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"What if you could take a vacation to your past, without the filter of memory? What would you give to go back in time and relive your youth, in person, with the people who shared it? On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But something is missing. Her...
2) The Matrix
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Computer hacker realizes the world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us.
In an anti-utopian future, the real world as we know it is nothing more than a computer construct created by an all-powerful artificial intelligence. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct and are now fighting for the future of the human race.
4) K-Pax
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A stranger claiming to be from another planet mystifies psychiatrists and scientists.
8) Looker
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While trying to protect one of his patients from a murderer, a plastic surgeon discovers that the patient is connected with a research facility that plans to use her image on TV as part of a mind control experiment
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Reunite with Dr. Sam Beckett, a scientist who never knows whose body he is going to "leap" into next or when, where and at what moment in time he may find himself. Who will he be next? An undercover cop. A blind pianist. A harassed secretary. It's up to Sam to change the history of each person for the better, and hopefully complete the mission that will someday take hime home.
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Millions perish, and as small, isolated frightened bands unite, the answers to their perpetual questions to justify this end of civilization are bared in their dreams--revelations that urge some to embrace a path of virtue and others one of darkness. As the opposing forces separate into two camps, the noble elements try to shield themselves from their corrupt enemy.
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Ten years after the events of Phantom menace, Senator Padme Amidala survives an assassination attempt as she returns to Coruscant for an important vote. The Jedi Council send Obi-Wan Kenobi and Annikin Skywalker to protect her. After tracking the assassin, Obi-Wan is sent to Kamino to continue their investigations while Annikin is sent with Amidala to Naboo. While Annikin and Amidala are falling in love on Naboo, Obi-Wan is investigating the connection...
16) The hunger games
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Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place and must rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against highly trained Tributes who have prepared their entire lives. She must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival...
17) Forever Young
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A test pilot in 1939 puts off proposing to his sweetheart until it's too late, then volunteers for a cryogenics experiment, reawakening in 1992.
18) I, robot
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In the year 2035, robots are a common, trusted part of life. But that trust is broken when a scientist is found dead, and a skeptical Chicago police detective investigating the murder believes that a robot is responsible. It seems impossible for a robot to break the Three Laws of Robotics, for if that were to happen there would be nothing to stop them from taking over the world. Aiding the detective in his investigation is a psychologist who specializes...
19) Swamp thing
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A group of scientists join forces to create a potion to halt world hunger by making things grow to enormous proportions. The experiment in Florida is attacked by two thugs who want to steal the secret potion. During the struggle, the scientist is covered with the flaming potion--dives into the swamp and emerges as the Swamp Thing
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Premiere -- When his experimental spacecraft is thrust through a wormhole, astronaut John Crichton finds himself trasported to a strange, alien galaxy light years from Earth, and directly into an interstellar battle. I, E.T.-- After detecting a homing beacon, the crew is froced to crash Moya onto an Earth-like planet where extraterrestrial life is virtually unknown.
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