Movies By highest critic rating on Prime

El Vigilante (2016)

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Gone: RT: 100 IMDB: nan chan: Prime
Directors: Diego Ros Genres: Drama
Stars: Leonardo Alonso, Rodrigo Franco
A night guard has to deal with a bizarre and improbable series of events in the most important night of his life.

Two Step (2015)

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Gone: RT: 100/68 IMDB: 6.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Alex R. Johnson Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Stars: Beth Broderick, James Landry Hébert, Skyy Moore
The lives of James, a directionless college dropout, and Webb, a career criminal with his back against the wall, violently collide.

Alive and Kicking (2017)

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Gone: RT: 100/93 IMDB: 6.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Susan Glatzer Genres: Music, Documentary, History
Stars: Evita Arce, Stephen Sayer, Chandrae Roettig
Alive and Kicking showcases the dynamic culture and cathartic power of swing dancing from its historic origins to its impact today. Boiled down to its core, swing dancing is the pursuit of happiness.

Patrick's Day (2014)

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Gone: RT: 100/85 IMDB: 6.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Terry McMahon Genres: Drama
Stars: Kerry Fox, Moe Dunford, Catherine Walker
Patrick is a warm, open, twenty-six year old virgin schizophrenic. Pills and his mother's protection means Patrick is no threat to himself or others. Until he falls in love. Maura is Patrick's obsessive mother and her need to control her son blinds her to the reality that sometimes the only thing more damaging than hate is misguided love.

On Happiness Road (2018)

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Gone: RT: 100/75 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Prime
Directors: Hung Tsin-yin Genres: Animation, Drama
Stars: Gwei Lun-mei
In this award-winning animated film, a woman returns to Taiwan from New York to attend her grandmother's funeral and is bombarded by fantastical memories of her past--reflections that reveal the darker side of the society that shaped her failing American dream.

Stealing Chaplin (2021)

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Gone: RT: 100 IMDB: 5.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Paul Tanter Genres: Drama, Crime
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Al Sapienza, Wayne Newton
Inspired by real events, the story centers around two Las Vegas-based con men who dig up and steal the corpse of comedian Charlie Chaplin in order to ransom it. With the theft gaining the world's attention and the reward rising daily, soon every local lowlife, criminal and dirty cop wants a piece of the action.

Kuessipan (2021)

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Gone: RT: 100/100 IMDB: 7.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Myriam Verreault Genres: Drama
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Adapted from Naomi Fontaine's acclaimed novel, Kuessipan is Myriam Verreault's first narrative feature. In a Quebec Innu community, Mikuan and Shaniss struggle to maintain their close friendship when they clash over their diverging ambitions. When Mikuan falls in love with a white boy and starts to consider a life beyond their tiny reserve, her bond with her friend is put to the test.

The Road to Fame (2014)

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Gone: RT: 100 IMDB: 7.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Hao Wu Genres: Documentary, Music
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A unique coming-of-age story with Chinese characteristics, The Road to Fame chronicles the staging of the American musical Fame -- China's first official collaboration with Broadway -- by the senior class of the Central Academy of Drama. Raised in one-child families, these ambitious youngsters aspire to become tomorrow's megastars as they are about to graduate from their prestigious institution.

About Pie (2021)

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Gone: RT: 100/94 IMDB: 5.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Joshua M. Lester Genres: Comedy
Stars: Joshua M. Lester, Skye LaFontaine, Julia Fae
A comedy about "the pie guy" and his mantra that pie is the easiest, least presumptive, and affordable first date. One slice of pie at a time, he stumbles through the modern romantic landscape meeting all flavors of people.

We (2021)

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Gone: RT: 100 IMDB: 5.8 chan: Prime
Directors: Mani Nasry Genres: Documentary
Stars: Mani Nasry, Humberly Gonzalez, Shiva Negar
In the pursuit of love and happiness, Mani Nasry known as Ethan in the film meets obstacles that threaten to halt his quest. Dating within different cultures and being open to all religions, Ethan must deal with constant roadblocks. From First Nations to South American, his journey to find love in Toronto is nothing but complex. He faces discrimination and depression but always remains optimistic.

Jai Bhim (Tamil) (2021)

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Gone: RT: 100 IMDB: 9.3 chan: Prime
Directors: Tha.Se. Gnanavel Genres: Drama
Stars: Suriya, Prakash Raj, Ramesh
A pregnant woman from a primitive tribal community, searches desperately for her husband, who is missing from police custody. So as to find her husband and seek justice for them, as their voice, a High Court advocate rises in support. Will their battle for justice succeed?

Shuddh Desi Romance (2013)

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Gone: RT: 100/43 IMDB: 6.0 chan: Prime
Directors: Maneesh Sharma Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Rishi Kapoor
Raghu (Sushant Singh Rajput), a tourist guide in Jaipur, wants love in his life. Gayatri (Parineeti Chopra), a part-time instructor, has been around the block a few times. Tara (Vaani Kapoor), who's dying to get out there and fly, knows what's right for her. 3 young people who junk the society's syllabus for finding love, get their beliefs challenged and loves tested as their lives crisscross.

His Girl Friday (1940)

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Gone: RT: 99/90 IMDB: 7.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Howard Hawks Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.

Marty (1955)

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Gone: RT: 99/87 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 3.0M Budget: 0.3M chan: Prime
Directors: Mann,Delbert Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
A lonely, heavy-set Bronx butcher, who lives with his mother, finds his soul mate in a shy schoolteacher.

His Girl Friday (1940)

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Gone: RT: 99/90 IMDB: 7.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Howard Hawks Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.

I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 99/83 IMDB: 7.9 Revenue: 7.1M Budget: 1.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Raoul Peck Genres: Documentary
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Dick Cavett
With unprecedented access to James Baldwin’s original work, Raoul Peck completed a documentary film version of the novel Baldwin never finished—a radical narration about race in America that tracks the lives and assassinations of Baldwin’s friends Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers.

I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 99/83 IMDB: 7.9 Revenue: 7.1M Budget: 1.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Raoul Peck Genres: Documentary
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Dick Cavett
With unprecedented access to James Baldwin’s original work, Raoul Peck completed a documentary film version of the novel Baldwin never finished—a radical narration about race in America that tracks the lives and assassinations of Baldwin’s friends Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers.

The Wailing (2016)

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Gone: RT: 99/82 IMDB: 7.5 Revenue: 49.9M Budget: 11.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Na Hong-jin Genres: Horror, Mystery
Stars: Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Jun Kunimura
Suspicion leads to hysteria when rural villagers link a series of brutal murders to the arrival of a mysterious stranger.

Ash Is Purest White (2018)

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Gone: RT: 99/69 IMDB: 7.0 chan: Prime
Directors: Jia Zhang-Ke Genres: Crime, Romance, Drama
Stars: Zhao Tao, 廖凡
During a rival gang fight, Qiao fires a gun to protect her lover, Bin, and gets sent to five years in prison. Upon her release, she goes looking for Bin to pick up where they left off.

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

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Gone: RT: 98/91 IMDB: 8.0 Revenue: 14.5M Budget: 0.2M chan: Prime
Directors: Sergio Leone Genres: Western
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, John Wells
The laconic "man with no name" - a tough gunslinger - manipulates rival families warring over a small frontier town. Stylish, violent film was the first spaghetti western hit and made Clint Eastwood a star.

ATTICA (2021)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 98/83 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Stanley Nelson Genres: Documentary
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This unnervingly vivid dive into the 1971 uprising from Emmy® winning director Stanley Nelson sheds new light on the enduring violence and racism of the prison system and highlights the urgent, ongoing need for reform 50 years later.

The Big Sick (2017)

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Gone: RT: 98/88 IMDB: 7.5 Revenue: 56.3M Budget: 5.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Michael Showalter Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter
The Big Sick is based on the real-life courtship between Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani (Nanjiani) and grad student Emily Gordon (Zoe Kazan) who fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family’s expectations, and his true feelings.

One Night in Miami... (2021)

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Gone: RT: 98/78 IMDB: 7.1 chan: Prime
Directors: Regina King Genres: Drama
Stars: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr
One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.

In a Lonely Place (1950)

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Gone: RT: 98/89 IMDB: 8.0 chan: Prime
Directors: Nicholas Ray Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Romance
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy
A potentially violent screenwriter (Humphrey Bogart) is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

Let the Right One In (English Subtitled) (2008)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 98/90 IMDB: 7.9 Revenue: 10.8M Budget: 4.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Tomas Alfredson Genres: Horror, Drama
Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
A 12-year-old boy befriends an eccentric neighbor girl whose recent appearance in town coincides with a rash of suspicious deaths in this Swedish supernatural thriller. Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson and Per Ragnar costar.

Let the Right One In (English Dubbed) (2008)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 98/90 IMDB: 7.9 Revenue: 10.8M Budget: 4.0M chan: Prime
Directors: --- Genres: Horror, Drama
Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl
Lonely, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates. A new friendship develops when Eli, a pale, serious young girl who only comes out at night, moves in next door.

My Beautiful Laundrette (1986)

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Gone: RT: 98/74 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 2.5M Budget: 0.9M chan: Prime
Directors: Stephen Frears Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Daniel Day Lewis, Derrick Branche, Gordon Warnecke
In this powerful and ground-breaking film from director Stephen Frears, a young Pakistani man (Gordon Warnecke) and his former lover (Daniel Day-Lewis) take over management of a seedy laundrette with dreams of turning it into a veritable palace!

Detour (1945)

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Gone: RT: 98/77 IMDB: 7.4 Budget: 0.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Edgar G. Ulmer Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Edmund MacDonald
A nightclub pianist (Tom Neal) hitchhikes to join his girl in LA. When the sleazy gambler he's riding with mysteriously dies; he takes the man's identity. But thanks to a blackmailing dame (Ann Savage) his every move plunges him deeper into trouble.

The Band's Visit (2008)

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Gone: RT: 98/86 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Eran Kolirin Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Uri Gavriel
A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.

Time (2020)

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Gone: RT: 98/50 IMDB: 6.9 chan: Prime
Directors: Garrett Bradley Genres: Documentary
Stars: Fox Rich, Rob G. Rich
In this intimate yet epic love story filmed over two decades, indomitable matriarch Fox Rich strives to raise her six sons and keep her family together as she fights for her husband’s release from the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola.

Surfwise (2008)

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Gone: RT: 98/65 IMDB: 7.2 chan: Prime
Directors: --- Genres: Documentary
Stars: Juliette Paskowitz, David Paskowitz, Jonathan Paskowitz
The inspiring and tumultuous story of 85-year old surfer, health advocate and sex guru, Dr. Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children.

One Child Nation (2019)

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Gone: RT: 98/85 IMDB: 7.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang Genres: Documentary
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Included with Prime November 8. In the 2019 Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary One Child Nation, Chinese-born filmmakers Nanfu Wang (Hooligan Sparrow) and Jialing Zhang expose the devastating consequences of China’s One-Child Policy through the stories of those who lived through it.

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)

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Gone: RT: 98/98 IMDB: 7.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Max Lewkowicz Genres: Documentary
Stars: Lin Manuel Miranda
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles is the first in-depth documentary film that chronicles the story of Fiddler On The Roof, exploring the unexpected richness of its themes as well as its long reach across time and cultures.

House of Hummingbird (2020)

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Gone: RT: 98/72 IMDB: 7.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Bora Kim Genres: Drama
Stars: Ji-hu Park, Sae-byuk Kim, Seung-yeon Lee
14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, exploring young love and experiencing everything that comes with growing up in a country on the brink of enormous change.

Dirty God (2020)

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Gone: RT: 98/38 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Sacha Polak Genres: Drama
Stars: Vicky Knight, Katherine Kelly, Eliza Brady-Girard
Jade is a young single mother severely burned by an acid attack. After facial surgery, her beauty is lost beneath the scars. Descending a self-destructive path with relationships crumbling, Jade must take drastic action to reclaim her life.

Night Comes On (2018)

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Gone: RT: 98/76 IMDB: 6.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Jordana Spiro Genres: Drama
Stars: Dominique Fishback, John Earl Jelks, Max Casella
Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, Angel embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister to avenge her mother's death.

Dirty God (2020)

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Gone: RT: 98/38 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Sacha Polak Genres: Drama
Stars: Vicky Knight, Katherine Kelly, Eliza Brady-Girard
Jade is a young single mother severely burned by an acid attack. After facial surgery, her beauty is lost beneath the scars. Descending a self-destructive path with relationships crumbling, Jade must take drastic action to reclaim her life.

City of Ghosts (2017)

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Gone: RT: 98/82 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 0.1M chan: Prime
Directors: Matthew Heineman Genres: War, Documentary
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City of Ghosts follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” – a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014.

