Movies By highest critic rating on Paramount+

His Girl Friday (1940)

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Gone: RT: 99/90 IMDB: 7.9 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Howard Hawks Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
An unscrupulous newspaper editor (Cary Grant) uses every dirty trick in the book to stop his ace reporter/ex-wife (Rosalind Russell) from remarrying and moving to Albany. Directed by Howard Hawks.

Ascension (2021)

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Gone: RT: 98 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Jessica Kingdon Genres: Documentary
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Loosely structured around the distinct social and economic classes that divide contemporaty China, Ascension follows factory workers, middle class consumers and elites as they chase the elusive Chinese Dream.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

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Gone: RT: 98/85 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 3.0M Budget: 0.4M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Don Siegel Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Stars: Carolyn Jones, Dana Wynter, Kevin McCarthy
Classic science fiction thriller about a small California town being infiltrated by pods from outer space that replicate and replace humans. Based on Jack Finney's novel, "The Body Snatchers."

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

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Gone: RT: 97/88 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 791.0M Budget: 178.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Christopher McQuarrie Genres: Action, Adventure
Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) chooses to save his team over completing a mission, allowing stolen plutonium to fall into the wrong hands. Now, he must partner with a hard-hitting CIA agent (Henry Cavill) in a race against time to stop a nuclear threat.

Apostasy (2018)

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Gone: RT: 97/86 IMDB: 6.9 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Daniel Kokotajlo Genres: Drama
Stars: Siobhan Finneran, Sacha Parkinson, Molly Wright
Devout Jehovah's Witnesses, Alex and Luisa and their mother are united in The Truth. But as Luisa starts to question the advice of the Elders she makes a life-altering transgression that leaves the whole family in fear of God's wrath.

Spontaneous (2020)

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Gone: RT: 97/66 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Brian Duffield Genres: Comedy, Horror
Stars: Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer, Yvonne Orji
Mara Carlye's life is forever changed when students in her senior class literally explode for no reason. Mara and her friends stay close together as they await possible combustion - wondering what part of life is worth living.if it might end suddenly.

The Conversation (1974)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 97/89 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 4.4M Budget: 1.6M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Not Specified Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Frederic Forrest
Paranoid surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to spy on a young couple. However, he is soon faced with a crisis of conscience when a cryptic recording causes him to fear he may be acting as an accomplice to murder.

Intolerance (1916)

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Gone: RT: 97/77 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 4.0M Budget: 8.4M chan: Paramount+
Directors: D.W. Griffith Genres: Drama, History
Stars: Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

The Thief of Baghdad (1924)

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Gone: RT: 97/83 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 1.5M Budget: 1.1M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Raoul Walsh Genres: Romance, Adventure, Fantasy
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A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

The Stranger (1946)

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Gone: RT: 97/81 IMDB: 7.4 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Orson Welles Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Loretta Young
A member of the War Crimes Commission is seeking the mastermind of the Holocaust who has changed his identity.

A Quiet Place (2018)

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Gone: RT: 96/83 IMDB: 7.5 Revenue: 340.7M Budget: 17.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: John Krasinski Genres: Horror, Drama, Science Fiction
Stars: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds
In this terrifyingly suspenseful thriller, a family must navigate their lives in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. Hailed by critics and audiences around the world, experience the must-see movie of the year.

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

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Gone: RT: 96/87 IMDB: 8.0 Revenue: 33.4M Budget: 3.2M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Roman Polanski Genres: Drama, Horror
Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Exciting horror film with Mia Farrow as an innocent pregnant wife betrayed by her ambitious husband to a cult of devil-worshippers.

Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

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Gone: RT: 96/85 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 43.0M Budget: 8.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Don Siegel Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom
Sentenced to Alcatraz for life, a cunning bank robber clashes with the cruel warden upon his arrival. Hoping to escape from a supposedly inescapable prison, he masterminds a successful escape.

Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

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Gone: RT: 96/87 IMDB: 7.9 Revenue: 30.0M Budget: 0.1M chan: Paramount+
Directors: George A. Romero Genres: Horror, Thriller
Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman
George A. Romero didn't invent zombies, but his low-budget horror chiller about people on the run from the flesh-eating undead became a cult classic - and the inspiration for dozens of spinoffs and sequels.

Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)

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Gone: RT: 95/95 IMDB: 8.5 Revenue: 5.4M Budget: 5.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Sergio Leone Genres: Drama, Western
Stars: Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale
Two outlaws help protect a young bride when her husband and family are murdered by a greedy land baron who will stop at nothing to secure land for a new railroad.

