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The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1980 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

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The Goonies

The Goonies

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7.7

A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run of...

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A Grand Day Out

A Grand Day Out

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1990 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.

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Down by Law

Down by Law

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 7.7

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1987 IMDB Rating: 7.6

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower ring curtain salesman, D...

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Midnight Run

Midnight Run

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can be the first to swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000. A loose remake of Bedtime Story (1964).

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Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case l...

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Stranger Than Paradise

Stranger Than Paradise

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.4

A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.

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Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1989 IMDB Rating: 7.2

In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling oper...

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