The Bet

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The Bet (1997)

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Easy Money

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1983 ★ 6.0

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Blue in the Face

Blue in the Face

1995 ★ 6.5

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Much Ado About Nothing

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Candy Cane Lane

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2023 ★ 5.9

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2025 ★ 6.5

Now that Dan's assassin days are behind him, all he wants for Christmas is quality time with his kids. But when he learns his daughter has her own plans, he books a family trip to London—putting them all in the crosshairs of an unexpected enemy.

Bad News Bears

Bad News Bears

2005 ★ 5.8

Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.

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Click & Collect

Click & Collect

2018 ★ 6.7

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Dead Weight

Dead Weight

2002 ★ 5.8

After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.

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Two siblings who discover their seemingly normal mom is a former thief in witness protection. Mom is forced to pull one last job, and the kids team up to rescue her over the course of an action-packed night.

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Daddy or Mommy

2015 ★ 6.1

Florence and Vincent Leroy are a model couple. They have great jobs, a perfect marriage and delightful children. And now they want their divorce to be an equal success. But when they are both simultaneously promoted to their dream jobs, their relationship becomes a nightmare. From that moment on, the gloves are off, the two exes declare war and will do everything in their power to NOT have custody of their children.

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2020 ★ 6.6

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The Slammin' Salmon

The Slammin' Salmon

2009 ★ 5.8

The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night: the winner stands to gain $10,000, while the loser will endure a beating at the hands of the champ.

Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics

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2004 ★ 6.9

A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics.

Class Rank

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2017 ★ 6.9

Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn a thing or two about love.

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