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Part I: "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family...
62) Falling down
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Follows a troubled man, Bill Foster, who has a mental breakdown and embarks upon an increasingly violent crime spree across Los Angeles. A police detective, Sgt. Prendergast, who is working his last day before retiring, is the only one who correctly pieces together the clues. Prendergast races to find and arrest Foster before the dangerous and unpredictable man reaches his destination: his ex-wife and young daughter.
63) Deep impact
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'Deep Impact' is the story of the world's reaction to a death sentence. Each individual struggles in the face of extinction to find what most matters to him or her.
64) Days of thunder
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Race car driver Cole Trickle has talent. His ambitions are surpassed only by his burning need to win. Discovered by businessman Tim Daland, Cole is teamed with legendary crew chief and car-builder Harry Hogge to race for the Winston Cup at the Daytona 500. A fiery crash nearly ends Cole's career and he must turn to a beautiful doctor to regain his nerve and the true courage needed to race, to win, and to live.
65) Bullitt
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"Before the night is out, the star witness for an important trial lies dying and Detective Frank Bullitt won't rest until the shooters, and the kingpin behind them, are nailed. From opening shot to closing shootout, 'Bullitt' crackles with authenticity: San Francisco locations, crisp dialogue and to-the-letter police, hospital and morgue procedures. This edgy thriller also features one of cinema's most memorable car chases"--Container.
66) The Apostle
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"He was touched by the power and filled with the spirit. A man of faith. A man of the flesh. A man plagued by the darker side of human desire, and rage. Sonny [is] a gifted Southern preacher loved by his community in Texas. When Sonny loses control and commits a crime of passion, he is forced to run from the law. Hiding out in the small town of Bayou Boutte, Sonny adopts a new identity and sets out on a new mission -- to find the road to redemption"--Container....
67) The Godfather
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The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.
68) The detective
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Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a homosexual man. He discovers links to official corruption in New York City.
69) The 6th day
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Adam is an ace pilot in the very near future who is having a serious identity crisis. An evil corporation illegally cloned him, and now they're trying to kill him to hide the evidence. Torn from his beloved family and faced with a shocking exact duplicate of himself, Adam races against time to reclaim his life and save the world from the underground cloning movement.
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Get ready for a mystery adventure like no other when Sherlock Holmes meets Sigmund Freud in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. The world's two greatest masters in the art of detection, Sherlock Holmes and SIgmund Freud, join forces for the first time with the persistence of Dr. Watson, which leads to a thrilling investigation in a kidnapping case.
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Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised. As Chamberlain, Jackson,...
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It₂s 1969 in a small Alabama town, and the death of a quirky clan's long-estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families for the funeral. But do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to the most unexpected collisions of all?
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He knew the law, but he forgot the rules: Never get involved with a client, and never put your family in danger. Meet one of the brightest young stars of the bar, Rick Magruder. Witness how his obsession with a beautiful, mysterious client, stalked by her deranged father, plunges him into a world of terrifying intrigue and deadly deceit. As a hurricane bears down on the city, Rick finds himself locked in a battle without a judge or jury, only an executioner....
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Set in California apple country in the 1930s, nine hundred migratory workers rise up and join forces to protest unfair wages and working conditions. As the labor strike wears on and conflict grows between the apple pickers and the local growers' association, what begins as a fight for their rights turns into an all-out battle for survival in this star-studded retelling of John Steinbeck's beloved novel.
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"Bull Meecham is a hard case, a fighter pilot so skilled that he's called The Great Santini. But now it's peacetime 1962. And more at home playing 'top gun' in the cockpit than father in his living room, he's become that most useless figure: a warrior without a war"--Container.
79) True confessions
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Detective Tom Spellacy and Catholic Monsignor Desmond Spellacy find their world colliding amidst a flurry of political finger-pointing and public outcries over a scandalous, headline-making murder.