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Won't You Be My Neighbor? Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
Distributor (2019) (USA) (TV)
Fred Rogers used puppets and play to explore complex social issues: race, disability, equality and tragedy, helping form the American concept of childhood. He spoke directly to children and they responded enthusiastically. Yet today, his impact is unclear. Have we lived up...

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Downton Abbey: Season 6 Downton Abbey: Season 6 (2015)
Distributor (2011-2016) (USA) (TV) (Masterpiece Theatre)
Our time with the Crawleys draws to a close and we see what will finally become of them all. Secrets and rifts threaten the unity of the family, while those below stairs continue to navigate social changes which put their futures in jeopardy. Will Mary choose the right path?...

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Downton Abbey: Season 5 Downton Abbey: Season 5 (2014)
Distributor (2011-2016) (USA) (TV) (Masterpiece Theatre)
Season 5 finds the Crawley family and the staff struggling with responsibilities and choices as they adjust to life in the Roaring Twenties. A new Labour government heralds changes that are being felt throughout the land, and Robert, Mary and Branson together must navigate...

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Downton Abbey: Season 4 Downton Abbey: Season 4 (2013)
Distributor (2011-2016) (USA) (TV) (Masterpiece Theatre)
Downton Abbey returns to DVD for a fourth series and finds Lady Mary mourning her husband Matthew, who had just visited his wife and new baby George in hospital and was returning to see his family when his car overturned killing the heir to Downton. Will Mary find happiness...

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Downton Abbey: Season 3 Downton Abbey: Season 3 (2012)
Distributor (2011-2016) (USA) (TV) (Masterpiece Theatre)
The Great War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate. As other great houses are crippled psychologically and...

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Saving The Titanic Saving The Titanic (2012)
Distributor (2012) (USA) (TV)
The story of the engineers who worked tirelessly to keep the electric power running as the Titanic sank. Their selfless actions kept the lights on and the electric lifeboat winches operational to facilitate the survival of others.

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Downton Abbey: Season 2 Downton Abbey: Season 2 (2011)
Distributor (2011-2016) (USA) (TV) (Masterpiece Theatre)
The Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part both on the front lines and the home front, but the intensity of war only serves to inflame the more familiar...

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Downton Abbey: Season 1 Downton Abbey: Season 1 (2010)
Distributor (2011-2016) (USA) (TV) (Masterpiece Theatre)
Lord Robert Crawley and his family live a life of leisure, while a fleet of servants, including butler Carson, attend to their every need. But two events conspire to shake things up: the sinking of the Titanic, which claims Crawley's heirs, and the return of his valet,...

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Marwencol Marwencol (2010)
Distributor (2011) (USA) (TV)
"Marwencol" is a documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp. After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs "Marwencol" with dolls...

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Emma Emma (2009)
Distributor (2010) (United States) (TV)
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 meanings of love and life.

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The Trials Of J. Robert Oppenheimer The Trials Of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2009)
Production Company (for)
Distributor (1987) (United States) (TV)
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and...

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The Murder Of Emmett Till The Murder Of Emmett Till (2003)
Production Company (for)
Distributor (1987) (USA) (TV)
A documentary examining the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old boy from Chicago while visiting relatives in Mississippi, and the broad impact of his death, his funeral, and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his white killers.

79%

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street In Concert Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street In Concert (2001)
Distributor (2001) (USA) (TV)
A filming of a live stage performance. When Sweeney Todd returns after a escaping from an Australian prison, he is told that his wife has died and his daughter has been raised by the judge who framed him. Mad with grief, he vows to rescue his daughter and take revenge upon...

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Cats Cats (1998)
Distributor (1998) (USA) (TV)
Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS, the most famous musical of all time, first exploded onto the West End stage in 1981. 'Memory', one of its many classic songs, became an instant worldwide hit. Since then CATS has smashed records and conquered the world. Using the latest...

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Merry Christmas, George Bailey Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997)
Production Company (in association with)
Distributor (1997) (USA) (TV)
Performance of the 1947 Lux Radio version of "It's a Wonderful Life", taped live in the historic Pasadena Playhouse as a benefit for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

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Blackadder's A Christmas Carol Blackadder's A Christmas Carol (1988)
Distributor (USA) (all media)
In Victorian England, merchant Ebenezer Blackadder is a kind and generous man. He enjoys Christmas-time and is generous with friends and freely gives whatever he can to the poor. That night, he is visited by the Spirit of Christmas who shows him some of his less likeable...

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The Star-Crossed Romance Of Josephine Cosnowski The Star-Crossed Romance Of Josephine Cosnowski (1985)
Distributor (all media)
The story involves several different events such as Ralph's first serious romance with his new neighbor, Randy playing a turkey in the school Thanksgiving Day play, The Old Man setting his sights on a yellow Buick and the High School basketball rival game of the season.

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The Times Of Harvey Milk The Times Of Harvey Milk (1984)
Distributor (1985) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
Monday morning, November 27th, 1978, approximately 8:45 AM to 9:15 AM, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Board of Supervisors Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by Milk's former fellow Supervisor Dan White. Underlying the assassinations were White's social...

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (1982)
Distributor (1982) (USA) (TV)
Sweeney Todd returns to London after being deported to find out what happened to his wife and child at the hands of Judge Turpin. When he learns of their terrible fate, he joins fortunes with Mrs. Nellie Lovett, the baker downstairs from his barbershop, and sets out to seek...

84%

The Great American Fourth Of July And Other Disasters The Great American Fourth Of July And Other Disasters (1982)
Distributor (all media)
Matt Dillon plays a young Jean Shepherd (author and narrator of A Christmas Story). Through Matt, Shep tells several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town.

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