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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
High school senior Katey moves to Havana in November 1958, when her dad gets a promotion at Ford. She meets a local waiter, who introduces her to sensual Cuban music/dance. They enter a big dance...

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Downton Abbey: A New Era Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
Continuing on from the 2019 film, the Crawley family and staff make their return. Violet Crawley reveals to the family that she has come into a villa in the south of France. As the help and family...

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An American Haunting An American Haunting (2005)
A spirit attacks the wealthy Bell family for four years beginning in 1818. The disturbances on their property grow into an aggressive spirit that singles out the father and his only daughter. The...

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The Good German The Good German (2006)
While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.

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A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol (1951)
Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve he will be visited by three spirits...

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Get Low Get Low (2009)
Felix Bush is a hermit who has no regard for anybody in the town or anyone who wants to get to know him. But one day, after a fellow old hermit has died and he hears people in the town telling...

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Lonely Hearts Lonely Hearts (2006)
Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lured their victims through the personals.

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Empire Of Light Empire Of Light (2022)
Hilary is a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen is a new employee longing to escape the provincial town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of...

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The Best Of Enemies The Best Of Enemies (2019)
The true story of the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader. During the racially charged summer of 1971, Atwater...

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Roots Roots (1977)
A saga of African-American life, based on Alex Haley's family history. Kunta Kinte is abducted from his African village, sold into slavery, and taken to America. He makes several escape attempts...

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Emma Emma (2009)
Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy young woman living in the early 19th century, whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures, which leads her into deeper...

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The Devils The Devils (1971)
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of...

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Auto Focus Auto Focus (2002)
Capitalizing on his fame as the star of "Hogan's Heroes," Bob Crane dove into the freewheeling spirit of the 60s and 70s with relish, having affairs with numerous women. Eventually, Crane teamed up...

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This Is England '86 This Is England '86 (2010)
Shaun has just finished his final exams and he realizes he is no longer a kid. It's mid 80's England, and the gang are back, looking for a laugh, a job and something that resembles a future.

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Evening Evening (2007)
A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Lord and her daughters, Constance Haverford and Nina Mars. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her...

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Armageddon Time Armageddon Time (2022)
In the 1980s, the Graff family, helmed by patriarch Aaron, immigrates to Queens, New York, in pursuit of new opportunities. Aaron's son Irving and daughter-in-law Esther navigate new pitfalls and...

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Till Till (2022)
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while...

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The Color Purple The Color Purple (2023)
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the...

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Jesus Revolution Jesus Revolution (2023)
Inspired by a true movement, Jesus Revolution tells the story of a young Greg Laurie being raised by his struggling mother, Charlene in the 1970s. Laurie and a sea of young people descend on sunny...

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Pretty Baby Pretty Baby (1978)
Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on...

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Redeeming Love Redeeming Love (2022)
Based on the bestselling novel by Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love is a powerful story of relentless love and perseverance as a young couple's relationship clashes with the harsh realities of the...

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Voice From The Stone Voice From The Stone (2017)
Verena is a young nurse hired to help a mute young heir within an isolated castle in Tuscany. The more she observes the boy, the more Verena becomes convinced he has fallen under the spell of a...

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Beyond The Gates Beyond The Gates (2005)
In April 1994, after the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda is shot down, the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, the Catholic Priest Christopher...

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Witchfinder General Witchfinder General (1968)
England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by...

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This Is England '88 This Is England '88 (2011)
Christmas 1988. Soulmates, woody and Lol find themselves in exile from each other and the gang. Trying to understand the definition 'growing up', Shaun begins a course at College, that quickly...

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Dead Birds Dead Birds (2004)
A group of Confederate soldiers hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.

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Medieval Medieval (2022)
The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's...

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Doctor Dolittle Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Dr. John Dolittle lives in a small English village where he specializes in caring for and verbally communicating with animals. When Dr. Dolittle is unjustly sent to an insane asylum for freeing a...

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Master Z: Ip Man Legacy Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018)
Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi, tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, but it's not long before the mix of foreigners, money, and triad leaders draw him once again...

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This Is England '90 This Is England '90 (2015)
The year is 1990, the rave scene has just entered England. The sound of the Stone roses lurks toward Shaun and the gang. This means that Woody and Lol are living in a domestic bliss, they are happy...

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Summerland Summerland (2020)
Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she's...

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The Countess The Countess (2009)
A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.

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Roots Roots (2016)
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African man sold to slavery in America, and his descendants.

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12 Mighty Orphans 12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.

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Phantom Of The Opera Phantom Of The Opera (1943)
Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch...

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Imprint Imprint (2006)
In the 1800s, an American returns to Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with, but instead learns of the psychical and existential horror that befell her after he left.

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Senso Senso (1954)
An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.

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The Painted Bird The Painted Bird (2019)
In an unidentified area of war-torn Eastern Europe, a young boy is sent by his parents to live in safety with his aunt. But she dies unexpectedly, so he sets off on a journey to return home. He...

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Mulan: Rise Of A Warrior Mulan: Rise Of A Warrior (2009)
When barbarian hordes threaten her homeland, the brave and cunning Mulan disguises herself as a male soldier to swell the ranks in her aging father's stead. The warrior's remarkable courage drives...

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Chevalier Chevalier (2022)
Based on the true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, who rises to heights in French society as a...

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Hounddog Hounddog (2007)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1923)
In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with a gypsy dancer.

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Emma Emma (1996)
Faithful, enchanting adaptation of Jane Austen's nineteenth-century tale of Emma Woodhouse--a clever young woman whose mischievous matchmaking schemes nearly end up jeopardizing her own shot at...

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The Golem The Golem (2018)
During an outbreak of a deadly plague in Lithuania, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from a gang of ruffians led by a local landowner, but the entity she conjures to...

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The Sandlot 2 The Sandlot 2 (2005)
A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of '62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now comes the sequel, a campy romp back to the...

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Northfork Northfork (2003)
In a near-empty Northfork orphanage, Father Harlan gently tends to Irwin, an eight-year-old who lies between a dream state and death. As orphanage caretaker Harlan reads aloud about Northfork's...

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Call Jane Call Jane (2022)
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

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The Last Vermeer The Last Vermeer (2019)
Claes Bang stars as Joseph Piller in this captivating dramatic thriller set just after WWII - an all but forgotten true story - about a soldier investigating renowned Dutch artist Han van Meegeren,...

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Bathory: Countess Of Blood Bathory: Countess Of Blood (2008)
Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory...

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