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The 15:17 to Paris

The 15:17 to Paris

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 5.3

On Aug. 21, 2015, the world watches in stunned silence as the media reports a thwarted terrorist attack on a train that's bound for Paris -- an attempt prevented by three young Americans traveling tog...

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London Road

London Road

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 5.3

London Road is a musical drama that documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had stru...

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Girl in the Shed: The Kidnapping of Abby Hernandez

Girl in the Shed: The Kidnapping of Abby Hernandez

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 5.3

The true story of 14-year-old freshman Abby Hernandez who vanished while walking home from school in North Conway, New Hampshire. Kicking off the state’s largest search, Abby’s disappearance left her...

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Empire State

Empire State

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 5.2

After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis settles for a security guard job with an armoured truck company. After he makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to hi...

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The Adderall Diaries

The Adderall Diaries

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 5.2

Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Ad...

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The Killer is Still Among Us

The Killer is Still Among Us

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 5.2

During a spree of violent killings, a young woman writing a thesis in criminology begins to suspect that her new boyfriend, who is a forensic pathologist, might be a serial killer.

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Death in the Desert

Death in the Desert

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 5.1

The life of Kim Davis, the young live-in girlfriend of legendary casino owner Ray Easler, is thrown upside down when she falls for Matt Duvall, the man Ray hires to bury his $20 million fortune of sil...

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The Craigslist Killer

The Craigslist Killer

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 5

Based on a true story. Philip Markoff, a charismatic and popular med student at Boston University, leads a double life as a brutal and cruel sexual deviant who abuses prostitutes he finds via Craigsli...

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Held Hostage

Held Hostage

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 5

Michelle a single mother is kidnapped by three masked men and held hostage until she is forced to rob a bank which is the only option she has to saving her only child's life while they are both wired...

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The Ghost

The Ghost

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 5

An ex-Interpol officer wreaks havoc and sends shock waves across the global underworld but goes missing in action, only to remerge years later, for his beloved family.

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