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2020Movie89 min

HDNR

2020 5.8 89 min

Country: USA

A young American couple travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and ice.

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2019Movie104 min

Battle of Jangsari

HDNR

2019 6.9 104 min

Country: South Korea

Genre: Drama, History

Korean War, September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula, General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation, deploying ...

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2020Movie128 min

Wasp Network

HDR

2020 6.1 128 min

Country: Belgium

Genre: Drama, History

Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he ...

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2021Movie132 min

Being the Ricardos

HDR

2021 6.5 132 min

Country: USA

Genre: Drama, History

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

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2020Movie107 min

Misbehaviour

HDNR

2020 6.4 107 min

Country: UK

Genre: Comedy, Drama

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in ...

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2019Movie92 min

Stockholm

HDNR

2019 5.8 92 min

Country: Canada

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The ...

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2016Movie90 min

Nina

HDNR

2016 5.3 90 min

Country: USA

Genre: Drama, Music

The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

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2013Movie90 min

The Bling Ring

HDR

2013 5.4 90 min

Country: USA

Genre: Crime, Drama

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

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2013Movie105 min

The Frozen Ground

HDR

2013 6.2 105 min

Country: Germany

Genre: Crime, Thriller

An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

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2014Movie126 min

The Admiral: Roaring Currents

HDNR

2014 7 126 min

Country: South Korea

Genre: Action, Drama

The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598, where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of ...

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2013Movie92 min

Lovelace

HDR

2013 6.0 92 min

Country: USA

Genre: Drama

Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

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2012Movie85 min

Searching for Sugar Man

HDPG-13

2012 7.9 85 min

Country: Finland

Genre: Documentary, Music

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

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2015Movie97 min

Captive

HDPG-13

2015 5.7 97 min

Country: USA

Genre: Crime, Drama

Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken ...

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2024Movie77 min

Einstein and the Bomb

HDPG-13

2024 5.9 77 min

Country: UK

Genre: Documentary, Drama

What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.

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2024Movie120 min

Chabuca

HDNR

2024 5 120 min

Country: Peru

Genre: Drama, Romance

The story of Ernesto Pimentel’s life, raised humbly after losing his mother, inspires him to create the iconic character La Chola Chabuca, an Andean figure who captivates all of Peru ...

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2004Movie110 min

Something the Lord Made

HDPG

2004 7.7 110 min

Country: USA

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

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2024Movie110 min

Sight

HDPG-13

2024 6.6 110 min

Country: USA

Genre: Drama, History

Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan who was blinded ...

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2024Movie94 min

Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia

HDR

2024 6.3 94 min

Country: France

Genre: Drama, History

Inspired by true events that occurred during the fierce rivalry between Germany (Audi) and Italy (Lancia) at the 1983 Rally World Championships.

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1985Movie114 min

The Emerald Forest

HDR

1985 6.6 114 min

Country: UK

Genre: Action, Adventure

For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the ...

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2024Movie181 min

Maidaan

HDNR

2024 8 181 min

Country: India

Genre: Drama

Inspired by the Indian national football team coach and manager Syed Abdul Rahim, who is regarded as the architect of Indian football, encapsulating the golden era from 1952 to 1962.

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2020SS 1EP 20

With You

HDNR

2020 8 44 min

Country: China

Genre: Drama

Based on real people and stories during the fight against the new coronavirus epidemic in mainland China.

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2011SS 2EP 12

12 días que estremecieron Chile

HDNR

2011 2 50 min

Country: Chile

Genre: Drama

Fictional stories about Chilean historical events that shook the country through joy, horror, excitement or sadness, and where the great virtues and defects of its national idiosyncrasy ...

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2018SS 1EP 6

Hymn of Death

HDTV-14

2018 8.3 30 min

Country: South Korea

Genre: Drama

Based on a true story, the drama tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin, a married stage drama writer, and Yun Shim Duk, Korea's first professional soprano, who meet while studying ...

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2020SS 1EP 10

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

HDTV-14

2020 8.3 55 min

Country: India

Genre: Crime, Drama

Set in 1980's & 90's Bombay, Scam 1992 follows the life of Harshad Mehta - a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to dizzying heights & his catastrophic downfall. Being ...

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2005SS 1EP 11

1 Litre of Tears

HDTV-G

2005 8.4 48 min

Country: Japan

Genre: Drama, Family

1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15, but was able to continue her life ...

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2023SS 1EP 7

The Long Shadow

HDNR

2023 7.3 n/a

Country: UK

Genre: Crime, Drama

Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 ...

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2014SS 3EP 10

Les Beaux Malaises

HDNR

2014 8 22 min

Country: Canada

Genre: Comedy

Fictional series based on the life (and starring) Martin Matte, a comedian and popular figure in PQ, Canada. It tells the story of the awkward but funny moments that the stand-up man ...

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2013SS 1EP 101

Secretos en el jardín

HDNR

2013 2 50 min

Country: Chile

Genre: Crime, Drama

A series of crimes occur in Viña del Mar during the 80s. The detective Ramiro Opazo and the journalist Javier Montes will investigate those responsible for the murders and robberies.

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