Drama
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Watermelon Man | 1970 | Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons
Biting (and funny) social satire and the first studio effort from black filmmaker Van Peebles concerns a white bigot who…
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Too Late the Hero | 1970 | Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson
A heavyweight cast (Caine, Elliott, Bannen, Fonda) populate Aldrich’s testosterone-heavy Second World War thriller, although it’s Robertson who takes the…
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Conduct Unbecoming | 1975 | Michael York, Richard Attenborough
Tradition, honour and comradeship are at the core of this gripping and tense courtroom drama, set in a British colonial…
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Out of the Furnace | 2013 | Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana
Gritty crime thriller. Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Willem Dafoe, Zoe Saldana and Forest Whitaker are among the ensemble cast of…
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Top Gun | 1986 | Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis
Roaring jet engines and gushing testosterone characterise this Tony Scott-directed Simpson/Bruckheimer production. Worryingly memorable ‘high concept’ landmark A cinematic milestone…
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Tortilla Soup | 2001 | Jacqueline Obradors, Tamara Mello
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life. cast…
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Tortilla Flat | 1942 | Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr
Steinbeck’s glorious novel set in his beloved Monterey was brought to the screen by MGM, who had a field day…
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Tout Va Bien | 1972 | Yves Montand, Jane Fonda
Fonda is the American journalist and Montand her film-making husband reduced to making commercials. When they go to report on…
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Tovarich | 1937 | Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer
Two Russian aristocrats (Colbert and Boyer) pose as French servants while hiding the Czar’s fortune. This frothy but likeable comedy-drama…
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The Truman Show | 1998 | Jim Carrey, Laura Linney
Unusually intelligent Jim Carrey movie – a provocative and prescient media satire. Truman Burbank (Carrey) is a happily married insurance…
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