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- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsJennifer Jason LeighMiranda RichardsonHarry BelafonteA pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJohn PayneColeen GrayPreston FosterAn ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
- DirectorJerrold FreedmanStarsRaquel WelchKevin McCarthyHelena KallianiotesRoller derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsDale RobertsonBo HopkinsScott BradyGangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJoan BlondellGlenda FarrellRobert ArmstrongTwo wisecracking manicurists flee an irate gangster.
- DirectorDel LordStarsJoan DavisBob CrosbyJane FrazeeAmiable, wisecracking piano teacher Polly becomes involved with some shady music publishers. She also happens to be infatuated with her music-loving dentist Henry, who is not quite as romantically inclined as she is. Polly manages to ensnare her roommate Eileen, Eileen's fiance Jimmy, and Henry in some shenanigans involving the rights to the song "Kansas City Kitty." The comedy is mixed with several up-tempo novelty tunes from the Big-Band era.
- DirectorPekka MandartStarsMichael IronsideMikko NousiainenMelissa GalianosMikko, an exchange student from Finland, arrives in Kansas City. He is expecting to spend a year in the centre of the big city but the plans have already changed. He has a new host family, who live on a farm far outside the city. The life in the countryside becomes much more exciting when he gets to know the sheriff's daughter and falls in love. Too bad that the father doesn't allow it. When the harmless trip to the out-of-town bar goes terribly wrong, Mikko has to face a very serious reality. The concealed hatred between certain characters doesn't make the situation any easier.
- DirectorMarcello ZeaniStarsUgo FangareggiLea GarganoEnzo MaggioTwo cowboys in search for a hidden gold mine.
- DirectorHali LeePeter von ZiegesarAn exploration of the consummate American coming-of-age ritual as it is observed in middle America.
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsJason RobardsJoBeth WilliamsSteve GuttenbergThe effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsScott MarloweRichard BakalyanGigi PerreauHigh school thug is front man for a local marijuana ring.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRobert BlakeScott WilsonJohn ForsytheTwo ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt, before going on the run from the authorities. The police try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers.
- DirectorGus TrikonisStarsWarren StevensJillian KesnerJanice HeidenThree female inmates are offered early parole if they become test subjects for a college class. The class professor, Dr. Blalock, is secretly testing an experimental drug on the girls on behalf of a pharmaceutical company.
- DirectorPaul SouthWilliam TaftStarsSeth CorreaSteve WilliamsMarc SalemeBob Berdella who originated from Ohio, moved to Kansas City in the 1960s to enroll at the KC Art Institute. Shortly after his move to Kansas City, Berdella purchased a house on 4315 Charlotte Ave. This house would serve as the grounds for some of the most bizarre acts of torture and mutilation ever performed. Bob Berdella was very active in his local community. He was in charge of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Coalition for many years, was a cook for many restaurants in KC, even worked with the local news stations in organizing numerous charities and auctions. Berdella was also notable for his work mentoring troubled youths, and was even assigned as the probation officer to many of these teens. In the end Bob was known for his shop, at the Westport Flea Market, "Bob's Bazaar Bizarre". It was here at this shop that many people met and interacted with Berdella. His shop was setup like any normal flea market, but his taste of goods were different than the rest of the merchants at Westport Flea Market. Bob had real human skulls, witchcraft and occult books, jewelry, knives and swords, and practically anything that would be classified as bizarre. Berdella, after his arrest, was known for keeping precise notes on his torture and killing methods. Investigators found these notebooks under his mattress with over 1,000 Polaroid pictures taken of his victims at various stages of their torture. The evidence was overwhelming and Bob eventually admitted to 6 murders between the years of 1984-1988.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsFred WilliamsonPam GrierThalmus RasulalaAfter being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?
- DirectorClaudio GuzmánArthur MarksStarsLinda LovelaceFuddle BagleyVal BisoglioFollows Linda Lovelace's fictional grass roots campaign to run for president.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardSaundra McClainSet during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
- DirectorHoward DeutchStarsRay LiottaKiefer SutherlandForest WhitakerDr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and corruption.
