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Playing for Time
7.4

Playing for Time

Sep. 30, 1980

Playing for Time

When Jewish songstress Fania Fénelon is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a ...
The Counterfeiters
7.6

The Counterfeiters

Feb. 09, 2007

The Counterfeiters

The story Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during ...
Lady Sings the Blues
7.1

Lady Sings the Blues

Oct. 12, 1972

Lady Sings the Blues

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug ...
My Father’s Glory
7.6

My Father’s Glory

Aug. 29, 1990

My Father’s Glory

French adaptation of Marcel Pagnol’s memoirs of his childhood in the countryside, early in the century. Release: La Gloire de Mon Pere ...
Waffle Street
6.2

Waffle Street

Sep. 24, 2015

Waffle Street

WAFFLE STREET is the true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a ...
Hillbilly Elegy
6.7

Hillbilly Elegy

Nov. 11, 2020

Hillbilly Elegy

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own ...
Broken Promise
6.9

Broken Promise

Apr. 30, 2009

Broken Promise

In the face of insurmountable odds, one man will risk everything to take back his country. Czechoslovakia, 1943, and the world is enveloped by ...
Unplanned
5.8

Unplanned

Mar. 21, 2019

Unplanned

As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled ...
Blaze
6.0

Blaze

Dec. 15, 1989

Blaze

This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip ...
Out of Africa
7.2

Out of Africa

Dec. 20, 1985

Out of Africa

Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new ...
Heaven & Earth
6.8

Heaven & Earth

Dec. 24, 1993

Heaven & Earth

Le Ly lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese ...
Angela’s Ashes
7.3

Angela’s Ashes

Dec. 25, 1999

Angela’s Ashes

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his ...
Jarhead
7.0

Jarhead

Nov. 04, 2005

Jarhead

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swafford and ...
Soul Surfer
7.0

Soul Surfer

Apr. 08, 2011

Soul Surfer

Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame ...
Moffie
6.8

Moffie

Mar. 13, 2020

Moffie

Moffie (a derogatory Afrikaans term for a gay man) follows the story of Nicholas van der Swart: from a very young age, he realises he is ...
Postcards from the Edge
6.7

Postcards from the Edge

Sep. 14, 1990

Postcards from the Edge

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of ...
A Sense of Freedom
7.0

A Sense of Freedom

Oct. 19, 1979

A Sense of Freedom

The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland’s most violent man. Release: A Sense Of Freedom [1979]480p DVDRip H264 ...
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
7.0

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make ...
King of the Hill
7.4

King of the Hill

Aug. 20, 1993

King of the Hill

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own ...
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
6.7

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, ...