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Bergman's second film, a romantic drama set in post-war Sweden, remains a solid example of the auteur's early work. Maggi and David, two outsiders with troubled pasts, meet by chance at a railway station and fall in love.

They decide to start a new life together, but their happiness comes under threat from a series of misfortunes and set backs. Distinguished by excellent performances and assured direction, 'It Rains on Our Love' is an affecting portrait of the bond between two people and a damning critique of the closed-mindedness of the period.

Inspired by real events, 'Munich' reveals the intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planed the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israeli athletes - and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it.

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This population explosion occurs when widowed Navy nurse Helen North meets handsome Naval officer and widower Frank Beardsley. They have much in common - too much in fact - she has eight kids and he has ten, and when they tie the knot, anarchy reigns in the Beardsley-North merger.

The opposing camps of step-siblings do all they can to sabotage each other and their parents' union. But, through it all, mother lovingly cares for her "troops", while father patiently coaches his coming-of-age kids in more delicate matters, and resentment soon gives way to respect and something bigger than anyone could have imagined!

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Ten years ago, a turn-of-the-century scandal over a lover forced Naomi Murdoch (Barbara Stanwyck) to desert her husband and their children for a stage career. Now, returning to their small Wisconsin town to see her daughter in a play, she hopes of a reconciliation. Her appearance is a shock.

The town is curious but unforgiving, her high school principal husband is involved with one of his teachers, and her children have mixed feelings about her. When an unexpected turn of events leads to more scandal, Naomi's hopes of starting over are dashed - until some surprising changes occur.

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Over 40 years after Sam Peckinpah's classic western was released, missing footage has been located and restored.

The new scenes complete the electrifying depiction of an obsessive Union officer (Charlton Heston) who leads a squad of rebel prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals into Mexico to hunt down a band of murderous Apaches.

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Eighteen-year-old Nelly (Inga Landgré) lives a quiet life in a small town with her foster mother. There, she makes a living giving piano lessons and letting a room to Ulf (Allan Bohlin), who is in love with her.

Despite her financial problems, Nelly's foster mother manages to save enough money to buy Nelly a new dress to wear at a charity ball. However, when Nelly's real mother, Jenny (Marianne Löfgren), also buys a dress, Nelly wears this instead. Attracted by the glamorous garment and the promise of a more exciting life, Nelly leaves the small town to join her mother in Stockholm. Once there, she soon discovers that there is a darker side to human nature that she never knew existed when she lived in a small town.

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Experience the breathtaking global phenomenon that has captivated audiences around the world. Written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan, 'Oppenheimer' thrusts audiences into the mind of physicist J.

Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose landmark work on the Manhattan Project created the first atomic bomb.

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Ruthless criminals, a dedicated honest cop, sultry women and a gripping plot - all the elements of a classic police action-drama are here in force. Police Sergeant Bannion (Glenn Ford) is investigating the apparent suicide of a corrupt cop, then is suddenly ordered to stop - and The Big Heat is on.

Driven to unravel the mystery, Bannion continues probing until an explosion meant for him, kills his wife. He resigns from he force and soon learns that behind it all is the powerful underworld led by Mike Lagana (Alexander Scourby) and his cold-blooded henchman, Vince Stone (Lee Marvin). When Stone's girl Debby (Gloria Grahame) makes a play for Bannion, Stone disfigures her face and in revenge, she tells all she knows. A life-or-death confrontation between Bannion and Stone brings this classic film noir thriller to a climatic unmissable finale!

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Delving into the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a prominent physics professor at UC Berkeley, this documentary unveils his pivotal role in developing the atomic bomb as the leader of Los Alamos Lab during WWII.

The profound impact of witnessing the bomb's inaugural explosion in 1945 moved him to quote the Bhagavad Gita, expressing, "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." Beyond his renowned contribution to nuclear physics, the film traces his early years and subsequent advocacy for strict controls on nuclear weapons. Through illuminating interviews and fresh perspectives, the documentary weaves together the voices of those who shared personal connections with Oppenheimer, as well as individuals whose lives were shaped by his lasting legacy.

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken (Ryan Gosling).

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Allison (Florence Pugh) and Nathan (Chinaza Uche) are engaged when Allison is responsible for a car accident that takes the life of Nathan's sister and her husband.

Devastated, she struggles with addiction in the aftermath of the accident until a chance meeting with her would-be father-in-law Daniel (Morgan Freeman) changes the course of her recovery. He is also having a difficult time raising his teenage granddaughter Ryan (Celeste O'Connor) and as they bond, they find solace in each other.

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The sun will sneak by a rooster before sports promoter Mike Conovan (Spencer Tracy) lets opportunity pass him by. So the first time he sees genteel Pat Pemberton (Katharine Hepburn) swing a five-iron, he decides to ink her to a pro contract.

"Not much meat on her," Mike later says, "but what's there is cherce."

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Julie (Jeanne Moreau), a beautiful young bride, has just married her childhood sweetheart and love of her life. But just moments after the ceremony, her beloved is murdered on the steps of the church.

Emotionally distraught, Julie becomes obsessed with her bridegroom's death and begins a descent into madness as she relentlessly pursues the men responsible. One by one, Julie sees to their demises, and, with each murder more bone-chilling and diabolically clever than the last, the question is now who will be next - but rather how they will meet their ghastly end.

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Kelly (Constance Towers), a high class working girl, ups sticks to Grantville, the seeming epitome of small town USA. Confronted by suspicious sheriff Griff (Anthony Eisley), she decides to put her illicit lifestyle behind her once and for all and becomes involved with nursing handicapped children.

As Griff continues trying to run her out of town Kelly falls in love with Grant, scion of the town's founding family and Griff's best friend. But just as Griff begins to believe that Kelly may be on the level, a murder and perversion scandal threaten to destroy Kelly's new' life.

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Davy Chou's 'Return to Seoul', which premiered in Cannes 2022's Un Certain Regard, is an unpredictable and refreshingly authentic story of a young woman's search for identity. Park Ji-Min delivers a revelatory performance as Freddie, an adoptee who was born in South Korea and raised in France.

Freddie is magnetic, spirited and hard to pin down; never in one place, or with one person, for long enough to get attached. At 25 years old, she visits Seoul for the first time since her adoption, in an attempt to reconnect with her biological parents and the culture she had to leave behind.