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The Big Red One
( 1980 )
A hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.
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See You at Mao
( 1970 )
An examination of the daily routine at a British auto factory assembly line, set against class-conflict and The Communist Manifesto.
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Stalag 17
( 1953 )
After two American prisoners are killed by the guards in the act of escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
( 1977 )
In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
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Six Degrees of Separation
( 1993 )
An affluent New York City couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.
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Sunshine
( 2000 )
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
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Sunset Boulevard
( 1950 )
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
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Some Like It Hot
( 1959 )
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
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Wake in Fright
( 1971 )
After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
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Shane
( 1953 )
An ex-gunfighter defends homesteaders in 1889 Wyoming.
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A Soldier's Story
( 1984 )
An African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.
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A Serious Man
( 2009 )
Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Despite seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.
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42nd Street
( 1933 )
When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.
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This Must Be the Place
( 2011 )
Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.
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The Truth About Charlie
( 2002 )
A woman returns from holiday to find her husband has been murdered, and several groups of people are pressuring her to unravel the mystery of his true identity and activities during his final days.
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Taxi Driver
( 1976 )
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
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Top Five
( 2014 )
A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality television star fiancée talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her television show.
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Ulysses
( 1967 )
James Joyce's masterpiece incarnated: The story of two seperated Dublin wanderers, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, struggling to control their personal lives.
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Unstoppable
( 2010 )
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
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Victim
( 1961 )
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
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Vertigo
( 1958 )
A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
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Populaire
( 2013 )
1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.
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Casablanca
( 1943 )
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
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12 Angry Men
( 1957 )
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
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10
( 1979 )
A Hollywood composer endures a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a newly married woman honeymooning at a Mexican resort.
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Farewell
( 2009 )
The French intelligence service alerts the U.S. about a Soviet spy operation during the height of the Cold War, which sets off an unfortunate chain of events.
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All of Me
( 1984 )
Dying millionaire Edwina Cutwater has her soul transferred into the body of younger, willing Terry Hoskins. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer Roger Cobb's body - together with the lawyer.
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Dad's Dead (TV Short 2002)
( 2002 )
Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.
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Absence of Malice
( 1981 )
When prosecutor Elliot Rosen leaks to naive, but well-meaning, Miami reporter Megan Carter that liquor wholesaler Mike Gallagher is suspected in the murder of the local longshoreman union president, Gallagher's life begins to unravel.
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L'Avventura
( 1961 )
A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
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Minder
( 1979 )
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard.
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Masada
( 1981 )
In this Emmy Award-winning dramatization of historical events, Peter O'Toole stars as the Roman general tasked with crushing a group of Jewish rebels who have sought refuge on Masada, a desert fortress, in A.D. 72. Despite superior numbers and supplies, the Romans find themselves endlessly frustrated in their attempts to thwart the rebels' last stand. The star-studded cast also includes Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera and Anthony Quayle.
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Black Narcissus
( 1947 )
A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
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Black Dynamite
( 2010 )
Black Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice.
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Bloody Sunday
( 2002 )
A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
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Bad Lieutenant
( 1992 )
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.
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Brassed Off
( 1996 )
The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.
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Straw Dogs
( 1971 )
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
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The Buddy Holly Story
( 1978 )
The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.
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Bowling for Columbine
( 2002 )
Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
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Being John Malkovich
( 1999 )
A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.
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Under Siege
( 1986 )
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push t...Read all
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My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story
( 1998 )
Fact-based story about the controversial conviction of Dr. Sam Sheppard (Peter Strauss) for the murder of his wife in Cleveland. The story picks up with his conviction and concentrates on his son's (Henry Czerny) efforts 40 years later to find evidence that his father was innocent of the crime. The story was the basis for the film and TV series of "The Fugitive".
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A Bronx Tale
( 1993 )
An intense drama about a boy torn between his tough, hard-working father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.
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Bella
( 2007 )
A chef with a mysterious past spends the day with a waitress who needs a friend.
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The Breakfast Club
( 1985 )
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.
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The Big Sleep
( 1946 )
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.
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The Cruel Sea
( 1953 )
The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.
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Calvary
( 2014 )
After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
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Tender Mercies
( 1983 )
A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
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La Strada
( 1956 )
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
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Zorba the Greek
( 1964 )
A reserved English writer travelling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
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The Conversation
( 1974 )
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
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Philadelphia, Here I Come!
( 1984 )
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
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Zulu
( 1964 )
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
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Carbon Copy
( 1981 )
When a rich white corporate executive finds out that he has an illegitimate black son, things start falling apart for him at home, work, and in his social circles.
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Coal Miner's Daughter
( 1980 )
The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.
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The Cincinnati Kid
( 1965 )
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
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Croupier
( 2000 )
An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.
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Carry on Up the Khyber
( 1968 )
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khyber Pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas.
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Forbidden Planet
( 1958 )
A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.
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The Full Monty
( 1997 )
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
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Five Easy Pieces
( 1970 )
A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
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The Whisperers
( 1967 )
A lonely elderly Englishwoman talks to herself and hears voices talking about her.
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Yellow Submarine
( 1968 )
The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies.
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Mulholland Drive
( 2001 )
After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
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The Dirty Dozen
( 1967 )
During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
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Dog Day Afternoon
( 1975 )
Three amateur robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice, simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
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La Dolce Vita
( 1961 )
A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
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Days of Heaven
( 1978 )
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
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Election
( 1999 )
A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.
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The Love Witch
( 2017 )
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
( 2014 )
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
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The Great Escape
( 1963 )
Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II make a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of POWs hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.
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Get Carter
( 1971 )
When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
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Ghost World
( 2001 )
Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.
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Gone Baby Gone
( 2007 )
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
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Gone with the Wind
( 1940 )
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
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The Grand Illusion
( 1938 )
During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
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The Gospel According to St. Matthew
( 1965 )
The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.
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dicobalt : A great Christmas story for the kids.