The Terminal

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The Terminal (2004)

Comedy, Drama

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Then Came You

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An American hypochondriac who is working as a baggage handler is forced to confront his fears when a British teenager with a terminal illness enlists him to help her carry out her eccentric bucket list.

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Don't Think Twice

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Tully

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2018 ★ 6.8

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The King of Comedy

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1982 ★ 7.8

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Paper Man

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2009 ★ 6.3

A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.

Carrie Pilby

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Things Change

Things Change

1988 ★ 6.1

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!

'Round Midnight

'Round Midnight

1986 ★ 7.1

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.

Problemista

Problemista

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Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.

tick, tick... BOOM!

tick, tick... BOOM!

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On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

Night on Earth

Night on Earth

1991 ★ 7.5

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Frances Ha

Frances Ha

2013 ★ 7.3

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

Men in Black

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1997 ★ 7.2

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

2018 ★ 6.9

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Hector and the Search for Happiness

Hector and the Search for Happiness

2014 ★ 6.7

Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

1997 ★ 7.0

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.

Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008 ★ 7.5

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Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004 ★ 6.9

An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

Made in Italy

Made in Italy

2020 ★ 6.0

A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife.

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