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"One Life" tells the true story of Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton (Anthony Hopkins), a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis.

Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realised it was a race against time. How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed? Fifty years later, it's 1988 and Nicky lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn't able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It's not until a live BBC television show, 'That's Life', surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children - now adults - that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades.

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"Challengers" stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach married to a champion on a losing streak. Tashi's strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against his former best friend, who's also Tashi's former boyfriend.

As their pasts and presents collide and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself what it will cost to win.

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Anyone who has been to a wedding has no doubt enjoyed the soaring musical genius of Felix Mendelssohn. His 'Wedding March' is probably the single most popular classical composition of all time.

But Felix was not the only genius in the family; meet his brilliant sister Fanny, whose unknown 'Easter Sonata' surfaced in 1972. Director Sheila Hayman, three times great granddaughter of Fanny, reveals the extraordinary life of a composer long neglected by the guardians of classical music and goes on a quest to prove that this lost masterpiece attributed to Felix was actually composed by Fanny. Piano prodigy Isata Kanneh-Mason brings the beauty of Fanny's music to life in this story of a very modern woman who happened to live 200 years ago.

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May December follows married couple Gracie and Joe Atherton-Yoo, played by Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, whose 23-year age gap sparked a notorious tabloid romance that gripped the nation two decades ago.

Cut to modern day, and their marriage comes under renewed strain when Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry, played by Natalie Portman, comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who she will be playing in a film about the scandal.

Two brothers - Eli and Charlie Sisters - are hired to kill a prospector who has stolen from their boss. A reimagining of the cinematic Western as a dangerous, witty, and emotionally cathartic exploration of what it means to be a man.

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Longing to escape the isolation of his quiet Anatolian village, disenchanted art teacher Samet (Deniz Celiloglu) wrestles with narcissistic ideas of unfulfilled potential.

While battling accusations of inappropriate behaviour at his school, he unexpectedly strikes up a friendship with Nuray (Merve Dizdar), a charismatic fellow teacher, which offers a welcome distraction. But when her affection moves to Samet's more affable colleague, he becomes jealous and begins to compete for her attention.

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Billy Connolly is at the peak of his powers in this newly rediscovered and restored film. Capturing 'The Big Yin' on and off stage during his 1975 tour of Ireland, 'Big Banana Feet' is a captivating record of Connolly on the cusp of international stardom.

Inspired by the fly-on-the-wall style of DA Pennebaker's Bob Dylan documentary 'Don't Look Back', director Murray Grigor and cinematographer David Peat present Connolly at his beguiling best, using humour and charm to successfully navigate the political tensions of 1970s Dublin and Belfast.

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As London grapples with an environmental crisis that submerges the city in unprecedented floodwaters, a young family finds themselves torn apart amidst the chaos. A determined new mother (Jodie Comer) navigates the treacherous waters to keep her newborn safe and reunite with her loved ones.

An exhilarating and emotional journey that unveils the unbreakable spirit that arises in the face of disaster.

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In a secluded village in the Italian Alps, an unlikely brotherhood forms between two young boys: Pietro (Luca Marinelli / Andrea Palma / Lupo Barbiero), a boy from the city, and Bruno (Alessandro Borghi / Cristiano Sassella / Francesco Palombelli), who has only ever known life in the mountains.

Over the years Bruno remains faithful to his home while Pietro aspires to greater heights, but as decades pass and lives unfold, their paths ultimately lead them back to where they first met - and back to each other. Set against a truly magnificent Italian landscape, 'The Eight Mountains' is a profoundly moving portrait of a lifelong friendship.

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Plucky pup Reggie (voice of Will Ferrell) thought he and his owner Doug (Will Forte) were playing an innocent game of fetch.

It isn't until he meets Bug (voice of Jamie Foxx), a streetwise stray who says only suckers have owners, that Reggie realises his miserable master intentionally abandoned him in the big city. With two more pooches adding fuel to his furry fire, Reggie goes from cute to cunning as he and Bug concoct a crazy scheme to get back to Doug and give him a big bite between his legs. Revenge has never been this riotous, or this irreverent, as the hilariously absurd antics of these four furballs turn typical animal adventures totally upside down. Forget everything you know about "dog movie" drama because this is one journey home that's off its leash and over the top.

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Fallen Leaves is a timeless, hopeful and ultimately satisfying love story about two lonely souls' path to happiness - and the numerous hurdles they encounter along the way.

Set in contemporary Helsinki, and shot through with Kaurismaki's typically playful, idiosyncratic style and deadpan humor, this tender romantic tragicomedy is a timely reminder of the potency of movie-going from one of cinema's living legends.

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One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.

As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.

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In this wild and incredible tale, young Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is brought back to live by a brilliant and unorthodox scientist.

Eager to learn and hungry for the worldliness she lacks, Bella runs off on an adventure that inspires in her a fantastical evolution leading to a fierce dedication to equality and liberation.

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Many years after the actor Julio Arenas (Jose Coronado) vanished in the middle of a film shoot, the director Miguel Garay (Manolo Solo) - (who subsequently abandoned film-making) is invited to a TV show about the mysterious disappearance.

This leads him to examining both his past and the unfinished film, and when someone claims to have seen Arenas, it becomes a quest to identify his old friend and revive his memory.

Hapless family man Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom...