Afterglow
Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife Phyllis, the four get caught in a love quadrangle that reignites their marriages.
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1968★ 6.0
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2021★ 6.5
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2001★ 5.9
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Fifty Shades Freed
2018★ 6.7
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The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954★ 6.1
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.
Newness
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1990★ 6.0
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2002★ 6.7
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1991★ 6.4
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2005★ 6.0
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2012★ 6.1
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2000★ 8.0
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2017★ 6.8
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