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Explore films and television series referenced throughout Season Four of The Plot Thickens. Below you can view the complete list of films and shows listed alphabetically or sort by year.

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3 A.M. (2001, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks) Directed by Lee Davis

New York City cab drivers grow concerned that a serial killer is stalking them.

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Above the Law (1988, Warner Bros. Pictures) Directed by Andrew Davis

Undercover police investigate a political assassination and illicit CIA operations

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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002, Castle Rock Entertainment) Directed by Ron Underwood

In the future, a man struggles to keep his lunar nightclub out of the hands of the Mafia.

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The Allnighter (1987, Aurora Productions) Directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs

A Southern California coed parties with her roommates and flirts with a surfer next door

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The Arena (1974, Rover Film) Directed by Steve Carver

When the Romans force a group of sex slaves to become gladiatrices, two such fighters – a Nubian dancer and a Gaulish priestess – form an alliance to lead the others in rebellion

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Bad Grandmas (2017, WOWNOW Entertainment) Directed by Srikant Chellappa

Four grandmothers accidentally kill a con man, and when his partner shows up, things go south quickly.

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Being Rose (2017, Tesoro Pictures) Directed by Rod McCall

A former cop learns she’s dying and goes on a road trip to search for her estranged son.

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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970, 20th Century Fox) Directed by Russ Meyer

Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze.

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The Big Bird Cage (1972, New World Pictures) Directed by Jack Hill

Terry, a social-climbing young woman, finds herself in a concentration camp for women where the women risk their lives towering wooden machine in processing sugar as the evil warden looks on.

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The Big Doll House (1971, New World Pictures) Directed by Jack Hill

Beautiful women prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison, until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with the reluctant help of two male fruit vendors.

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Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991, Nelson Entertainment, Interscope Communications) Directed by Pete Hewitt

Bill and Ted are killed by their evil futuristic robot twins and must travel through hell and heaven to enact their revenge

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Black Mama White Mama (1973, Four Associates Ltd.) Directed by Eddie Romero

Pam Grier is Black Mama, a hooker in jail on trumped-up charges; Margaret Markov is White Mama, a political prisoner: chained together, they escape their island penal colony

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Bones (2001, The Lloyd Segan Company, Heller Highwater Productions) Directed by Ernest Dickerson

Decades after his demise, a numbers runner returns from the dead to seek revenge.

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Bucktown (1975, American International Pictures) Directed by Arthur Marks

After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help.

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Coffy (1973, American International Pictures) Directed by Jack Hill

A nurse sets out for vengeance when her younger sister becomes an addict.

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Cool Breeze (1972, Penelope Productions) Directed by Barry Pollack

In this remake of The Asphalt Jungle, a band of thieves plans to use stolen diamonds to finance a ghetto bank.

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Drum (1976, Dino De Laurentiis Company) Directed by Steve Carver

A mid-19th-century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

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Escape from L.A. (1996, Rysher Entertainment) Directed by John Carpenter

Snake Plissken is offered a pardon if he can infiltrate the dangerous island of Los Angeles.

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Fakin’ da Funk (1997, USA Networks) Directed by Tim Chey

An adopted teenage boy tries to fit in after his family moves to South Central Los Angeles.

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Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981, Producers Circle, Time-Life Films) Directed by Daniel Petrie

In New York City, South Bronx’s main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.

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Foxy Brown (1974, American International Pictures) Directed by Jack Hill

When a government agent is shot down, his sexy girlfriend goes gunning for revenge.

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Friday Foster (1975, American International Pictures) Directed by Arthur Marks

A glamorous photographer is marked for death after witnessing an assassination attempt.

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Ghosts of Mars (2001, Screen Gems, Storm King Productions) Directed by John Carpenter

Police on the red planet face death and destruction while looking for a dangerous criminal.

