Beau Bridges
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Speeding along on her Daddy's lap in his 1946 Cadillac, little Shirley knew she was born to race. But little girls grow up to be women, and women have no place in the macho world of hot rod racing--until Shirley. The film takes us through her childhood as the daughter of a country western singer, a doomed marriage to an auto mechanic and, finally, her tumultuous rise to the top of drag racing. Through marriage, motherhood and competition, it's the...
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"The climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it is happening very quickly - and has become a true planetary emergency. The Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters. The first is a symbol for danger; the second is a symbol for opportunity. In order to face down the danger that is stalking the planet and move through it, listeners first have to recognize that they are facing a crisis. So why is it that...
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A vicious hate crime at an elite New England college thrusts the new dean of students into the investigation. When charged with maintaining order on campus, she is forced to examine her own feelings about race. Based on the critically acclaimed play, a compelling movie that examines the emotional fallout of prejudice within the cloistered walls of academia.
47) The wizard
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A boy decides to take his autistic video game-playing brother to a national video game competition across the country.
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The true story of Olympic hopeful Jill Kinmont, who was paralyzed in a skiing accident while competing in a pre-Olympic competition in the 1950's. Left paralyzed from the neck down, she overcame self-pity and helplessness to become a teacher on a Paiute reservation.
50) Rocketman
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A computer geek is chosen to go on the first manned mission to Mars, and his crewmates aren't happy.
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After a night out with friends, a Korean-American teenager accepts a late night ride home from a young firefighter only to be abducted and forced into prostitution by a human and drug trafficking ring. Renamed 'Eden' by her kidnappers, she soon learns the only way to survive is to earn the trust of those in charge. But as Eden's influence within the operation grows, she must decide just how much of herself she's willing to lose to survive.
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"Jack and Frank Baker are stuck in a rut. Playing the same tired tunes night after night, the brothers are in desperate need of change. So when they meet a sultry songbird named Susie Diamond, their future starts to sparkle. But when life in the limelight brings old rivalries to the surface as Jack and Susie's relationship heats up, the Baker boys soon find their act, and their lives, growing more entertaining than either of them may be able to handle"--Container....
53) Lawless range
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Brothers Sean and Tommy Donnelly live and work in modern-day Texas. Tommy has always been troubled and Sean has always been there to help him, but when Tommy gets himself $6,000 in debt, there's not much Sean can do. The money is owed to some very dangerous people and neither Sean nor Tommy has a spare dime. Worse, at every turn, Tommy manages to find a way to exacerbate their already difficult position.
54) Max Payne
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Max Payne works in the cold-case unit at the police department. He becomes obsessed with finding the killer who brutally murdered his wife and infant daughter. Max becomes hell-bent on revenge and is determined to track down those responsible for the murder of his family. Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world.
56) Norma Rae
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Grinding out her life in a small Southern town as a worker in a non-union textile shop, Norma Rae (Sally Field) joins forces with a New York labor organizer to unionize the mill.
57) P.T. Barnum
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Story based upon actual events and persons involved in the life of P.T. Barnum.
58) Sidekicks
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Daydreams turn to reality when a boy's fantasy hero, Chuck Norris, comes to his real-life rescue by becoming his partner in the state karate championships.
59) Galveston
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After being set up by his boss and killing his would-be assassins, a mob hit man saves a kidnapped young woman and reluctantly takes her with him to Galveston to hide from his boss and outrun the demons from their pasts.
60) 10.5 apocalypse
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"Another massive 10.5 quake tears apart the West Coast, threatening to turn the American landscape into a hellish wasteland"--Container.