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2023 ★ 6.4

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The Dive

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2023 ★ 6.3

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Shut In

Shut In

2022 ★ 6.8

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Leave the World Behind

Leave the World Behind

2023 ★ 6.4

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Motherly

Motherly

2022 ★ 6.1

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998 ★ 7.2

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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

2016 ★ 7.3

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The Road

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2009 ★ 7.0

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.

One Battle After Another

One Battle After Another

2025 ★ 7.4

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

Falling Down

Falling Down

1993 ★ 7.4

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Road to Paloma

Road to Paloma

2014 ★ 5.9

While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.

Night Always Comes

Night Always Comes

2025 ★ 6.0

Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.

Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart

1990 ★ 7.0

Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.

I Smile Back

I Smile Back

2015 ★ 6.1

Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.

Death Proof

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2007 ★ 6.8

Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.

Those Who Wish Me Dead

Those Who Wish Me Dead

2021 ★ 6.6

A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.

Rogue Agent

Rogue Agent

2022 ★ 6.3

Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

Deliverance

Deliverance

1972 ★ 7.3

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

2016 ★ 7.4

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Topper

Topper

1937 ★ 6.7

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

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