La Strada (1954)
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
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My Man Godfrey (1936)
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
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Padman (2018)
Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)
An Indian man with a magnanimous heart takes a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family.
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The Martian (2015)
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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Sing Street (2016)
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
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Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
Using only a hammer and a chisel, a man spends twenty-two years carving a road through a treacherous mountain.
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.
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