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Rocky

Rocky

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 8.1

An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.

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Lean On Me

Lean On Me

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1989 IMDB Rating: 7.4

When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around,...

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The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Daniel, a fatherless teenager, arrives in Los Angeles and becomes the object of bullying by a gang of karate students when he strikes up a relationship with Ali, the gang leader’s ex-girlfriend, so Da...

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The Power of One

The Power of One

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 7.1

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with...

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Save the Tiger

Save the Tiger

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 6.9

A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

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Joe

Joe

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1970 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Ad executive Bill Compton confronts and murders his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend. Wandering into a local bar, Bill encounters a drunken, bigoted factory worker with a bloodlust, Joe Curran. When...

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8 Seconds

8 Seconds

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1994 IMDB Rating: 6.6

This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

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The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 6.1

After discovering that his father is at death's door, Mr. Miyagi sets out to Japan, to see him with Daniel. Upon arriving, Miyagi must confront an old rival. Meanwhile, Daniel encounters a new love, a...

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For Keeps

For Keeps

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 5.9

Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant. Unwilling to...

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Neighbors

Neighbors

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 5.5

One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional type...

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