Dangerous Moves 1984  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Richard Dembo
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann, Daniel Olbrychski, Michel Aumont, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Bernhard Wicki, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jacques Boudet
This story centers on a world chess championship as competitors, the old master (Michel Piccoli) and a young admirer (Alexandre Arbatt), become more and more obsessed with winning. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Dark Summer 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Innocents
Director: Gregory Marquette
Cast: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Connie Nielsen, Mia Kirshner, Robert Culp, Anne Archer, Joseph Culp, James Quill, Frank Langella, Keith David, Kent Allen, Charles Knecht, Trae Thomas, Mark Adams, William L. Marshall, Blaine Hart
Cellist Gerard Huxley (Jean-Hugues Anglade) is traveling through the Midwest when he runs across disturbed sisters Megan and Dominique Denright (Connie Nielsen and Mia Kirshner). They are heading to Seattle to tell their mother that their father has died. Gerard hooks up with them, unfortunately, since the sisters leave a trail of blood behind. Now, Gerard is accused of the murders and must defend himself.
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It's Easier for a Camel... 2003  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Chiara Mastroianni, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Denis Podalydes, Marysa Borini, Roberto Herlitzka, Lambert Wilson, Nicolas Briancon, Yvan Attal, Emmanuelle Devos
Grown offspring of a wealthy Italian business magnate face their individual fears when their father lies on his deathbed.
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Killing Zoe 1994  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Crack Brain
Director: Roger Avary
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tai Thai, Bruce Ramsay, Kario Salem, Salvator Xuereb, Gary Kemp, Martin Raymond, Eric Pascal Chaltiel, Tai Thai, Elise Renee, Cecilia Peck, Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi, Gerard Bonn
Zed (Eric Stoltz), an American safecracker, is called to Paris by a friend, Eric (Jean-Hugues Anglade), to help with a Bastille Day bank heist. Zed meets prostitute Zoe (Julie Delpy) and falls for her. Meanwhile, things go wrong with the heist, not the least of which is the fact that Zoe is a teller at the bank to be robbed. Extremely violent.
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La Reine Margot 1994 R, 143 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Queen Margot
Director: Patrice Chereau
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc, Pascal Greggory, Claudio Amendola, Miguel Bose, Asia Argento, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Thomas Kretschmann, Julien Rassam, Albano Guaetta
Based on a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, this lavish adaptation tells of the events leading up to the "Massacre of St. Bartholomew" in 1572. Religious strife was prevalent during the reign of the Catholic King, Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade). In an effort to appease the Protestants, the real power behind the throne, Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi), initiates a marriage between her daughter Margot (Isabelle Adjani), the heiress to the throne, and Protestant Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil). But this only leads to further violence.
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Maximum Risk 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Ringo Lam
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Frank Van Keeken, Natasha Henstridge, Zach Grenier, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Paul Ben-Victor, Frank Senger, Stephane Audran, David Hemblen, Rob Kaman, Stefanos Miltsakakis, Frank Van Keeken, Dan Moran, Donald Burda, Kedar Brown
French policeman Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) learns that he is a twin only after his brother Mikhail dies, and he determines to get to the truth behind Mikhail's death. He impersonates Mikhail and infiltrates Mikhail's Russian Mafia in his neighborhood in Brooklyn. Once there, Alain becomes involved with Mikhail's former girlfriend Alex (Natasha Henstridge) and then finds himself in danger from Mikhail's associates.
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Nikita 1990 R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller / Romance
aka: La Femme Nikita
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Reno, Jean Bouise, Philippe Du Janerand, Roland Blanche, Philippe Leroy, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathiere, Philippe Leroy
A drug addict who commits robbery and murder, Nikita (Anne Parillaud), is tried, convicted, and then sent to a school for special operatives. She is given a second chance when she is recruited as a hired assassin, then is pronounced dead and presumed buried. One night, Nikita is enjoying a dinner at a restaurant when she is handed a gun and told to kill the man seated next to her. She does and heads back to headquarters where she is told she has graduated. Thus begins her double life, but she is torn between this new life and leading a normal one. Remade in 1993 as "Point of No Return."
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Subway 1985 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean Bouise, Jean-Claude Lecas, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Jean Reno, Eric Serra, Arthur Simms, Alain Guillard, Constantin Alexandrov
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a safecracker who steals major documents from the safe belonging to Helena's (Isabelle Adjani) husband (Constantin Alexandrov). Now–with the Metro police, the husband's thugs, and Helena in pursuit–Fred takes refuge in the Paris metro where he lives with a strange assortment of characters in a punk sub-culture.
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Taking Lives 2004 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez, Tcheky Karyo, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Paul Dano, Justin Chatwin, Andre Lacoste, Billy Two Rivers, Richard Lemire
FBI agent Illeana (Angelina Jolie) is summoned to Canada to help Montreal police officers solve a murder. During the investigation, Illeana determines that the person they are looking for is really a serial killer who has been assuming the identities of his latest victims.
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| 1. Dangerous Moves (1984)
2. Dark Summer (2000)
aka: Innocents
3. It's Easier for a Camel... (2003)
4. Killing Zoe (1994)
aka: Crack Brain
5. La Reine Margot (1994)
aka: Queen Margot
6. Maximum Risk (1996)
7. Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
8. Nikita (1990)
aka: La Femme Nikita
9. Subway (1985)
10. Taking Lives (2004)
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