Drama
The Elephant Man (1980)

Movie: The Elephant Man (1980)

“Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of kindly Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick attempts to regain the dignity he lost after years spent as a side-show freak. Written by Scott Renshaw {as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu}”

  • Director: David Lynch
  • Release Date: 10 October 1980 (USA)
  • Run Time: 124 min
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Der Untergang (2004)

Movie: Der Untergang (2004)

“It’s the last days of Adolf Hitler, April 1945, and Hitler’s personal secretary Traudl Junge finds herself in the Der Fuhrer’s bunker. Facing inevitable defeat, Hilter’s moods range from defiance to fight or flee, remain loyal or opt for self-preservation. Eva Braun parties while Magda Goebbels kills her children. The movie goes on to show how

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Raging Bull (1980)

Movie: Raging Bull (1980)

“When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family’s love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it’s his violent bouts

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The Pianist (2002)

Movie: The Pianist (2002)

“A brilliant pianist, a Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is rounded up to be shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw. Written

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Movie: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

“An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert, then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The story opens with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident in London at the age

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Goodfellas (1990)

Movie: Goodfellas (1990)

“Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is

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Schindler’s List (1993)

Movie: Schindler's List (1993)
“Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the [...]

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Mimi wo sumaseba (1995)

Movie: Mimi wo sumaseba (1995)

“A young girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy. Later she meets a very infuriating fellow… could it be her “friend” from the library? The boy’s grandfather has a violin sales and service shop. The boy wants to be a violin maker

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Byosoku 5 senchimetoru (2007)

Movie: Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru (2007)

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  • Director: Makoto Shinkai
  • Release Date: 3 March 2007 (Japan)
  • Run Time: Japan:63 min (original version)
  • Country: Japan
  • Genre: Animation , Drama , Romance

Tagline: A chain of short stories about their distance

Trivia: Four months to the day after the DVD release in America, ADV Films announced they were discontinuing release of the film.

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Hotaru no haka (1988)

Movie: Hotaru no haka (1988)

“Setsuko and Seita are brother and sister living in wartime Japan. After their mother is killed in an air raid they find a temporary home with relatives. Having quarreled with their aunt they leave the city and make their home in an abandoned shelter. While their father’s destiny who was a soldier is unknown the

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