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Adulthood(2008)   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Noel Clarke
After Sam Peel is released from jail for killing Trife, he finds difficulty adjusting to life on the outside. He is forced to confront the people he h...

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Closer(2004)   DVD 15Trailer(s) Available
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > Romantic
Mike Nichols
Julia Roberts;  Jude Law;  Natalie Portman;
Dan is a young novelist who is becoming more and more exasperated by his girlfriend Alice's neediness. When he meets Anna at a photo-shoot, his loyalt...

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Godfather Part II, The(1974)   DVD 18 This title is part of a series, if you have other titles from this series in your list they will be sent in order.
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Francis Ford Coppola
Marlon Brando;  James Caan;  Richard Castellano;
'The Godfather' is a Chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America, and the passage of rites from father to son. B...

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Crying Game, The(1992)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Neil Jordan
Miranda Richardson;  Stephen Rea;  Forest Whitaker;
An off-duty soldier, lured to the beach by a local girl, is beaten and abducted by the IRA...

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Wall Street(1987)   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Oliver Stone
Michael Douglas;  Charlie Sheen;  Martin Sheen;
An unscrupulous corporate raider meets a newly-minted young broker. Drawn together by their love of money, the young broker begins to provide classifi...

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Big Fish(2003)   DVD PG
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > Comedy
Tim Burton
Ewan McGregor;  Albert Finney;  Billy Crudup;
Edward Bloom has always told tall tales of his life, charming everyone apart from his son Will. When Will's mother Sandra tries to bring the pair back...

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Secretary(2002)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Steven Shainberg
James Spader;  Maggie Gyllenhaal;  Jeremy Davies;
After her release from hospital following treatment for self-harming Lee Holloway gets a job as a secretary to a lawyer, Mr Grey. It's not too long be...

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Lions For Lambs(2007)   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Robert Redford
Meryl Streep;  Robert Redford;  Andrew Garfield;
Oscar winner Robert Redford directs Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep in this political drama about the war on terror.

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Other Boleyn Girl, The(2008)   DVD 12
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > Period
Justin Chadwick
Natalie Portman;  Scarlett Johansson;  Eric Bana;
A visually-stunning adaptation of the novel by Philippa Gregory, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL is the story of two sisters forced into competing for the affec...

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Dreamgirls   DVD 12
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > Musicals & Music Films
Bill Condon
Jamie Foxx;  Beyonce Knowles;  Eddie Murphy;
Based on the Tony Award-winning musical, "Dreamgirls" is set in the turbulent late 1960s and early '70s and follows the rise of a trio of women -- Eff...

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Pursuit Of Happyness, The(2006)   DVD 12
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Gabriele Muccino
Will Smith;  Jaden Smith;  Dan Castellaneta;
In San Francisco circa 1981, Chris Gardner's luck has run out. A bad business investment, a bevy of parking tickets, and back taxes in addition to ren...

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Beaches(1988)   DVD 12
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Garry Marshall
Bette Midler;  Barbara Hershey;  John Heard;
A chance meeting of two young girls from totally different backgrounds becomes a friendship that lasts a lifetime. As they lead their own separate liv...

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Beautiful Mind, A(2001)   DVD 12
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Ron Howard
Russell Crowe;  Jennifer Connelly;  Paul Bettany;
Based on the true story of the life of brilliant mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. Nash suffered for many years from paranoid schizophrenia and remar...

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Miracle On 34th Street(1947)   DVD U
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
George Seaton
Maureen O'Hara;  John Payne;  Edmund Gwenn;
Genial old Kris Kringle is hired by Macy's Department Store in New York to be their Santa Claus and then surprises everyone by claiming to be the real...

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Any Given Sunday(1999)   DVD 15Trailer(s) Available
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Oliver Stone
Al Pacino;  Cameron Diaz;  Dennis Quaid;
A hard knock in a game of professional football puts Cap Rooney out of the game. He is replaced by an unknown whose subsequent performances transform ...

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Men Of Honour   DVD 15 This title is part of a series, if you have other titles from this series in your list they will be sent in order.
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
George Tillman Jr
Robert De Niro;  Cuba Gooding Jr;  Charlize Theron;
Based on the true story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American man to serve as a diver in the United States Navy. At every stage of his career B...

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Julius Caesar   DVD 12
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > Historical
Christopher Walken;  Richard Harris;  Jeremy Sisto;
Dramatic re-telling of the story of Julius Caesar.

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Finding Neverland(2004)   DVD PG
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Marc Forster
Johnny Depp;  Kate Winslet;  Julie Christie;
Escaping from his stagnant married life, author Barrie is pushed into the lives of a widow and her four sons. Fatherless, the children provide inspira...

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Fargo(1996)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Joel Coen
Frances McDormand;  Steve Buscemi;  Peter Stormare;
A Minneapolis car salesman, desperately in debt, hires two thugs to kidnap his wife in the hope that his wealthy father-in-law will pay the ransom. Un...

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Lord Of The Flies(1963)   DVD PG
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themsleves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organised society f...

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