Too Late to Die Young (Tarde Para Morir Joven) (2019)

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Gone: RT: 98/52 IMDB: 6.5 chan: Prime
Directors: Dominga Sotomayor Genres: Drama
Stars: Demian Hernández, Magdalena Tótoro, Antar Machado
During the summer of 1990 in Chile, a small group of families creates an isolated community right below the Andes, to start new lives following the recent end of the dictatorship. In this time of change and reckoning,16-year-old Sofía and Lucas, and 10-year-old Clara, struggle with parents, first loves, and fears, as they prepare a big party for New Year's Eve. Winner Best Director Locarno.

What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993)

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Gone: RT: 97/88 IMDB: 7.3 Revenue: 39.1M Budget: 15.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Brian Gibson Genres: Drama
Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne
Story of Tina Turner, whose incredible voice and indomitable spirit took her from obscurity to the heights of stardom in the music world.

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1966)

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Gone: RT: 97/97 IMDB: 8.8 Revenue: 25.1M Budget: 1.2M chan: Prime
Directors: Sergio Leone Genres: Western
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef
The final chapter of the Man With No Name trilogy - director Sergio Leone's spaghetti western classic about a drifter, an outlaw and a sadistic gunman racing to claim a treasure buried during the Civil War.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

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Gone: RT: 97/87 IMDB: 7.6 chan: Prime
Directors: Alex Gibney Genres: Documentary
Stars: Peter Coyote, Michael Lugenbuehl, Mark Salzberg
Alex Gibney examines the rise and fall of an infamous corporate juggernaut.

My Man Godfrey (1936)

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Gone: RT: 97/90 IMDB: 8.0 Revenue: 0.7M Budget: 0.6M chan: Prime
Directors: Gregory Lacava Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Stars: Carole Lombard, William Powell
Nominated for 4 Academy Awards! A wealthy New York family in the 1930's brings in a destitute and "Forgotten Man" as their butler. Expertly restored original black and white.

Of Mice and Men (1992)

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Gone: RT: 97/82 IMDB: 7.5 Revenue: 5.5M chan: Prime
Directors: Gary Sinise Genres: Drama
Stars: Gary Sinise, John Malkovich, Casey Siemaszko
John Malkovich, Gary Sinise and Sherilyn Fenn shine in this contemporary remake of the beloved classic about a nomadic farm worker who looks after his dimwitted, gentle-giant friend.

The Misfits (1961)

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Gone: RT: 97/78 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 8.2M Budget: 4.0M chan: Prime
Directors: John Huston Genres: Western, Drama, Action, Romance
Stars: Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Marilyn Monroe
Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe -- in their last screen roles -- star with Montgomery Clift in this piercing drama about contrasting attitudes and lifestyles set against the brawling backdrop of a Reno rodeo.

The Winslow Boy (1999)

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Gone: RT: 97/78 IMDB: 7.3 chan: Prime
Directors: David Mamet Genres: Drama
Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Gemma Jones, Jeremy Northam
When a young boy claims he was expelled for something he didn't do, his father sacrifices everything to defend his family's honor. Based on Terence Rattigan's celebrated play, adapted and directed byDavid Mamet.

The Stranger (1946)

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Gone: RT: 97/81 IMDB: 7.4 chan: Prime
Directors: Orson Welles Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles
A government agent is assigned to manhunt a disguised Nazi war criminal.

The Red Shoes (1948)

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Gone: RT: 97/92 IMDB: 8.1 Budget: 0.5M chan: Prime
Directors: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer
In this classic romantic dance drama, a young ballerina struggles to become a star, only to find herself caught between the possessive dance impresario who has helped build her career, and the handsome young composer who adores her.

Sound of Metal (2020)

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Gone: RT: 97/90 IMDB: 7.8 Revenue: 0.5M chan: Prime
Directors: Darius Marder Genres: Drama, Music
Stars: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

The Wedding Banquet (1993)

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Gone: RT: 97/87 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 6.9M Budget: 1.0M chan: Prime
Directors: Ang Lee Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Ah-Leh Gua, Sihung Lung, May Chin
A Chinese Yuppie living in New York decides that a marriage of convenience is the perfect way to prevent his parents in Taiwan from discovering he is gay. But his plan backfires when his parents announce they are coming to New York for the wedding.