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The Other Side of Heaven 6.2

The Other Side of Heaven

2001 113 min Movie
The Other Side of Heaven
6.2 2001 113 min HD
John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys 6.6

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

2002 104 min Movie
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
6.6 2002 104 min HD
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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The Pianist 8.3

The Pianist

2002 150 min Movie
The Pianist
8.3 2002 150 min HD
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work ...
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Genre: Drama, War
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio 6.7

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

2005 99 min Movie
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
6.7 2005 99 min HD
A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies, while dealing with abuse from her alcoholic husband. Based ...
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Genre: Drama
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Jarhead 6.7

Jarhead

2005 123 min Movie
Jarhead
6.7 2005 123 min HD
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where ...
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Genre: Drama, War
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Romulus, My Father 5.8

Romulus, My Father

2007 104 min Movie
Romulus, My Father
5.8 2007 104 min HD
The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately ...
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Genre: Drama
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The Counterfeiters 7.4

The Counterfeiters

2007 98 min Movie
The Counterfeiters
7.4 2007 98 min HD
The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
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Genre: Drama, War
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Departures 7.8

Departures

2008 130 min Movie
Departures
7.8 2008 130 min HD
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he ...
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Genre: Drama
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People 6

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008 110 min Movie
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
6 2008 110 min HD
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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An Education 6.9

An Education

2009 100 min Movie
An Education
6.9 2009 100 min HD
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Toast 6.6

Toast

2010 96 min Movie
Toast
6.6 2010 96 min HD
Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father, ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Soul Surfer 7

Soul Surfer

2011 112 min Movie
Soul Surfer
7 2011 112 min HD
The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
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We Bought a Zoo 6.8

We Bought a Zoo

2011 124 min Movie
We Bought a Zoo
6.8 2011 124 min HD
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Life Itself 7.5

Life Itself

2014 121 min Movie
Life Itself
7.5 2014 121 min HD
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his ...
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Genre: Documentary
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Behind the Candelabra 6.6

Behind the Candelabra

2013 118 min Movie
Behind the Candelabra
6.6 2013 118 min HD
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Wild 7.0

Wild

2014 115 min Movie
Wild
7.0 2014 115 min HD
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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Genre: Drama
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The Theory of Everything 7.8

The Theory of Everything

2014 123 min Movie
The Theory of Everything
7.8 2014 123 min HD
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Abzurdah 6.5

Abzurdah

2015 90 min Movie
Abzurdah
6.5 2015 90 min HD
A disenfranchised 16-year-old girl connects to an older man on the internet and after a brief one-sided affair descends into obsession and anorexia.
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Genre: Drama
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A Walk in the Woods 6.1

A Walk in the Woods

2015 104 min Movie
A Walk in the Woods
6.1 2015 104 min HD
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
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Truth 6.5

Truth

2015 125 min Movie
Truth
6.5 2015 125 min HD
As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military ...
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Genre: Drama
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Sully 7.1

Sully

2016 96 min Movie
Sully
7.1 2016 96 min HD
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls ...
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Genre: Drama, History
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Same Kind of Different as Me 6.9

Same Kind of Different as Me

2017 119 min Movie
Same Kind of Different as Me
6.9 2017 119 min HD
International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the ...
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Genre: Drama
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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool 6.3

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

2017 105 min Movie
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
6.3 2017 105 min HD
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Promise at Dawn 7.2

Promise at Dawn

2017 130 min Movie
Promise at Dawn
7.2 2017 130 min HD
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic ...
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Genre: Drama, History