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The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London.

When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington), a New York City detective specialising in forensics was once the country's leading criminologist. A near-fatal injury in the line of duty has, however left him paralysed with little will to live.

Feisty, a street-smart policewoman Amelia Donaghy is on the verge of moving to a desk job but her last call as a street cop leads her to the discovery of a gruesomely mutilated corpse. When Rhyme's fellow detectives persuade him to take on the case, he pulls Ameila reluctabtly away from her new job to help him. Although an unlikely pairing, Amelia must become Rhymes' ears, eyes and legs as they race against the clock to get inside the mind of this madman and defeat him at his own game....

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Burnt-out ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has lost faith in humanity and is set on a path of self-destruction, until he is hired to protect the young daughter (Dakota Fanning) of a wealthy family in Mexico City.

But, when the little girl is kidnapped, Creasy unleashes a firestorm of relentless vengeance against those responsible.

New York City detectives "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover 'The French Connection'. But when one of the criminals tries to kill Doyle, he begins a deadly pursuit that takes him far outside the city limits.

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A troubled U.S. Army officer (Denzel Washington) is ask to review the posthumous candidacy of the first woman (Meg Ryan) to receive a Medal of Honor.

During the investigation, he finds himself plunged into an apparent cover-up surrounding her death -- and must confront his own tormenting demon in the process.

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Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is a New York City subway dispatcher whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train.

Ryder (John Travolta), the criminal mastermind behind the hijacking and leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the train's passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But there's one riddle Garber can't solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape?

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Denzel Washington (as Tobin Frost) plays the most dangerous renegade from the CIA, who comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run. When the South African safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) escapes with him.

Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

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Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society.

Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot Denzel Washington is Eli, who keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland... and into explosive conflict with a resourceful warlord (Gary Oldman) set on possessing the book.11 We walk by faith, not by sight," quotes Eli. Under the taut direction of the Hughes Brothers {From Hell), those words hit home with unexpected meaning and power.

Thirteen-year-old Kayla (Elsie Fisher) endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school-the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year-before she begins high school.

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On the eve of his engagement Matthew (Josh Hartnett), a young city professional, becomes obsessed with a woman he sees in a cafe, believing her to be his long-lost love who disappeared without trace two years earlier.

Risking everything, he begins a search to track her down and discover what really happened. But his obsession soon leads him down a dangerous path that will end in Wicker Park...

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Hugo Goudling's world is about to explode. He's the son of ace basketball coach, Duke Goudling, at an elite South Caroline boarding school. He's the supposed friend to the team's star player - and the school's only black student - Odin James.

But Hugo's envy over his father's pride over Odin and Odin's own success on the court is at boiling point. Manipulating all around him, Hugo's goal is single minded and brutal: to use Odin's fatal flaw - his own jealousy - to dismantle his relationship with school sweetheart Desi Brable and destroy his future at the school. Tragedy, misfortune and treachery conspire to help and hinder Hugo's plot until events spiral wildly out of control taking all the players in the deadly game for past the point of no return.

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Tom Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, a brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad. Driven by a fierce desire to bury his working class past, Mitch joins a small, prosperous Memphis firm that affords Mitch and his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn) an affluent lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams.

But when FBI agents confront him with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm, Mitch sets out to find the truth in a deadly crossfire between the FBI, the Mob, and a force that will stop at nothing to protect its interests - The Firm.

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When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.

From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

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Chris O'Donnell stars as idealistic young attorney Adam Hall who takes on the death row clemency case of his one-time Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall (Gene Hackman). With just 28 days before execution, Adam sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which Sam was convicted.

As the impending death sentence looms closer, Adam works quickly to uncover the family's history for hidden clues. In a white-knuckle series of twists and turns, Adam discovers deceptions and dark secrets that ultimately lead him to the startling truth.

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Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson excel in this high-flying action thriller filled with explosive excitement at every turn. The war was supposed to be over, but the battle to survive has only just begun. When U.S.

Navy pilot Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) is shot down during a reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, he must fight to stay alive and evade hostile Serbian forces. With time running out, Burnett's commanding officer (Gene Hackman) risks everything by launchign a renegade rescue mission against strict NATO directives to bring their hero home.