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Kanopy
82
7.5
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/2287/
3.8
/107170/
99
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86
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79
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cc age 13+

Selma (2014)
"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.
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MGM Plus
82
IMDb 58
8.7
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86
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84
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4.4
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73
/375/
87
/14180/
74
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cc age 11+

Interstellar (2014)
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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80
7.3
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72
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3.6
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89
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80
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87
/45/
cc age 13+

Lincoln (2012)
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
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78
7.6
/204666/
75
/3721/
74
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87
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89
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74
/36/
cc age 17+

The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
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Disney Plus
78
7.4
/19845/
79
/1422/
72
/459/
3.6
/19468/
94
/188/
86
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73
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cc age 10+

Queen of Katwe (2016)
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
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FXNow
77
8.1
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81
/12239/
82
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3.9
/642329/
75
/231/
89
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62
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cc age 12+

The Help (2011)
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
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Hulu
75
7.6
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76
/24385/
73
/12501/
3.7
/886001/
82
/269/
77
/14773/
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/39/
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.
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Fandango at Home Free
73
6.9
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68
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/227/
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A Most Violent Year (2014)
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
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Peacock Premium
72
7.2
/123233/
75
/4495/
73
/2979/
3.4
/55558/
72
/199/
78
/3088/
65
/47/
cc age 13+

The Butler (2013)
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
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Kanopy
70
6.6
/2121/
66
/81/
60
/29/
3.5
/2425/
88
/51/
65
/40/
75
/21/

Middle of Nowhere (2012)
When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
70
6.9
/17666/
74
/1118/
67
/527/
3.3
/10141/
83
/161/
77
/160/
65
/41/
cc age 12+

A United Kingdom (2016)
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
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The Roku Channel
67
5.6
/4857/
62
/622/
61
/251/
2.8
/3914/
78
/74/
69
/10/
68
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cc age 10+

The Water Man (2020)
Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. When they go missing, Gunner's father Amos must immerse himself in his son's world to find them.
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Hulu
65
6.5
/72901/
65
/3663/
63
/1252/
3.2
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75
/200/
69
/290/
60
/40/
cc age 13+

See How They Run (2022)
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
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Kanopy
65
7.0
/388540/
72
/19810/
66
/7466/
3.2
/214802/
64
/181/
67
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/36/
cc age 15+

Jack Reacher (2012)
One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
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FXNow
62
6.2
/16631/
68
/1619/
70
/869/
2.6
/37878/
68
/75/
89
/663/
43
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cc age 7+

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)
Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an older rabbit who ropes him into a heist.
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Hulu
60
5.7
/8057/
64
/775/
58
/124/
3.1
/32199/
65
/118/
80
/179/
57
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cc age 14+

The Book of Clarence (2024)
Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by the power and glory of the rising Messiah and His apostles, he risks everything to carve his own path to a divine life, and ultimately discovers that the redemptive power of belief may be his only way out.
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Netflix
60
6.4
/15411/
70
/1156/
68
/433/
3.0
/12716/
42
/90/
79
/273/
49
/22/
cc age 15+

Don't Let Go (2019)
A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs.
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Netflix
57
56
6.2
/8407/
63
/389/
55
/85/
2.4
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The After (2024)
After losing a family member to a violent crime, a shattered rideshare driver picks up a passenger that forces him to confront his grief.
poster
56
5.9
/38450/
69
/1532/
66
/669/
2.8
/14574/
41
/135/
57
/2734/
46
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cc age 13+

Red Tails (2012)
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
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Kanopy
54
6.6
/78680/
66
/1555/
63
/1106/
3.0
/16284/
20
/124/
58
/5292/
40
/34/
cc age 18+

Derailed (2005)
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
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Amazon Prime Video
54
6.1
/33550/
66
/2728/
59
/784/
2.7
/15096/
40
/133/
38
/193/
46
/33/
cc age 17+

Gringo (2018)
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.
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FXNow
53
5.7
/62809/
63
/6326/
65
/2494/
2.4
/91047/
21
/155/
71
/443/
38
/32/
cc age 14+

Chaos Walking (2021)
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
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78
53
6.9
/1120/
72
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64
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100

The Tiger Who Came to Tea (2022)
On a rainy day, a mother and daughter forego a trip to the park to bake pastries and partake in a two-person tea party when an unexpected guest menacingly invites himself into the house and ransacks the food and drink in the house.
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The Roku Channel
67
52
6.5
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61
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2.7
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cc age 12+

A Raisin in the Sun (2008)
Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.
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Netflix
52
5.7
/41624/
55
/1074/
55
/794/
2.8
/24066/
45
/143/
33
/860/
45
/38/
cc age 18+

The Paperboy (2012)
A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.
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Netflix
50
5.7
/93527/
59
/5734/
57
/1962/
2.5
/77323/
49
/251/
27
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58
/42/
cc age 13+

