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Rain Man
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(1988 Barry Levinson) 50:-
Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) has just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? From his refusal to drive on major highways, to his obsession with watching popular TV game-shows, Raymond first pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience... and then pulls him completely out of his self-centred world. But what begins as a reluctant and unsentimental journey for the Babbitt brothers becomes a remarkable story which connects these two vastly different people in this poignant and powerful look at the unlimited potential of the human spirit. [MGM]Region 2
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Rashomon - Demonernas Port
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(1950 Akira Kurosawa) 80:-
originaltitel: 羅生門
A woodcutter experiences a horrific series of events - an ambush, rape and murder. In the telling of the tale however, each of the four participants give different views of what actually happened - is any of them telling the truth?
Kurosawa's masterful film plays on the subjective nature of truth while unfurling a riveting tale of violence and greed. [Sandrew Metronome]Region 2
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Rear Window
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(1954 Alfred Hitchcock) 125:-
svensk titel: Fönstret åt Gården
L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart), a photographer with a broken leg, takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbours during a summer heat wave. But things really hot up when he suspects one neighbour (Raymond Burr) of murdering his invalid wife and burying the body in a flower garden.
2-Disc Special Edition [Universal]Region 1
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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(1938 Alan Dwan) 50:-
svensk titel: Miss America
While in the care of her gruff, overly protective aunt, an adorable tyke with singing and dancing abilities (Shirley Temple) catches the eye of a talent scout. Soon, the gifted youngster is sought after for the big-rime, but can she convince her aunt to let her star shine? [20th Century]Region 1
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Recruit, The
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(2003 Roger Donaldson)
svensk titel: Uppdraget
James Clayton (Colin Farrell), one of the smartest college graduates in the country, is just the person Walter Burke (Al Pacino) wants in the C.I.A. James quickly rises trough the ranks and falls for Layla (Bridget Moynahan), one of his fellow recruits. But just when he starts to question his role and his cat-and-mouse relationship with his mentor, Burke taps him to root out a mole. As the suspense builds in amaze of gripping twists and turns, there are only two things James can count on – he can't trust anyone and nothing is as it seems. [Touchstone]Region 1
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Red Dragon
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(2002 Brett Ratner)
Anthony Hopkins returns in his finest and most chilling performance yet, as the malevolent Dr Hannibal Lecter. FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) is called out of early retirement to catch a serial killer known as 'The Tooth Fairy'. To stop the brutal murders from continuing, Graham must first let Lecter inside his head. Prepare to be disturbed as Graham confronts the brilliantly sinister Lecter in this dark and heart-pounding thriller. [Universal]Region 1
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Reign of Fire
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(2002 Rob Bowman)
svensk titel: Drakarnas Rike
When a London tunneling project uncovers an unearthly fire-breathing beast from centuries of slumber, all hell breaks loose.
Twelve-year-old Quinn (Christian Bale) sees his mother, one of the workers, die trying to escape this new terror. Twenty years later as a "fire chief," he tries to keep a group of refugees alive with fierce dragons dominating the air, burning the land, and feeding on the ash. Unexpectedly, Van Zan (Mathew McConaughey), a hotshot American militia leader, shows up with a ragtag group of slayers on a perilous crusade to hunt down and destroy the beasts. Tempers flare when there is a struggle for leadership - until both men realise only one species is getting out of this alive. [Touchstone]Region 1
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Reindeer Games
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(2000 John Frankenheimer)
Upon release from a stint in prison, Rudy (Ben Affleck) impulsively decides to pose as his old cell mate Nick in order to make time with Nick's beautiful pen pal, Ashley (Charlize Theron). But Rudy's ruse blows up when he realises that Ashley was double-crossing Nick...and now he's inescapably part of an armed robbery plot being hatched by her dangerously evil brother (Gary Sinise). [Alliance]Region 1
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Remains of the Day
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(1993 James Ivory) 50:-
svensk titel: Återstoden av Dagen
Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson star in this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love.
