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82) Newsies
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July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper, ten cents per hundred, the newsboys, poor enough already, are outraged. Inspired by the strike put on by the trolley workers, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly organizes a newsboys' strike. With David Jacobs as the brains of the new union, and Jack as the voice, the weak and oppressed find the strength to band together and challenge the powerful....
83) Brother nature
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Roger, a straight-laced go-getter hopes to propose to his dream girl during a weekend getaway at her family's lake house. Little does he know, his eager-to-be best bud and potential brother-in law might accidentally wreck his plans.
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Matilda: An intelligent child is oppressed by both her monstrous parents and awful school principal. She befriends her nice teacher and learns to unleash telekinetic powers to drive her principal away.
Jumanji: When Allen Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realize its unimaginable powers until he is magically tranported into the untamed jungles of Jumanji! There he remains for 26 years until he is freed from the game's spell by...
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"A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scienist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses"--Container.
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Set in the vast, desolate plains of Montana, it is an ode to the traditional revenge western. When famed frontier lawman and Montana's first elected senator Eddie Johnson is brutally murdered, his longtime sidekick and friend, Lefty Brown, will stop at nothing to avenge his death.
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To all appearances, May Brennan has it all intelligence, looks, the recipient of raves from her recently published book and set to marry her loving fiancée Ziad, a distinguished New York scholar. But immediately upon returning to her hometown of Amman, Jordan for the wedding, the cracks in her seemingly perfect life begin to show. May's headstrong, born-again Christian mother Nadine disapproves of Ziad's Muslim faith and is firm in her decision to...
89) Bottle Shock
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The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris".
90) Lucky Numbers
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John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow make a "high-energy comedy team" in this side-splittingly funny comedy inspired by a real-life scam to win the Pennsylvania lottery. Travolta "is truly irresistible" as Russ Richards, a weatherman in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Russ is a local celebrity, but when an unusually mild winter causes his snowmobile dealership to take a plunge, Russ needs a get-rich scheme - and fast. With his greedy girlfriend (Lisa Kudrow) -...
91) Brother Nature
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Roger, a straight-laced go-getter hopes to propose to his dream girl during a weekend getaway at her family's lake house. Little does he know, his eager-to-be best bud's potential brother-in law might accidentally wreck his plans.
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McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by; he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice...
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With Hollywood moviemaking as a metaphor, director Wim Wenders weaves a modern day tale of commercialism, consumerism and introspection. Successful Hollywood producer Mike Max, having made his fortune producing films with no redeeming social value, experiences a life-altering event when he is kidnapped and almost killed. Irony is not lost on Mike who decides to leave the world of Hollywood behind, a world he once embraced and which he now views as...
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"Where to find your favorite fast-food hamburger in Paris? How many laundry soap packets does a trip to Atlanta require? Ask Macon Leary, whose guidebooks are revered by home-loving business travelers who loathe being in transit. About matters of the heart, don't ask Macon. He doesn't have a clue. At least, not yet"--Container.
96) Sommersby
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When Jack Sommersby, known as a brutish lout, returns home after the Civil War, he is not the man anyone remembers, including his wife. The real test of their newfound love and his identity comes when he stands trial for his life.
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Bill & Ted's excellent adventure (1988): Bill and Ted have spent so much time forming their rock band, that they're flunking history. A guardian angel from the future takes them time-traveling into the past to learn from history's most influential people. The journey turns out to be a blast, but will they learn enough to pass their class?
The princess bride (1987): When the beautiful maiden Buttercup hears that her tue love Westley is dead, she reluctantly...
98) Lake Placid
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An investigative team, armed with state-of-the-art equipment, high powered weaponry and a biting sense of sarcasm, must work together to defeat Black Lake's most ferocious resident: a 30-foot prehistoric crocodile.
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Season 1: Detective Harry Ambrose delves into the past of unassuming housewife Cora Tannetti to determine why she violently stabbed a beachgoer to death in Upstate New York.
Season 2: Detective Harry Ambrose returns to his hometown of Keller, Upstate New York, to investigate why a young boy would kill his parents.
Season 3: Detective Harry Ambrose investigates a suspicious, fatal car accident on the outskirts of Dorchester, Upstate New York.
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100) The unbelievers
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"The Unbelievers follows renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss across the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason encouraging others to cast off antiquated religious and in the modern world politically motivated approaches toward important current issues"--Cover.