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Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1994 IMDB Rating: 8.8

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has a...

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The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1991 IMDB Rating: 8.6

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life...

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 8.4

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up agai...

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1939 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortco...

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Fail Safe

Fail Safe

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1964 IMDB Rating: 8

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurrin...

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JFK

JFK

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1991 IMDB Rating: 8

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

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Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 7.9

A deranged socialite accosts a tennis star with his theory that if two strangers trade murders, they can disguise their motives and avoid suspicion.

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Being There

Being There

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 7.9

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what h...

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All the President's Men

All the President's Men

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 7.9

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

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The Irishman

The Irishman

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chi...

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