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The Shell Seekers

The Shell Seekers

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Penelope Keeling, a sixty-four-year-old daughter of a famous artist, reflects on her life, and the fate and choices that defined it, when she arrives in the Mediterranean to stay with her headstrong d...

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Eleni

Eleni

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot l...

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The Mystery of Natalie Wood

The Mystery of Natalie Wood

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Uses accounts from family, friends, and acquaintances to tell the story of Natalie Wood and how she started young, acting in the spotlight, making the transition from a childhood actress to serious ac...

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Whirlybird

Whirlybird

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2021 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Soaring above the chaotic spectacle of ‘80s and ‘90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling video archiv...

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Private Parts

Private Parts

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 6.9

The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.

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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhoo...

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Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1994 IMDB Rating: 6.9

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

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The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit i...

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Gia

Gia

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With...

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The Assignment

The Assignment

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Jack Shaw has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastat...

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