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Titanic (1997)
A society girl (Kate Winslet) abandons her haughty fiance (Billy Zane) for a penniless artist...
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Gladiator (2000)
Condemned to arena fights by corrupt Roman leader Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), Gen. Maximus (Russell...
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The Hours (2002)
The writings of Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) affect a housewife (Julianne Moore) and emulate the...
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Atonement (2007)
A false accusation changes forever the lives of a young teen (Romola Garai), her older sister (Keira...
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Million Dollar Baby (2004)
A deep bond develops between a cantankerous trainer (Clint Eastwood) and the female boxer (Hilary...
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All The King's Men (2006)
A Southern politician's (Sean Penn) idealism and good intentions give way to corruption after...
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Code 46 (2004)
In a futuristic society, a married insurance investigator (Tim Robbins) falls in love with the...
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The House of Sand (2006)
Three generations of women (Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres) spend nearly 60 years in a harsh...
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Schindler's List (1993)
German industrialist Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) plots with his accountant (Ben Kingsley) to save...
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Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)
A mummy stalks nursing-home residents claiming to be Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) and President...
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New York, New York (1977)
A singer (Liza Minnelli) and a saxophonist (Robert De Niro) team up and break up in the postwar...
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In America (2003)
A handsome actor (Paddy Considine), his wife (Samantha Morton) and their two daughters emigrate from...
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The Beguiled
Southern girls and their headmistress (Geraldine Page) punish a sly, wounded Union soldier (Clint...
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The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Flashbacks at a funeral reveal how a Madrid nightclub dancer was propelled to instant stardom and...
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The Queen (2006)
Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) and Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) try to reach a...
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
In 1960s Wyoming two cowboys (Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal) begin a secret romance that endures...
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The Shootist (1976)
People pester an old, dying gunfighter (John Wayne) rooming with a widow (Lauren Bacall) in 1901...
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Bobby (2006)
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in...
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Cold Mountain (2003)
During the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier (Jude Law) abandons his duties to make his way...
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How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Five Oscars went to John Ford's adaptation of Richard Llewellyn's novel chronicling the...
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Seabiscuit (2003)
A jockey (Tobey Maguire), an automobile magnate (Jeff Bridges) and a trainer (Chris Cooper) lead a...
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The Great Gatsby (1974)
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby (Robert Redford), shady 1920s millionaire, tragically loves...
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of...
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The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)
A woman's survivor's guilt from a Columbine-like event twenty years ago causes her...
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3 Needles (2006)
Three stories about AIDS revolve around missionary nuns, black-market blood and a Canadian porn star...
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The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
The daughter (Camilla Belle) of a dying ex-hippie (Daniel Day-Lewis) has trouble adjusting to the...
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La Vie En Rose (2007)
French singer Édith Piaf (Marion Cotillard) becomes a national icon but tries to overcome personal...
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Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
Sergio Leone's portrait of the friendships, loyalties and betrayals among Jewish gangsters in...
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P.S. I Love You (2007)
A grieving widow (Hilary Swank) receives a series of messages that her husband left to encourage her...
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