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Varumayin Niram Sivappu

Varumayin Niram Sivappu

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1980 IMDB Rating: 8.3

Three educated but unemployed youth who have come to live in a bustling, harsh metropolis struggle to earn a living.

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The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1987 IMDB Rating: 8

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicili...

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Brazil

Brazil

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wr...

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This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.9

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums...

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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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Airplane!

Airplane!

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1980 IMDB Rating: 7.7

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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Trading Places

Trading Places

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Heal...

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Coup de Torchon

Coup de Torchon

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 7.4

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.

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National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

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