Dead Man Walking (1995)

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Gone: RT: 95/86 IMDB: 7.5 Revenue: 39.4M Budget: 11.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Tim Robbins Genres: Drama
Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, R. Lee Ermey
Scheduled to be put to death for brutally slaying two teens, Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) seeks the aid of a Christian nun, Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), to find solace and redemption before his execution.

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

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Gone: RT: 95/75 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Alexander Korda Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, History
Stars: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat
Tells how King Henry VIII came to marry five more times after his divorce from his first wife.

Way Down East (1920)

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Gone: RT: 95/69 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 4.5M chan: Paramount+
Directors: D.W. Griffith Genres: Drama, Action, Romance
Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

Hearts Of The World (1918)

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Gone: RT: 95/33 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Paramount+
Directors: D.W. Griffith Genres: Drama, War
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Young lovers in a French village are torn apart with the coming of the Great War.

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

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Gone: RT: 94/87 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 682.3M Budget: 150.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Christopher McQuarrie Genres: Action, Adventure
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg
With his organization shut down, agent Ethan Hunt and his team race against time to stop a dangerous network of rogue operatives turned traitors. To defeat them, he must join forces with an elusive agent as he faces his most impossible mission yet.

Love And Monsters (2020)

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Gone: RT: 94/89 IMDB: 7.0 Revenue: 1.1M Budget: 30.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Michael Matthews Genres: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker
A young man and his traveling companions battle an array of monsters during an epic, 80-mile journey to find the woman he loves.

Arrival (2016)

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Gone: RT: 94/82 IMDB: 7.9 Revenue: 203.4M Budget: 47.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Denis Villeneuve Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker
When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team - led by expert translator Louise Banks (Academy Award nominee Amy Adams) - races against time to decipher their intent.

Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) (1939)

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Gone: RT: 94/87 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 6.9M Budget: 1.8M chan: Paramount+
Directors: William Dieterle Genres: Drama, Romance, Horror
Stars: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller
In fifteenth century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with the gypsy queen.

Farewell to Arms, A (1932)

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Gone: RT: 94/53 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Frank Borzage Genres: Drama, Romance, War
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A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry and Nurse Catherine Barkley during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together.

Casting By (2012)

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Gone: RT: 94/79 IMDB: 7.6 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Tom Donahue Genres: Documentary
Stars: Deborah Aquila, Risa Bramon Garcia
"Casting By" places the spotlight on one of filmmaking's unsung heroes - casting director Marion Dougherty.

Beautiful Something Left Behind (2020)

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Gone: RT: 94 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Katrine Philp Genres: Documentary
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BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING LEFT BEHIND captures the heartbreaking, mundane and even funny moments in the lives of young children who have recently lost parents.

Penny Serenade (1941)

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Gone: RT: 94/75 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Paramount+
Directors: George Stevens Genres: Romance, Drama
Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi
A young couple falls in love while on a trip to Japan, but face tragedy when an earthquake causes June (Irene Dunne) to lose the baby she is carrying.

Glory (1990)

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Gone: RT: 93/93 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 26.8M Budget: 18.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Edward Zwick Genres: Drama, History, War
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes
The saga of the first black fighting unit in America's civil war is an inspiring testament to courage, the human spirit, and the value of freedom.

That Thing You Do! (1996)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 93/78 IMDB: 6.9 Revenue: 34.6M Budget: 26.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Tom Hanks Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler
Rocketing to the top of the charts with their catchy pop single in 1964, local Pennsylvania band the "Oneders" become an overnight sensation... and try to stay a sensation, with the help of wily band manager Mr. White.

Blue Story (2020)

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Gone: RT: 93/66 IMDB: 6.2 Revenue: 5.8M Budget: 1.6M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Andrew Onwubolu Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
Stars: Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward, Eric Kofi Abrefa
Best friends Marco and Timmy, who live in different London boroughs, find their friendship ripping at the seams when Marco gets beaten up by one of Timmy's primary school friends, forcing them onto rival sides of a violent and insidious gang war.

Becoming (2020)

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Gone: RT: 93/57 IMDB: 4.7 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Omar Naim Genres: Documentary
Stars: Toby Kebbell, Penelope Mitchell, Jeff Daniel Philips
On a road trip with her fiance, Lisa realizes that he's become possessed by an ancient and evil entity who wants a family of his own. Now, Lisa must duel with the horrifying entity for both her and her fiance's lives.

Southerner, The (1945)

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Gone: RT: 93/79 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Jean Renoir Genres: Drama
Stars: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Nash
The life of the poor Tucker family, that worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature is against them.

