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Drama, drama film
In England during World War II, the rough collie Lassie and her mischievous pup Laddie are devoted to their young master, Joe Carraclough, who is training in the Royal Air Force. Joe's father Sam is kennel man for the Duke of Rudling, and …
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fantasy film
Preteen Martin "Moochie" Daniels wants a dog, but his dad, Ron, is allergic to canines, like Bundles, the Old English Sheepdog of neighbor Charlie Mulvihill & his niece Francesca, who secretly trained his pet to help him steal jewels. Mooc…
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live-action/animated film
Kathy Lane, a reporter, goes to Theodor Geisel's La Jolla, California, home and meets a strange character. Kathy tells him that the editor of The Ferncrest Times demands from her an article on Dr. Seuss.
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comedy film, heist film
Lieutenant Jordan, U.S. Coast Guard, responds to a number of pleas for help from civilian pleasure boat sailors around Southern California's Balboa Island. This type of event is typical of what the Coast Guard deals with on a regular basis…
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comedy drama
In the small West Texas hamlet of Dancer, four friends (Keller, Terrell, John, and Squirrel) have just graduated high school and are weighing the decision to leave for Los Angeles. The young men made a pact to leave long ago, but their fam…
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Drama, drama film
In a London karaoke bar some time around 1987, Maggie Conlan, a woman with a troubled past, meets Paraguayan immigrant Jorge and has a drink with him. She confesses to Jorge (whom she calls George) that her four children, all with differen…
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musical film
In 1981, aspiring vocalist Olivia King performs at a small lounge in Atlanta. Following her performance, she is approached by a music executive who advises her of the myriad opportunities awaiting her in the larger music market of New York…
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Cartoon, family film, romantic comedy film, short film
Linus becomes infatuated with his teacher, Miss Othmar, and purchases a large, heart-shaped box of chocolates as a token of affection. Sally misinterprets his actions, assuming the gift is for her, and begins preparing a valentine in retur…
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Pirate Film, adventure film, pirate film
The movie is set some time after the events of Treasure Island. Long John Silver and crew are broke and bumming around Portobello (a fictional port in the British West Indies). Long John has a map to a second treasure cache on Treasure Isl…
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Fantasy, Komödie, Satire On War
A bank manager speaks with teller Peter Stirling, who has been attracting public attention, and Stirling relates his story in a flashback. Stirling, a second lieutenant, is caught behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II. A talki…
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Family Comedy, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, comedy film
Kate and Alex are a couple living in a New York City apartment with their teenage daughter, Abby. Kate and Alex own a furniture store specializing in used modern furniture, which they buy at estate sales. They have bought the apartment adj…
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Drama, drama film
thumb|right|Robert Tudawali appeared as Marbuck in Jedda Jedda is an Aboriginal girl born on a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. After her mother dies giving birth to her, the child is brought to Sarah McMann, the wife…
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Road Movie, comedy drama
Carlton Garrett is the adult son of baseball legend Kyle Garrett and a minor-league baseball player with the Corpus Christi, Texas Hooks. One night, after another game in which he continues to slump at the plate, Carlton gets a phone call …
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Adventure, family film
Kyle Keeley is an imaginative young boy who loves to solve puzzles created by game designer Luigi Lemoncello. One day, Lemoncello unveils his newest creation: a high tech library in which he selects twelve young children to solve puzzles a…
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Family Drama, drama film
In 1930's Rotterdam, A.B. Dreverhaven, a dreaded bailiff, is found dead, with a knife stuck in his stomach. The obvious suspect is Jacob Willem Katadreuffe, an ambitious young lawyer who worked his way up from poverty, always managing to o…
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Cartoon
One dark night, Bugs Bunny pokes up out of his rabbit hole, dressed in a nightshirt and holding a candle, and asks the audience, "Did you ever have the feeling you were being watched?" In fact, he is being watched by a mad scientist (a car…
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drama film
The film's story revolves around a doctor with a haunting past. He witnessed his wife and five-year-old son die in an explosion at a market in Delhi. Now working at a prison hospital, the doctor is assigned the case of a woman in critical …
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Horror, Thriller, comedy horror
An impatient uncle attempts to calm his rambunctious nephew by telling him three horror stories. The first story tells about a fisherman's son who is sold as a slave to two witches that are trying to resurrect their sister. The second stor…
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Adventure, adventure film, biographical film, swashbuckler film
Set in the late 1580s, the film very loosely follows the real-life exploits of the 16th-century Irish prince Hugh Roe "Red Hugh" O'Donnell. The story begins when Hugh's father, the Chief of the Name, dies, leaving his son as Chief of Clan …
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Christmas film, Family Drama, Romance Film
Holly Nagle has not spoken a word since her mother died in a tragic car accident. Her uncle, and legal guardian, Mark Nagle, decides that it's time for him and Holly to start a new life. They do this by moving from Seattle to Friday Harbor…
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drama film, survival film
In 1902, John, his wife Maida and their infant son David are the only survivors of a ship that crashes into the rocky beach of an uncharted island during a violent storm. By 1912, David, now a seemingly happy 12-year-old boy, begins to ent…
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Drama, Family Drama, drama film
In a small town in Sweden, Karin is a housewife, married to a hospital physician named Andreas and bringing up their two children. Visiting the clinic where her mother is ill, she finds her dead. David, an American archaeologist sees her o…
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LGBTQ-related film, documentary film
Paul becomes a high achiever: a high school football hero, socially popular, named "best looking," and the class valedictorian. Paul however, since kindergarten, has felt that something was askew with the male gender that was assigned at b…
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Family Comedy, Komödie, comedy drama
Robert Axle, a New Orleans–based infomercial guru, loses it all when one of his inventions maims thousands of customers. After eight years in a maximum-security prison, Axle is ready to redeem his name and rebuild his billion-dollar empire…
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