Americana
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    George Washington (2000)

    In North Carolina, a boy assumes the mantle of a superhero after he and his friends cover up a...

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    The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)

    A down-and-out wildcatter (Robert Duvall) smells oil beneath a struggling farmer's (Aidan Quinn)...

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    All the Way Home (1963)

    A small-town family tries to deal with the death of their husband and father.

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    Three Wishes (1995)

    A frustrated family man recalls an encounter he (Joseph Mazzello), his widowed mom (Mary Elizabeth...

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    Two Family House (2000)

    An ambitious married dreamer (Michael Rispoli) secretly helps an abandoned single mother (Kelly...

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    White Man's Burden (1995)

    A black factory owner (Harry Belafonte) spends the weekend with a white ex-employee (John Travolta)...

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    Drive-In (1976)

    The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.

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    Eat My Dust (1976)

    A California sheriff's (Warren Kemmerling) son (Ron Howard) and his girlfriend (Christopher Norris)...

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    Harlan County, U.S.A. (1977)

    Filmmaker Barbara Kopple documents Kentucky coal miners facing brutal opposition during a 1973...

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    Crooklyn (1994)

    The wife (Alfre Woodard) and children of a jobless jazz musician (Delroy Lindo) deal with everyday...

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    Vernon, Florida (1981)

    A vision of a small Florida town and its citizens far away from the hurried, chaotic cities.

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    Avalon (1990)

    Barry Levinson's saga of a Jewish immigrant family's desire to preserve its heritage while living...

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    Out of the Black

    Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and...

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    True Stories (1986)

    An outsider (David Byrne) interviews banal citizens of small-town Virgil, Texas. Music by Talking...

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    Cannery Row (1982)

    An ex-ballplayer (Nick Nolte) studies marine biology and a bordello girl (Debra Winger) in his...

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    Dear Mr. Wonderful

    This off-kilter German film attempts to tell a purely American story as filtered through European...

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    The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

    Based on the play by William Inge. An Oklahoma family in the 1920s struggles with the problems of...

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    Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)

    Four teens rile residents of a tiny town off Highway 91 with their decision to relocate in Los...

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    Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)

    Former World War I ace Eli (Cliff Robertson) and son Rodger (Eric Shea) barnstorm through 1920s...

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    Down From the Mountain (2001)

    About the making of the soundtrack to Joel and Ethan Coen's O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

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    Smoke Signals (1998)

    A geeky American Indian (Evan Adams) travels from Idaho to Phoenix with a stoic companion (Adam...

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    Greendale (2004)

    A small-town family (Sarah White, Eric Johnson, Ben Keith) deals with turmoil after one of its...

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    The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)

    Mark Twain's boy hero (Elijah Wood) and runaway slave Jim (Courtney B. Vance) form a classic...

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    Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)

    A blue collar worker who spends his free time demolishing cars at a local racetrack falls in love...

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    The Straight Story (1999)

    An old man (Richard Farnsworth) buys a John Deere tractor and drives from Iowa to Wisconsin to see...

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    Spencer's Mountain (1963)

    The Wyoming Spencers (Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara) have nine children, too small a house and a son...

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    Stealing Home (1988)

    A man (Mark Harmon) recalls baseball, his father and his first love (Jodie Foster) as a preppie in...

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    Tucker: the Man and His Dream (1988)

    Flamboyant inventor Preston Tucker's ill-fated battle to produce a faster and safer automobile for...

  • Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers picture
    Movies

    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about...

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    Stay Hungry (1976)

    An Alabama heir (Jeff Bridges) starts hanging out at a gym with an earthy girl (Sally Field) and a...