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Greased Lightning (1977, Warner Bros.) Directed by Michael Schultz

The life of NASCAR racing champion Wendell Scott. Scott’s struggle to overcome racism and follow his dream of becoming a champion is seen, beginning at the end of World War II through 1971

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Hit Man (1972, Penelope Productions) Directed by George Armitage

A racketeer tears up L.A.’s underworld searching for his brother’s killer.

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Holy Smoke! (1999, Miramax Films) Directed by Jane Campion

An American must deprogram a young Australian woman who has been taken in by a cult.

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In Too Deep (1999, Dimension Films) Directed by Michael Rymer

A jazz singer falls in love with a dangerous gangster.

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Jackie Brown (1997, Miramax Films) Directed by Quentin Tarantino

A flight attendant must double-cross a dangerous drug runner to secure her freedom.

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Jawbreaker (1999, TriStar Pictures, Kramer-Tornell Productions, Crossroads Films) Directed by Darren Stein

Three of the most popular girls at Reagan High accidentally kill the prom queen with a jawbreaker when a kidnapping goes horribly wrong.

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Just Wright (2010, Flavor Unit Entertainment) Directed by Sanaa Hamri

A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.

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Larry Crowne (2011, Vendôme Pictures) Directed by Tom Hanks

After losing his job, a middle-aged man reinvents himself by going back to college.

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Love the Hard Way (2001, Vine International Pictures) Directed by Peter Sehr

A thief falls for a young woman and introduces her to the world of crime.

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Mars Attacks! (1996, Tim Burton Productions) Directed by Tim Burton

Aliens invade earth pertending to be peaceful.

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On the Edge (1986, Alliance Communications Corporation) Directed by Rob Nilsson

An aging runner trains for a famous marathon on extremely tough terrain.

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Original Gangstas (1996, Orion Pictures) Directed by Larry Cohen

Older gang members reemerge to teach the group’s younger members a lesson.

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Poms (2019, Entertainment One) Directed by Zara Hayes

Women at a retirement community join together to start a cheerleading squad.

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Posse (1993, Working Title Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment) Directed by Mario Van Peebles

A group of soldiers on the lam help defend a black town from the KKK.

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Scream Blacula Scream (1973, Power Productions) Directed by Bob Kelljan

A vengeful Voodoo priestess brings the dreaded African vampire back to life.

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Sheba, Baby (1975, American International Pictures) Directed by William Girdler

A liberated Chicago private eye, Sheba, is called home to protect her father’s loan company from racketeers.

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Slow Burn (2000, Blue Rider Pictures, Morlaw Films) Directed by Rodney Gibbons
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Snow Day (2000, Nickelodeon Movies) Directed by Chris Koch

When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed.

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Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983, Walt Disney Productions) Directed by Jack Clayton

Two boys find themselves in a tangled web when a strange carnival comes to town, accompanied by the eerie proprietor who claims to grant your every wish…for the price you are willing to pay.

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The Twilight People (1972, Four Associates Ltd, New World Pictures) Directed by Eddie Romero

A diver is abducted by a mad scientist who wishes to experiment on him and turn him into one of his half human, half animal creations.

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The Vindicator (1986, Michael Levy Enterprises) Directed by Jean-Claude Lord

A lab accident kills a man, who is then resurrected as an experimental cyborg.

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Women in Cages (1971, Balatbat Productions, New World Pictures) Directed by Gerardo de León

The inmates of a women’s prison are tortured by the sadistic female guard who runs the place.

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The Love Boat (1977–1987, Douglas S. Cramer Productions, Aaron Spelling Productions)

The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.

Roots: The Next Generations (1979, David L. Wolper Productions)

The dramatization of Alex Haley’s family line from post Civil War America to the writer’s search for his roots.

Miami Vice (1984–1989, Universal Television)

Follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.

Linc’s (1998–2000, Tim Reid Productions, Viacom Productions)

Follows the life of staff and clientele of a dinner in Washington, D.C.

The L Word (2004-2009, Showtime Networks)

Follows the lives and loves of a small, close-knit group of gay women living in Los Angeles as well as the friends and family members that either support or loathe them.