Hopkins is Stevens, a dedicated English butler to Lord Darlington, beautifully played by James Fox. Thompson is the estate's housekeeper, a high-spirited, strong-minded young woman who watches the goings-on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions, she and Stevens gradually fall in love, though neither will admit it, and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments. [Sony]Region 2
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Rendition
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(2007 Gavin Hood)
svensk titel: Utlämnad
When a man mysteriously vanishes from an overseas flight, his disappearance sends shockwaves all the way to the nation’s capitol. Desperate for the truth, his wife begins a search for the missing man which leads a CIA unit head and a novice agent into an international web of deceit, conspiracies and top secret truths far more frightening than the lies that conceal them. [New Line]Region 1
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Repulsion
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(1965 Roman Polanski) 175:-
Carol (Catherine Deneuve), a young French girl living in 60' London, is repelled, yet fascinated by men. Her radiant beauty attracts the opposite sex, but she shrinks from their advances.
Her days are spent in an intensely feminine atmosphere: working in a beauty salon, and clinging to her sister Helen for love. Things start to unwind however when Helen goes away with her married boyfriend. As Carol incarcerates herself in her sinister, shadowy flat, men begin to invade her dreams night and day, mixing her terror with delight as bizarre hallucinations take hold of her mind. [Criterion]Region 1
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Reservoir Dogs - De Hänsynslösa
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(1992 Quentin Tarantino) 50:-
originaltitel: Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Tarantino rocked the film world with this powerful and controversial debut movie.
Set mainly in a warehouse in the aftermath of a bungled robbery the story gradually unfolds to introduce the colour-coded gangsters and the planning of the crime step by step, through Tarantino's trademark flashbacks. Four have survived after a police ambush - betrayed. What went wrong and who is the betrayer?
2-Disc Special Edition [Nordisk Film]Region 2
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Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip
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This 96 minute live concert performance features comedic ge nius Richard Pryor.
The often caustic and always funny comedian is in top form in this film which is comprised of two sold-out concerts at the Hollywood Palladium. Pryor often draws from his own experiences which include the accident that almost cost him his life. [Columbia] Region 2
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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
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This 96 minute live concert performance features comedic ge nius Richard Pryor.
The often caustic and always funny comedian is in top form in this film which is comprised of two sold-out concerts at the Hollywood Palladium. Pryor often draws from his own experiences which include the accident that almost cost him his life. [Columbia] Region 1
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Rififi
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(1955 Jules Dassin) 50:-
originaltitel: Du Rififi Chez les Hommes
Jean Servais is Tony le Stephanois, a master thief with a battered face and a tubercular cough, souvenirs of a recent stint in the pen. The ageing Tony is reluctant to return to a life of crime, but when he realizes his girlfriend has thrown him over for a rival gangster, he agrees to attempt one last job. Together with three collaborators – a young father, a boisterous Franco-Italian and a sentimental Milanese safecracker – Tony meticulously engineers his biggest heist yet: robbing the most heavily guarded jewelry store in Paris. [Arrow]Region 2
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Rififi
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(1955 Jules Dassin) 50:-
originaltitel: Du Rififi Chez les Hommes
Jean Servais is Tony le Stephanois, a master thief with a battered face and a tubercular cough, souvenirs of a recent stint in the pen. The ageing Tony is reluctant to return to a life of crime, but when he realizes his girlfriend has thrown him over for a rival gangster, he agrees to attempt one last job. Together with three collaborators – a young father, a boisterous Franco-Italian and a sentimental Milanese safecracker – Tony meticulously engineers his biggest heist yet: robbing the most heavily guarded jewelry store in Paris. [Studio S]Region 2
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Rocco and his Brothers
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(1960 Luchino Visconti) 150:-
originaltitel: Rocco e i suoi fratelli
A tight-knit family moves from Italy's rural south to metropolitan Milan. The shock of the new is violent and immediate. A mother meddles. A whore beguiles. Brother faces brother. Blood-ties come undone. We pity beatific Rocco (played by the immortal Alain Delon in a role specially written for him) and Nadia the harlot (Annie Girardot, capricious and scintillating) - the modern condition has shattered their lives. [Eureka!]Region 2
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Rocco og hans Brödre
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(1960 Luchino Visconti) 50:-
originaltitel: Rocco e i suoi fratelli
A tight-knit family moves from Italy's rural south to metropolitan Milan. The shock of the new is violent and immediate. A mother meddles. A whore beguiles. Brother faces brother. Blood-ties come undone. We pity beatific Rocco (played by the immortal Alain Delon in a role specially written for him) and Nadia the harlot (Annie Girardot, capricious and scintillating) - the modern condition has shattered their lives. [Atlantic]Region 2
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Rock n Roll High School
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(1979 Allan Arkush) 50:-
Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students' love of rock 'n' roll and their disregard of education. The putative leader of the students is Riff Randell, who loves the music of the Ramones.
