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The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament in 19th century England, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
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Ioan Gruffudd |
Romola Garai |
Benedict Cumberbatch |
Albert Finney |
Michael Gambon |
Rufus Sewell |
Youssou N'Dour |
Ciarán Hinds |
Toby Jones |
Nicholas Farrell |
Sylvestra Le Touzel |
Jeremy Swift |
Stephen Campbell Moore |
Bill Paterson |
Nicholas Day |
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Michael Apted |
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The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
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Adventure |
Drama |
History |
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Mel Gibson |
Anthony Hopkins |
Laurence Olivier |
Edward Fox |
Daniel Day-Lewis |
Bernard Hill |
Philip Davis |
Liam Neeson |
Wi Kuki Kaa |
Tevaite Vernette |
Philip Martin Brown |
Simon Chandler |
Malcolm Terris |
Simon Adams |
John Sessions |
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Roger Donaldson |
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Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
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Adventure |
Comedy |
Fantasy |
Horror |
Thriller |
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Monica Bellucci |
Petr Ratimec |
Barbora Lukesová |
Anna Rust |
Jeremy Robson |
Matt Damon |
Heath Ledger |
Radim Kalvoda |
Martin Hofmann |
Josef Pepa Nos |
Harry Gilliam |
Miroslav Táborský |
Roger Ashton-Griffiths |
Marika Sarah Procházková |
Mackenzie Crook |
Richard Ridings |
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Terry Gilliam |
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It hadn't even been a year since a plantation owner named Louis had lost his brother, and now he had lost his will to live. A vampire named Lestat takes a liking to Louis and offers him the chance to become a creature of the night: a vampire. Louis accepts, and Lestat drains Louis' mortal blood and then replaces it with his own turning Louis into a vampire. Louis must learn from Lestat the ways of the vampire.
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Drama |
Fantasy |
Horror |
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Tom Cruise |
Brad Pitt |
Kirsten Dunst |
Stephen Rea |
Antonio Banderas |
Christian Slater |
Virginia McCollam |
John McConnell |
Mike Seelig |
Bellina Logan |
Thandie Newton |
Indra Ové |
Helen McCrory |
Lyla Hay Owen |
Lee E. Scharfstein |
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Neil Jordan |
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Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Crime |
Drama |
Romance |
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Liam Neeson |
Geoffrey Rush |
Uma Thurman |
Claire Danes |
Hans Matheson |
Reine Brynolfsson |
Peter Vaughan |
Christopher Adamson |
Tim Barlow |
Timothy Bateson |
David Birkin |
Václav Chalupa |
Ian Cregg |
Ben Crompton |
Zdenek David |
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Bille August |
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This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will's life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has been cursed. He, along with his large crew, are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a blood sacrifice is made. Full of edge-of-the-seat action and swashbuckling adventures, this is a movie you won't want to miss!
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Action |
Adventure |
Comedy |
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| Actors: |
Johnny Depp |
Geoffrey Rush |
Orlando Bloom |
Keira Knightley |
Jack Davenport |
Jonathan Pryce |
Lee Arenberg |
Mackenzie Crook |
Damian O'Hare |
Giles New |
Angus Barnett |
David Bailie |
Michael Berry Jr. |
Isaac C. Singleton Jr. |
Kevin McNally |
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Gore Verbinski |
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The classic story of "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" is brought to life by the gothic film maker Tim Burton. Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, and to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) he will have to brave the nearby woods, even though several decapitated bodies have been found. And then the legend of the axe wielding headless horsemen come together to make this movie.
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Fantasy |
Horror |
Thriller |
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Johnny Depp |
Christina Ricci |
Miranda Richardson |
Michael Gambon |
Casper Van Dien |
Jeffrey Jones |
Christopher Lee |
Richard Griffiths |
Ian McDiarmid |
Michael Gough |
Marc Pickering |
Lisa Marie |
Steven Waddington |
Christopher Walken |
Claire Skinner |
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Tim Burton |
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A BBC adaptation of the classic tale of the 18th century demon barber of Fleet Street, London, who cuts the throats of his unsuspecting clients in his shop.
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Crime |
Drama |
Horror |
Thriller |
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Radu Banzaru |
David Bradley |
Zoltan Butuc |
Paul Currier |
David Foxxe |
Roger Frost |
Ingo Gottwald |
Tom Hardy |
Radu Andrei Micu |
Anthony O'Donnell |
Gabriel Spahiu |
Ben Walker |
David Warner |
Ray Winstone |
Essie Davis |
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Dave Moore |
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