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Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.
2) Last Vegas
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Four best friends in their late-60s decide to escape retirement and throw a Las Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single.
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Gus Lobel has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus--who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat--refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickie, an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm.
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4) Manglehorn
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Al Pacino and Holly Hunter give moving performances as a cat loving locksmith and a lovelorn bank teller who are both transformed by a new romance in this magical love story.
5) Grudge match
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Henry 'Razor' Sharp and Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen are old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match. On their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral. The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.
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Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common, except they both have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to make a Bucket List of all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die. In the process of completing the list, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.
8) Last Vegas
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"The story of Billy, Paddy, Archie and Sam ... best friends since childhood. When Billy, the group's sworn bachelor, finally proposes to his thirty-something ... girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and relive their glory days"--Container.
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A heartwarming and inspiring true story of an 84-year-old Kenyan villager and ex-Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.
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Grumpy old men: neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
Grumpier old men: grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.
12) Duck
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Los Angeles, 2009. Arthur is a retired widower in a dystopian society where social services have gone the way of social graces, and another Bush occupies the White House. Forced from his home with only a duck named Joe to accompany him, Arthur embarks on a quest for purpose and community across the urban desert of Los Angeles. Arthur learns that saving the life of this duck may have led to the salvation of his own. In a duck who believes him to be...
13) Last Vegas
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Four best friends in their late 60s decide to escape retirement and throw a Las Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single.
14) The first grader
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A heartwarming and inspiring true story of an 84-year-old Kenyan villager and ex-Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.
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