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Heralded as one of the all-time great theatrical releases, "12 Angry Men" focuses on a jury's deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene; and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis, played by Henry Fonda) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis' bases his vote moreso for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors' complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis' attempts in convincing the other jurors that a "not guilty" verdict might be appropriate.
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Martin Balsam |
John Fiedler |
Lee J. Cobb |
E.G. Marshall |
Jack Klugman |
Ed Binns |
Jack Warden |
Henry Fonda |
Joseph Sweeney |
Ed Begley |
George Voskovec |
Robert Webber |
Rudy Bond |
James Kelly |
Billy Nelson |
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Sidney Lumet |
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A comedy about bending the rules to reach your goal, Bend It Like Beckham explores the world of women's football, from kick-abouts in the park to freekicks in the Final. Set in Hounslow, West London and Hamburg, the film follows two 18 year olds with their hearts set on a future in professional soccer. Heart-stopping talent doesn't seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots, find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti.
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Drama |
Romance |
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Parminder Nagra |
Keira Knightley |
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers |
Anupam Kher |
Archie Panjabi |
Shaznay Lewis |
Frank Harper |
Juliet Stevenson |
Shaheen Khan |
Ameet Chana |
Pooja Shah |
Paven Virk |
Preeya Kalidas |
Trey Farley |
Saraj Chaudhry |
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Gurinder Chadha |
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A border agent involved in drug smuggling decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
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Jack Nicholson |
Harvey Keitel |
Valerie Perrine |
Warren Oates |
Elpidia Carrillo |
Shannon Wilcox |
Manuel Viescas |
Jeff Morris |
Mike Gomez |
Dirk Blocker |
Lonny Chapman |
Stacey Pickren |
Floyd Levine |
James Jeter |
Alan Fudge |
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Tony Richardson |
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Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.
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Pilar Padilla |
Adrien Brody |
Elpidia Carrillo |
Jack McGee |
Monica Rivas |
Frankie Davila |
Lillian Hurst |
Mayron Payes |
Maria Orellana |
Melody Garrett |
Gigi Jackman |
Beverly Reynolds |
Eloy Méndez |
Elena Antonenko |
Olga Gorelik |
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Ken Loach |
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Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.
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Drama |
Mystery |
Thriller |
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Hend Ayoub |
Brian Boland |
Becky Ann Baker |
Robert Mangiardi |
Jay Patterson |
Jay Whittaker |
Michael Reilly Burke |
James Urbaniak |
Neko Parham |
Seena Jon |
Christian Stolte |
Chavez Ravine |
Patricia Buckley |
Patrick Clear |
Malik Bader |
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Gabriel Range |
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As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in Manhattan's Five Points section. After years of incarceration, young Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon returns seeking revenge against the rival gang leader who killed his father. But Amsterdam's personal vendetta becomes part of the gang warfare that erupts as he and his fellow Irishmen fight to carve a place for themselves in their newly adopted homeland!
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Crime |
Drama |
History |
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Leonardo DiCaprio |
Daniel Day-Lewis |
Cameron Diaz |
Jim Broadbent |
Henry Thomas |
Liam Neeson |
Brendan Gleeson |
John C. Reilly |
Gary Lewis |
Stephen Graham |
Eddie Marsan |
Alec McCowen |
Larry Gilliard Jr. |
Cara Seymour |
David Hemmings |
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Martin Scorsese |
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Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer. However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.
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Kuno Becker |
Alessandro Nivola |
Marcel Iures |
Stephen Dillane |
Anna Friel |
Kieran O'Brien |
Sean Pertwee |
Cassandra Bell |
Tony Plana |
Miriam Colon |
Gary Lewis |
Frances Barber |
Emma Field-Rayner |
Kevin Knapman |
Brian Johnson |
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Danny Cannon |
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The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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Thriller |
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Al Pacino |
Robert Duvall |
Diane Keaton |
Robert De Niro |
John Cazale |
Talia Shire |
Lee Strasberg |
Michael V. Gazzo |
G.D. Spradlin |
Richard Bright |
Gastone Moschin |
Tom Rosqui |
Bruno Kirby |
Frank Sivero |
Francesca De Sapio |
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Francis Ford Coppola |
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Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant, has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter's chances of a good marriage. Once she is married, he spends the remaining funds on a house at an auction, unwittingly putting himself and his family in the middle of a legal tussle with the house's former owner. What begins as a legal struggle turns into a personal confrontation, with tragic results.
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Jennifer Connelly |
Ben Kingsley |
Ron Eldard |
Frances Fisher |
Kim Dickens |
Shohreh Aghdashloo |
Jonathan Ahdout |
Navi Rawat |
Carlos Gómez |
Kia Jam |
Jaleh Modjallal |
Samira Damavandi |
Matthew Simonian |
Namrata Singh Gujral |
Al Faris |
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Vadim Perelman |
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Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe.
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Jason Schwartzman |
Isabelle Huppert |
Dustin Hoffman |
Lily Tomlin |
Jude Law |
Mark Wahlberg |
Naomi Watts |
Angela Grillo |
Ger Duany |
Darlene Hunt |
Kevin Dunn |
Benny Hernandez |
Richard Appel |
Benjamin Nurick |
Jake Muxworthy |
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David O. Russell |
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Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, after escaping death from the previous movies are put on a hit list by The Triads. When blood thirsty mercenaries are on their tail they team up again with Leo Getz and Lorna Cole, a newcomer (Chris Rock) to finally put an end to the Triads for good.
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Action |
Comedy |
Crime |
Thriller |
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Mel Gibson |
Danny Glover |
Joe Pesci |
Rene Russo |
Chris Rock |
Jet Li |
Steve Kahan |
Kim Chan |
Darlene Love |
Traci Wolfe |
Eddy Ko |
Jack Kehler |
Calvin Jung |
Damon Hines |
Ebonie Smith |
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Richard Donner |
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