creative team who transformed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter's Tale into dance, composer Joby Talbot and designer Bob Crowley. Inspired by Laura Esquivel's novel, the central character's emotions spill out through cooking...
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In late 19th century Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife to a wealthy landowner. She quickly learns that she can gain status and security if she has a boy, but her attraction to the second wife puts her standing in jeopardy. As May observes the tragedy of forbidden love and its consequences, she must make a choice, to either carry on in silence or forge a path toward freedom.
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