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Master Gardener follows Narvel Roth, the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate, to pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel's spartan existence, unlocking dark secrets from a buried violent past that threaten...
2) The Giver
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The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
3) Tableau
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Writer-director Stuart Howes's beautiful and poignant debut film tells a nuanced story about the complexity of our most basic relationships. After having an affair, a mother tries to win back the respect of her oldest daughter, Nicole, while keeping the truth a secret from Nicole's younger sister, Lou. Despite their best efforts to maintain the picture perfect facade of their family life, the cracks begin to show. While confronting notions of love...
4) McCanick
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An out of control narcotics detective with a secret past hunts down a harmless low level criminal who knows the real truth about his past.
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Miranda Wells is a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children on her own. A powerful storm brings a devastating challenge and a mysterious man, Bray Johnson, into her life. In just a few short days, Bray's presence re-ignites the family's spirit, but he also carries a secret, and it's a secret that could change everything.
6) Summer '03
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It's one of the year's stand-out comedy hits that has audiences raving : sixteen year-old Jamie who spends the summer of 2003 juggling friendships, family secrets, and first love. On her deathbed, Jamie's calculating grandmother gives her two unexpected pieces of advice - about religion and relationships - that leave Jamie reeling. Now she must navigate her love and family life crisis, resulting in a memorable summer you will not wat to miss.
7) The Alpines
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Follows seven friends coming together for a weekend getaway after several years of growing apart. They've moved on with their lives. But the secrets of their past have come back to haunt them.
8) Beauty
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Francois is a dutiful husband and father, but finds himself going through the motions of a loveless marriage while harboring a life-long secret. His sexual urges rise to the surface around a charming family friend, Christian. Francois soon embarks on a dark, unwavering journey of obsession that leads to a shocking and graphic conclusion.
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Eve Sullivan is arrested for committing a heinous crime. Shackled in a police station breakroom, she is questioned by psychoanalyst Dr. Donald Thomas, who is tasked with determining her fitness to stand trial. In a contentious interview, Dr. Thomas persuades Eve to recount her troubling past as she slowly turns the tables, coaxing him into revealing secrets of his own and showing him that they may be more alike than he thinks.
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Ruby: Ruby Landry is filled with hope as love blooms with her high school sweetheart Paul Tate. But lingering thoughts of her mysterious father and her mother's death often creep into Ruby's mind.
Pearl in the mist: Based on the second book, Pearl in the Mist finds Ruby still struggling to find true happiness, after a year of living at her father's lavish mansion. When Ruby and her twin Giselle are sent away to an exclusive all-girls boarding school,...
11) Guest of honour
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Accused of abusing her position of authority with seventeen-year-old Clive and another student, Veronica is imprisoned, despite the accusation being an elaborate hoax instigated by a bus driver. Convinced that she deserves to be punished for crimes she committed at an earlier age, Veronica rebuffs her father's attempts to secure her early release, and both have to work through these complicated emotions with the help of Father Greg, who may know more...
12) The independent
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During a crucial political election, a driven investigative journalist stumbles upon a life-altering lead that uncovers a disastrous secret. Eli risks losing everything if she reveals the awful truth that will change the course of history.
13) Old man
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Deep in the woods, a lost hiker stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive old man. What starts as a cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret. This horrific and poignant plunge into madness is 'a mesmerizing thriller that you won't be able to take your eyes off of' (ScariestThings.com).
14) Cold blood
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A legendary hitman retires in isolation to the barren North American wilderness. When he rescues a woman from a snowmobile accident, he discovers she may be harboring a secret that could force a return to his lethal ways.
15) Dangerous
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A reformed sociopath journeys to a remote island to investigate the mystery behind his brother's demise, but soon ends up facing off with more than he bargained for.
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In this sharp new comedy-drama, an unlikely group of lawbreakers is forced together in a community payback project. When seven strangers are thrown together in a community service scheme, they realize they couldn't be more different. Having broken the law, in their hometown of Bristol, is the one thing they have in common. As new friendships emerge, dark secrets are revealed. And when the group gets drawn into dangerous criminal activity, they must...
17) Super dark times
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Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
18) Barbarians
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Four friends come together for a celebratory dinner party at a country house. But as the night progresses dark secrets emerge and unsettling events begin to unfold around them.
19) Bullitt County
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"Four drinking buddies with a dark secret reunite for a bachelor party in 1977 rural Kentucky. But when the friends discover that their favorite distillery has been turned into a winery, Gordie seizes on another adventure: search for the legendary buried Prohibition money deep in the woods of Bullitt County. The others join him, only to discover there's something much more dangerous than cursed treasure. They may have forgotten the dark secret from...
20) The strange ones
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"Mysterious events surround two travelers, presumably brothers, as they make their way across a remote American landscape. What appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets and lies."--
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