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In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before

A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger

A newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner

The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own

After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well

An ex professor offers Adam 1,000,000 to get some plasma from a high tech companys lab Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help Can they convince Adams now honest dad to join

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchors ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit

After serving three years in prison covering for her gangster boyfriend, Kevin, Gloria returns to New York City for the money she was promised Inside Kevins base of operations, she finds 7 year old Nicky, whose family has been kill

A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions

Four Jewish intellectuals carpool to the funeral of their old friend Leslie Braverman, who died suddenly at age 41

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him

An adaptation of The Wizard of Oz that tries to capture the essence of the African American experience

A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boys disturbing obsession with horses

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a students play

In the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history

Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder But during a routine QampA, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course

Emily, a tough NYPD cop, is sent to an orthodox Jewish community to investigate a missing person plus 720,000 in missing diamonds To solve what becomes a murder case, she has to join the community

Daniel Isaacson attempts to determine the true complicity of his parents Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed for espionage in the 1950s

After graduating from a prestigious Eastern university, eight devoted women friends go their separate ways one leaves for Europe, while the others experience troubled relationships Sadly, they get to meet one last time as a group

A married, egotistical, middle aged head of a corporate empire man and his mistress and protegee, who wants a more serious commitment and ends up dating a younger man, are in a casual lovehate relationship and engage in a battle of

Aging actress Irina Arkadina pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate On one occasion, she brings along Boris Trigorin, a successful novelist Nina, a free and innocent

A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding

In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards

A burnt out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester

A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling

A hospital resident is put in the middle of a legal battle between two half sisters on whether to pull their comatose dads life support But more seems to be at stake than dads life his inheritance

A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack Can all out war be averted

In a never before seen interview filmed in 2008, three years before his death, Sidney Lumet discusses his life and career

At the end of a long and hot summer day, members of one family gather in a large house Everyone has something painful and offensive to say, and their silence is even worse

Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs national security in the aftermath of 911 two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City

A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises hes in over his head, and nobody can be trusted

In 1944, on a Miami to New York train, two paratroopers on furlough meet and fall in love with two kept women who are on their way to meet their sugar daddies

Acclaimed director Sidney Lumet brings this marvelous adaptation of a Larry McMurtry novel to life Blythe Danner and Susasn Sarandon star in this complex yet disarmingly fresh look at love

A British agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a British government employees suicide

After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper

A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped