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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
Summary: A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South. (imdb)
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Earth (2007)
Summary: Feature-length version of the documentary TV series, "Planet Earth."
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Reading Room, The (2005)
Summary: Making good on a promise he made to his dying wife, a widower (Jones) opens a reading room, a place where people can learn to read. Despite his goodwill, problems in the neighborhood threaten his establishment. (imdb)
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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004)
Summary: This documentary chronicles the making of the original Star Wars trilogy from start to finish... (imdb)
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Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001)
Summary: Prickly, Grotkey and Finster head home during a snowstorm and remember the times with TJ and the gang. When they get stuck in a snowbank, Prickly blames it on TJ and the others. Finally at the end, TJ and the gang rescue the teachers from where they're trapped and Prickly admits TJ and the others aren't so bad. (wikipedia)
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Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove, The (2000)
Summary: A short documentary on legendary director Stanley Kubrick covering his early career. Includes commentary on his work and exclusive photos, footage, and interviews.
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Summer's End (1999)
Summary: 12-year-old boy and his older brother have just lost their dad. At their summer cottage, the younger boy befriends a black doctor who has to deal with local prejudice and racism. (imdb)
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Annihilation of Fish, The (1999)
Summary: Stumbling over the obstacles they've each created in their imaginary lives, an unlikely pair finds love and fulfillment in a reality that finally transcends their fantasies. (American Sterling Productions)
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Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Summary: Walt Disney's dream of creating a "concert film" with a perpetually changing musical repertoire is at last realized with the debut of the animated extravaganza, Fantasia/2000. (Walt Disney Pictures)
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Undercover Angel (1999)
Summary: A writer with no focus in his work, becomes the unwilling babysitter of a precocious little girl who turns his life around. (imdb)
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Second Civil War, The (1997)
Summary: A simple immigration issue spins wildly out of control for those involved, ranging from the President of the United States, to a news producer (imdb)
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Gang Related (1997)
Summary: Two cops kill an undercover DEA agent by mistake, and frantically try to cover their tracks by framing a homeless man for the crime. That involves juggling evidence, coaching witnesses, and improvising to keep their desperate scheme from unraveling. (imdb)
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Family Thing, A (1996)
Summary: Bowlegged cracker, Earl Pilcher Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. (imdb)
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Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Summary: A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city. (imdb)
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Clean Slate (1994)
Summary: A private eye who has amnesia must go to court about a kingpin's murder. (imdb)
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Africa: The Serengeti (1994)
Summary: The Serengeti is a huge area of grassland in Tanzania, Africa. Once a year, in the time of drought, about two million herd animals like antelopes travel north to feed and mate before moving south again, when plants there begin to blossom. (imdb)
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Lion King, The (1994)
Summary: Follows the epic adventures of a young lion cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role as king of the jungle. (Disney)
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Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
Summary: This tv movie features two stories by Rod Serling, who also wrote the stories of the original "The Twilight Zone" (1959) series. (imdb)
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Sandlot, The (1993)
Summary: Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball... (imdb)
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Excessive Force (1993)
Summary: A group of Chicago cops are involved in a raid from which $3,000,000 disappears. The local mob go after them and the body count starts to rise... (imdb)
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Meteor Man, The (1993)
Summary: One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about fifteen minutes. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded Golden Lords. (imdb)
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Sommersby (1993)
Summary: Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack... (imdb)
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Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992)
Summary: Horrible Aunt Messina longs for total power, so she kills her brother the King and transforms Prince Frederick into a frog; now she can rule the kingdom any way she pleases. Although the Prince at first does nothing but sit on a lilypad, he soon befriends various sea creatures who teach him the ways of the swamps. But when he learns that, like his aunt, he has magic powers, Frederick, known as Freddy the Frog, may seek revenge on the evil Messina. (Rotten Tomatoes)
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Scorchers (1991)
Summary: Bayou La Teche, Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid and Dolan. The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence. On the other side of town Splendids' cousin has her own problems. Her man has been sleeping with Thais, the town hooker. She heads to the Tiger Cafe with gun in hand to get back her man (imdb)
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Convicts (1991)
Summary: In 1902 Texas, 13-year-old Horace goes to work on old Soll's farm to earn enough money to buy a headstone for his father's grave. Unfortunately for Horace, Soll's senility, ill health, and obsession with the convict labor he uses to work the farm, make it unlikely that Horace will ever be paid the $12.50 Soll owes him for 6 months work. (imdb)
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Ambulance, The (1990)
Summary: Josh Baker meets a very special woman, Cheryl, in the streets of New York. Suddenly she collapses, and she's picked up by an ambulance. When Josh wants to visit her in the hospital, it appears that she hasn't been admitted in the hospital. (imdb)
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Grim Prairie Tales: Hit the Trail... to Terror (1990)
Summary: Two travelers, one a well to do young clerk on the way to a reunion with his wife, the other a scruffy, feral bounty hunter meet at sundown on a lonely prairie and agree to swap stories to pass the time. This is a portmanteau film featuring four intriguing stories linked by the two story teller's attempts to psych each other out. (imdb)
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By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
Summary: The crew of a nuclear bomber attack the Soviet Union while the President of the United States tries desperately to regain control of his military after his helicopter crashes during a limited nuclear exchange. (imdb)
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Hunt for Red October, The (1990)
Summary: A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it-because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. (Paramount Pictures)
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Best of the Best (1989)
Summary: A team from the United States are going to compete in the world finals in karate. The team consists of fighters from all nations, can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win ? (imdb)
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Field of Dreams (1989)
Summary: "If you build it, he will come." With thes words, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Costner) is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife Annie (Madigan), Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true. Along the way he meets reclusive activist Terence Mann (Jones), the mysterious "Doc" Graham (Lancaster), and even the legendary "Shoeless Joe" Jackson (Liotta). (Universal)
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Three Fugitives (1989)
Summary: On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery... (imdb)
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Coming to America (1988)
Summary: An African prince goes to Queens, New York City to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will. (imdb)
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Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
Summary: A continuation of the well-known tale sets the wooden puppet-turned-boy loose in a mysterious carnival. (rottentomatoes.com)
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Matewan (1987)
Summary: A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company. (imdb)
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Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
Summary: Allan Quatermain once again teams up with Jesse Hudson where the discovery of a mysterious old gold piece sends Quatermain looking for his long-lost brother, missing in the wilds of Africa after seeking a lost white race. (imdb)
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Gardens of Stone (1987)
Summary: A touching, insightful look at stateside military life during the Vietnam War at Ft. Meyer and Arlington National Cemetery (the Garden). A veteran sergeant takes a young soldier under his wing and tries to prepare his men for the deadly environment of war. (imdb)
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Soul Man (1986)
Summary: To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship. (imdb)
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City Limits (1985)
Summary: Years after a mysterious plague has wiped out most of the adult population, the surviving children have grown up to form violent motorcycle gangs. Young Lee, tired of life on the farm, goes out in search of adventure and soon winds up in the middle of a war between a pair of rival gangs... (imdb)
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Atlanta Child Murders, The (1985)
Summary: The city of Atlanta, Georgia, is terrorized by a rash of child murders occurring in its black community. When a black photographer is arrested for the crimes, controversy erupts over whether he is the actual killer or a scapegoat offered up by the city's mostly black leadership. (imdb)
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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Summary: Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2D2 and C3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia - disguised as a bounty hunter - and Chewbacca go along as well. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels. Will Darth Vader and the dark side overcome the rebels and take over the universe ? (imdb)
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Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Summary: The epic tale of child sold into slavery who grows into a man who seeks revenge against the warlord who massacred his tribe (imdb)
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Flight of Dragons (1982)
Summary: A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.(imdb)
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Blood Tide (1982)
Summary: An adventurer hunting for treasure in Greece accidentally frees a monster that forces local villagers to sacrifice virgins. (imdb)
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Bushido Blade, The (1981)
Summary: A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it. (imdb)
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Star Wars Holiday Special, The (1978)
Summary: Chewie and Han Solo are trying to get home to Chewie's family, so they can celebrate Lifeday. (imdb)
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Summary: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Princess Leia (Fisher) is held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker (Hamill) and Captain Han Solo (Ford) team together with the lovable droid duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, to rescue the beautiful princess and restore justice in the galaxy. (20th Century Fox)
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Last Remake of Beau Geste, The (1977)
Summary: The priceless Blue Water sapphire is coveted by the heirs of Sir Hector Geste - his new wife, Flavia; his daughter, Isabel; and his adopted twin sons, heroic Beau and pathetic Digby. When Sir Hector takes to his deathbed (where he remains for the duration of the film), Beau absconds with the stone, to keep it from his stepmother. Flavia pursues him to North Africa, dispensing sexual favors to promote her schemes. (imdb)
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Greatest, The (1977)
Summary: Muhammad Ali risks his championship status by speaking out against the Vietnam War. (TCM.com)
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Piece of the Action, A (1977)
Summary: Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Joshua Burke is a retired detective who has enough evidence on the both of them to put them behind bars. (imdb)
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Swashbuckler (1976)
Summary: A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant. (imdb)
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Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, The (1976)
Summary: Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930's. (imdb)
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UFO Incident, The (1975)
Summary: In the early 1960s, an interracial couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road. Soon they believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials. (imdb)
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Claudine (1974)
Summary: Claudine tries to provide for her six children in Harlem while on welfare. She has a romance with Roop, a cheerful garbageman she meets while working on the side as a maid. (imdb)
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Cay, The (1974)
Summary: When Young Phillip is seperated form his mother and found by a black man named Timothy and his cat Stew cat, Phillip becomes blind and they all end up on an island. Will the survive or will they die? (imdb)
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Malcolm X (1972)
Summary: Biographical documentary on Malcolm X
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Man, The (1972)
Summary: When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. (imdb)
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Summary: Biographical retrospective on Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Great White Hope, The (1970)
Summary: A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down. (imdb)
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End of the Road (1970)
Summary: After a catatonic episode on a railway station platform, Jacob Horner is taken to "The Farm", a bizarre insane asylum run by Doctor D. After being cured, Jacob takes a job as an English lecturer and begins a disastrous affair with Rennie, the wife of a colleague. (imdb)
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Summary: An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. (imdb)
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