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Hero (2002)

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During China's Warring States period (475 - 221 BC), a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yimou
CAST:  Jet Li  •  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk  •  Zhang Ziyi

During China's Warring States period (475 - 221 BC), a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yimou
CAST:  Jet Li  •  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk  •  Zhang Ziyi

Sister's Secret Housemate (2020)

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Mi-jin and Mi-soo, move out and came to Seoul to find a job. Mi-jin who used to have a boyfriend, happened to know a building owner in Seoul, and the meeting with the landlord begins. However, Mi-soo liked Mi-jin's ex-boyfriend, Ji-hwan, and she thinks it's her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Kim
CAST:  Sae Bom  •  Yeo Reum  •  Sang Woo  •  James

Mi-jin and Mi-soo, move out and came to Seoul to find a job. Mi-jin who used to have a boyfriend, happened to know a building owner in Seoul, and the meeting with the landlord begins. However, Mi-soo liked Mi-jin's ex-boyfriend, Ji-hwan, and she thinks it's her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Kim
CAST:  Sae Bom  •  Yeo Reum  •  Sang Woo  •  James

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)

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Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karan Johar
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Kajol  •  Rani Mukerji  •  Salman Khan

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karan Johar
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Kajol  •  Rani Mukerji  •  Salman Khan

Promiscuity, the Street Kids of Katia (1984)

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A story of a young woman who is cheating her impotent husband with the surrounding teenagers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fauzi Mansur
CAST:  Ênio Gonçalves  •  Cristina Martinez  •  Sérgio Hingst  •  Daliléia Ayala

A story of a young woman who is cheating her impotent husband with the surrounding teenagers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fauzi Mansur
CAST:  Ênio Gonçalves  •  Cristina Martinez  •  Sérgio Hingst  •  Daliléia Ayala

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

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The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those types of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Morgan Freeman  •  Jessica Tandy  •  Dan Aykroyd  •  Patti LuPone

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those types of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Morgan Freeman  •  Jessica Tandy  •  Dan Aykroyd  •  Patti LuPone

L'immoralità (1978)

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Federico is a child-killer running from the law. Wounded, he is taken in by an 11 year old girl named Simona. Their strange love affair is interrupted by Simona's depressed, oversexed mother Vera, who concocts a plan with Federico to kill her wheelchair-bound, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimo Pirri
CAST:  Howard Ross  •  Karin Trentephol  •  Lisa Gastoni  •  Mel Ferrer

Federico is a child-killer running from the law. Wounded, he is taken in by an 11 year old girl named Simona. Their strange love affair is interrupted by Simona's depressed, oversexed mother Vera, who concocts a plan with Federico to kill her wheelchair-bound, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimo Pirri
CAST:  Howard Ross  •  Karin Trentephol  •  Lisa Gastoni  •  Mel Ferrer

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

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After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Russell Crowe  •  Paul Bettany  •  James D'Arcy  •  Billy Boyd

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Russell Crowe  •  Paul Bettany  •  James D'Arcy  •  Billy Boyd

Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

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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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lee Hancock
CAST:  Emma Thompson  •  Tom Hanks  •  Colin Farrell  •  Paul Giamatti

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lee Hancock
CAST:  Emma Thompson  •  Tom Hanks  •  Colin Farrell  •  Paul Giamatti

The Last Samurai (2003)

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Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Ken Watanabe  •  William Atherton  •  Chad Lindberg

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Ken Watanabe  •  William Atherton  •  Chad Lindberg

Woodstock (1970)

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An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Wadleigh
CAST:  Joe Cocker  •  Richie Havens  •  Roger Daltrey  •  Joan Baez

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Wadleigh
CAST:  Joe Cocker  •  Richie Havens  •  Roger Daltrey  •  Joan Baez

People Like Us (2012)

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After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Kurtzman
CAST:  Chris Pine  •  Elizabeth Banks  •  Olivia Wilde  •  Michelle Pfeiffer

After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Kurtzman
CAST:  Chris Pine  •  Elizabeth Banks  •  Olivia Wilde  •  Michelle Pfeiffer

The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

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Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Anderson
CAST:  Owen Wilson  •  Jason Schwartzman  •  Adrien Brody  •  Bill Murray

Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Anderson
CAST:  Owen Wilson  •  Jason Schwartzman  •  Adrien Brody  •  Bill Murray

Corpse Bride (2005)

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Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton  •  Mike Johnson
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Emily Watson  •  Tracey Ullman

Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton  •  Mike Johnson
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Emily Watson  •  Tracey Ullman

The Straight Story (1999)

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A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Richard Farnsworth  •  Sissy Spacek  •  Jane Galloway Heitz  •  Joseph A. Carpenter

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Richard Farnsworth  •  Sissy Spacek  •  Jane Galloway Heitz  •  Joseph A. Carpenter

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)

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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Carter
CAST:  Cuba Gooding Jr.  •  Kimberly Elise  •  Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor  •  Ele Bardha

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Carter
CAST:  Cuba Gooding Jr.  •  Kimberly Elise  •  Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor  •  Ele Bardha

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

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A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Benigni
CAST:  Nicoletta Braschi  •  Roberto Benigni  •  Giorgio Cantarini  •  Giustino Durano

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Benigni
CAST:  Nicoletta Braschi  •  Roberto Benigni  •  Giorgio Cantarini  •  Giustino Durano

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

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After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hayao Miyazaki
CAST:  Sumi Shimamoto  •  Mahito Tsujimura  •  Hisako Kyoda  •  Gorō Naya

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hayao Miyazaki
CAST:  Sumi Shimamoto  •  Mahito Tsujimura  •  Hisako Kyoda  •  Gorō Naya

Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)

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A bomb disposal expert becomes bitter and lonely and is unable to fall in love until he is forced to deal with his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Katrina Kaif  •  Anushka Sharma  •  Anupam Kher

A bomb disposal expert becomes bitter and lonely and is unable to fall in love until he is forced to deal with his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yash Chopra
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Katrina Kaif  •  Anushka Sharma  •  Anupam Kher

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

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As a wild stallion travels across the frontiers of the Old West, he befriends a young human and finds true love with a mare.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kelly Asbury  •  Lorna Cook
CAST:  Matt Damon  •  James Cromwell  •  Daniel Studi  •  Chopper Bernet

As a wild stallion travels across the frontiers of the Old West, he befriends a young human and finds true love with a mare.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kelly Asbury  •  Lorna Cook
CAST:  Matt Damon  •  James Cromwell  •  Daniel Studi  •  Chopper Bernet

Say Anything... (1989)

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Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about everyone-including himself-when she returns the sentiment. But Diane's over-possessive, divorced Dad disapproves and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cameron Crowe
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Ione Skye  •  John Mahoney  •  Lili Taylor

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about everyone-including himself-when she returns the sentiment. But Diane's over-possessive, divorced Dad disapproves and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cameron Crowe
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Ione Skye  •  John Mahoney  •  Lili Taylor
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