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1) Holy smoke!
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A cult deprogrammer is hired to free a young woman who has fallen under the influence of a religious guru while on a journey in India.
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Academy Award winner Robert Duvall stars as a maverick military officer whose tyranny threatens to tear his family apart in the gripping drama THE GREAT SANTINI.A warrior without a war, Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meechum (Duvall) governs his troubled family using the same iron will and cold-as-steel toughness with which he commands his squadron. Nicknamed "The Great Santini," Meechum almost destroys his devoted wife (Blythe Danner) and rebellious son...
5) Flicka
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Katy dreams of filling her father's shoes by taking over their ranch, while her father wants better for her. When she finds and tries to tame a wild horse, she learns how alike she and this stallion truly are.
6) Gun
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This anthology series follows the path of a handgun and the impact it has on the lives of those who encounter it.
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The career of talented nightclub singer Esther Blodgett (Judy Garland) is launched by movie star Norman Maine (James Mason), who also wins the young singer's heart. Esther becomes leading lady Vicki Lester and Mrs. Norman Maine, but as Maine's career flounders, he sinks into an abyss of alcoholism. Esther chooses to sacrifice her stardom to care for her husband, but he will not allow Esther to abandon her dreams for him.
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Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand.
9) Dark Victory
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After beautiful, charming young socialite Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) is diagnosed with a brain tumor, romance grows between Judith and the dashing neurosurgeon who operates on her. Although he knows she has only months to live, the two wed. And in that short time Judith discovers true love.
11) Interview
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Pierre Peders is no stranger to violence and inhumanity, he made his name as a war reporter. He is sent on a clearly beneath-him assignment to meet a soap star. After making a mess of the interview he later winds up at her Manhattan loft apartment.
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An atmospheric masterpiece, THE AMAZING MR. X stars Turhan Bey as Alexis, a mystery man who claims to communicate with spirits. Appearing on the beach one night, Alexis easily charms a depressed widow and her sister (Lynn Bari and Cathy O'Donnell). The sly Alexis makes a living by separating gullible people from their money, but before this tale is over, he will learn that the living are far more dangerous than the dead. Thanks to exceptional cinematography...
13) Sweetie
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Jane Campion, director of The Piano, will always be remembered for this stunning debut feature. The focus of this film is the hazardous relationship between button-down, superstitious Kay, and her rampaging sister, 'Sweetie.'
14) Titus
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In this adaptation of the Shakespeare play by the same name, Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
16) Half nelson
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A high school teacher with a drug habit finds a friendship in an unlikely source - one of his troubled students. Will their relationship help them or harm them?
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Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles but never lose hope that they will one day be together again....
18) Away from her
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Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's 'forgetfulness' actually is Alzheimer's. After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home. For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since this is the nursing home 'no-vistors,' first 30 days policy of a patient's...
19) The lost city
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Revolutionary forces of Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara prepare to move in on the city of Havana. The owner of a nightclub struggles to hold together his family and the love of a woman. The culture vanishes and the people are transformed.
20) Bobby
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The 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in a Los Angeles hotel kitchen. We see Kennedy's acceptance speech after winning the California Democratic presidential primary, his death at the hands of gunman Sirhan Sirhan, and the chaos and despair that ensued. The people at the hotel don't know what is coming. Our grief at hearing RFK's own words, so eloquent, so hopeful and inspiring. Watch the horrible events unfold and wonder what might have been....
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