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Changeling

Changeling

Changeling

IMDb: 7.8
2008
141min

Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn’t her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

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Milk

Milk

Milk

IMDb: 7.6
2008
128min

The story of California’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and old, straight and gay, alike – at a time when prejudice and violence against gays was openly accepted as the norm.

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Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

IMDb: 6.1
2008
88min

Based on a true story. Five high school cheerleaders, including the daughter of the school principal, run amok — and teachers, parents and administrators allow them to get away with a wide range of scandalous behavior. Known as the “Fab Five,” the girls disregard school rules, drink alcohol and post suggestive pictures on the Internet. But when the new cheerleading coach attempts to discipline them, her superiors ask her to resign.

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Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir

IMDb: 8.0
2008
90min

Much awarded animated documentary, in which director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on animation enabled Folman to illustrate their personal memories and dreams.

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Ip Man

Ip Man

Ip Man

IMDb: 8.1
2008
108min

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.

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The Express

The Express

The Express

IMDb: 7.3
2008
130min

Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

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The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

IMDb: 6.7
2008
115min

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family’s blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.

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A Woman in Berlin

A Woman in Berlin

A Woman in Berlin

IMDb: 7.1
2008
131min

A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after the invasion, keeps herself safe, but then the rapes begin. She resolves to control her fate

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Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

IMDb: 7.7
2008
122min

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost’s team harboured doubts about their boss’s ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

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The Red Baron

The Red Baron

The Red Baron

IMDb: 6.4
2008
120min

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Kate, a nurse, opens his eyes to the brutality of war.

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Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

IMDb: 7.0
2008
109min

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America’s musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

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The Duchess

The Duchess

The Duchess

IMDb: 6.9
2008
110min

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

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Bronson

Bronson

Bronson

IMDb: 7.1
2008
92min

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

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Hunger

Hunger

Hunger

IMDb: 7.6
2008
96min

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the six weeks prior to Sands’ death.

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Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

IMDb: 6.9
2008
131min

After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world.

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Assembly

Assembly

Assembly

IMDb: 7.3
2007
124min

Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang (KMT).

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Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

IMDb: 5.7
2007
84min

The movie takes place in the three days leading up to Lennon’s murder and is intended to be an exploration of Chapman’s psyche, without putting substantial emphasis on the murder. The title “Chapter 27” suggests a continuation of J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, which has 26 chapters, and which Chapman was carrying when he shot Lennon. Chapman was obsessed with the book, to the point

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Persepolis

Persepolis

Persepolis

IMDb: 8.1
2007
95min

In 1970s Iran, Marjane ‘Marji’ Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah’s defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

IMDb: 7.5
2007
160min

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored be the ‘fastest gun in the West’. An eager recruit into James’ notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

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The King of Kong

The King of Kong

The King of Kong

IMDb: 8.2
2007
79min

In this hilarious arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years, Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable, but Mitchell isn’t ready to relinquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

IMDb: 8.0
2007
112min

Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he’d only visited in his mind.

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The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters

IMDb: 7.6
2007
126min

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

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Charlie Wilson’s War

Charlie Wilson’s War

Charlie Wilson’s War

IMDb: 7.1
2007
102min

The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson’s covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

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American Gangster

American Gangster

American Gangster

IMDb: 7.8
2007
157min

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.

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Rise of the Footsoldier

Rise of the Footsoldier

Rise of the Footsoldier

IMDb: 6.9
2007
119min

Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties.

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La Vie en Rose

La Vie en Rose

La Vie en Rose

IMDb: 7.6
2007
140min

A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York’s most famous concert halls, Piaf’s life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother’s brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee (Gerard Depardieu), who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France’s immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th Century.

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Becoming Jane

Becoming Jane

Becoming Jane

IMDb: 7.1
2007
120min

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

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Into the Wild

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

IMDb: 8.1
2007
148min

The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

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Breach

Breach

Breach

IMDb: 7.0
2007
110min

Eric O’Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O’Neill’s told it’s an investigation of Hanssen’s sexual habits, however Hanssen is really suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for years and being responsible for the deaths of agents working for the United States.

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Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

IMDb: 7.5
2007
123min

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

IMDb: 6.9
2007
114min

When Queen Elizabeth’s reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain’s invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard to the lives of her people.

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An American Crime

An American Crime

An American Crime

IMDb: 7.4
2007
97min

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

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Talk to Me

Talk to Me

Talk to Me

IMDb: 7.4
2007
118min

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph “Petey” Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

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When Did You Last See Your Father?

When Did You Last See Your Father?

When Did You Last See Your Father?

IMDb: 6.9
2007
92min

The story of a son’s conflicting memories of his dying father.

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Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

IMDb: 7.3
2006
95min

A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.

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Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

IMDb: 7.5
2006
117min

The true story of William Wilberforce’s courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Although meeting intense opposition, his minister, John Newton, urges him to see the cause through.

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Infamous

Infamous

Infamous

IMDb: 7.1
2006
110min

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

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Miss Potter

Miss Potter

Miss Potter

IMDb: 7.0
2006
92min

The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children’s book, “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”, and her struggle for love, happiness and success.

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Zidane – A 21st Century Portrait

Zidane – A 21st Century Portrait

Zidane – A 21st Century Portrait

IMDb: 6.3
2006
90min

Halfway between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, “Zidane” consists in a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane.

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Goya’s Ghosts

Goya’s Ghosts

Goya’s Ghosts

IMDb: 6.9
2006
114min

Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.

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