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Biographical picture, Coming Of Age, Destiny, biographical film, drama film, film based on a book
In 1932, Christy Brown is born into a Dublin family of 15. Doctors discover he has severe cerebral palsy. Christy is unable to walk or talk.
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Computeranimation, Fantasy, Musical, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, family film, fantasy film, musical film
King Magnifico and his wife, Queen Amaya, establish the kingdom of Rosas on an island in the Mediterranean Sea. Having studied sorcery, Magnifico is able to grant the greatest desires of his subjects, but they have to give up the memory of…
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Psychological Thriller, Thriller, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, neo-noir, teen film, thriller film
16-year-old Nicole Walker lives in the suburbs of Seattle with her father, Steve, his new wife, Laura, and Laura's son, Toby. While she is at a café with her best friend, Margo Masse, and their friend, Gary Rohmer, Nicole meets David McCal…
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Christmas film, Family Comedy, Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, comedy film, fantasy film
Scott Calvin, a 37-year-old marketing director for a toy company based in Lakeside, Illinois and divorced father, prepares to spend Christmas Eve with his young son, eight-year-old Charlie. He wants Charlie to maintain his belief in Santa …
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Family Drama, Psychological Thriller, Southern Gothic film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In Southeast Georgia, Max Cady is released from prison after serving an eight-year sentence for rape. He promptly tracks down Sam Bowden, an attorney whom he holds personally responsible for his conviction because Bowden interrupted his at…
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Christmas film, Family Drama, Fantasy, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film
On the morning of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the man playing Santa Claus is drunk. An old man named Kris Kringle indignantly complains to event director Doris Walker. Doris persuades Kris to play Santa in the parade.
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Coming Of Age, Dance Film, Family Drama, Komödie, Social Drama, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 1984, Billy Elliot is an 11-year-old from the fictional Everington in County Durham, England. He lives with his widowed father, Jackie, and older brother, Tony, both coal miners out on strike (the latter being the union delegate), and h…
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Family Comedy, children's film, comedy film
Tom Baker is a football coach at a small rural college in the fictional town of Midland, Illinois, where he raised twelve children. His wife, Kate, has written her story in a book and hopes to send it to her friend for publication. One day…
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Biographical picture, Coming Of Age, Destiny, Family Drama, biographical film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, sport film, teen film
Teenager Jim Carroll is a drug-addicted high school basketball player who regularly gets into mischief with his friends Pedro, Mickey and Neutron on the streets of New York City and at school. Outside of basketball, Jim shows an artistic i…
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Biographical picture, Conspiracy Thriller, Family Drama, Justice Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
CBS producer Lowell Bergman convinces the founder of Hezbollah, Sheikh Fadlallah, to grant an interview to Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes. Wallace and Bergman firmly stand their ground against the Sheikh's armed and hostile bodyguards, who at…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, Treasure Hunting, adventure film, buddy film, comedy film, fantasy film, musical film
In 1519 Spain, con-artists Tulio and Miguel win gold and a map to the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado, in a rigged dice gamble against some sailors (though they win the map fairly after Tulio was given normal dice from one of the opponen…
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Drama, Western, Western film, drama film
Around 1848, Mexican War veteran Jeremiah Johnson takes up the life of a mountain man, supporting himself in the Rocky Mountains as a trapper. His first winter in mountain country is difficult, and he has a run-in with Paints-His-Shirt-Red…
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Romance Film, drama film, romance film
Oliver Barrett IV, heir of an upper-class family, attends Harvard College, where he majors in social studies and plays ice hockey. He meets Jennifer "Jenny" Cavilleri, a quick-witted, working-class Radcliffe College student majoring in cla…
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Romantic Comedy, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, teen film
High school senior Andie Walsh lives with her underemployed working-class father, Jack, in the Chicago suburb of Elgin. Her best friend, a fellow outsider named Philip "Duckie" Dale, is in love with her, but is afraid to tell her how he tr…
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Komödie, Super Hero
In 1974 in Upstate New York, young Thaddeus Sivana is riding in a car with his abusive father and elder brother Sid during a snowstorm, while being constantly mocked and verbally harassed by both of them. He is suddenly transported to the …
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Family Drama, Psychological Thriller, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, thriller film
Ten-year-old Mark Evans has recently lost his mother, Janice. Before leaving on a business trip to Tokyo, Mark's father, Jack, transports him from Arizona to his Uncle Wallace and Aunt Susan's house in Rock Harbor, Maine, where he will sta…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
In Moose Lake, Minnesota, a crate containing a young, orphaned, male blue macaw that was smuggled out of Brazil falls from a truck and is found by Linda Gunderson, who names him Blu. Fifteen years later, Blu is highly domesticated, but has…
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Cartoon, Coming Of Age, drama film, family film
In 1885 Shostka, Russian Empire, the Mousekewitzes are a Russian-Jewish family of mice who live with a human family named Moskowitz. While celebrating Hanukkah, Papa gives his kashket to his son, Fievel, and tells him about the United Stat…
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Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, slapstick
Two years after the events of the first film, Larry Daley leaves his job as night guard at the Museum of Natural History to start a company selling his own inventions on direct response television. He visits the museum and learns that most…
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Animation, Computeranimation, Fantasy, Ghost-House-Movies, Horror comedy, children's film, comedy horror, detective film, family film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, independent film, thriller film
On the day before Halloween, young Dustin James "D.J." Walters spies on his elderly neighbor, Horace Nebbercracker, who is known for frightening children off his property and confiscating their belongings. D.J.'s parents leave town for a c…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, crime film, family film
In the Southside Reef, Oscar is a lonely bluestreak cleaner wrasse who, in his childhood, dreamed of being a tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash like his father until he was cruelly mocked for it. Since working at the wash, Oscar now w…
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Fantasy, Komödie, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, teen film
At the top of the Empire State Building, Zeus meets his brother Poseidon. Zeus accuses Poseidon's demigod son, Percy Jackson, of stealing his master lightning bolt. Poseidon reminds him that Percy is unaware of his true identity.
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Action Comedy, Adventure, Computeranimation, action film, adventure film, comedy film, family film, flashback film, kung fu film, wuxia
In the Valley of Peace province of Ancient China, the red panda Master Shifu learns from his mentor, the tortoise Master Oogway, that the snow leopard Tai Lung will escape from imprisonment and attempt to acquire the Dragon Scroll, an arti…
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Action, action film, fantasy film, sword-and-sandal film
Hercules leads a band of mercenaries composed of king-turned-prophet Amphiaraus of Argos, thief Autolycus of Sparta, mute and feral barbarian Tydeus of Thebes, Amazon archer Atalanta of Scythia, and storyteller and nephew to Hercules, Iola…
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