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American Fiction 2023

7.8 /10

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Run Time: 117 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Nov 10, 2023

Director: Director: Cord Jefferson,

Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams,

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

Run Time: 140 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Feb 26, 2021

Director: Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo,

Stars: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli, Jeffrey Wahlberg,

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff 1979

5.9 /10

An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.

Run Time: 90 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Apr 13, 1979

Director: Director: Marvin J Chomsky,

Stars: Anne Heywood, Donald Pleasence, Robert Vaughn, Earl Holliman, Carolyn Jones,

The Heartbreak Kid 2007

5.8 /10

Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he’s jumped the gun.

Run Time: 116 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Oct 05, 2007

Director: Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly,

Stars: Ben Stiller, Malin kerman, Michelle Monaghan, Jerry Stiller, Rob Corddry,

The Gray Man 2022

6.5 /10

When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.

Run Time: 128 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Jul 13, 2022

Director: Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo,

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton, Jessica Henwick,

Charlie St. Cloud 2010

6.4 /10

Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.

Run Time: 99 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Jul 30, 2010

Director: Director: Burr Steers,

Stars: Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew, Augustus Prew, Donal Logue,

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 2019

6.7 /10

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

Run Time: 111 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: May 02, 2019

Director: Director: Joe Berlinger,

Stars: Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Jim Parsons,

To Die For 1995

6.8 /10

Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

Run Time: 106 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 22, 1995

Director: Director: Gus Van Sant,

Stars: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas,

Logan's Run 1976

6.8 /10

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures- but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being 'renewed' in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

Run Time: 119 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Jun 23, 1976

Director: Director: Michael Anderson,

Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett,

The Godfather 1972

9.2 /10

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Run Time: 175 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Mar 14, 1972

Director: Director: Francis Ford Coppola,

Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard S Castellano,

Trilogy of Terror 1975

6.5 /10

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines that her free-spirited blonde sister is evil; and a woman's night turns upside down after she purchases an ancient Zuni fetish doll.

Run Time: 72 Min . MMPA: 0 . Release: Mar 04, 1975

Director: Director: Dan Curtis,

Stars: Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm,