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Brother
( 2000 )
A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.
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The Paradine Case
( 1948 )
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
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The In-Laws
( 1979 )
On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.
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The Most Dangerous Game
( 1932 )
An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers.
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The Eiger Sanction
( 1975 )
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) is an art history professor and collector who finances his hobby by performing the odd sanction (assassination) for an obscure government bureau. He is forced to take a case where he must find out which of the members of a mountain climbing team is the Russian killer he has been given as a target by joining an expedition to climb the treacherous Eiger.
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Alphaville
( 1965 )
A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.
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But I'm a Cheerleader
( 2000 )
A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
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Zelig
( 1983 )
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
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Rollerball
( 1975 )
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
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Slaughterhouse-Five
( 1972 )
Billy Pilgrim has mysteriously become unstuck in time. He goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden.
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Hairspray
( 1988 )
A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
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Bullitt
( 1968 )
An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.
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Eraser
( 1996 )
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
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The Spanish Prisoner
( 1998 )
An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.
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The Contender
( 2000 )
Senator Laine Hanson is a contender for U.S. Vice President, but information and disinformation about her past surfaces that threatens to derail her confirmation.
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Gandhi
( 1983 )
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
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Malena
( 2001 )
Malèna is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malèna in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her.
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The Beguiled
( 1971 )
As the costly American Civil War still rages on, a twelve-year-old student of the forgotten Miss Martha Farnsworth's Seminary for Young Ladies in warm and humid Louisiana stumbles upon a gravely wounded Union soldier, Corporal John McBurney. Taken in to recover from his injuries, before long, McBurney will find himself imprisoned in a small room inside the mansion. Little by little, the seductive but unwanted guest tries to take advantage of the female inhabitants' wartime-subdued desires; however, is McBurney really in control over the situation?
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Breathless
( 1960 )
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy.
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Rising Sun
( 1993 )
When an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.
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Brubaker
( 1980 )
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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Balls of Fury
( 2007 )
Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenom, Randy Daytona, is sucked into a maelstrom when FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and win, and to smoke out his father's killer -- arch-fiend Feng.
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Bedazzled
( 2000 )
Hopeless dweeb Elliot Richards is granted seven wishes by the Devil to snare Allison, the girl of his dreams, in exchange for his soul.
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THX 1138
( 1971 )
In the twenty-fifth century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
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Monsters of Man
( 2020 )
A robotics company teams up with a corrupt CIA agent undergoing an illegal, unsanctioned military operation. Dropping four prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing camp in the Golden triangle that no one will miss. The mission is to prove the robotics company is worthy of winning a lucrative military contract. Six doctors on a good cause witness the brutal slaughter of an innocent village and are forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse as they become the new targets.
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Wild Card
( 2015 )
When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play...and it's all or nothing.
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Rumble Fish
( 1983 )
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
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The Cowboys
( 1972 )
Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.
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A Woman in Berlin
( 2008 )
A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.
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Our Man in Havana
( 1960 )
Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.
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Bronco Billy
( 1980 )
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
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Argo
( 2012 )
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
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True Crime
( 1999 )
Can an over-the-hill journalist uncover the evidence that can prove a death row inmate's innocence just hours before his execution?
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1968 Tunnel Rats
( 2008 )
During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.
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Finding Forrester
( 2001 )
A young writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author.
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Dead Ringers
( 1988 )
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
( 1995 )
Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.
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Murder on the Orient Express
( 1974 )
In December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.
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Night of the Comet
( 1984 )
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
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Lolita
( 1962 )
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a fourteen-year-old nymphet.
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A Bittersweet Life
( 2005 )
Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't proceed by his boss's orders.
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Charlie Wilson's War
( 2007 )
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
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La Haine
( 1996 )
The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban "ghetto," over a span of twenty-four hours. Vinz, a Jew, Saïd, an Arab, and Hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these French suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive police force have raised tensions to a critical breaking point. During the riots that took place a night before, a police officer lost his handgun in the ensuing madness, only to leave it for Vinz to find. Now, with a newfound means to gain the respect he deserves, Vinz vows to kill a cop if his friend Abdel dies in the hospital, due the beating he received while in police custody.
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes
( 1971 )
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
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The American President
( 1995 )
Comedy-drama about a widowed U.S. President and a lobbyist who fall in love. It's all above-board, but "politics is perception", and sparks fly anyway.
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Blood Diamond
( 2006 )
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him.
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Color Out of Space
( 2020 )
A story of cosmic terror about The Gardners, a family who moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. To their horror, the Gardner family discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches...including them.
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The Empty Man
( 2020 )
On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.
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A Shot in the Dark
( 1964 )
Inspector Jacques Clouseau investigates the murder of Mr. Benjamin Ballon's driver at a country estate.
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Jesse Stone: Stone Cold
( 2007 )
Jesse Stone (Selleck) is a New England police chief investigating a series of murders, in an adaptation of Robert B. Parker's novel.
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Barbershop: The Next Cut
( 2016 )
As their surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, the crew at Calvin's Barbershop come together to bring some much needed change to their neighborhood.
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Capricorn One
( 1978 )
When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.
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A Cry in the Dark
( 1988 )
A mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder.
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Legion
( 2010 )
When a group of strangers at a dusty roadside diner come under attack by demonic forces, their only chance for survival lies with an archangel named Michael, who informs a pregnant waitress that her unborn child is humanity's last hope.
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Race with the Devil
( 1975 )
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
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Diamonds Are Forever
( 1971 )
A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.
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The Poseidon Adventure
( 1972 )
Nine people explore a cruise ship at sea in a manner that turns their whole lives upside down.
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Convoy
( 1978 )
Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
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Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
( 2011 )
After his involuntary retirement, Jesse Stone investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the Paradise police force deals with the arrogant new chief, who is the son-in-law of a town councilman.
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Noises Off...
( 1992 )
A travelling theater group find so much action going on behind-the-scenes, they almost ruin the performances.
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The Medusa Touch
( 1978 )
Psychological thriller about a telekinetic novelist who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
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The Brothers Grimsby
( 2016 )
A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother.
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Sword of Vengeance
( 2015 )
Vengeance is the driving force behind a shadow walker's return to Norman conquered Saxon lands after the Battle of Hastings and a brutal repression of it's people by a cruel lord.
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This Island Earth
( 1955 )
Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war.
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Heist
( 2001 )
A career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch.
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Anne of the Thousand Days
( 1969 )
King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
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At Close Range
( 1986 )
In 1978 Pennsylvania, an absentee father is reacquainted with his estranged teenage sons who become intrigued with his romanticized life of crime.
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The Brady Bunch Movie
( 1995 )
The original '70s T.V. family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
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The Seven Year Itch
( 1955 )
When his family goes away for the summer, a so far faithful husband is tempted by a beautiful neighbor.
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Arlington Road
( 1999 )
A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly.
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Gentleman's Agreement
( 1948 )
A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.
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Sleeper
( 1973 )
A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.
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The Sugarland Express
( 1974 )
A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road.
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The Bedford Incident
( 1965 )
Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub in the depths and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to the breaking point. This one's grim tension to the end.
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Barbershop 2: Back in Business
( 2004 )
The owner of an historic South Side Chicago barbershop is pressured to sell out to a land developer, but must face the impact this would have on his close-knit community.
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The Wild Geese
( 1978 )
A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader.
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The Emerald Forest
( 1985 )
After the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching for him.
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Jabberwocky
( 1977 )
A young peasant, with no interest in adventure or fortune, is mistaken as the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.
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The Enforcer
( 1976 )
Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan reluctantly teams up with rookie Inspector Kate Moore to foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans.
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Freaky Friday
( 2003 )
An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
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The Fog
( 1980 )
An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
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City by the Sea
( 2002 )
Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murder suspect.
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You Only Live Twice
( 1967 )
James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.
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Rubber
( 2010 )
A homicidal car tire, discovering it has destructive psionic power, sets its sights on a desert town once a mysterious woman becomes its obsession.
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One for the Money
( 2012 )
Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.
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The Bourne Identity
( 1988 )
The Bourne Identity is an American mystery thriller television movie adaptation of Robert Ludlum's novel The Bourne Identity. The movie tells the story of Jason Bourne, a man with remarkable survival abilities who suffers from retrograde amnesia, and must seek to discover his true identity.
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Bobby
( 2006 )
The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and twenty-two people in the hotel, whose lives were never the same.
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Fail-Safe
( 1965 )
American planes are sent to deliver a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it's a mistake due to an electrical malfunction. Can all-out war be averted?
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My Favorite Year
( 1982 )
A dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show.
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Tess
( 1979 )
A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.
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Lady in Cement
( 1968 )
During an ocean dive, Miami gumshoe Tony Rome finds a woman's body with its feet encased in a concrete block and sets-out to solve the murder case.
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The New World
( 2006 )
The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
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Gallipoli
( 1981 )
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
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The Front Page
( 1974 )
As a tabloid newspaper editor tries to prevent his top reporter from retiring, an escaped death row convict shows up at the office trying to convey his innocence.
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Shine a Light
( 2008 )
A career-spanning documentary on The Rolling Stones, with concert footage from their "A Bigger Bang" tour.
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Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter
( 2013 )
The story of five German friends in the years from 1941 to 1945. Their friendship was meant to last their whole lives, but the war changed everything.
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To Catch a Killer
( 1992 )
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
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The Art of the Steal
( 2014 )
Crunch Calhoun, a semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get his old gang back together to pull off one last heist.
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