disillusionment
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    Breaker, Breaker

    A Zen trucker (Chuck Norris) frees his brother from a speed trap with help from fellow truckers and...

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    American Hardcore (2006)

    Filmmaker Paul Rachman recalls the 1980s American punk-rock movement and features interviews and...

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    The Great World of Sound (2007)

    When a man answers an ad to train as a record producer, he is excited by the prospect of signing...

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    The Beauty Jungle (1966)

    The Beauty Jungle can hardly be considered an expose of the beauty-contest business, since most of...

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    Land of Plenty (2005)

    A woman (Michelle Williams) spends time with her uncle (John Diehl), a troubled Vietnam War veteran...

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    Primary Colors (1998)

    A Southern governor's (John Travolta) wife (Emma Thompson) and adviser (Billy Bob Thornton) help him...

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    Oswald's Ghost (2007)

    Delves into the conspiracies, truths, myths and lies stemming from the assassination of President...

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    Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

    Newly released from prison, Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) reassembles the Blues Brothers Band with new...

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    Home of the Brave (2004)

    Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned...

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    Alexandra (2008)

    A grandmother takes a train trip to visit her grandson stationed in Chechnya.

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    Bitter Harvest

    A rural young Welshwoman (Janet Munro) goes to London, meets a bartender (John Stride) and sinks...

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    American Psycho (2000)

    A mentally unhinged yuppie (Christian Bale) in 1980s New York submits to an uncontrollable...

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    Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)

    A young sailor returns home to discover his girl has married an older, wealthy man.

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    Some Came Running (1958)

    An ex-GI writer (Frank Sinatra) hangs out with a gambler (Dean Martin) and a floozy (Shirley...

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    The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

    A 1930s movie star (Jeff Daniels) steps off the screen to join a waitress (Mia Farrow) in the...

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    Adam at 6 A.M. (1970)

    Looking like a high-school junior, Michael Douglas plays a college professor in Adam at 6 AM. Tired...

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    Death of a Salesman

    Middle-aged Willy Loman (Fredric March) reflects on lost opportunites, shattered dreams and his...

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    War Hunt (1961)

    An Army private (Robert Redford) tries to befriend a Korean orphan who worships a mad killer (John...

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    Why We Fight (2006)

    Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki examines the nature and causes of the U.S. military-industrial complex.

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    World Traveler (2002)

    Leaving his wife and son behind him, a New York architect (Billy Crudup) meets unusual characters...

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    Colonel Chabert (1994)

    A Napoleanic war hero, believed dead, returns home to find that his wife has remarried and...

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    Some Kind of Hero (1982)

    A Vietnam P.O.W. returns home to a hero's welcome, but quickly forgotton making him realize how hard...

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    Play It As It Lays (1972)

    An ex-actress (Tuesday Weld) reflects on her life in Hollywood, her marriage to a director and her...

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    China O'Brien (1989)

    A female cop and martial arts expert returns to her midwestern hometown after accidentally shooting...

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    The Final Alliance

    A mysterious stranger returns to his hometown to avenge his family's death long ago.

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    Earth Entranced

    A poet flees the pampered world of the elite for that of radical politics, yet soon discovers that...

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    Allonsanfan (1974)

    Disillusioned by the 1816 Restoration in France, a middle-aged Italian nobleman betrays the leader...

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    Jezebel's Kiss (1990)

    Twenty years after her grandfather's death, a woman seeks revenge against his killers.

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    Colossal Youth (2007)

    Ventura, a Cape Verdean laborer living in the outskirts of Lisbon, is suddenly abandoned by his wife...

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    Falling Down (1993)

    An unemployed defense worker (Michael Douglas) goes on an armed rampage on a Los Angeles police...