Life in a Day

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Life in a Day (2011)

Documentary, Drama

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2016 ★ 6.9

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2022 ★ 6.4

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2013 ★ 7.1

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2013 ★ 6.6

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Human Flow

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2017 ★ 6.9

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War Room

War Room

2015 ★ 7.8

The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But appearances can be deceiving. In reality, the Jordan’s marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. Through a newly energized faith, Elizabeth and Tony’s real enemy doesn’t have a prayer.

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2003 ★ 6.7

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

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Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

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2022 ★ 7.5

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Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

Gunda

Gunda

2021 ★ 7.2

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9/11

9/11

2002 ★ 7.9

An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider's view, through the lens of two French filmmakers who simply set out to make a movie about a rookie NYC fireman and ended up filming the tragic event that changed our lives forever.

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