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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.8
/480468/
78
/11018/
75
/5816/
3.9
/294977/
81
/213/
90
/82/
76
/38/
cc age 17+

American Gangster (2007)
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
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AMC+ Amazon Channel
70
7.1
/49481/
70
/1073/
68
/794/
3.8
/30552/
67
/138/
75
/1928/
64
/24/

Che: Part One (2008)
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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The Roku Channel
63
6.4
/43043/
69
/1625/
70
/1389/
3.4
/112387/
77
/146/
60
/452/
65
/36/
cc age 17+

Kill Your Darlings (2013)
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
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fuboTV
57
6.4
/5125/
64
/111/
60
/49/
3.3
/3176/
32
/75/
75
/524/
51
/22/

The Baxter (2005)
Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who "wears sock garters" and "enjoys raking leaves." Loved by bosses and parents, Elliot is a perfectly nice guy. And that's his problem.
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Kanopy
55
6.5
/9744/
69
/329/
62
/157/
3.1
/4435/
50
/24/
46
/85/
50
/24/
cc age 13+

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
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72
51
7.3
/2569/
73
/54/
71
/29/
3.4
/957/
80
/5/
71
/98/

Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. John takes out an ad in a newspaper for a mail-order bride, to which the "plain and tall" Sarah Wheaton answers, soon traveling from Maine to Kansas to become John's wife. Despite the love that grows between Sarah and the family, Sarah finds herself homesick, and she must ultimately choose whether or not to stay.
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AMC+
69
49
6.9
/1922/
72
/44/
63
/34/
3.6
/1535/
80
/20/
63
/33/

Lianna (1983)
Lianna's life is a succession of domestic errands and boring faculty parties, however her heaviest cross to bear is dealing with her waning marriage to Dick. In order to find intellectual stimulus, Lianna takes a college extension child-psychology course taught by Ruth. When Lianna catches Dick having an affair with a young coed, she finds comfort and eventually true love in the arms of Ruth. However, this comes with a price as everything in her life is turned upside down.
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49
6.4
/14359/
62
/201/
58
/182/
2.9
/4064/
28
/127/
48
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45
/33/
cc age 15+

Evening (2007)
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.
poster
46
5.5
/12362/
61
/453/
57
/316/
2.9
/11499/
22
/23/
52
/340/
29
/8/

Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
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71
29
7.2
/1192/
73
/34/
70
/20/
3.3
/397/
73
/30/

Skylark (1993)
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
27
7.3
/293/
57
/4/
68
/10/
4.0
/3241/

Vengeance Is Mine (1984)
Unsuccessfully trying to close old family wounds on a trip back to the Rhode Island home of her miserable childhood, a troubled young woman finds her new friendship with a neighbor has her stuck in another family drama.
poster
66
9
7.2
/512/
53
/3/
63
/10/
80
/2/

Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
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Netflix
60
9
6.7
/612/
63
/13/
54
/10/
58
/4/

Too Young The Hero (1988)
TV movie based upon the true story of Calvin Graham, who, as a 12 year old boy, enlisted in the US Navy during WWII.
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10
/1/

Somewhere Else (1987)
A father discovers the electronic game his son has been playing may be a recruiting tool for a maleficent force.
poster
33
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5.8
/152/
10
/1/

Zelda (1993)
Famous 1920s modernist writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre's relationship began quite passionately, but he slowly fell into alcoholism and she was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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35
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5.6
/168/
40
/2/
10
/1/

Me and Veronica (1993)
Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.
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Amazon Prime Video
39
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6.2
/134/
35
/2/
30
/1/
29
/3/

Doing Life (1986)
Tony Danza stars in this prison drama about Jerome "Jerry" Rosenburg, a self-professed "jailhouse lawyer" who defends himself against the homicide charge that has put him on death row. This tense movie, made in Canada, has the feel of a biographical documentary.
poster
52
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6.5
/110/
40
/1/

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984)
A shopkeeper is condemned by the police and the press for sleeping with a suspected terrorist.
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?
80
/1/
65
/2/

Sorry (2020)
A year after Sweet and Sad, the Apple Family again share a meal in Rhinebeck, NY, as they sort through personal and political feelings of loss and confusion on the morning of the day the country will choose the next president. Like the first two plays in this trilogy, Sweet and Sad and That Hopey Changey Thing, Sorry opens on the day that it is set, November 6, 2012: Election Day.
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?
80
/1/

Regular Singing (2020)
The fourth and final play in this captivating series, Regular Singing, opened on November 22, 2013 – the 50th Anniversary of JFK's assassination that shocked the world.
poster
?
100
/1/

What Do We Need to Talk About? (2020)
In the midst of our unsettled world, the Apple Family, last seen in 2014, return, though not over the dinner table, but via Zoom. This hour-long play picks up with them during their now suspended and quarantined lives. They talk about grocery shopping, friends lost, new ventures on a hoped-for horizon—all at a time when human conversation (and theater) may be more needed than ever before.
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?
80
/1/
65
/1/

Sweet and Sad (2020)
The Apple Family finds themselves together again for the first time since Election Night, 2010. Marian, reeling from a personal tragedy, now lives with her sister Barbara; sister Jane is back with her boyfriend Tim; their brother Richard has come up from Manhattan; and Uncle Benjamin prepares for his first dramatic performance in years. Over Sunday brunch on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Apples find themselves talking about loss, memory, remembrance, and the meaning of compensation.
poster
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5.1
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10
/1/
32
/4/
20
/1/

Grand Isle (1991)
A married woman in 1890s Louisiana meets a handsome Creole, reawakening her sexual desires, and is tempted into an affair with the man.
poster
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5.6
/90/
30
/2/
70
/5/

Rachel River (1988)
A divorced mother pursues her career as a radio personality in rural Minnesota.
poster
62
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6.1
/342/
45
/6/
76
/8/
3.3
/262/

Developing (1995)
About the relationship between a girl and her single mother, who has breast cancer.
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80
/1/

That Hopey Changey Thing (2020)
Set on election day, November 2, 2010. Uncle Benjamin’s dog has died, and his nieces and nephew have gathered for dinner in Rhinebeck, New York, to surprise him with a new one. While the polls close, the Apple Family discusses memory, manners, and politics.
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48
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4.9
/191/
45
/4/
51
/6/

We Only Know So Much (2018)
A married woman has an affair with a suicidal lover while caring for her husband's sick relatives.


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