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  • The Ceremony picture
    Movies

    The Ceremony (1963)

    An innocent man awaits execution in a Tangier prison for a murder he did not commit, until his...

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    Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan (1982)

    Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and the Enterprise crew battle an old foe (Ricardo...

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    Kid Galahad (1937)

    A fight manager (Edward G. Robinson) and his girlfriend (Bette Davis) put a bellhop in the ring with...

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    Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

    The ape man (Johnny Weissmuller) and Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) find an infant, call him Boy (John...

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    The Wild Party (1929)

    In this film, the irresponsible Stella Ames (Clara Bow) spends her college career attending parties...

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    Movies

    The Sign of the Cross (1933)

    A Roman official (Fredric March) tries to save Christians from the lions and madness of Emperor Nero...

  • Prison Break picture
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    Prison Break (2005-2009)

    Brothers Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows continue to evade the law.

  • Who Wants to be a Superhero? picture
    TV

    Who Wants to be a Superhero? (2006-2007)

    People are given the opportunity to become real-life superheroes.

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    The Brave

    A poor, unemployed father gives the ultimate gift of love to change the quality of life for his...

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    Candy (1968)

    Based on Terry Southern's satirical novel, a sendup of Voltaire's -Candide-. Young Candy is a high...

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    Movies

    The Custodian

    A police detective decides to expose the pervasive corruption that permeates his department.

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    Movies

    The Princess and the Warrior (2001)

    A former soldier (Benno Furmann) revives a psychiatric nurse (Franka Potente) seriously injured in...

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    Hell Is For Heroes (1962)

    Exhausted GIs (Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker) are ordered to hold part of the Siegfried...

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    Alaska Seas (1953)

    Alaskan salmon fisherman Matt Kelly (Robert Ryan) doesn't care who he runs over in race to get ahead...

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    Pride (1998)

    True story of the war crimes tribunal of Japanese World War II military leader Hideki Tojo. Seen...

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    Battle Royale II--Requiem

    Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students...

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    The Dawn Patrol (1938)

    A desk-bound British major (Basil Rathbone) sends his fliers (Errol Flynn, David Niven) up in...

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    The Great Waltz (1938)

    Composer Johann Strauss (Fernand Gravet) marries a baker's daughter (Luise Rainer), woos a soprano...

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    Joan of Paris (1942)

    A French barmaid (Michele Morgan) distracts the Gestapo so an underground leader (Paul Henreid) can...

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    The Red Pony (1949)

    A lonely boy (Peter Miles) and his father's ranch hand (Robert Mitchum) work together to raise a...

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    True Heart Susie (1919)

    True Heart Susie is one of D.W. Griffith's "pastoral" films, wherein plot takes second place to...

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    Movies

    Noi Vivi (1942)

    Based on the book by Ayn Rand, this Italian film follows the struggles of a young Russian woman,...

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    Il Bandito (1946)

    Filmed in 1946 as Il Bandido, The Bandit came to the U.S. in 1949 on the strength of the worldwide...

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    Movies

    Castle on the Hudson (1940)

    In this remake of the classic prison story 20,000 Years in Sing-Sing, John Garfield plays Tommy...

  • Design for Living picture
    Movies

    Design for Living (1933)

    A worldly woman (Miriam Hopkins) lives with a painter (Gary Cooper) and a playwright (Fredric March)...

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    Face Between

    Bert Lytell stars in a double role of father and son in this confusing drama about love and...

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    Movies

    The Mad Genius (1931)

    A crippled Russian ballet master (John Barrymore) tries to keep his pupil (Donald Cook) away from a...

  • Der Gouverneur picture
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    Der Gouverneur

    Der Gouverneur is based on The Flag, a play by Otto Emmerich Groh. German film favorite Brigitte...

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    Movies

    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums

    Story based on a fictionalized account of the life of a Kabuki actor who owes his artistic...

  • Extreme Sacrifice picture
    TV

    Extreme Sacrifice (1998)

    Explores the theories behind self-sacrifice through three acts of heroism: a Secret Service agent...

  • Race Against Time picture
    TV

    Race Against Time (2000)

    Set in the not-too-distant future, Jim Gabriel makes a deadly pact with the powerful...

  • A Tale of Two Cities picture
    TV

    A Tale of Two Cities (1989)

    A four-part adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale of epic love, set during the French...