Description: so this is a collection of the Films the National Film Preservation Board considers culturally significant and worthy of preserving. PS. you will notice that The Birth of a Nation is on this list That’s because its in the NFR! so im putting it on here. im not indorsing the fucking thing! get your Freaking priorities straight before calling me racist and sending death threats, ty. Enjoy the List. will likely forever be under construction as it contains over 800 films as of 2020. Note this is a recreation due to a long mishap of me being absent from the site and the list getting new ones added in recent years so i apologize to the 6 people who had my the original one Favorited. Edit: I have finally finished with the List!!!!!!! it took weeks to do mainly due to procrastination but i got it it done at least until the add more films to the film registry lol enjoy folks :) films not on the site
H20—1929 (short experimental film)
Martha Graham Dance Films——1931-1941 (Short Subject)
Reverend Solomon Sir Jones films——-1924-1928 (Home Films)
Ringling Brothers Parade Film——-1902 (Documentary/Short Subject)
Zora Lathan Student Films——1975-1976 (Set of Student Films)
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2001: A Space Odyssey
( 1968 )
When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
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3:10 to Yuma
( 1957 )
Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
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4 Little Girls
( 1997 )
A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan of the African American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement, which killed four young girls.
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
( 1958 )
When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
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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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12 Years a Slave
( 2013 )
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
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13 Lakes
( 2004 )
Shots of 13 great lakes in the USA, with each shot containing half water and half sky or land.
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20 Feet from Stardom
( 2013 )
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
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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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Ace in the Hole
( 1951 )
Frustrated former journalist Chuck Tatum now working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about trading post owner Leo Minosa trapped in a cave to rekindle Chuck's career, but the story soon escalates into a media circus.
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Adam's Rib
( 1949 )
Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
( 1938 )
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.
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The African Queen
( 1952 )
In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
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Airplane!
( 1980 )
After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
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Alambrista!
( 1977 )
After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.
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Alien
( 1979 )
After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
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All About Eve
( 1950 )
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
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All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story
( 1953 )
Conceived as an educational film for rural midwives, the film presents a beautifully humane profile of the life and work of the midwife "Miss Mary" Coley.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
( 1930 )
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
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All That Heaven Allows
( 1955 )
An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.
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All That Jazz
( 1979 )
Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
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All the King's Men
( 1949 )
The rise and fall of a grass-roots rural politician who eventually becomes mired in the sort of political corruption he vehemently railed against on his way to the governor's mansion.
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All the President's Men
( 1976 )
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
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Allures (Short 1961)
An experimental short film by Jordan Belson which combines various colors and shapes.
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Amadeus
( 1984 )
The life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seen through the eyes of his contemporary and rival, Antonio Salieri.
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America America
( 1964 )
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
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American Graffiti
( 1973 )
A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.
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An American in Paris
( 1951 )
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
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American Me
( 1992 )
A Mexican-American Mafia kingpin is released from prison, falls in love for the first time, and grows introspective about his gangster lifestyle.
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Anatomy of a Murder
( 1959 )
An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth and will he win his case?
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Annabelle Serpentine Dance (Short 1895)
( 1895 )
Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.
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Annie Hall
( 1977 )
Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.
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Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
( 1974 )
An examination of the life and career of the first woman to conduct major orchestras in the US and Europe, Antonia Brico.
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The Apartment
( 1960 )
A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.
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Apocalypse Now
( 1979 )
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
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Apollo 13
( 1995 )
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
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Applause
( 1930 )
A burlesque star seeks to keep her convent-raised daughter away from her low-down life and abusive lover/stage manager.
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The Asphalt Jungle
( 1950 )
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
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Atlantic City
( 1981 )
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
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The Atomic Cafe
( 1982 )
Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
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Attica
( 1974 )
In 1971, inmates at Attica State Prison seized control of D-yard and took 35 hostages after peaceful efforts for reforms failed. Attica investigates the rebellion and its bloody suppression, revealing institutionalized injustices, sanctioned dishonesty, and abuses of power.
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The Augustas (Short 1930)
A short film documenting a list of all the cities and towns in the United States named Augusta.
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The Awful Truth
( 1937 )
A married couple files an amicable divorce, but find letting go of each other harder than they originally thought.
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Baby Face
( 1933 )
A young woman who has been abused by men all her life decides to turn the tables and exploit her hapless colleagues at a big-city bank to make a cozy life for herself.
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Back to the Future
( 1985 )
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
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The Bad and the Beautiful
( 1953 )
An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
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Bad Day at Black Rock
( 1955 )
Following World War II, a one-armed stranger arrives in a tiny California desert town, but finds the residents hostile and protecting a terrible secret they want to keep hidden, by violent means if necessary.
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Badlands
( 1974 )
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.
