Ridicule (1996)
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
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Richard III (1955)
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
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84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.
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The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
Decades after ending World War II by assassinating Adolf Hitler in an undercover operation, unsung American hero Calvin Barr is called upon by the government to hunt down the fabled Bigfoot, the carrier of a deadly plague that could destroy humanity.
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Badlapur (2015)
Raghu begins walking a fine line between good and evil as he exacts violent revenge on two criminals who killed his family 15 years ago.
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Comrades (1986)
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of nineteenth century English farm laborers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
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The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
In 1944, the residents of a small Italian town under Axis control flee their homes to seek out the liberating Allied forces.
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The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
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Ladybird, Ladybird (1994)
This Ken Loach docu-drama relates the story of a British woman's fight with Social Services over the care of her children. Maggie has a history of bouncing from one abusive relationship to another. She has four children, of four different fathers, who came to the attention of Social Services when they were injured in a fire. Subsequently, Maggie was found to be an "un...Read all
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