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1) Amistad
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Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
2) Volunteers
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Lawrence Bourne III escapes the bookies to whom he owes $28,000 by swapping places with a friend and going to Thailand with the Peace Corps.
3) RKO 281
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Recounts the making of Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane, which William Randolph Hearst tried to shut down by any means possible.
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It is 1943 and the Germans are winning the Second World War as the U.S. suffers huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when Black flyers are not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, through the brutal demands of their training, to the perils of flying over nations at war, the men they call "The Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives--to...
7) The Rat Pack
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Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop, known as "The Rat Pack", set the style and the pace for 1950s America. But when President Kennedy, newly elected with the support of the Pack, is advised that the friends who made him shouldn't be the friends he keeps, the Rat Pack discovers that lady luck has chosen another partner.
10) Truman
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President Truman led the nation through the end of World War II, the beginning of the Cold War, the struggle for civil rights and the creation of the United Nations. This is his remarkable story.
11) The Hitcher
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A deranged hitchhiker murders his drivers, and only one young man knows who he is and tries to stop him.
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Charlotte is a seemingly mild-mannered, middle-aged housewife--who's decided to leave her husband and skip town. Her mind is made up and all that's left to do is go to the bank and withdraw her money. But while she's waiting in line, her plans are suddenly changed when a desperate young man robs the bank--and takes Charlotte along as a hostage.
15) Blind side
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Having killed a policeman with their car, a young couple is forced to take in the man who witnessed the accident. His bizarre activities terrorize them, and they soon perceive that murder is their only way out of the situation.
16) Framed
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An ex-con down on his luck teams up with his ex-lover who is being chased by a hit man. She has a plan -- the same one that got him into prison. Does he go along, give in to love or trust his instincts?
20) Elizabeth I
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Explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies, and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world.