The Midnight Sky (2020)
A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
65
49
6.4
/2137/
61
/69/
59
/53/
3.4
/1175/
82
/22/
61
/37/

Nightingale (2014)
A dangerously unstable man addresses the unseen followers of his video log about his obsession with an old army buddy.
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Disney Plus
47
4.3
/49644/
58
/5098/
51
/1838/
2.1
/87395/
43
/342/
26
/2414/
53
/52/
cc age 10+

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
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fuboTV
47
5.4
/7501/
61
/703/
57
/284/
2.5
/1825/
28
/50/
44
/105/
36
/19/
cc age 16+

Captive (2015)
Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
53
46
6.0
/4040/
55
/79/
57
/98/
2.9
/3161/
42
/12/
49
/421/
cc age 13+

As You Like It (2006)
Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.
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Amazon Prime Video
44
5.5
/20297/
62
/2914/
59
/612/
2.3
/23876/
25
/48/
42
/142/
38
/11/
cc age 16+

Role Play (2023)
Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey – she also has a secret life as an assassin for hire – a secret that her husband David discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role play.
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Netflix
44
5.5
/119971/
61
/10486/
56
/3475/
2.3
/157450/
22
/157/
41
/1251/
37
/27/
cc age 14+

The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
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Amazon Prime Video
43
5.7
/6291/
52
/470/
58
/311/
2.4
/4707/
29
/69/
49
/50/
40
/17/
cc age 11+

Come Away (2020)
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
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Amazon Prime Video
43
4.9
/953/
52
/70/
51
/39/
3.0
/471/
26
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30
/12/
45
/16/
cc age 14+

Five Nights in Maine (2016)
A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.
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The Roku Channel
54
43
5.7
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59
/151/
57
/88/
3.1
/492/
53
/17/
45
/53/
51
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96 Minutes (2011)
The story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the 4 kids, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.
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The Roku Channel
56
39
5.9
/4003/
59
/107/
53
/74/
3.1
/483/
51
/290/

The Best Man (2005)
When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start to look up when Olly's college pal James asks him to be the best man at his wedding. Prior to the nuptials, Olly is drawn to a woman whom he thinks is the bride's sister -- only she turns out to be the bride, Sarah. Can Murray, who dislikes James, help get Sarah and Olly together?
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Hoopla
35
4.3
/21609/
51
/629/
48
/427/
2.0
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/98/
18
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24
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cc age 13+

A Sound of Thunder (2005)
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.
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Hoopla
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35
5.4
/3180/
66
/429/
52
/88/
2.4
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2
/41/
25
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27
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cc age 15+

Nina (2016)
The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
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47
25
4.7
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/31/
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3.1
/549/
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Rage (2009)
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.
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Hoopla
64
21
6.7
/722/
60
/12/
63
/13/
3.0
/372/
73
/24/

Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.
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Amazon Prime Video
60
12
6.6
/654/
66
/3/
50
/14/
61
/7/

Born Equal (2006)
Four characters living in one neighbourhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all of them on the edge - see their stories unfold.
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The Roku Channel
61
10
6.2
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/25/
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/13/
3.2
/224/
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/1/

Complicit (2013)
An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?
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6.2
/96/

American Blend
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10
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The Return of the Rocketeer
Set six years after the original Rocketeer and after Cliff Secord has vanished while fighting the Nazis, an unlikely new hero emerges: a young African American female pilot, who takes up the mantle of Rocketeer in an attempt to stop an ambitious and corrupt rocket scientist from stealing jet-pack technology in what could prove to be a turning point in the Cold War.
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6.2
/44/

Brave Girl Rising (2019)
Brave Girl Rising tells how a courageous girl, inspired by the magical dreams of her mother and the sisterhood of her friends, succeeds in getting the education she deserves.
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20
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National Theatre Live: Coriolanus (2025)
Unrivalled in the art of war, undefeated on the field of battle, Coriolanus is Rome’s greatest soldier. When a legendary victory brings the opportunity of high office, he is persuaded to stand for election. But while populist politicians tell the people what they want to hear, Coriolanus refuses to play the game. As Rome’s most celebrated warrior becomes its most dangerous enemy, the future of the city and its hero hang in the balance.
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Paramount+ Amazon Channel
52
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6.5
/58/
66
/12/
10
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70
/3/

Becoming King (2024)
An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo’s journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and intimate home videos, Becoming King is a story of faith, friendship and a destiny fulfilled.
poster
69
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6.9
/224/
68
/15/
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/5/
3.3
/372/

Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around (2013)
Cast and crew speak on adapting One Shot as the first Jack Reacher film, casting Tom Cruise, earning Lee Child's blessing, additional character qualities and the performances that shape them, Lee Child's cameo in the film, and shooting the film's climax.


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