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The Hunger Games

2012
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

A civil action

1999
A high-priced personal injury attorney represents eight families whose children died of leukemia after large corporations let toxic waste leak into the water supply in the Boston area. He puts his career, reputation and all that he owns on the line for the rights of his clients.

Selena

1997
Dramatizes the life & work of the Grammy award-winning Texas Latina singer who had begun to popularize Tejano music when she was shot and killed.

The White Rose

Die weisse Rose
1983
The story of a secret society of students and their professor who printed and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets to urge German citizens to sabotage the war efforts. Their actions cost the Munich-based group their lives. Based on actual events.

Benny & Joon

1999
A girl wins a man in a poker game, and must now find a girlfriend for her overprotective brother.

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993
Josh (Pomeranc) is a budding seven-year-old chess prodigy, whose father is determined to make him a chess champion in the same class as champion Bobby Fischer. Father & son discover their love for each other.

He loves me, he loves me not

2003
Through a startling series of events, Angelique's enchanted life begins to unravel in front of our eyes. Is the love affair the one-sided obsession of a desperate woman clinging to a hopeles dream, and turning it into a nightmare when she realizes it may not come true?.
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Saving Private Ryan

1999
"Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invastion, thenmoves beyond the beach as the men embark on a dangerous special mission.".

The sword in the stone

2000
A young boy pulls a magical sword from a stone to become King.
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The Deer Hunter

1998
Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds in the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress.

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