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Lucky Number Slevin

2006 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

While checking out the apartment of his missing friend Nick Fisher, drifter Slevin Kelevra is mistaken for Nick by thugs and forced to participate in a high-profile murder for a crime boss, making it clear how much trouble Nick is really in.
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The Illusionist

2006 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

With his eye on a beautiful aristocrat, a gifted illusionist uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a cruel prince. But the magician's scheme soon creates tumult within the monarchy and stirs the suspicion of a dogged inspector.
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Headhunters

2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

Living way beyond his means, corporate recruiter Roger Brown steals rare artwork to maintain his lavish lifestyle. But when he plans to boost an especially valuable painting, he targets a man who has headhunting skills of a different variety.
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Clue

1985 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

Director Jonathan Lynn's board game-inspired campfest finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler (Tim Curry) must suss out the culprit before the body count rises. Lesley Ann Warren also stars in this hilarious whodunit (filmed with three different endings).
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A Company Man

2012 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

When his new trainee gets killed on the job, an ambitious corporate assassin feels an obligation to care for the kid's family -- but taking his eye off the ball is not how a guy gets promoted and starting a new life may prove harder than expected.
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Salt

2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

After she's accused of being a Russian spy, CIA agent Evelyn Salt goes on the run, using every tactic she knows to elude her pursuers and clear her name. A counterintelligence officer doesn't buy her story and will do anything to stop her.
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Fracture

2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

A man who allegedly attempted to murder his wife gets locked in a battle of wits with a young assistant district attorney. After the man is freed on a technicality, the D.A. sets out on an obsessive mission to prove his guilt.
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Triple Dog

2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

During an innocent slumber party, an arrogant girl organizes a competitive game of dares, challenging her friends to pull off incredibly risky stunts. As the night unfolds, the teens slowly unravel, turn on one another and uncover shocking secrets.
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In the Line of Fire

1993 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

In this taut thriller, a warped yet ingenious killer taunts a veteran Secret Service agent who's haunted by his failure years ago to save President Kennedy -- and unable to make the current commander in chief heed the psycho's assassination threats.
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Seeking Justice

2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

After his wife is brutally raped, Will is approached by a man from a vigilante group who offers to exact revenge on the perpetrator. But once the deed is done, Will learns that there are strings attached.
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Kiss the Girls

1997 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams up with escaped kidnapping victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands.
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Along Came a Spider

2001 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

When a girl is kidnapped from a prestigious prep school, homicide detective Alex Cross takes the case, teaming up with young security agent Jezzie Flannigan in hopes of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath before it's too late.
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Unknown

2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

Liam Neeson stars in this taut thriller as a man who regains consciousness after a car accident, only to discover that another man is impersonating him, and that no one -- not even his wife -- recognizes his identity as the real Dr. Martin Harris.
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No Country for Old Men

2007 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

While hunting in the desert, Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad and takes off with $2 million in cash. With a psychotic hit man hot on his trail, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
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A Prophet

2009 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

After refusing to snitch, 18-year-old Arab Malik (Tahar Rahim) is thrown into a French prison, where the Corsican mafia rules with a firm fist. The obedient newcomer slowly rises through the organization's ranks but soon begins to double-cross his superiors. A follow-up to his 2005 gem The Beat My Heart Skipped, French director Jacques Audiard's A Prophet was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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The Butterfly Effect

2004 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

If you could go back in time and undo a horrible childhood, would you? This thriller poses that complex question when college student Evan Treborn, who's besieged by tragic memories, discovers a way to alter his past. But will it make a difference?
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Sleeping with the Enemy

1991 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

A bride discovers that, in private, her new husband is a psychotic who takes out his frustrations on her with his fists. She plots her escape by faking her death and starts over with a new identity, till her sadistic spouse discovers the subterfuge.
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Jack Reacher

2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

When ex-military cop Jack Reacher investigates an elite sniper charged with killing five people, he teams up with a beautiful defense lawyer -- and they soon find themselves drawn into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game in this exciting thriller.
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Sneakers

1992 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his offbeat team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking "black box" from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a deadly conspiracy.
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The Score

2001 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

Ready-to-retire safecracker Nick, flamboyant fence Max and talented but volatile thief Jackie team up to rob the Montreal Customs House. The score could put them all on easy street, but Nick is growing increasingly uncomfortable with the operation.
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The Experiment

2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

In this gripping thriller, a group of men volunteers to take on the roles of guards and inmates at a mock prison as part of a controversial psychological study. But when the guards abuse their power in alarming ways, the prisoners stage a revolt.
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Running Scared

2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

Low-level mobster Joey Gazelle is tasked with disposing of a gun used to kill cops during a drug bust. But when it's stolen by his son's friend and used in another high-profile crime, Joey must find the gun quickly -- or pay the ultimate price.
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Drive

2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

A Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver is lured from his isolated life by a lovely neighbor and her young son. His newfound peace is shattered, however, when her violent husband is released from prison.
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Unthinkable

2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 Stars

When the government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons, locations unknown, it's up to a seasoned interrogator (Samuel L. Jackson) and an FBI agent (Carrie-Anne Moss) to find out exactly where they are.
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