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The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.

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My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives,...

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a lo...

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Diner

Diner

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden mome...

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Savannah Smiles

Savannah Smiles

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on t...

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The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.1

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.

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Chan Is Missing

Chan Is Missing

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7

Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many probl...

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Deathtrap

Deathtrap

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

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48 Hrs.

48 Hrs.

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 6.9

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

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