A new principal, the rock music hating Miss Evelyn Togar, is brought in and promises to put an end to the music craze. When Miss Togar and a group of parents attempt to burn a pile of rock records, the students take over the high school, joined by the Ramones, who are made honorary students. When the police are summoned and demand that the students evacuate the building, they do so, which leads to an explosive finale. [Atlantic]Region 2
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Rocky
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(1976 John G Avildsen) 50:-
This is the story of a loser, a two bit boxer from Philadelphia, who gets a second chance in life by being offered an impossible shot at the heavyweight title.
Sylvester Stallone's performance is as powerful as his character's punches in the ring. This is one of the most exciting action movies you will ever see - a simple story of a man whom fate chooses for a shot at glory in what has otherwise been an ordinary life. [MGM]Region 2
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Rocky II
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(1979 Sylvester Stallone) 50:-
It's the rematch of the century as Rocky Balboa takes on Apollo Creed in this powerful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed movies in film history.
After club fighter Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) goes the distance with the world heavyweight champion, boxing fans clamour for a rematch. But Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in the bout, announces his retirement. Though he tries to make a new life for himself, Rocky realizes that he can't escape his true calling. The ring beckons once more, and the "Italian Stallion" must prepare for the fight of his life. [MGM]Region 2
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Room
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(2015 Lenny Abrahamson) 50:-
Ma has created a whole universe in 'Room' for five-year-old Jack, where they have both lived for Jack's whole life. But when Ma decides they have to escape, she risks everything to give Jack the chance to make a thrilling discovery: the world. [Universal]Region 2
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Rooster Cogburn
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(1975 Stuart Millar) 50:-
svensk titel: Huka Dej, Rooster
Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow-up to "True Grit". The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion, eye-patched, whisky-guzzling Deputy Marshall. katharine hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight, a Bible-thumping missionary who teams up with the gun-fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws, a warm rapport develops between the rough-and-tumble lawman and the flinty Reverend's daughter. [Universal]Region 2
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Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady)
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(1975 Stuart Millar) 50:-
Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow-up to "True Grit".
The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion, eye-patched, whisky-guzzling Rooster Cogburn, US Marshall. Katharine Hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight, a Bible-thumping missionary who teams up with the gun-fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws, a warm rapport develops between the rough-and-tumble lawman and the flinty Reverend's daughter. [Universal]Region 1
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Roustabout
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(1964 John Rich) 50:-
svensk titel: Skoj på Hoj!
Charlie Rogers (Elvis Presley) is a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle to the next gig, an irate dad runs him off the road when he flirts with his daughter. He's forced to hook up with a travelling carnival until his bike can be fixed. The carnival is run by a tough old broad, a broken-down drunk, and his nubile daughter.
Along the way, Charlie (who's got a chip on his shoulder about being an orphan) somehow learns about family values from this vaguely dysfunctional one. [Paramount]Region 2
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Rules of the Game, The
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(1939 Jean Renoir) 225:-
originaltitel: La Règle du Jeu
Denigrated by the public, vilified by the critics, re-cut at the insistence of its producers, and finally banned by the French government as 'demoralising' and unpatriotic, La Regle du jeu was a commercial disaster at the time of its original release. On the surface, a series of interlinked romantic intrigues taking place at a weekend shooting party in a country chateau, the film is in fact a study of the corruption and decay within French society on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. [Criterion]Region 1
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