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Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore settles in at a wealthy and powerful legal firm that focuses primarily on civil cases. With some help from veteran attorney Denny Crane, Shore quickly makes his mark winning cases no one would take. In doing so, he develops a rival in his colleague Brad Chase, who has been assigned to the office partly to keep an eye on the increasingly eccentric (and possibly senile) Denny Crane. Though his questionable conduct...
22) Stargate
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A secret military mission takes a group of men through an Egyptian artifact known as the Stargate to an ancient civilization on the other side of the universe. Once there, they must battle the astoundingly powerful sun god, Ra, before they can find their way home.
23) The watcher
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"After years of pursuing psychotic killers in Los Angeles, FBI agent Joel Campbell wants out. And now his nemesis, serial killer David Allen Griffin, has tracked him all the way to Chicago just to torment him. Before each murder, Griffin sends Campbell a photograph of his intended victim and dares him to find her before he strikes again. Now, with every tick of the clock, and amidst pulse-pounding action, this stone-cold killer turns up the heat"--Container....
24) Lincoln
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A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
26) Wolf
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Film version of the age-old legend of a man who turns into a wolf-like creature under the influence of the full moon.
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"At the chaotic law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, there's no such thing as temporary insanity -- it's more of a permanent condition! Amid torrid interoffice love affairs, and under the watchful eye of new senior partner Carl Sack, the firm's brilliant but volatile attorneys take on such burning social issues as gays in the military, mortgage foreclosures, obesity and cockfighting. Alan Shore faces the Supreme Court, Shirley Schmidt rekindles an...
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Pretty in pink: A poor girl falls in love with a rich guy, and it angers both their families and their friends.
Ferris Bueller's day off: A high school student is determined to get a day off with his friends in Chicago by outwitting his principal.
She's having a baby: Romantic comedy about a young couple and the problems they face when she announces that she's pregnant. Their solutions to real-life dilemmas make for a poignant and funny look at...
29) Crash
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Take a psychosexual journey into oblivion with James Spader and Holly Hunter in this controversial film. James Ballard, a bored film director explores new realms after a near-fatal car accident introduces him to a world to sexually obsessed car crash enthusiasts. Contains two versions of the film: R-rated and NC-17.
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"In its spectacular fifth and final season, Boston Legal tackles some of today's most inflammatory, and sometimes irreverent, social and moral issues. Now, as Crane, Poole & Schmidt faces financial ruin, its brilliant attorneys face chaotic caseloads filled with malpractice, murder, love and lust. There's a surprise engagement, or two, and the bittersweet final act of this remarkable series"--Container.
32) Secretary
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"Lee Holloway has a few strikes against her when she applies for a secretarial position at the law office of E. Edward Grey. At first the work seems quite normal but soon, in between typing, filing and coffee making, Lee and Mr. Grey embark on a more personal relationship together, crossing the lines of conduct that would give any human resource director the vapors!"--Container.
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Take one wrong turn in life and who knows where you'll end up. For Becky, it's waking up next to her murdered ex-husband. For Teddy, it's the tail end of a failed film career. For Allan it's being kidnapped by a crazy toupee-wearing Italian hit-man. For Lee and Helga it's letting that hit man get away alive. And for Wes and Alvin, two undercover cops cruising the valley for crime, it's just another day ... where everything goes wrong.
34) Crash
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A traffic collision involving a disaffected commercial producer, James, and an enigmatic doctor, Helen, brings them, along with James₂s wife, Catherine, together in a crucible of blood and broken glass, and it₂s not long before they are all initiated into a kinky, death-obsessed underworld of sadomasochistic car-crash fetishists for whom twisted metal and scar tissue are the ultimate turn-ons.
35) Less than zero
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Julian is a boy with looks, charm, intelligence and a father who sets him up in the record business; he also has a drug habit. His best friend Clay wants to help and is willing to do almost anything for his friend, but Julian is going downhill so fast that he might take his girlfriend and Clay with him.
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The series returns for its eighth season, promising more provocative, issue-related stories coupled with the writer₂s trademark humor and setting the stage for the spinoff Boston Legal! As the season (and series) comes to a close, the firing of Alan Shore finds him working at Crane, Poole & Schmidt with Tara Wilson in the sequel/spinoff series Boston Legal.
37) Shadow of fear
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Harrison French's wealthy father-in-law is sick of footing the mortgage, and Harrison's young wife is getting antsy. When it seems things can't get any worse, Harrison accidentally hits and kills a man with his car. Doing anything to salvage his career and at the same time keep the hit-and-run a secret, he becomes the perfect pawn for a very sensitive and dangerous group who have no problems setting Harrison up for more problems than he already has....
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"Graham, a long-lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of John, a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife, Ann, and her saucy sister, Cynthia. One by one, each is drawn into the very 'personal project' Graham is working on, leaving the relationships between them forever transformed"--Container.
40) Secretary
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Lee has a few strikes against her when she applies for a secretarial position at the law office of E. Edward Grey. In between typing, filing and coffee making, Lee and Mr. Grey embark on a personal relationship together, crossing the line.