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War and Peace
1956 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWith great attention to detail and historical accuracy, personal stories, love affairs and philosophies are woven throughout this massive, intricate tapestry of Russia during Napoleon's invasion at the turn of the 19th century. A decade of preparation and two years of filming went into the making of this engaging version of Leo Tolstoy's 20th-century masterpiece, an epic drama starring Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda.
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Zulu Dawn
1979 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDouglas Hickox helms this authentically staged epic dramatizing the clash between thousands of Zulu warriors and a considerably smaller number of British soldiers stationed in Natal, South Africa, in 1879.
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The October Man
1947 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAfter surviving an accident that left a girl dead, Jim Ackland (John Mills) struggles to recover from a brain injury. Upon his release from the hospital, he stumbles into a murder plot involving Molly Newman (Kay Walsh), a mysterious woman pursued by the criminal underground. Ackland is soon framed for murder and must clear his name while maintaining his tenuous grip on reality. Unfortunately, he can't be certain that he's innocent.
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Bean: The Movie
1997 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsRowan Atkinson brings his TV-based nincompoop Mr. Bean to the big screen. He arrives in Los Angeles to guard a famous painting, but as Mr. Bean is unfit for any physical task, everything goes hilariously wrong. A master of physical comedy, Atkinson pits the Brit Bean against his suspicious American hosts in a culture clash that makes for sidesplitting comedy.
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Cottage to Let
1941 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAs a World War II inventor (Leslie Banks) develops a revolutionary bombsight at his Scottish estate, the Nazis attempt to infiltrate his inner circle by sending in a secret spy, who unwittingly moves into an adjoining cottage with an undercover British agent. An adaptation of a Geoffrey Kerr play, director Anthony Asquith's wartime espionage mystery keeps viewers guessing about each character's true intentions.
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The Rocking Horse Winner
1950 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn this 1950 classic, Paul, a young, introverted boy, escapes his mother's constant complaints about poverty by climbing onto his rocking horse. He soon discovers that while riding furiously on the horse, he gains the ability to pick a winner at the racetrack. His family quickly becomes rich but squanders the money as soon as they get it, forcing Paul to exhaust himself trying to pick more winners ... with tragic results.
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Flame in the Streets
1961 | NR | 2.3 out of 5 StarsDespite his passionate efforts fighting for the rights of West Indian workers, liberal union leader Jacko (John Mills) struggles to cope with his own racial prejudice when his only daughter, Kathie (Sylvia Syms), decides to marry her black colleague, Peter (Johnny Sekka). Based on the Ted Willis play "Hot Summer Night," this working-class drama co-stars Brenda De Banzie as Jacko's wife, who staunchly opposes the marriage.
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