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5) House of Ka
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After her father contracts a supernatural illness, a young aristocrat named Margaret Trelawny and a gentleman lawyer unravel an increasingly twisted mystery to save her father’s life, revealing dark family secrets and an ancient curse.
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Steven Spielberg directed this powerful, realistic re-creation of WWII's D-day invasion and the immediate aftermath. When Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall, learns that three Ryan brothers from the same family have all been killed in a single week, he requests that the surviving brother, Pvt. James Ryan, be located and brought back to the United States. A close-knit squad of US soldiers sets out behind enemy lines to try to save their comrade....
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Academy Award winner Norma Shearer stars with Tyrone Power in the story of a beautiful, intelligent and ultimately heroic woman destroyed by the tidal wave of revolution sweeping across Europe--Marie Antoinette.A young Austrian princess forced to marry the French dauphin to seal an alliance between the two decadent, crumbling Empires, Marie Antoinette (Shearer) seeks sexual fulfillment outside her marriage--and, eventually, finds love in the arms...
8) Last Knights
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Clive Owen stars in this epic, sword-clashing adventure about a fallen warrior battling to avenge his dishonored master (Morgan Freeman).
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Frank didn't go to flight school… Frank didn't go to medical school… Frank didn't go to law school… because Frank’s still in high school! Inspired by the true story of a brilliant young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. successfully passes himself off as a pilot, a lawyer and a doctor – all before his 21st birthday!
10) Modi
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A seventy-two-hour whirlwind in the life of bohemian artist Amedeo Modigliani (Riccardo Scamarcio), known as ‘Modi’ to his friends, follows a chaotic series of events through the streets of war-torn Paris in 1916.
11) Pleasantville
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In this modern fairy tale, an entire fictional town is granted a chance to experience the comedies and dangers of real life when two late 20th Century teenagers accidentally bring living color to a mysterious suburb trapped in a black-and-white '50s utopia--and set off a revolution.
12) Spy City
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SPY CITY follows the awful dilemma faced by the English spy, Fielding Scott. Fielding is sent to Berlin in 1961, on a mission to find out the source of the hemorrhage of vital security information. The Russians, it seems, know everything. Fielding has been given possibly the hardest job in the world: clean up Berlin.
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Based on internationally acclaimed Irish author John McGahern's award winning novel of the same name, THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN is a vivid evocation of nature, humanity and life itself, set in a 1980's rural community in Ireland. Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among the small, close-knit community near to where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and...
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In 1954 New Zealand, rebellious teens Nellie (Erana James) and Daisy (Manaia Hall) make a daring escape from an institution for delinquent girls—only to be caught and sent to an even more remote facility on an isolated island. There, they are joined by Lou (Nathalie Morris), a well-to-do newcomer, and together they navigate a harsh new world under the strict rule of a devout and domineering Matron (Rima Te Wiata). Resistant to authority, the trio...
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GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES tells the origin story of the infamous 50’s girl gang. It’s 1954, four years before the original Grease, and the moral panic over juvenile delinquency, sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll in Rydell is reaching a fever pitch and the adults are desperate to get control. Enter four outcast teenage girls who band together to become rebels with a cause. Together they’ll shake Rydell out of the silent 50’s and into the...
17) Widows' Peak
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In 1930s Ireland, an English widow’s arrival stirs secrets and rivalries in a village of widows.
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n this effective fictionalized Depression-era biography of Jack "Legs" Diamond--a ferocious, amoral, and manipulative monster who is willing to do anything for what he wants--the gangster who claimed he can't be killed finds out that he is no match for a deceitful woman. "Legs" (Ray Danton) gets his name because of his skill as a dancer, but he gets his reputation because he double-crosses everyone while working his way to the top of his network of...
19) Lost Sofia
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Sofia is a progressive, independent girl who is terrified of the word marriage. The only romances in her life are those of Jane Austen. That is until she is mysteriously transported to the 19th century.
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Drawing on the Arab heritage of oral tradition and mosaic patterns, LEILA AND THE WOLVES is an exploration of the collective memory of Arab women and their hidden role in history. Leila, a young Lebanese woman in 1980s London, time-travels through the 20th century, observing and connecting with the social struggles and anti-colonial movements of women in Lebanon and Palestine. Combining fictional drama, archival footage, and fantasy sequences, the...
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