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Set in the 1980s in Luton, Javed's family struggles to make ends meet in the crushing recession of the late Thatcher era, Javed isn't allowed to have a social life or even a girlfriend, but everything changes when he discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen... A toe-tapping embodiment of joy and based on a true story.

This 2020 Academy Award winner is a black comedy featuring the devious and desperate Kim family who manage to bluff their way into the lives of a much more affluent family. Played by a flawless ensemble cast, this movie will get under your skin. Beautiful and moving, but some violence towards the end.

Everyone knows Halla as a respectable, middle-aged director of a popular choir. But she leads a secret double life as a ruthless, daring eco-warrior who is hunted by the police. This playful, thrilling and yet sensitive film is set against the fantastic landscapes of rural Iceland.

In 18^th century Brittany, a female painter is commissioned by a countess to secretly create a wedding portrait of her daughter while pretending to be her companion. As the daughter and painter spend time together, hidden emotions come to the surface with unexpected consequences.

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"A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier."

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"A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell."

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"A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her."

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"In 2001, Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. When her father is captured, a determined young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family."

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"A troubled family must face the facts when something goes terribly wrong at their son's desolate military post."

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"A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush."

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"A man stranded in the Arctic after a plane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown."

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"After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver."

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"After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own."

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"Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes."

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"1809, France. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up. But it all goes south when Neuville reappears."

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"In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives."

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"Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events."

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"Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister's wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open."

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"A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold."