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Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1959 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsucc...

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Battleground

Battleground

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1949 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already see...

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Father Goose

Father Goose

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1964 IMDB Rating: 7.3

During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run...

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Tender Mercies

Tender Mercies

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

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The Crying Game

The Crying Game

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promi...

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An American in Paris

An American in Paris

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Film Age rating: 1 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French sin...

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Belfast

Belfast

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2021 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, h...

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Gosford Park

Gosford Park

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 7.2

In 1930’s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a...

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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1947 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nu...

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Moonstruck

Moonstruck

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1987 IMDB Rating: 7.1

No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ron...

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