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Brighton Beach Memoirs 6.5

Brighton Beach Memoirs

1986 108 min Movie
Brighton Beach Memoirs
6.51986108 minHD
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up ...
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Genre:Comedy
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Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken 7.4

Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken

1991 88 min Movie
Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken
7.4199188 minHD
A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc ...
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Genre:Drama, Family
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Rambling Rose 6.1

Rambling Rose

1991 112 min Movie
Rambling Rose
6.11991112 minHD
Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall ...
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Genre:Drama
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Brothers’ Destiny 6

Brothers’ Destiny

1995 94 min Movie
Brothers’ Destiny
6199594 minHD
Threatened with separation, two young brothers escape from an orphanage and make a perilous journey from New York to Boys' Town in Nebraska.
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Genre:Drama, Family
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The 12 Dogs of Christmas 5

The 12 Dogs of Christmas

2005 107 min Movie
The 12 Dogs of Christmas
52005107 minHD
This holiday tale has all the elements of a classic heartwarmer--cuddly dogs, small town spirit, and even a full-fledged Christmas pageant. Set during the meager years of the Great ...
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Genre:Drama, Family
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Ask the Dust 5.3

Ask the Dust

2006 117 min Movie
Ask the Dust
5.32006117 minHD
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing ...
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Genre:Drama, Romance
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12 Mighty Orphans 7.2

12 Mighty Orphans

2021 118 min Movie
12 Mighty Orphans
7.22021118 minHD
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation ...
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Genre:Action, Drama
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Lawless 7.0

Lawless

2012 115 min Movie
Lawless
7.02012115 minHD
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the ...
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Genre:Crime, Drama
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The Waltons 6.9

The Waltons

SS 9 EP 22 TV
The Waltons
6.9197250 minHD
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
Genre:Drama
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Carnivàle 7.9

Carnivàle

SS 2 EP 12 TV
Carnivàle
7.9200354 minHD
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching ...
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Genre:Drama, Mystery
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The Legend of Bagger Vance 6.5

The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000 126 min Movie
The Legend of Bagger Vance
6.52000126 minHD
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ...
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Genre:Drama, Fantasy
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Water for Elephants 6.9

Water for Elephants

2011 122 min Movie
Water for Elephants
6.92011122 minHD
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's ...
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Genre:Drama, Romance
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Seabiscuit 6.9

Seabiscuit

2003 141 min Movie
Seabiscuit
6.92003141 minHD
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
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Genre:Drama, History
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Of Mice and Men 7.2

Of Mice and Men

1992 110 min Movie
Of Mice and Men
7.21992110 minHD
Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
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Genre:Drama
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Road to Perdition 7.3

Road to Perdition

2002 117 min Movie
Road to Perdition
7.32002117 minHD
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the ...
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Genre:Crime, Drama
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The Purple Rose of Cairo 7.3

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985 82 min Movie
The Purple Rose of Cairo
7.3198582 minHD
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes ...
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Sullivan’s Travels 7.4

Sullivan’s Travels

1941 91 min Movie
Sullivan’s Travels
7.4194191 minHD
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to ...
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The Roaring Twenties 7.4

The Roaring Twenties

1939 104 min Movie
The Roaring Twenties
7.41939104 minHD
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie ...
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Genre:Crime, Drama
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Zelig 7.4

Zelig

1983 79 min Movie
Zelig
7.4198379 minHD
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever ...
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Genre:Comedy
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King Kong 7.6

King Kong

1933 104 min Movie
King Kong
7.61933104 minHD
Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack ...
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They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? 7.6

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

1969 120 min Movie
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
7.61969120 minHD
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged ...
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Genre:Drama
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Monsieur Verdoux 7.8

Monsieur Verdoux

1947 124 min Movie
Monsieur Verdoux
7.81947124 minHD
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To ...
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Genre:Comedy, Crime
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The Grapes of Wrath 7.8

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 129 min Movie
The Grapes of Wrath
7.81940129 minHD
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next ...
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Genre:Drama
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Paper Moon 7.8

Paper Moon

1973 102 min Movie
Paper Moon
7.81973102 minHD
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl—who may or may not be his daughter—and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
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Genre:Comedy, Crime