An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
Whoopi Goldberg,
Danny Glover,
Margaret Avery,
Oprah Winfrey,
Willard E. Pugh,
Akosua Busia,
Desreta Jackson
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By NY Times on July 5, 2023
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics, and colleagues on an exploration of race, history, the United States, and the human condition.
Toni Morrison,
Oprah Winfrey,
Angela Davis,
Robert Gottlieb,
Fran Lebowitz,
Hilton Als,
Russell Banks
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Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience.
Desiree Akhavan,
Rebecca Henderson,
Halley Feiffer,
Ryan Fitzsimmons,
Anh Duong,
Hooman Majd,
Arian Moayed
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Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
Jeff Bridges,
Hailee Steinfeld,
Matt Damon,
Josh Brolin,
Barry Pepper,
Domhnall Gleeson,
Bruce Green
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Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
Al Pacino,
John Cazale,
Charles Durning,
Chris Sarandon,
James Broderick,
William Bogert,
Penelope Allen
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A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Cleavon Little,
Gene Wilder,
Slim Pickens,
Harvey Korman,
Madeline Kahn,
Mel Brooks,
Burton Gilliam
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Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.
Susan Sarandon,
Geena Davis,
Harvey Keitel,
Michael Madsen,
Christopher McDonald,
Brad Pitt,
Stephen Tobolowsky
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Paramount Plus
2023-09-14.
Leaving 2024-08-31.
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Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Laurence Fishburne,
Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Ice Cube,
Morris Chestnut,
Angela Bassett,
Nia Long,
Tyra Ferrell
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Rodeo cowboy Jack and ranch hand Ennis are hired as sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, they spark a physical relationship. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider, they keep up their tortured, sporadic love affair for 20 years.
Heath Ledger,
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Michelle Williams,
Anne Hathaway,
Randy Quaid,
Linda Cardellini,
Anna Faris
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Amazon Prime
2023-07-25.
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The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Michael B. Jordan,
Sylvester Stallone,
Tessa Thompson,
Phylicia Rashād,
Andre Ward,
Tony Bellew,
Ritchie Coster
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Amazon Prime
2023-02-09.
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In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
Denzel Washington,
Tom Sizemore,
Jennifer Beals,
Don Cheadle,
Maury Chaykin,
Terry Kinney,
Mel Winkler
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As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
Simon Pegg,
Nick Frost,
Jim Broadbent,
Paddy Considine,
Rafe Spall,
Kevin Eldon,
Olivia Colman
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A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
James Stewart,
Donna Reed,
Lionel Barrymore,
Thomas Mitchell,
Henry Travers,
Beulah Bondi,
Frank Faylen
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At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.
Aubrey Plaza,
Christopher Abbott,
Sarah Gadon,
Paola Lázaro,
Grantham Coleman,
Lindsay Burdge,
Lou Gonzalez
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Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Tom Hanks,
Denzel Washington,
Jason Robards,
Mary Steenburgen,
Antonio Banderas,
Ron Vawter,
Robert Ridgely
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After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Bradley Cooper,
Jennifer Lawrence,
Robert De Niro,
Jacki Weaver,
Chris Tucker,
Anupam Kher,
John Ortiz
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Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Jack Lemmon,
Shirley MacLaine,
Fred MacMurray,
Ray Walston,
Jack Kruschen,
David Lewis,
Hope Holiday
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A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Robert Redford,
Faye Dunaway,
Cliff Robertson,
Max von Sydow,
John Houseman,
Addison Powell,
Walter McGinn
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An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.
Cary Grant,
Grace Kelly,
Jessie Royce Landis,
John Williams,
Charles Vanel,
Brigitte Auber,
Jean Martinelli
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A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
Shia LaBeouf,
Zack Gottsagen,
Dakota Johnson,
Thomas Haden Church,
John Hawkes,
Bruce Dern,
Jon Bernthal
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Netflix
2023-04-10.
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Dustin Hoffman turns in a landmark performance as a naïve college graduate who is seduced by a middle-aged neighbor in this Oscar-winning classic.
Anne Bancroft,
Dustin Hoffman,
William Daniels,
Katharine Ross,
Elizabeth Wilson,
Murray Hamilton,
Brian Avery,
Buck Henry,
Norman Fell,
Walter Brooke
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From the segregated American South to the fashion capitals of the world, operatic fashion editor André Leon Talley's life and career are on full display, in a poignant portrait that includes appearances by Anna Wintour, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Bethann Hardison, Valentino, and Manolo Blahnik.
André Leon Talley,
Anna Wintour,
Marc Jacobs,
Tom Ford,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Diane von Fürstenberg,
Manolo Blahnik
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After more than 30 years as one of the Navy's top aviators, Maverick trains a group of Top Gun graduates for a specialized — and dangerous — mission.
Tom Cruise,
Miles Teller,
Jennifer Connelly,
Jon Hamm,
Glen Powell,
Ed Harris,
Val Kilmer
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An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Yul Brynner,
Eli Wallach,
Steve McQueen,
Charles Bronson,
Robert Vaughn,
Brad Dexter,
James Coburn
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In exchange for freedom to live a normal life, a trained assassin begins a 10-year service as a sleeper agent for a government's secret organization.
