Wah-Wah
β 5.8 Β· 2005 Β· 120m Β· Drama
Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14.
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Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
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Hairspray
2007 Β· β 6.7
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003 Β· β 5.2
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A Star Is Born
1954 Β· β 7.1
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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So Divine
2016
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1991 Β· β 6.3
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
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The Fire Within
1963 Β· β 7.6
Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living.
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1989 Β· β 7
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2017 Β· β 5.5
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and nothing is ever the same for anyone in the Houseman family.
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