Tom Hanks
1) Forrest Gump
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Tells the story of a good-natured man with a low IQ who personally experiences important events in American history and continues to love, albeit unreciprocated, his childhood sweetheart Jenny.
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"Del actor ganador del Premio de la Academia y autor del best seller Tipos singulares, llega una nueva novela sobre la realización de una película de acción de superhéroes multimillonaria repleta de estrellas... y de los humildes cómics que lo inspiraron. Una novela divertida, conmovedora y maravillosamente estimulante, que captura al mismo tiempo los cambios en Estados Unidos y la cultura norteamericana desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La primera...
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W debiutanckim zbiorze siedemnastu opowieści Tom Hanks dowodzi, że świat nie ma żadnych granic. Dla Hanksa znaczenie mają zarówno dziesięcioletni Kenny, który w swoje urodziny po raz pierwszy lata awionetką, rozwódka rozpoczynająca życie na nowo, jak i bułgarski emigrant Assan, który dociera do Nowego Jorku i próbuje tam przetrwać bez znajomości języka.
"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family...
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"Błyskotliwa, przewrotna, wzruszająca i pełna ironii historia o powstawaniu filmu o superbohaterach."--
A wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action films, and the humble comic book that inspired it all. Spanning eighty years of a changing America and culminating in the opening of the film, we meet a colorful cast of characters including a troubled soldier returning from war, a young...
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During one of Bonnie's post-Christmas playdates, the Toy Story crew find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to ever return to Bonnie's room.
8) The Circle
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When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
9) The war
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Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
10) Larry Crowne
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When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher. Now this simple guy will discover that when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might find your reason to live.
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Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him hidden in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by an active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his loss to a...
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What starts out as an exciting road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse following a detour to a roadside motel. After Mr. Potato Head suddenly disappears, his friends find themselves caught up in a hilarious mystery that must be solved before they suffer the same fate in this thrilling story of TERROR!
13) Toy story
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Set in a world where toys have a life of their own when people are not present, go on a fantastic fun-filled journey viewed mostly through the eyes of two rival toys, Woody, a pull-string talking cowboy, and Buzz Lightyear, a superhero space action-figure. The mismatched duo learns to put aside their differences when circumstances separate them from their owner, Andy, and they find themselves on an adventure-filled mission where the only way they...
14) Killing Lincoln
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"Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. While some aspects of the plot to slay Lincoln and cripple the newly forming union are widely known, much more of the history unfolds in this insightful drama. As actor John Wilkes Booth becomes increasingly obsessed with removing Lincoln from office, a secret cabal forms,...
15) Toy story 4
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Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that₂s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called 'Forky' to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
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Harmony Jones (Basinger) is a traveling cosmetic sales woman whose life is shaped by an early encounter with the King himself. That life takes an ugly turn when she inadvertently kills an Elvis Impersonator and flees the scene. On the run from the FBI, Harmony discovers to her horror that she suddenly has a knack for leaving dead Elvis performers in her wake. Her hopes for avoiding all things Elvis are dashed when a handsome man (Corbett) falls for...
17) Cloud atlas
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An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
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Max has an active imagination, and will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - and runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts,...
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"[A documentary that] tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over two dangerous years they helped save scores of imperiled dissidents and refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation across Europe. During this time, the Sharps would face harrowing...
20) Cast away
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Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph. D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo. Can he survive in this tropical wasteland? Will he ever return to woman he loves?