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American Me
1992 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsA life of violence is traced from the Zoot Suit riots of the 1940s to the bloody streets of East Los Angeles in the '90s. Three friends born in poverty create their own capitalist dream as gang members who, despite being jailed, control the streets.
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Battlestar Galactica: Season 1
2003 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsJoin Adama and Laura as they lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors from their destroyed planet in search of a mythical planet called Earth and the robot race of Cylons is in hot pursuit.
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Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.0
2005 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis reimagining of the classic 1970s science fiction series takes its special effects and story lines to a whole new level, with President Roslin (Mary McDonnell), Commander Adama (Edward James Olmos) and their ship full of humans still searching for the mythical planet Earth. In the show's sophomore season, the commander's life hangs in the balance, and a new crisis emerges when Cylon Centurions manage to board the Galactica.
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Battlestar Galactica: Season 3
2006 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe third season of this popular sci-fi drama picks up where the 10-part series of webisodes left off, with Tigh (Michael Hogan), Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) and Anders (Michael Trucco) leading resistance forces on New Caprica in attacks against their Cylon oppressors. Elsewhere, a reluctant Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) is enduring forced cohabitation with Leoben Conoy (Callum Keith Rennie), a humanoid Cylon agent she despises.
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Battlestar Galactica: Season 4
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsA mentally imbalanced officer from the now-destroyed Pegasus joins the crew of the Galactica, and more details about Adm. Adama's past are brought to life via flashback. The two-hour special Razor is also included.
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Battlestar Galactica
2003 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsDeep in the universe, cybernetic Cylons have all but wiped out the human race, laying waste to the Twelve Colonies of Man. Cast out, the few survivors aboard the Battlestar Galactica search for a so-called 13th colony: the mythical planet Earth.
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Filly Brown
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsOffered a chance to be a star, a young rapper must decide whether to go for the gold or remain true to herself and the friends who've helped her. Meanwhile, her family struggles, with her mom in jail and her ex-gangbanger dad trying to go straight.
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Triumph of the Spirit
1989 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWillem Dafoe fights the battle of his life as Salamo, a Greek Jew (and former champion boxer) who's incarcerated in Auschwitz by the Nazis and must defeat all comers in weekly boxing exhibitions. If he doesn't, he faces the gas chamber.
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Miami Vice: Season 1
1984 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsVice cops Crockett and Tubbs are the epitome of 1980s Miami style as they keep the thugs in line; underneath, though, they're hard-core law enforcement officials sexy enough to infiltrate the underground but smart enough to keep it at arm's length.
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Miami Vice: Season 2
1985 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis high-fashion detective drama returns for a second action-packed season, diving back into Miami's seedy underworld with vice squad members Crockett and Tubbs. Clad in their signature pastels, these cool cops continue to bring down the bad guys.
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Miami Vice: Season 4
1987 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSeason 4 of filmmaker Michael Mann's cool cop drama keeps the action coming with Crockett and Tubbs infiltrating the dangerous world of Miami narcotics. This season the guest stars include Ving Rhames, Philip Baker Hall, Ben Stiller and Chris Rock.
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Miami Vice: Season 3
1986 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsCrockett and Tubbs are back for a third season of the high-octane, high-fashion cop drama, taking on the worst that the Miami underworld has to offer. This season features guest performances by Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne and Steve Buscemi.
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Miami Vice: Season 5
1988 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe final season of Michael Mann's hit show explodes as Crockett and Tubbs take on the Miami underworld with 1980s style. Crockett, suffering from amnesia, works for a crime family, and Tubbs questions his partner's loyalty.
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Miami Vice
1984 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAlthough they don't always see eye to eye, Miami police detectives Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs work incredibly well together, busting elusive drug lords, greedy weapons smugglers and other nefarious low lifes in this stylish 1980s series.
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Splinter
2006 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsDreamer, an L.A. gangster left with memory loss after being shot in the head, seeks revenge for his brother's death. But more brutal gangland slayings threaten to escalate into an all-out street war unless Dreamer can repair his faulty memory.
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I'm Still Here
2010 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsIn 2008, Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix walked away from acting to pursue a rap career, an inexplicably bizarre detour captured in gritty detail in this "documentary" directed by Phoenix's brother-in-law, Casey Affleck.
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