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West Side Story (1961)
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Directed by Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise. With Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn. Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

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The Light Between Oceans (2016)
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Directed by Derek Cianfrance. With Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery. A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.

Jack Reacher (2012)
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Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. With Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog. A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
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Directed by Mike Newell. With Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay, Michiel Huisman, Katherine Parkinson. In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.

Devil (2010)
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Directed by John Erick Dowdle. With Chris Messina, Caroline Dhavernas, Bokeem Woodbine, Logan Marshall-Green. A group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them.

Astro Boy (2009)
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Directed by David Bowers. With Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Charlize Theron. When an android replica of a boy is rejected by his aggrieved creator, he goes off to find his own identity in an adventure that would make him the greatest hero of his time.

The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
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Directed by Bryan Buckley. With Evan Peters, Al Pacino, Melanie Griffith, Barkhad Abdi. In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeds in providing the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them.

The Tourist (2010)
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Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. With Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie Pitt, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton. Revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path.

Catch a Fire (2006)
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Directed by Phillip Noyce. With Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna, Mncedisi Shabangu. A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.

The Ipcress File (1965)
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Directed by Sidney J. Furie. With Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd. In London, a counter espionage Agent deals with his own bureaucracy while investigating the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists.

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A Christmas Carol (2009)
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Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Steve Valentine. An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

Brüno (2009)
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Directed by Larry Charles. With Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale, Chibundu Orukwowu. Flamboyant and gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America.

Zodiac (2007)
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Directed by David Fincher. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards. A San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer.

Remember Me (2010)
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Directed by Allen Coulter. With Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Caitlyn Rund, Moisés Acevedo. A romantic drama centered on two new lovers: Tyler, whose parents have split in the wake of his brother's suicide, and Ally, who lives each day to the fullest since witnessing her mother's murder.

The Book Thief (2013)
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Directed by Brian Percival. With Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer. While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.

The White Ribbon (2009)
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Directed by Michael Haneke. With Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur. Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?

Hard Candy (2005)
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Directed by David Slade. With Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae. A teenage girl raids a man's home in order to expose him under suspicion that he is a sex offender with pedophilia.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
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Directed by Adam McKay. With Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell. With the '70s behind him, San Diego's top-rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

District 9 (2009)
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Directed by Neill Blomkamp. With Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt. An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
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1h 54m Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.

Mr Hulot's Holiday

Damage (2009)
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Directed by Jeff King. With Steve Austin, Walton Goggins, Laura Vandervoort, Donnelly Rhodes. An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.

Just Mercy (2019)
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Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. With Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Charlie Pye Jr.. World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.

Public Enemies (2009)
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Directed by Michael Mann. With Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke. The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

Choke (2008)
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Directed by Clark Gregg. With Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Kathryn Alexander. A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.

The Imitation Game (2014)
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Directed by Morten Tyldum. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech. During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

The Lost City (2005)
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Directed by Andy Garcia. With Andy Garcia, Inés Sastre, Bill Murray, Alfredo Armenteros. In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950s, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent night-club owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the night-club owner to flee to New York.

The Red Balloon (1956)
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Directed by Albert Lamorisse. With Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov. A red balloon with a life of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.

Whip It (2009)
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Directed by Drew Barrymore. With Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Sarah Habel. In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

Twelfth Night (2013)
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Directed by Tim Carroll, Tim Carroll. With Samuel Barnett, Liam Brennan, Paul Chahidi, John Paul Connolly, Stephen Fry.

Shakespeare. Globe Theatre Production.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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Directed by Frank Darabont. With Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler. Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
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Directed by Tony Richardson. With Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen. A juvenile offender at a tough reform school impresses its governor with his running ability and is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.

The Deal (2008)
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Directed by Steven Schachter. With William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, LL Cool J, Elliott Gould. A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli, but can only get financing if he casts a well-known action star. Production is halted however, when the lead actor is kidnapped, so the producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.

Catch a Fire (2006)
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Directed by Phillip Noyce. With Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna, Mncedisi Shabangu. A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
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Directed by Tony Scott. With Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj. Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

Rango (2011)
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Directed by Gore Verbinski. With Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin. Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.

Boychoir (2014)
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Directed by François Girard. With Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McHale. Stet, a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognizes a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.

aka The Choir

The Imitation Game (2014)
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Directed by Morten Tyldum. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech. During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

Les Misérables (2012)
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Directed by Tom Hooper. With Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried. In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter - the decision changes their lives forever.

Sky

Brideshead Revisited (2008)
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Directed by Julian Jarrold. With Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell, Thomas Morrison. A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.

Elvis (2022)
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Elvis: Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson. The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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Directed by Ron Howard. With Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen. A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

Love Happens (2009)
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Directed by Brandon Camp. With Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Dan Fogler, John Carroll Lynch. A widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru, falls for the hotel florist where his seminar is given, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.

Twelfth Night (2013)
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Directed by Tim Carroll, Tim Carroll. With Samuel Barnett, Liam Brennan, Paul Chahidi, John Paul Connolly, Stephen Fry.

Shakespeare. Globe Theatre Production.

Damage (2009)
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Directed by Jeff King. With Steve Austin, Walton Goggins, Laura Vandervoort, Donnelly Rhodes. An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.

Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
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Directed by Marc Lawrence. With Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Elisabeth Moss. In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.

Jack Reacher (2012)
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Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. With Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog. A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.

Twelfth Night (2013)
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Directed by Tim Carroll, Tim Carroll. With Samuel Barnett, Liam Brennan, Paul Chahidi, John Paul Connolly, Stephen Fry.

Shakespeare. Globe Theatre Production.

The Pillars of the Earth (2010)
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With Ian McShane, Matthew Macfadyen, Eddie Redmayne, Hayley Atwell. Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart.

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Whip It (2009)
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Directed by Drew Barrymore. With Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Sarah Habel. In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

The Number 23 (2007)
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Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston. Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise.

Finding Dory (2016)
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Directed by Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane. With Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson. Friendly but forgetful blue tang Dory begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.

Margin Call (2011)
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Directed by J.C. Chandor. With Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany. Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

The Firm (2009)
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Directed by Nick Love. With Paul Anderson, Calum MacNab, Daniel Mays, Doug Allen. Football hooligans organize themselves into firms that represent their favorite team.

500 Days of Summer (2009)
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Directed by Marc Webb. With Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz. An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

1917 (2019)
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1917: Directed by Sam Mendes. With Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth. April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap

Pan (2015)
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Directed by Joe Wright. With Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara. 12-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny -- to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.

Four Christmases (2008)
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Directed by Seth Gordon. With Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Mary Steenburgen, Robert Duvall. A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
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Directed by Milos Forman. With Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco. A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

The Butler (2013)
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Directed by Lee Daniels. With Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda. As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

Children of Men (2006)
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Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. With Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine. In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Rendition (2007)
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Directed by Gavin Hood. With Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin. A CIA analyst questions his assignment after witnessing an unorthodox interrogation at a secret detention facility outside the US.

Jack Reacher (2012)
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Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. With Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog. A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn. An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
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Directed by F. Gary Gray. With Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney. A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Jane Eyre (2011)
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Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. With Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Su Elliot. A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Garden State (2004)
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Directed by Zach Braff. With Zach Braff, Peter Sarsgaard, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm. A quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.

Carriers (2009)
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Directed by David Pastor, Àlex Pastor. With Chris Pine, Piper Perabo, Lou Taylor Pucci, Emily VanCamp. Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.

Gandhi (1982)
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Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox. Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.

Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
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Directed by Marc Lawrence. With Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Elisabeth Moss. In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.

100 Feet (2008)
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Directed by Eric Red. With Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick, Michael Paré. After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.

Paperman (2012)
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Directed by John Kahrs. With John Kahrs, Kari Wahlgren, Jack Goldenberg, Jeff Turley. After meeting the gal of his dreams on a commuter train, an office worker uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention after spying her again in a skyscraper window.

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Bridge of Spies (2015)
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Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan. During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
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Directed by Marc Lawrence. With Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Elisabeth Moss. In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.

Despicable Me (2010)
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Directed by Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud. With Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews. When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.

Solace (2015)
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Directed by Afonso Poyart. With Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish, Colin Farrell. A psychic works with the FBI in order to hunt down a serial killer.

The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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Directed by Ron Howard. With Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen. A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

An American Werewolf in London (1981)
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An American Werewolf in London: Directed by John Landis. With Joe Belcher, David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, David Schofield. Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists

16:9 Good version.

A Bridge Too Far (1977)
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Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier. Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. However, mismanagement and poor planning result in its failure.

Sorority Row (2009)
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Directed by Stewart Hendler. With Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Carrie Fisher, Teri Andrez. A group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
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Directed by Tony Scott. With Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj. Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

Breathe (2017)
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Directed by Andy Serkis. With Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Hugh Bonneville, Ed Speleers. The inspiring true love story of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.

The Joy of Stats (2010)
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Directed by Dan Hillman. With Hans Rosling, Stephen Emmott, Sep Kamvar, Eileen Magnello. Professor Hans Rosling shares his excitement with statistics, and shows how researchers are handling the modern data deluge.

The Deal (2008)
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Directed by Steven Schachter. With William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, LL Cool J, Elliott Gould. A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli, but can only get financing if he casts a well-known action star. Production is halted however, when the lead actor is kidnapped, so the producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.

Pete Murray Takes You to Nottingham (1982)
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Directed by Harold Baim.

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Paddington 2 (2017)
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Directed by Paul King. With Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins. Paddington (Ben Whishaw), now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's (Imelda Staunton's) 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
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Directed by Garth Jennings. With Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel. Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Margin Call (2011)
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Directed by J.C. Chandor. With Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany. Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

Whip It (2009)
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Directed by Drew Barrymore. With Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Sarah Habel. In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

The Remains of the Day (1993)
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The Remains of the Day: Directed by James Ivory. With John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson. A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn. An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

We'll Take Manhattan (2012)
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Directed by John McKay. With Sascha Bailey, Frances Barber, Aneurin Barnard, Fiona Button. A look at the love affair between 1960s supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey.

Extract (2009)
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Directed by Mike Judge. With Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck, Mila Kunis. Joel, the owner of an extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.

Catch-22 (1970)
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Directed by Mike Nichols. With Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel. A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.