Clive Owen
1) Vroom
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Two young Englishmen (Clive Owen, David Thewlis) and an older divorcee (Diana Quick) escape from their bleak town in a mint 1950s American car.
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When single mother Collette McVeigh (Riseborough) is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA plot in London, an MI5 officer (Owen) offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With her son's life in her hands, Collette chooses to place her trust in MI5 and return home. When her brothers' secret operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds both herself and her...
4) Croupier
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Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer going nowhere fast. To make ends meet, and against his better judgement, he takes a job as a croupier. He finds himself drawn into the casino world and the job gradually takes over his life; his relationship with girlfriend Marion begins to deteriorate. One gambler in particular catches his attention: Jani, whom he starts to see outside of working hours — a serious violation of casino rules. Jani is down on her...
5) Greenfingers
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Colin Briggs (Clive Owen) is a man who has given up on life. Near the end of a long sentence for murder, Colin meets Fergus Wilks (David Kelly), an eccentric "lifer" who gives Colin an unwanted packet of seeds as a Christmas present. He begrudgingly plants the seeds in Edgefield's hard, infertile soil and, much to both men's surprise; the seeds flourish along with the two men's friendship. When the prison garden attracts the attention of flamboyant...
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Sportswriter Joe Warr is completely unprepared to raise his 6-year-old son Artie - and juggle the challenges of a demanding job, running a household and the possibility of romance. Determined to bring joy back into their lives, he develops a revolutionary approach to parenting - no rules, no chores. It's a home filled with love and chaos - and then Joe's estranged teenage son comes for a visit.
7) Bent
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Max is gay and as such is sent to Dachau concentration camp under the Nazi regime. He tries to deny he is gay, and gets a yellow label (the one for Jews) instead of pink (the one for gays). In camp, he falls in love with fellow prisoner Horst, who wears his pink label with pride
9) Duplicity
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Two sexy spies turned corporate operatives attempt to pull off one of the biggest heists ever. As the stakes rise in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, they'll put everything on the line to remain one double-cross ahead of the rest.
"The movie resembles 'Mad' magazine's Spy vs. Spy series, elevated to labyrinthine levels of complexity."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"The look and sound of 'Duplicity' is half the payoff."--Michael Phillips, Chicago...
10) Gemini man
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Henry Brogan, an elite assassin, is suddenly targeted and pursued by a mysterious young operative that seemingly can predict his every move.
12) Ophelia
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One of the world's greatest dramas is turned on its head through a bold and new perspective. Set in medieval Denmark and spoken in a modern tongue, it recalibrates the classic Shakespearean tragedy of Hamlet so that its unspoken, complex heroine may share her own story. As a rebellious and motherless child, Ophelia is taken into Elsinore Castle by Queen Gertrude as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough, Ophelia captures the affections...
13) Trust
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In this dark thriller, a teenage girl (Liana Liberato, "If I Stay") is targeted by an online sexual predator. Starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
15) The informer
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Ex-con and former special operations soldier Pete Koslow has been recruited by the FBI to go undercover and take down New York's most powerful crime boss. When he finds himself caught in the crossfire between the mob and the law, he's forced to return to prison. Koslow must now devise a plan to escape in order to save himself and his family.
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"An expansive, expensive adventure whose creativity outweights its more uneven elements."--Variety.
"Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a movie for science fiction fans who wish every minute of Star Wars was the cantina scene."--San Francisco Chronicle.
"Valerian is at times so mind-meltingly beautiful and strange that I'm still not sure I didn't just dream it all."--Village Voice.
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are a team...
17) Closer
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Dan, an aspiring novelist, cannot help but feel immensely attracted to Alice, a young American waitress and stripper who is in London after escaping from a failed relationship. The two meet after Alice is involved in a car accident. But nothing lasts forever, and after some time Dan meets Anna, a photographer, and he feels attracted to her. Nothing happens right away, but once it does, things go downhill for Alice and Dan. The two don't break up,...
18) Inside man
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NYPD Detective Keith Frazier struggles to outsmart Dalton, a high-stakes bank robber who, along with a well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street bank. The robbers turn what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, Madaline, a power broker with her own agenda, emerges and injects even more instability into an already...
19) Croupier
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Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer going nowhere fast. To make ends meet, and against his better judgement, he takes a job as a CROUPIER. He finds himself drawn into the casino world and the job gradually takes over his life; his relationship with girlfriend Marion begins to deteriorate. One gambler in particular catches his attention: Jani, whom he starts to see outside of working hours – a serious violation of casino rules. Jani is down on her...
20) Croupier
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London's gambling world is the setting for this complex thriller where aspiring writer Jack Manfred, suffering from writer's block, takes a job as a croupier to support his art. Knowing the dangers of the cards, Jack is adamant about remaining a professional outsider, but the temptations of the game inevitably swallow him deeper than he could have ever anticipated.