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The Jack Bull

The Jack Bull

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1999 IMDB Rating: 6.8

The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy...

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Sudden Fury

Sudden Fury

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1993 IMDB Rating: 6.4

A teenage boy finds his mother and father murdered in their home but as the story goes on he reveals he knows more than he is letting on.

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The Man Who Captured Eichmann

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 6.4

Set in 1960, the story follows the efforts of the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service, to find former SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who ran from Germany to Argentina and took the name Ricardo Clement. He...

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Geek Charming

Geek Charming

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 6.3

Film geek Josh is looking for the subject of his new documentary when a chance meeting puts the perfect star in his sights—Dylan, his school's most popular junior. But Dylan's hopes of using the film...

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21 Hours at Munich

21 Hours at Munich

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 6.3

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

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Word of Honor

Word of Honor

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 6.3

Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand tr...

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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

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Film Age rating: 4 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 6.3

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that a...

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Story of a Girl

Story of a Girl

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 6.2

When a compromising video of sixteen-year-old Deanna Lambert hits social media, her teenage life is changed forever. Overcoming bullies, hurtful school-yard taunts and the enduring rage and disappoint...

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The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 6.2

A prospector, a trapper and their sled dog battle the Klondike elements on their journey to get to the gold country.

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Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story

Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 6.1

The story of the 60s pop group The Monkees, as they rise above their status as a band created for a TV show, to establishing their legacy in their own right. The band faces many obstacles, among them...

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