Skyfall (2012)

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Gone: RT: 92/86 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 1108.6M Budget: 200.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Sam Mendes Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Stars: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem
Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

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Gone: RT: 92/87 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 49.2M chan: Paramount+
Directors: John Hughes Genres: Comedy
Stars: Laila Robbins, Steve Martin, John Candy
An uptight businessman teams up with an irritating know-it-all blabbermouth to find any means possible to make it home for Thanksgiving when a major snowstorm strands them in the Mid-West.

Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)

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Gone: RT: 92/89 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 150.0M Budget: 46.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Jonathan Frakes Genres: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Stars: Patrick Stewart , Jonathan Frakes , Brent Spiner
After an epic battle against the Borg, Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise follow the Borg Sphere back into the 21st century to prevent the Borg from contaminating Earth's timeline and preventing Earth's first contact. Picard and the crew must work together to battle the Borg Queen before she assimilates all of mankind and changes history forever. Resistance is futile.

Saint Maud (2021)

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Gone: RT: 92/64 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 1.6M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Rose Glass Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Stars: Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle
Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul—but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.

Election (1999)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 92/79 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Alexander Payne Genres: Comedy
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Tracy Flick, a straight "A" go-getter who's determined to be president of Carver High's student body. But when popular teacher Jim McAllister observes the zealous political locomotive, he decides to derail her.

In Search of Greatness (2018)

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Gone: RT: 92/86 IMDB: 6.9 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Gabe Polsky Genres: Documentary
Stars: Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice
IN SEARCH OF GREATNESS is a groundbreaking documentary that reveals the true nature and nurture of the greatest athletes of all time

Life with Father (1947)

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Gone: RT: 92/78 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Michael Curtiz Genres: Comedy, Family
Stars: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor
A financier from New York rules his numerous family, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousness of a bookkeeper.

The Royal Wedding (1951)

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Gone: RT: 92/69 IMDB: 6.7 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Stanley Donen Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance
Stars: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as an American performing duo whotravel to London to take part in the singing, dancing, glamour andromance of a Royal Wedding.

Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)

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Gone: RT: 92/55 IMDB: 6.3 Budget: 0.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Roger Corman Genres: Horror, Comedy
Stars: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles
A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it.

The General (1926)

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Gone: RT: 92/92 IMDB: 8.1 Revenue: 1.0M Budget: 0.8M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War
Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender
When the American Civil War breaks out, confederate railroad engineer Johnny Gray has his beloved locomotive carrying his fiancée stolen by Union spies. He boards another massive train, and sets out to pursue the Northern spies to get his kidnapped steam engine back.

Microbe & Gasoline (2016)

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Gone: RT: 92/72 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 0.1M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Michel Gondry Genres: Comedy
Stars: Ange Dargent, Theophile Baquet, Audrey Tautou
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.

Nothing Sacred (1937)

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Gone: RT: 92/69 IMDB: 6.9 chan: Paramount+
Directors: William A. Wellman Genres: Comedy, Romance
Stars: Carole Lombard, Margaret Hamilton, Hattie McDaniel
An over-eager newspaper reporter hot on the trail of a story ends up falling in love with his subject. But when her story turns out false, everyone involved goes beyond simple truth-bending to save face!

A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

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Gone: RT: 91/92 IMDB: 7.3 Revenue: 297.4M Budget: 61.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: John Krasinski Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
Stars: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) continue their fight for survival in silence, now facing the terrors of the outside world in this suspenseful thriller directed by John Krasinski.

The Accused (1988)

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Gone: RT: 91/79 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Jonathan Kaplan Genres: Drama
Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson
What are the limits of justice? Of social responsibility? The Accused takes a powerful and thought-provoking look at human nature and individual moral conscience, and a judicial process that treats the victim like a criminal.

The Quiet Man (1952)

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Gone: RT: 91/91 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 3.8M Budget: 1.8M chan: Paramount+
Directors: John Ford Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.

There Will Be Blood (2007)

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Gone: RT: 91/86 IMDB: 8.2 Revenue: 77.2M Budget: 25.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Paul Thomas Anderson Genres: Drama
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor
A sprawling epic about family, faith, power and oil. The story chronicles the life of Daniel Plainview, who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner into a self-made oil tycoon.

Strictly Ballroom (1992)

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Gone: RT: 91/87 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 33.9M Budget: 3.0M chan: Paramount+
Directors: Not Specified Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter
Australian romance about a headstrong ballroom dancer (Paul Mercurio) who teams up with a love-struck amateur (Tara Morice) to compete for a national championship.

Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006)

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Gone: RT: 91/74 IMDB: 6.9 chan: Paramount+
Directors: Bob Hercules, Cheri Pugh Genres: Documentary
Stars: Eva Mozes Kor, Sami Adwan
Eva Kor and her twin sister were victims of the infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, who conducted sadistic experiments on human beings at Auschwitz concentration camp.