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1) Ghost
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English
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A man killed during a robbery gone wrong remains on Earth as a ghost because of his love for his girlfriend. He teams up with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to rescue his sweetheart from a similar fate.
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English
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This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors.. One of the great love stories of all time and a "hit " for over 400 years. Full of passion and exquisite language, ROMEO AND JULIET expresses love in its infinite...
3) The unholy
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Series
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English
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The Black Box Cinema immortalized Hollywood's Golden Age in its gallery of film noir tributes. But the mannequin of that Egyptian priest is hardly lifeless. He walks--and a young starlet dies a terrifying death. Movie mogul Eddie Archer's son is charged with the grisly murder. Eddie calls agent Sean Cameron, who specializes in irregular investigations. As part of an FBI paranormal forensics team, Cameron knows that nightmares aren't limited to the...
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English
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"When sparks fly between a good Amish girl and a hunky member of the Hollywood elite, even matchmaking innkeepers Esther and Lizzie know better than to fan the flames. Evelyn Schrock has dismissed the attempts of every young man in her small Amish community to court her. She's willing to wait for a suitor who shares her curiosities about life and faith. The only reason Jayce Clarkson is in Amish country hefting equipment for his famous father's movie...
Series
Paramount centennial collection volume 05
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English
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The names Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly have become synonymous since this dazzling romantic comedy was translated to the screen from Truman Capote’s best-selling novella. Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. George Peppard plays her next-door neighbour, a writer who is “sponsored” by a wealthy Patricia Neal. Guessing who’s the right man for Holly is easy. Seeing just how...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Two Americans, one an aspiring poet and the other an established folk musician, cross paths in the scenic, coastal town of Taormina, Sicily. Their instant chemistry sparks collaboration, leading to an unexpected, weeklong writer's retreat at a beautiful villa in the Sicilian countryside. As they immerse themselves in the local culture, they challenge each other to express their thorniest secrets, growing closer all the while.
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Natalie Morgan is the host of a popular podcast, Holiday Love, which shares true stories of holiday romance with its listeners. While to the outside world and her listeners everywhere see Natalie is an expert on romance, she’s never truly experienced a romance of her own. As Natalie prepares to embark on a promotional tour for her new book, she stops back home to spend Christmas with her family where she unexpectedly begins to experience her own...
9) Postcards
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
A long-distance love affair is prolonged through a series of postcards in Mark Rappaport’s short film, one of the director’s first experiments in video. The "deliciously ironic" (according to the Los Angeles Times) POSTCARDS tracks a romance played out entirely on assorted mailings written by a separated couple. American tourist spots on one side; heaving romance, misunderstandings, paranoia and sadly-fading passions on the other.. "Mark Rappaport’s...
10) Peter and Vandy
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival, PETER AND VANDY is a unique take on the exhilaration and frustration love can bring.. Most movie romances end when the relationship is beginning. Peter and Vandy's love story goes much further than that. The story shifts back and forth in time, whipping between their romantic beginnings and the inevitable struggles that follow.. With star-making performances by Jason Ritter...
11) Red Knot
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
Description
Newlyweds Peter (Vincent Kartheiser, Mad Men) and Chloe (Olivia Thirlby, Juno) jump at the chance to satisfy their wanderlust by taking a belated honeymoon aboard a research vessel bound for Antarctica. Once on board, Peter, a writer, occupies his time documenting the work of whale biologist Roger Payne (playing himself), leaving little time for Chloe.. Feeling increasingly neglected by her husband, Chloe begins to drift closer to the enigmatic Captain...
12) The Red House
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An intimate portrait of a cross-cultural married couple Jia and Lee. While they share a great and enduring love, they come from vastly different backgrounds and have contrasting perspectives. The film follows their journey back to Jia's homeland giving a personal account of globalization.. Winner of Best Self-Funded Film at the New Zealand International Film Festival.. "The limpid evocation of existential mysteries that director Alyx Duncan achieves...
13) Hideous Kinky
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Disenchanted with the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia (Oscar-winner Kate Winslet, Titanic, The Reader) heads to Morocco with her children -- six-year-old, Lucy, and precocious eight-year-old, Bea.. Living at a low-rent Marrakesh hotel, the trio survives on the sale of hand-sewn dolls and a few checks from the girls' estranged father. After the girls match their mother with gentle Moroccan acrobat and con man Bilal (Said Taghmaoui,...
14) Japanese Story
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
An award-winning romance from Australia starring Golden Globe and Emmy winning actress, Toni Collette.. Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on earth. JAPANESE STORY is a journey of change and discovery...
Pub. Date
1946.
Language
English
Description
From the memoirs of François Eugène Vidocq, the elegant thief turned chief of police of all Paris, comes this rediscovered classic of melodrama and romance.. George Sanders is at his debonair best as we see him climb from clever criminal through the ranks of French society in the early 1800's, with seemingly nothing to stop him from the biggest heist of his career ... except, perhaps, the charms of a young lady.. "With a display of suave images...
16) Identicals
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Brand New-U is an organization that identifies networks of IDENTICALS -- people who walk like you, talk like you, but are walking through different, better lives. They help their customers make a life upgrade by eliminating the better-life donor and relocating their client to that brand new life.. Slater seems to have the perfect life, perfect job, and perfect girlfriend. But when Slater's girlfriend is abducted by Brand New-U and a corpse is left...
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, this film tells the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the tides of history.. As World War II rages in Europe, a wounded Asian stranger, Mr. Ohta, appears in the town under mysterious circumstances. Sophie, a native of Salty Creek, quickly becomes transfixed by Mr. Ohta and a friendship born of their mutual love of art blossoms into a delicate and forbidden...
Pub. Date
1946.
Language
English
Description
In this Academy Award- nominated film (Best Writing, Original Story), young Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) inadvertently causes the death of her cruel, authoritarian aunt. Martha lies to the cops, and Walter (Kirk Douglas), who saw the crime, corroborates the girl's story. Eventually, they wed out of convenience; the meek Walter is genuinely in love, and Martha thinks that her secret is safe since she has married the one witness to her aunt's death.. However,...
19) Penny Serenade
Pub. Date
1941.
Language
English
Description
In this classic, heart-wrenching melodrama, Roger Adams (Cary Grant) and Julie (Irene Dunne) are married and deeply in love. Their dreams of starting a family are tragically put on hold when Julie suffers a miscarriage that leaves her unable to carry another child.. Determined not to let this prevent their parenthood, the couple adopts a little girl, Trina. However, when Roger's newspaper folds, they are forced to convince the court that they are...
20) Road to Nowhere
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
There is a tenuous balance between reality and fiction, particularly when it involves a beautiful young woman, murder, a powerful politico, a missing fortune, and suicide. A passionate filmmaker, creating a film based upon a true crime, casts an unknown and mysterious young woman who bears a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story.. He finds himself unsuspectingly drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue and a growing obsession...
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