A Wife's Nightmare
Liz, just returned home after a mental breakdown, has to welcome a relative stranger into her home when Caitlin, a young, vivacious woman, claims to be her husband's daughter.
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2013★ 6.0
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1943★ 7.5
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1954★ 8.3
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
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1999★ 6.6
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1944★ 7.5
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A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
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Dial M for Murder
1954★ 8.0
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
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1980★ 6.1
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