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Language
English
Description
Jay Gatsby is a man possessed--driven by greed, ambition and, most of all, an unwavering desire for a woman he met before the Great War, when he was poor and she was unobtainable. F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece is an extraordinary journey into the heart of the American Dream and out the other side, where the spoils of success do not always suffice. This lively and lavish adaptation from A&E captures the heady swirl of the Jazz Age in all its excess...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Paul, a happily married father of one, is nonetheless intrigued by his pal Ed's many extramarital affairs. In a series of lessons and parables, Ed gives Paul a crash course in how to have the perfect affair while still being considerate of one's wife.
6) Stone
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Days away from retirement, parole officer Jack Mabry is asked to review the case of arsonist Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, now eligible for early release; Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older man's decision with his wife Lucetta have profound and unexpected effects on them both.
7) Alfie
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A wild and ribald comedy, filled with sex and sin, about a successful London playwright who is also a shallow womanizer trying to figure out what life is all about.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Cleaver makes a bitter enemy of the powerful new Attorney General, Cal McGregor, when Cleaver is caught having an affair with his wife. Cleaver's paramour, Missy, causes a scandal with a memoir about her life as a prostitute, and his best friend's wife, Scarlet, can't forgive Cleaver for the damage he caused to her marriage. Cleaver's legal career is just as hectic as his personal life as he defends alleged terrorists, teenage murderers, and leakers...
9) The lovers
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Mary and Michael are a long married, dispassionate couple who are both in the midst of serious affairs. On the brink of calling it quits, a spark between them suddenly reignites, leading them into an impulsive romance.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An intense thriller set in an affluent vacation retreat. The story of seduction, deceit and betrayal. The summer before he leaves for college, a young man begins an affair with the beautiful wife of his wealthy and powerful investment banker neighbor. Soon, a suspicious death embroils him in a scandal.
11) Body heat
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A lawyer has a love affair with a woman and gets involved in a plot to kill her husband.
12) Keeping mum
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
An absent-minded vicar of a rural parish is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's dalliance with her brash golf instructor, his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their new housekeeper, Grace, the answer to the family's prayers. Grace is a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house, with an unusual way of solving...
13) Unfaithful
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
When a chance encounter with a sexy stranger erupts into a full-blown affair, passion becomes obsession, and the true price of betrayal takes a shattering toll.
14) Incendiary
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A young wife and mother suffers a devastating loss when London is rocked by a shocking terrorist bombing in this dramatic thriller. Wracked with guilt over an extramarital affair, and trying to piece her shattered life back together, she becomes embroiled in the police investigation of the attack, and discovers that the authorities will do anything to cover up the terrifying truth behind it.
15) Ryan's daughter
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In Ireland in 1916, Rosy Ryan marries her gentle, middle-aged schoolmaster but later falls in love with a British soldier.
17) Blood simple
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A jealous husband hires a detective to murder his wife and her lover.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's a chilling tale of love, trust, betrayal and revenge. Dr. Gemma Foster's charmed life explodes when she suspects her husband of an affair. As dark, deceitful secrets come to light, will she live a lie for the sake of her family and career? Or take revenge and reap the consequences? Brace yourself for the truth in this gripping psychological drama.
19) Two for the road
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Joanna is in a touring girl's choir and Mark is a struggling architect when they first meet on the road in Europe. The film follows their life together - through courtship and marriage, infidelity and parenthood - all on the road.
20) Mandingo
Publisher
Legend Films
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"A shocking look at plantation life in the Deep South. Mede is a slave whose master, Hammond Maxwell, intends on keeping him as a prizefighter. As Maxwell focuses his attention on his wenches and Mede's brutal training, his neglected wife turns her passions towards Mede himself."--Container.
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