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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 8.4

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

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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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Barcelona

Barcelona

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1994 IMDB Rating: 7

During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from his cousin Fred, a naval officer who has come to Sp...

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The American President

The American President

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts...

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The Milagro Beanfield War

The Milagro Beanfield War

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 6.8

In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this...

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Primary Colors

Primary Colors

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 6.7

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack...

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Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 6.7

The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighbo...

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Spinning Boris

Spinning Boris

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.

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The Strawberry Statement

The Strawberry Statement

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1970 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.

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First Monday in October

First Monday in October

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 6.4

For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.

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