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It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1946 IMDB Rating: 8.6

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is...

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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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It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1934 IMDB Rating: 8.1

A renegade reporter and a young heiress meet on a bus heading for New York, and end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1936 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for ever...

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Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1941 IMDB Rating: 7.6

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willou...

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Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1937 IMDB Rating: 7.6

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains f...

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American Madness

American Madness

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1932 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an af...

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State of the Union

State of the Union

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Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7.2

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

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Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

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Prelude to War

Prelude to War

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 7

Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of...

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