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Plot Summary:
15 years ago Paul Jordan was a star in Hollywood musicals. But then he retired from show-biz, married the rich Joan. Now, after being dependent on his wife's money for many years, he's sick of it and wants to work again. A romantic affair with his stepdaughter Shirley gives him the guts to ask for a role. His former agent gets him one, but it's with a small company in Vienna, Austria. The stress worsens his alcoholism - the tablets he takes to hide the effects lead him to hallucinations. When his wife and girlfriend appear at the same time, he's no longer capable of handling the situation.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Austria
Duration: 105 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min
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Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally stumble over some information about the legend, and the girl who commited suicide. Shortly after, the girls start turning up dead in seeming accidents.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 237
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Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Story of two con men, Boorman and his younger assistant Laarmans, who are trying to sell companies their non-existing magazine.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 585
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 194
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 430
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Duration: 87 min
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Plot Summary:
When his wife leaves him, a young French actor, François Combe, moves to New York to work for a television company. One evening, he meets an attractive young woman, Kay Larsi, in a bar.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 523
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Duration: 110 min
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Plot Summary:
In the forest near the village of Drahovice, a nurse from the local health center is found murdered. Three months ago, another young woman died nearby and a sexual motive was proved in the case of her murder. In the case of the nurse, the motives are not so clear. Two criminologists from Prague - Major Kalas (Rudolf Hrusínský) and Lieutenant Varga (Radoslav Brzobohatý) - patiently collect all available leads and question the villagers.
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IMDB Votes: 204
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IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 67 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 412
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Votes: 399
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 91
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Votes: 322
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 594
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 271
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 210
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 856
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 127
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 123
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 447
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IMDB Votes: 67
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 93
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IMDB Votes: 13
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 115
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 107
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Michel Jussieu, a film producer, returns one morning to the cabaret where he forgot his sweater. He discovers the corpse of an extreme right-wing journalist, but immediately he is knocked out. He wakes up in the police station.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 194
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 566
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Country: Italy
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Alain Leroy is a recovering alcoholic who decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
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Justina is a fifteen years old girl who lives with her mother and stepfather in Mexico City. In her sexual-awakening, she starts flirting with the only man in her life, her stepfather, causing the accidental murder of her mother and stepfather. Shocked, she runs away from home, crazy, just dressed with her nightgown. Ivan, a police detective who practices torture as daily routine and is reduced to the rank of street cop, looks for her all night long.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min
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