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Films based on American novels
A Summer Place
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
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Show Boat
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
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Towelhead
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.
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Coma
A young female doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are th...
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Naked Lunch
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made f...
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One True Thing
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
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Death Wish
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
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Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses
In her tenth comedy special, Rita Rudner discusses life, parenting and her contentious relationship with Siri. Rita’s teenage daughter, singer/songwriter, Molly Bergman, also appears on the special, s...
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Don't Bother to Knock
Jed, an airline pilot, is resting in a hotel when he notices Nell, a young woman babysitting for a wealthy couple. As Jed gets to know Nell better he realises that the woman is not as stable as perhap...
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H.M. Pulham, Esq.
A man who lived his life as he was told he should, not as he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman.
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