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301) Malice in Wonderland
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When beautiful American law student Alice (Maggie Grace) is knocked down by a cab, it's just the start of her problems. Miles from home and relentlessly pursued by a shadowy group intent on taking her captive, she begins a dark and dangerous journey through a violent underworld full of gangsters, pimps and prostitutes. With only cab driver Whitey to guide her, she soon finds that the only way out is to fight for her freedom.
303) Gigli
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Larry Gigli is a low-level Los Angeles mob enforcer whose volatile boss, Louis, hires Gigli to kidnap Brian, the mentally handicapped younger brother of a federal prosecutor who's about to bring Louis' boss to trial in New York. Gigli gets the kid home without a hitch. Then Ricki, a beautiful woman, shows up at his door. Gigli soon learns that the nervous Louis has hired her to keep an eye on him. As Gigli and Ricky continue to look after the young,...
304) The last Godfather
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"Mafia boss Don Carini (Harvey Keitel) is retiring. When he gathers the family to give the news, the Don surprises everyone by anointing his goofy adopted son Young-gu (Hyung-Rae Shim) as the next godfather. With Young-gu bumble his way to success and prove his father proud? Or will his dumb antics play into his enemies' goal to leave Young-gu sleeping with the fishes?"--Container.
305) Tunnels of time
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Thirteen-year-old Andrea did not want to be in Moose Jaw and she did not want to be in her cousins wedding. She also didn't want to hear about some old tunnels from the old days, either, then she ends up in the tunnels and discovers that she has gone back in time.
306) Goodfellas
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Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...
307) Marked Woman
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A young assistant District Attorney uses a prostitute to indict a gang of racketeers, its czar, and his underlings.
308) Domino
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Inspired by the real life of Domino Harvey, a former model who rejected her privileged Beverly Hills life to become one of LA's toughest and most notorious bounty hunters.
309) Driven to kill
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Ruslan Drachev is a highly-respected former enforcer in the New York-based Russian mob. He abandoned his gangland lifestyle years ago to pursue a peaceful career as a novelist. But after the brutal attack and kidnapping of his daughter, who happens to be engaged to the son of a ruthless Russian nemesis, Ruslan returns to the sinister underworld of his past and doles out his own style of merciless justice.
310) Brooklyn story
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In the summer of 1978, and Samantha Bonti is fifteen years old, half Jewish and half Italian and lives in Bensonhurst with her mother. Told from the adult perspective, this is a true-to-life novel of leaving the past to history and the future to fate--of restoring hope where there was none, and reaching for dreams in an inspiring promise of paradise called Manhattan.
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"An engrossingly honest insider's tale of the part of Al Capone's life that mattered most to him, life with his wife, son, and four granddaughters. Diane Patricia Capone, the granddaughter who was with him almost every day throughout his final years, has supplemented her childhood memories with many previously unknown revelations told to her as an adult by her father and grandmother. Al's beloved wife, Mae, and with her readings in the extensive private...
313) Gloria
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An ex-gun moll and showgirl is suddenly forced to protect a child whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob
315) Taken
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Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan...
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Chronicles the untold history of Las Vegas, a story that may have never existed without the foresight and sponsorship of America's organized crime syndicate. Las Vegas is the country's greatest resort city and the gambling capital of the world. Home of the famous, and infamous Strip. The right price will get every kind of entertainment and is available for everyone and anyone at any time.
317) The Roaring Twenties
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Three buddies return home from World War I and begin a profitable bootlegging operation, until romance and rivalry get in the way of business.
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The American Mob began at the turn of the 20th Century as immigrants from Europe began pouring into cities along the East Coast, particularly New York City. Poor and isolated, these immigrant Jews, Irish and Italians banded together to develop their own version of the American Dream. A unique form of business called organized crime. This series will reveal the truth behind the myth of the American Mob and its godfathers.
320) County line: no fear
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Sheriff Rockwell delays his retirement to help Sheriff Porter, of the neighboring county, deal with a vicious gangster.