Paramount Pictures Corporation
1) Vertigo
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Language
English
Description
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman.
2) Tulip fever
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam.
Series
Criterion collection volume 475
Language
English
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Description
As a small time hood Eddie (Robert Mitchum) is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank robbing/kidnapping hoodlum chums. *"A good, tough unsentimental movie about the last days of a small-time Boston Hood." - Vincent Canby, **The New York Times*** *"...give him [Robert Mitchum] a character and the room to develop it, and what he does is...
Series
Criterion collection volume 404
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spun from Daniel DeFoe's tale of the titular character, this sci-fi story involves a spaceship commander, Chris Draper (Paul Mantee) in a similar situation to the original Robinson Crusoe — but rather than being stranded on an island, our hero is on a hostile planet. Draper, Colonel Dan McReady (Adam West), and a test monkey look as if they are going to collide with a meteor. Draper and the chimp are able to eject themselves from the vessel, but...
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English
Description
"Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her biggest challenge yet--High School. When her parents mysteriously disappear while searching for the Lost City of Gold, Dora must swing into action and lead a group of ill-equipped high schoolers on a wild quest to save them. Hold on for a high-stakes mission as Dora and her new friends navigate the jungle, outrun treasure hunters, and solve ancient...
7) Andre
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Language
English
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Description
A Maine harbormaster witnesses the impact of a playful and appreciative seal on his hometown, his family and especially on his shy nine-year-old daughter.
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English
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"Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavetes) are newlyweds, but Rosemary has no idea that her wedded bliss is about to come to a horrific end. In exchange for a taste of fame, Guy makes a deal with the devil that puts his wife and soul in jeopardy. Slowly, [Rosemary] begins to realize that a seed of evil has been planted ... and she is its host."--Container.
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English
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Description
Generation after generation, immortal Guardians like Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) protect the world's children from darkness and despair. However, an evil boogeyman named Pitch Black (Jude Law) schemes to overthrow the Guardians by obliterating children's belief in them. It falls to a winter sprite named Jack Frost (Chris Pine) to thwart Pitch's plans and save the Guardians from destruction....
10) Forrest Gump
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Language
English
Description
Forrest Gump is not a "smart" man. But the young Alabaman with an IQ of 75 is a thoroughly decent man, who manages to become involved in every major event in American history. And he survives them all with only honesty and niceness as his shields. Thanks to his where-there's-a-will-there's-a-way Mama, Forrest believes in himself. This sees him through being taunted by bullies, playing college football, the army, a business, and -- amazingly -- many...
11) True grit
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshal with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
13) Shutter Island
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English
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Description
The implausible escape of a brilliant murderess brings U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner (Mark Ruffalo) to Ashecliffe Hospital, a fortress-like insane asylum located on a remote, windswept island. The woman appears to have vanished from a locked room, and there are hints of terrible deeds committed within the hospital walls. As the investigation deepens, Teddy realizes he will have to confront his own dark fears if...
14) Fences
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
15) El Dorado
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Language
English
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Description
Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the Wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked “businessmen.”
16) Losing Isaiah
Language
English
Description
A woman who has adopted an abandoned child to give it a new life has to fight for him when his birth mother shows up and wants him back.
17) Hercules
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Based on Radical Comics' Hercules by Steve Moore, this ensemble-action film is a revisionist take on the classic myth. It offers the truth behind the myth by presenting the fashioning of a warrior who, for all his strength and courage, is flesh and blood.
19) Without remorse
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The explosive origin story of Tom Clancys action hero John Kelly, an elite Navy SEAL whose life is changed forever after uncovering an international conspiracy. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, he fights his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster.