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2013Movie125 min

HDPG-13

2013 7.3 125 min

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

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2011Movie92 min

Red Dog

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2011 7.3 92 min

Country: Australia

Genre: Comedy, Drama

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

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2015Movie109 min

Woman in Gold

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2015 7.3 109 min

Country: UK

Genre: Drama

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes ...

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2007Movie97 min

An American Crime

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2007 7.2 97 min

Country: USA

Genre: Crime, Drama

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

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2021Movie99 min

Midnight in the Switchgrass

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2021 5.9 99 min

Country: Puerto Rico

Genre: Action, Crime

FBI Agent Karl Helter and his partner Rebecca Lombardo are very close to busting a sex-trafficking ring. When they realize their investigation has crossed the path of a brutal serial ...

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2023Movie107 min

Chevalier

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2023 6.5 107 min

Country: Ireland

Genre: Drama, History

The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete ...

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2017Movie107 min

My Friend Dahmer

HDR

2017 6.5 107 min

Country: USA

Genre: Crime, Drama

Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.

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2017Movie132 min

All the Money in the World

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2017 6.4 132 min

Country: Italy

Genre: Crime, History

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

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2002Movie138 min

K-19: The Widowmaker

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2002 6.5 138 min

Country: Canada

Genre: Drama, History

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

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2014Movie112 min

The Water Diviner

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2014 6.8 112 min

Country: Australia

Genre: Drama, War

In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn ...

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2015Movie122 min

The Stanford Prison Experiment

HDR

2015 6.8 122 min

Country: USA

Genre: Thriller

This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of ...

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1985Movie126 min

Revolution

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1985 5.3 126 min

Country: Norway

Genre: Adventure, Drama

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to ...

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1981Movie124 min

Chariots of Fire

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1981 6.8 124 min

Country: UK

Genre: Drama, History

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish ...

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2017Movie136 min

The 12th Man

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2017 7.2 136 min

Country: Norway

Genre: Drama, War

After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.

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2001Movie224 min

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

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2001 7.2 224 min

Country: India

Genre: Adventure, Drama

In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.

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2016Movie144 min

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

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2016 7.3 144 min

Country: Malta

Genre: Action, Drama

An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

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1994Movie133 min

Quiz Show

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1994 7.3 133 min

Country: USA

Genre: Drama, History

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show ...

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2011Movie134 min

Moneyball

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2011 7.3 134 min

Country: USA

Genre: Drama

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

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2019Movie107 min

Ip Man 4: The Finale

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2019 7.3 107 min

Country: China

Genre: Action, Drama

Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future ...

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1998Movie108 min

That’s Life

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1998 7.4 108 min

Country: Italy

Genre: Comedy

Fugitive convict Aldo seizes a car, taking policeman Giacomo and civilian Giovanni hostages. While chased by the police all over Italy, they will eventually become friends.

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2022Movie134 min

The Swimmers

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2022 7.4 134 min

Country: Turkey

Genre: Drama, History

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.

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2020Movie102 min

Escape from Pretoria

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2020 7.2 102 min

Country: Australia

Genre: Drama, History

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from ...

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2017Movie107 min

Dunkirk

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2017 7.4 107 min

Country: France

Genre: Action, Drama

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of ...

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1971Movie114 min

The Devils

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1971 7.4 114 min

Country: UK

Genre: Drama, History

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 ...

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2013Movie111 min

3096 Days

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2013 7.4 111 min

Country: Germany

Genre: Drama

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

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2020Movie93 min

The One and Only Ivan

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2020 7.4 93 min

Country: USA

Genre: Comedy, Drama

A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.

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1999Movie118 min

Boys Don’t Cry

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1999 7.4 118 min

Country: USA

Genre: Crime, Drama

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

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2021Movie129 min

The Mauritanian

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2021 7.4 129 min

Country: UK

Genre: Drama, Thriller

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a ...

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