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Movie: Anna Karenina ( 1948 )

Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a little spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet. Back in St. Petersburg they keep running into each other at parties. Since she has a husband and small son, they must be very discreet if they are going to see each other alone.

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Movie: American Psycho ( 2000 )

A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.

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Movie: Akira ( 1988 )

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by two teenagers and a group of psychics.

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Movie: A.I. Artificial Intelligence ( 2001 )

A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

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Movie: After Dark, My Sweet ( 1990 )

After he escapes from a mental hospital, a former boxer works for a widow. When she asks him to get involved in a kidnapping, he has second thoughts.

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Movie: About a Boy ( 2002 )

A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy.

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Movie: Abandon ( 2002 )

An investigation of a college student's missing boyfriend becomes quite strange when she begins to see him periodically.

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Movie: 12 Years a Slave ( 2013 )

Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty personified by a malevolent slave owner, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

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