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Still of the Night Fresh from his huge success with the beloved Kramer vs. Kramer, writer-director Robert Benton chose to make a 180-degree turn with this frosty thriller. Roy Scheider plays a Manhattan psychologist, Sam Rice, who is dragged into a murder investigation when one of his patients is killed. The prime suspect is played by Meryl Streep, then at the height of her stardom (the film ...... Used Price: $3.64 18 Merchants Used & new
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Judas Kiss Used Price: $3.82 23 Merchants Used & new
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Memento (2000) Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) and Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix) shine in this absolute stunner of a movie. Memento combines a bold, mind-bending script with compelling action and virtuoso performances. Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, hunting down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The problem is that "the incident" that robbed Leonard of his wife also stole ...... List Price: $9.95 Price: $0.25 You Save: $9.70 (97%) 55 Merchants Used & new
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Payback (1994, Unrated/Special Director's Cut, SP) Used Price: $11.98 18 Merchants Used & new
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Body Heat While scoring high-profile credits as a screenwriter (including The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Raiders of the Lost Ark), Lawrence Kasdan made his directorial debut with this steamy, contemporary film noir in the tradition of Double Indemnity and other classics from the 1940s. In one of his most memorable roles, William Hurt plays a ...... List Price: $19.98 Price: $10.89 You Save: $9.09 (45%) 46 Merchants Used & new
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Angel Heart Set in Harlem and New Orleans in 1955, this supernatural thriller stirred a brief controversy when released in 1987 because some scenes featuring Lisa Bonet (then a popular cast member of The Cosby Show) were considered too sexually explicit to be rated R. The edited material was restored for the unrated video release, and the movie now makes a fitting double bill with ...... List Price: $9.98 Price: $3.20 You Save: $6.78 (68%) 20 Merchants Used & new
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The Usual Suspects Ever since this convoluted thriller dazzled audiences and critics in 1995 and won an Oscar for Christopher McQuarrie's twisting screenplay, The Usual Suspects has continued to divide movie lovers into opposite camps. While a lot of people take great pleasure from the movie's now-famous central mystery (namely, "Who is Keyser Söze?"), others aren't so easily impressed by a ...... List Price: $9.94 Price: $5.85 You Save: $4.09 (41%) 50 Merchants Used & new
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Night Moves This vastly underrated Arthur Penn film from the mid-1970s ranks as one of the era's nastiest and most fascinating pieces of business, a detective story that shuttles back and forth between Hollywood and the Florida Keys, with a plot nearly as complex as Chinatown. Gene Hackman stars as a tired, aging private eye who, as a favor to a friend, agrees to track down a runaway ...... List Price: $19.98 Price: $5.99 You Save: $13.99 (70%) 35 Merchants Used & new
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The Salton Sea In the real world, drug use is unimaginably boring to watch-.-but it inspires spectacular visuals in movies like Trainspotting and Drugstore Cowboy. To this list add The Salton Sea, a moody thriller starring Val Kilmer as a musician who goes undercover into the world of speed freaks to find the men who killed his wife. Though that plot summary may sound trite, ...... List Price: $4.96 Price: $2.38 You Save: $2.58 (52%) 30 Merchants Used & new
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Two Jakes Set more than a decade after the story in Chinatown, this 1990 sequel brings Jack Nicholson back to the screen as L.A. private detective Jake Gittes. Older, fatter, worn, and frustrated, the Jake of 1948 is still haunted by the tragic events of the earlier film. While investigating a case involving adultery and questionable land dealings by an L.A. tycoon (Harvey Keitel ...... List Price: $19.95 Price: $2.05 You Save: $17.90 (90%) 61 Merchants Used & new
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