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Born Free

Born Free

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Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1966 IMDB Rating: 7.2

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smalle...

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Peyton Place

Peyton Place

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 7.2

In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by...

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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

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Film Age rating: 3 Year: 2002 IMDB Rating: 7.2

As a wild stallion travels across the frontiers of the Old West, he befriends a young human and finds true love with a mare.

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The Croods

The Croods

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Film Age rating: 4 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.2

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in...

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Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest,...

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Shooter

Shooter

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 7.1

A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government officia...

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Spaceballs

Spaceballs

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1987 IMDB Rating: 7.1

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Y...

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Tremors

Tremors

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1990 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's pick...

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Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1989 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older...

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a lo...

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