Bravetown

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Bravetown (2015)

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2013 ★ 5.9

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The Jazz Singer

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1927 ★ 6.1

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.

A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961 ★ 7.0

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

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1991 ★ 6.2

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Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

2010 ★ 6.7

Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

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2004 ★ 6.3

Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his life.

Inside Llewyn Davis

Inside Llewyn Davis

2013 ★ 7.2

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A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown

2024 ★ 7.1

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.

The Great Santini

The Great Santini

1979 ★ 6.8

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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003 ★ 7.3

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Mr. Church

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2016 ★ 7.4

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

Good One

Good One

2024 ★ 6.5

On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.

I Never Sang for My Father

I Never Sang for My Father

1970 ★ 6.7

A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.

Before and After

Before and After

1996 ★ 5.9

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

Taking Sides

Taking Sides

2002 ★ 6.2

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

Light of My Life

Light of My Life

2019 ★ 6.5

Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

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2025 ★ 6.7

Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.

The Fabelmans

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2022 ★ 7.6

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Love You to Death

Love You to Death

2019 ★ 7.6

Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder.

The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

2008 ★ 7.5

Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.

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