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Without Warning: The James Brady Story

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1991 IMDB Rating: 6.2

The story of Ronald Reagan's press secretary who was crippled in the 1981 assassination attempt on the president and who, with his wife, became the lightning rod for the gun control movement in the ye...

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The Girl

The Girl

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 6.2

Director Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of cinema. Known for his psychological thrillers, Hitchcock’s leading ladies were cool, beautiful and preferab...

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Party Monster

Party Monster

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 6.2

The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of ve...

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Across the Wide Missouri

Across the Wide Missouri

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 6.2

In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her p...

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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 6.2

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.

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Three Christs

Three Christs

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 6.2

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.

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Stones for the Rampart

Stones for the Rampart

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 6.2

To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans...

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Takedown

Takedown

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 6.2

Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he...

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The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 6.1

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, an...

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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 6.1

The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.

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