Ha-kyun Shin,
Joon Sung,
Seo-hyeong Kim,
Eun-ji Jo,
Ok-bin Kim,
Ye-Ji Min,
Jun Sung,
Kim Seo-hyung,
Cho Eun-ji,
Min Ye-Ji,
Shin Ha-gyun,
Kim Ok-vin,
Sung Jun
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A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
Peter Falk,
Ann-Margret,
Eileen Brennan,
Sid Caesar,
Stockard Channing,
James Coco,
Dom DeLuise
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As a zombie outbreak sweeps the country, a dad and his daughter take a harrowing train journey in an attempt to reach the only city that's still safe.
Yoo Gong,
Dong-seok Ma,
Sohee,
Eui-sung Kim,
Woo-sik Choi,
Soo-an Kim,
Yu-mi Jeong,
Yu-mi Jung,
Ma Dong-seok,
Jung Seok-yong,
Kim Soo-an,
Kim Eui-sung,
Choi Woo-shik,
Jung Yu-mi,
Gong Yoo,
Chang-hwan Kim,
An So-hee,
Ye Soo-jung,
Yeon Sang-ho,
Yeon Sang-ho
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In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Robert Mitchum,
Shelley Winters,
Lillian Gish,
James Gleason,
Evelyn Varden,
Peter Graves,
Don Beddoe
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The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
Alana Haim,
Cooper Hoffman,
Sean Penn,
Tom Waits,
Bradley Cooper,
Benny Safdie,
Skyler Gisondo
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Amazon Prime
2023-10-30.
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Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
Alexander Skarsgård,
Nicole Kidman,
Claes Bang,
Ethan Hawke,
Anya Taylor-Joy,
Gustav Lindh,
Elliott Rose
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A once-promising baseball player who was denied a shot at the big leagues because of his race comes to terms with his life in 1950s Pittsburgh.
Denzel Washington,
Viola Davis,
Stephen Henderson,
Jovan Adepo,
Saniyya Sidney,
Russell Hornsby,
Mykelti Williamson
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Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.
George Segal,
Elliott Gould,
Ann Prentiss,
Gwen Welles,
Edward Walsh,
Joseph Walsh,
Bert Remsen
Rachel is a quick-witted and lovable stay-at-home mom. Frustrated with the realities of preschool auctions, a lacklustre sex life and career that's gone kaput, she visits a strip club to spice up her marriage and meets McKenna, a stripper she adopts as her live-in nanny.
Kathryn Hahn,
Juno Temple,
Josh Radnor,
Jane Lynch,
Annie Mumolo,
Jessica St. Clair,
John Kapelos
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Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. However, Lydia's elaborate facade begins to unravel, revealing dirty secrets and the corrosive nature of power.
Cate Blanchett,
Nina Hoss,
Noémie Merlant,
Sophie Kauer,
Julian Glover,
Mark Strong,
Sylvia Flote
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Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.
Pam Grier,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Robert De Niro,
Bridget Fonda,
Michael Keaton,
Robert Forster,
Michael Bowen
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In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Kurt Russell,
Lee Van Cleef,
Ernest Borgnine,
Donald Pleasence,
Isaac Hayes,
Season Hubley,
Harry Dean Stanton
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"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
David Oyelowo,
Tom Wilkinson,
Carmen Ejogo,
Tim Roth,
Oprah Winfrey,
Giovanni Ribisi,
Alessandro Nivola
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A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Adepero Oduye,
Pernell Walker,
Aasha Davis,
Kim Wayans,
Charles Parnell,
Sahra Mellesse,
Rob Morgan
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Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Tim Robbins,
Morgan Freeman,
Bob Gunton,
William Sadler,
Clancy Brown,
Gil Bellows,
James Whitmore
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2022-04-05.
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Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, but while there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just looks.
Reese Witherspoon,
Luke Wilson,
Matthew Davis,
Selma Blair,
Victor Garber,
Jennifer Coolidge,
Ali Larter
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Paramount Plus
2023-10-10.
Leaving 2024-09-30.
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Young Treasury Agent Eliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jim Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.
Kevin Costner,
Sean Connery,
Charles Martin Smith,
Andy García,
Robert De Niro,
Richard Bradford,
Jack Kehoe
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In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Vin Diesel,
Eli Marienthal,
Jennifer Aniston,
Harry Connick Jr.,
James Gammon,
Cloris Leachman,
Christopher McDonald
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After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Tommy Lee Jones,
Will Smith,
Linda Fiorentino,
Vincent D'Onofrio,
Rip Torn,
Tony Shalhoub,
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
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Netflix
2023-09-13.
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When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Paul Newman,
George Kennedy,
Luke Askew,
Morgan Woodward,
Harry Dean Stanton,
Dennis Hopper,
Lou Antonio
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Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.
Al Pacino,
John Randolph,
Jack Kehoe,
Biff McGuire,
Barbara Eda-Young,
Cornelia Sharpe,
Tony Roberts
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The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.
Terence Stamp,
Lesley Ann Warren,
Luis Guzmán,
Barry Newman,
Joe Dallesandro,
Nicky Katt,
Peter Fonda
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Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Amy Adams,
Jeremy Renner,
Forest Whitaker,
Michael Stuhlbarg,
Tzi Ma,
Mark O'Brien,
Julia Scarlett Dan
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