Dave Tompkins :: DVD Library :: Movies :: Alphabetical :: E


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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

A group of Earth children help a stranded alien botanist return home.

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The Eagle (2011)

In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem.

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Eagle Eye (2008)

Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move.

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Eagle vs. Shark (2007)

Eagle vs Shark is the tale of two socially awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love; through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games.

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Early Summer (1951)

A family chooses a match for their 28-year-old daughter Noriko, but she surprisingly has her own plans.

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Earrings of Madame de... (1953)

In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift: she needs money to cover her debts...

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Earth (2007)

Feature-length version of the documentary TV series

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Earthlings (2005)

Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, EARTHLINGS chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.

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East of Eden (1955)

In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam...

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Eastern Promises (2007)

A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

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An Eastern Westerner (1920)

Blase eastern boy is shipped off to a ranch in the 'wild west ' by his father.

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Easy A (2010)

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

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Easy Money (2010)

When JW becomes a drug runner in order to maintain his double life, his fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and mafia enforcer Mrado, who is on the hunt for Jorge.

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Easy Money 2: Hard to Kill (2012)

JW (Joel Kinnaman, Robocop, The Killing), the promising business student who became an organized coke smuggler in Easy Money, is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an...

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Easy Rider (1969)

Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America.

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Easy Virtue (1928)

A divorcée hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.

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Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.

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Eat Pray Love (2010)

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to ''find herself''.

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Echelon Conspiracy (2009)

At first, the strange phone messages promised great wealth. Soon, though, government agents pursue the young engineer receiving them around the world.

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The Eclipse (1962)

A young woman meets a vital young man, but the love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.

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Ed Wood (1994)

The mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends and actors.

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Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983)

Eddie Murphy's raunchy, raucous stand-up comedy routine is captured for posterity on this tape. Not for folks who dislike foul language.

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Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)

Eddie Murphy in a stand-up performance recorded live. For an hour and a half he talks about his favourite subjects: sex and women.

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Edge of Darkness (2010)

As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

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Edge of Darkness: The Complete BBC Series (1985)

The mysterious death of his activist daughter, leads her straight-laced father, an Inspector of the local police force...

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The Edge of Heaven (2007)

A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.

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An Education (2009)

A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

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The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)

College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus.

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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl.

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Eight Below (2006)

Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.

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Eight Mile (2002)

A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make the most of what could be his final opportunity but his problems around gives him doubts.

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El Cid (1961)

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (''El Cid'' to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour...

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El Norte (1983)

Mayan Indian peasants, tired of being thought of as nothing more than ''brazos fuertes'' (''strong arms''...

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Election (1999)

A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.

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The Element of Crime (1984)

A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.

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Elena and Her Men (1956)

Polish countess Elena falls in love to a Frensh radical party's candidate, a general, in pre world war I Paris, but another officer pines for her.

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Elephant (2003)

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

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The Elephant Man (1980)

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.

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Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

A self-assured business man murders his employer, the husband of his adulterer, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

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Elf (2003)

After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.

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Elite Squad (2007)

1997, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his occupation while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope comes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)

After a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.

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Elizabeth (1998)

A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

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Ellen - Here and Now (2003)

Ellen DeGeneres performs her comedy-concert live on stage and taped for HBO.

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Ellen - The Beginning (2000)
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Elmer Gantry (1960)

Elmer Gantry is a fast talking, hard drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike...

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ELVIS: That's the Way It Is (1970)

Concert footage and backstage documentary of singer Elvis Presley.

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Elysium (2013)

In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

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Emperor (2012)

As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

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The Emperor Jones (1933)

Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

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The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha, the gentle llama herder.

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Empire of the Sun (1987)

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.

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Empire Records (1995)

The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.

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Empire State (2013)

A drama centered on two childhood friends who plan to rob an armored car depository, and the NYPD officer who stands in their way.

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Enchanted (2007)

A classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytale princess who is sent to our world by an evil queen. Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer. Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?

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Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

Filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica to capture its landscape's rarely seen beauty on film.

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End of Days (1999)

At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him.

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End of Watch (2012)

Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.

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Ender's Game (2013)

Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, a genocidal alien race which nearly annihilated the human race in a previous invasion.

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Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Two Russian and German snipers play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Enemy of the State (1998)

A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.

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Les Enfants Terrible (1950)

Elisabeth is very protective of her teenage brother Paul, who is injured in a snowball fight at school and has to rest in bed most of the time...

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The Enforcer (1951)

A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.

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The English Patient (1996)

At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

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Enough Said (2013)

A divorced woman who decides to pursue the man she's interested in learns he's her new friend's ex-husband.

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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) (2005)

A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

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Enter the Dragon (1973)

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

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The Entitled (2011)

A young man, broke and jobless, abducts three rich college kids to try and get money from their fathers.

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Entrapment (1999)

An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief.

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Epic (2013)

A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours.

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Equilibrium (2002)

In a Fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

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Eragon (2006)

In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.

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Eraser (1996)

A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

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Erik The Viking (1989)

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to...

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Erin Brockovich (2000)

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

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Escape from New York (1981)

In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.

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Escape from Planet Earth (2013)

Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.

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Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)

The world is shocked by the appearance of two talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society; but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.

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Escape Plan (2013)

When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.

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Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

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Europa (1991)

Just after WW2, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.

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Europa Europa (1990)

A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.

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EuroTrip (2004)

Dumped by his girlfriend, a high school grad decides to embark on an overseas adventure in Europe with his friends.

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Evan Almighty (2007)

God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

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Evelyn (2002)

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment...

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Ever After (1998)

The ''real'' story of Cinderella. A refreshing new take on the classic fairy tale.

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Everlasting Moments (2008)

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.

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Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

Philo Beddoe is an easy-going trucker and a great fist-fighter. With two friends - Orville, who promotes prize-fights for him...

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Everybody's Fine (2009)

A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children.

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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.

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Everything is Illuminated (2005)

A young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of an eccentric local.

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Everything Must Go (2010)

When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.

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Everything's Gone Green (2006)

Ryan, a good-natured slacker, is tempted into a money laundering scheme while working for a lottery magazine. A capitalistic comedy that asks the question - when is ''enough'' enough?

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Evil Dead (1982)

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

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Evil Dead II (1987)

The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holds up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

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Evita (1996)

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

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Excalibur (1981)

A spirited accounting of one of the most obscure periods of the world's history.

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Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy...

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The Exorcist (1973)

When a teenager is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

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Exotica (1994)

The 'Exotica' is a nightclub on the outskirts of Toronto, where Eric, DJ and MC, watches nightly as his ex-girlfriend Christina performs. Watches jealously, especially as far as the extra ...

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The Expendables (2010)

A team of mercenaries head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator.

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The Expendables 2 (2012)

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

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The Experiment (2010)

26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

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The Exterminating Angel (1962)

The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.

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The Extra Man (2010)

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

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Extract (2009)

Joel, the owner of an Extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.

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Extraordinary Measures (2010)

A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

A New York City doctor, who is married to an art curator, pushes himself on a harrowing and dangerous night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife admits that she once almost cheated on him.

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Eyes Without a Face (1960)

A brilliant surgeon, Dr. Génessier, helped by his assistant Louise, kidnaps nice young women. He removes their faces and tries to graft them onto the head on his beloved daughter Christiane...

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