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Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:43

A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:46

    The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

      In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryAustralia, USA
      Duration02:23

      An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA, India
      Duration01:43

      A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:20

      The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:57

      The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genredrama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryItaly, France, USA, Brazil
      Duration02:09

      Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA, China, Canada
      Duration01:55

      Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:17

      In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

        A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:46

          The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

          Markimdb: 8.4
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:25

          During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genreaction, drama, family, sport
          CountryUSA, China
          Duration02:20

          12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:44

          A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Germany

          The quirky staff of an American magazine based in 1970s France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genredrama, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:09

          A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genredrama, adventure, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:55

          A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, France
          Duration01:30

          An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:13

          In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genredrama, adventure, family
          CountryUSA, Canada

          Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Africa, USA
          Duration01:54

          Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genredrama, music, biography, history
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
          Duration02:05

          Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:00

          After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genredrama, adventure, family, biography, history
          CountryUSA

          The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA, Japan
          Duration02:30

          A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

            A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.

            Markimdb: 8.2
            Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration03:00

              A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:01

              A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:13

              Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

              A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genredrama, military
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration02:11

              While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration02:25

              A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:34

              Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ignored, she tries to recover in her present. Unfortunately, it all proves a losing battle as Jasmine's narcissistic hangups and their consequences begin to overwhelm her. In doing so, her old pretensions and new deceits begin to foul up everyone's lives, especially her own.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India

              Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

              A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genredrama, western, crime
              CountryFrance, Spain, Romania, Belgium, USA
              Duration01:56

              Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

              Markimdb: 8.3
              Genredrama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

              A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genredrama, biography, history
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:32

              The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:30

              A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genredrama
              CountryUSA, Germany

              A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genredrama, family
              CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
              Duration02:15

              The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:58

                Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

                Markimdb: 8.1
                Genredrama, adventure, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:28

                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.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:52

                Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genredrama, biography, sport
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:54

                  The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

                  Markimdb: 7.8
                  Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:24

                    The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.




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