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V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 8.2

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman fr...

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Sin City

Sin City

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 8

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilan...

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Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.7

The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tec...

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Blue Is the Warmest Color

Blue Is the Warmest Color

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks h...

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Watchmen

Watchmen

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 7.6

In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation...

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300

300

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have...

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 7.5

As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds...

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A History of Violence

A History of Violence

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.4

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

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American Splendor

American Splendor

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 7.4

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

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Ghost World

Ghost World

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befrie...

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