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Explores the twisted symbiosis between two American brothers–one domineering and nihilistic, the other guileless and introspective–as they binge on drink, drugs, and women in exotic Thailand. Ultimately, the brothers cope with this intoxicating freedom in wildly disparate ways as the film builds towards its bloody, cathartic conclusion.

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Starring: Tate Ellington, Jonno Roberts, Florence Faivre, Ellen Burstyn, Josef Sommer
Directed by: Seth Grossman
Release Year: 2006

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Eric and Sam have been in a committed relationship for four years. Eric’s a former hockey player turned sportscaster and Sam’s a sport’s lawyer. But when Sam’s adventure seeking brother Billy, takes a job in South America, his ex-girlfriend, Julie, is discovered dead from a drug overdose leaving her son Scot (not Billy’s son) to Billy. But Billy is missing in action so Sam is left to pick up the pieces.

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Starring: Tom Cavanaugh, Ben Shenkman, Sheila McCarthy, William Cuddy, Travis Ferris
Directed by: Laurie Lynd
Release Year: 2007

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Two best friends engage in bridal warfare when their weddings end up on the same day and neither one will budge.

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Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg
Directed by: Gary Winick
Release Year: 2009

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One morning Mel, a mousy, harried New Yorker with a thankless job and an even-less-appealing boyfriend learns that the tumor in her throat is cancerous and the diagnosis is terminal. She then hears that both her job and her relationship are coming to an end. Rather than wallowing in self-pity, she embarks on an endless spending spree, the kind of self-indulgent wish fulfillment that we have all fantasized about.

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Starring: Saffron Burrows, Isaach DeBankole, Paz De La Huerta, Richard Short, Mark A. Keeton
Directed by: Amy Redford
Release Year: 2008