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The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1991 IMDB Rating: 8.6

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life...

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Psycho

Psycho

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 8.5

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his ho...

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Shutter Island

Shutter Island

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 8.2

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a...

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Gone Girl

Gone Girl

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 8.1

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

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The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1955 IMDB Rating: 8

In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

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Fail Safe

Fail Safe

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1964 IMDB Rating: 8

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurrin...

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Children of Men

Children of Men

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 7.9

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help sc...

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Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 7.9

A deranged socialite accosts a tennis star with his theory that if two strangers trade murders, they can disguise their motives and avoid suspicion.

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Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1964 IMDB Rating: 7.8

A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

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First Blood

First Blood

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.7

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

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