- DirectorBradford MayStarsMichael BiehnAnnabella SciorraZach CharlesWith the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas City, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsTobey MaguireSkeet UlrichJewelDuring the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy.
- DirectorKevin WillmottStarsGreg KirschRenee PatrickMolly GrahamThrough the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
- DirectorJeremy OsbernStarsIan StarkMegan CarterGranvile O'NealThree musical stories of people who feel out of place in the world, and of their longing to find a connection with someone else. A middle-aged African American sings to a new love in a country/western bar, a young goth girl sings a '50s-style ballad as she wanders the streets with a broken heart, and a punk croons a modern doo-wop at a punk-rock show.
- DirectorRich AmblerStarsBo SvensonScott CordesCathy BarnettBased on the true story of the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to his capture.
- DirectorMichael FeiferStarsAntonio Sabato Jr.John BurkeKelly CurranThe true story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.
- DirectorMichael FeiferStarsBrittany MurphyDean CainStan BlyMary follows her boyfriend to the hospital for his orthopedic surgery. While she has a coffee in the cafeteria, he disappears. He's not on the hospital computer or CCTV.
- DirectorMichael FeiferStarsNatasha HenstridgeBrea GrantJosie DavisNicole Johnson is a well-respected criminology professor. When one of her students is accused of the brutal slaying of her roommate, Nicole is the only person who believes she is innocent and begins to investigate the murder.
- CreatorJoel MadisonStarsMalcolm-Jamal WarnerEddie GriffinKaren Malina WhiteApparently, opposites do attract. Malcolm and Eddie are as different as one can imagine, but they're best friends who manage to be roommates as well as co-workers without killing each other.
- CreatorLizzy WeissStarsKatie LeclercVanessa MaranoConstance MarieTwo teenage girls' lives are turned upside down when they find out they were switched at birth.
- CreatorDick ClairJenna McMahonStarsVicki LawrenceBeverly ArcherKen BerryMama's Family originated with Thelma "Mama" Harper, and her younger sister Fran living together in Mama's house.
- DirectorDennis McGuireStarsMichael MoriartyEric LaneuvillePaul SorvinoA young black student accidentally films a crooked cop committing a murder. He then follows the cop around, filming more of his illegal activities.
- DirectorSharon LieseStarsMarci BowersAvery JacksonFilmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four kids - beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 - as they redefine "coming of age." These kids and their families reveal intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a never-before-told chronicling of growing up transgender in the heartland. The film is a nuanced examination of how families tussle, transform, and sometimes find unexpected purpose in their identities as transgender families. Lighthearted and deeply moving, this story teaches us something new about being human.
- StarsNathan NolanTiffany BurgtorfJason SuttonThis hard-hitting, documentary series goes behind the scenes with Kansas City, Kansas PD detectives, round the clock, capturing the real-life drama of police investigations in heartland America.
- DirectorHeidi EwingRachel GradyStarsMike PapantonioLou EngleBecky FischerA documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.
- DirectorGeoffrey O'ConnorStarsLouis TherouxLauren DrainSteve DrainLouis meets the Phelps family, who protest against an America that tolerates homosexuality
- DirectorEmma CooperStarsLouis TherouxLauren DrainSteve DrainLouis returns to the Phelps family to find that several members have left the cult, and that they are being sued.
- DirectorGeoffrey O'ConnorStarsLouis TherouxFred PhelpsBethany HockenbargerLouis Theroux returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTom LaughlinPeter MillerRichard BakalyanA frustrated young man, separated from his younger girlfriend, gets involved in a juvenile gang.
- DirectorMarcel SarmientoStarsAmin JosephElisabeth RöhmOlivia HolguínThe promising career of former Kansas City Royal slugger Willie Mays Aikens quickly turned disastrous because of drug addiction.
- DirectorCollin SchiffliStarsDavid DastmalchianKaren GillanDavid KoechnerA desperate young couple on the run seek refuge in Kansas City.