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Ball of Fire
( 1942 )
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
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#Dupe#
( 1983 )
After he is accused of murdering a lawman in 1901 Texas, a Mexican-American farmer flees and manages to elude a large posse for two weeks before he is finally captured.
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Bambi
( 1942 )
The story of a young deer growing up in the forest.
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Bamboozled
( 2000 )
A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.
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The Band Wagon
( 1953 )
An aging movie star uncertain of his future teams up with a top ballerina to headline a new Broadway musical, but the pretentiously artistic goals of its director threaten to change it beyond recognition.
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The Bank Dick
( 1940 )
Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
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The Bargain
( 1914 )
The bandit Jim Stokes, wanting to go straight and settle down with his new bride, strikes a bargain with the sheriff for his freedom.
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San Pietro (Short 1945)
( 1945 )
Director John Huston documents the Battle of San Pietro Infine in December 1943.
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The Battle of the Century (Short 1927)
( 1927 )
A scheming fight manager attempts to collect insurance on his puny fighter by causing an accident. Things don't go according to plan, and the situation escalates into a pie-throwing battle of epic proportions.
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The Beau Brummels (Short 1928)
( 1928 )
A happy and hilarious couple (also known as "The Beau Brummels") perform "While Strolling Through the Park" and "Don't Forget to Breathe or Else You'll Die."
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Beauty and the Beast
( 1991 )
A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.
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Becky Sharp
( 1935 )
Against the backdrop of Napoleon's Waterloo campaign, an ambitious woman from a family of entertainers begins a destructive climb up the social ladder.
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Before Stonewall
( 1985 )
The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
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Behind Every Good Man (Short 1967)
Being an independent short subject from 1966 it follows a day in the life of an African-American trans woman on the streets of LA.
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Being There
( 1980 )
After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
( 1927 )
A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
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Ben-Hur
( 1959 )
A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
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Lime Kiln Club Field Day
( 2014 )
Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of the local beauty.
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The Best Years of Our Lives
( 1947 )
Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American Midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
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Betty Tells Her Story
( 1972 )
"Betty Tells Her Story" was the first independent film of the women's movement to explore the issues of body image, self-worth and beauty in American society - and to explore the ways in which clothing and appearance affect a woman's identity. The film is a poignant tale of beauty, identity and a dress. It is the saga of Betty's search for "the perfect dress"- how she found just the right one, felt absolutely transformed, and never got to wear it. Betty tells her story twice, and the difference in the wistful second telling is haunting. Made in 1972, it is now considered a classic of American documentary filmmaking. "Betty Tells Her Story" has won many awards was restored with a grant from the Women's Film Preservation Fund.
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Beverly Hills Cop
( 1984 )
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
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Big Business (Short 1929)
( 1929 )
Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.
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The Big Heat
( 1953 )
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
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The Big Lebowski
( 1998 )
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
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The Big Parade
( 1925 )
A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.
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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 Big Trail
( 1930 )
Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
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The Birds
( 1963 )
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
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The Birth of a Nation
( 1915 )
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
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The Black Pirate
( 1926 )
Seeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death.
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The Black Stallion
( 1979 )
After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue.
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Blackboard Jungle
( 1955 )
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
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Blade Runner
( 1982 )
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
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Blazing Saddles
( 1974 )
In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
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The Blood of Jesus
( 1941 )
An atheist accidentally shoots his Baptist wife. She dies and goes to a crossroads, where the devil tries to lead her astray.
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The Blue Bird
( 1918 )
With the aid and guidance of a magical fairy, two peasant children set out in search of the elusive "Blue Bird of Happiness".
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The Blues Brothers
( 1980 )
Jake Blues rejoins his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
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Body and Soul
( 1925 )
A malevolent phony preacher plots to take advantage of a woman from his congregation who happens to be in love with his long-estranged identical twin brother.
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Bonnie and Clyde
( 1967 )
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
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Born Yesterday
( 1950 )
While in Washington to lobby for favorable legislation, a garbage tycoon hires a reporter to teach his ex-showgirl mistress proper etiquette to better fit in with high society, but she ends up learning more than he bargained for.
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Boulevard Nights
( 1979 )
From executive producer Tony Bill comes a gritty and groundbreaking look at Los Angeles gang life in the city’s Mexican-American barrios.
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Boys Don't Cry
( 2000 )
A young transgender man named Brandon navigates love, life, and trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska.
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Boyz n the Hood
( 1991 )
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
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Brandy in the Wilderness
( 1969 )
Autobiographical film, following a tumultuous year in the lives of Simon and Brandy, and the personal conflicts during the progress of their relationship.
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Bread
( 1918 )
A naïve country girl ventures to New York to become a star, but faces poverty and disillusionment when a lecherous theatre manager attempts to take advantage of her.
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