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Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a wellknown musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States.
Lorenzos Oil (1992)
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The Beginning or the End (1947)
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32 Pills: My Sisters Suicide (2017)
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Padre Padrone (1977)
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Decline of an Empire (2014)
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Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
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Good Ol Freda (2013)
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Eadweard (2015)
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Farinelli (1994)
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
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Altman (2014)
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Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
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The Long Gray Line (1955)
The Long Gray Line (1955) The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships h
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
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Milada (2017)
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
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My Brilliant Career (1979)
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Queen Christina (1933)
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Frank Serpico (2017)
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If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent (201
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Lo perdido (2020)
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Hes a Legend, Hes a Hero (1976)
A highly fictionalized biography of the famous Bruce Lee, this movie traces his college life, his marriage to Linda Lee, his relationship with his master, and his untimely death
KidPoker (2015)
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To Be Frank, Sinatra at 100 (2015)
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
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Daliland (2022)
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The Dove (1974)
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Jeremiah (1998)
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David Beckham: Infamous (2022)
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Desert Dancer (2014)
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Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
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An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
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First They Killed My Father (2017)
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The Spy in the Hanoi Hilton (2015)
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American Splendor (2003)
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Proces de Jeanne dArc (1962)
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The Wildest Dream (2010)
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All of Me (2014)
All of Me (2014) An intimate insight into the Patronas, a group of Mexican women who, every day since 1995, make food and toss it -still warm- to the migrants who travel atop the freight train The Beast as it makes it way to the U.S. This documentary is a personal diary that draws a border between t
Baadasssss! (2003)
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Kurt & Courtney (1998)
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The Conqueror (1956)
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