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Epic romantic drama based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning novel set during the American Civil War. Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) often uses men to get what she wants, but is unable to get the one man she truly desires, Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard).

She soon meets her match in the roguish Captain Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) and in the war itself which destroys the genteel way of life she has always known. With determination she rebuilds her life from the shattered remains the Union Army leaves behind.

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His crime: nonconformity. His sentence: the chain gang. Paul Newman plays one of his best-loved roles as Cool Hand Luke, the loner who won't - or can't - conform to the arbitrary rules of his captivity.

It recalls other hallmark Newman performances: Luke is The Hustler without a dream of victory, Harper without a moral mission, Hud without a father to defy. A cast of fine character actors, including George Kennedy in his Academy Award-winning role of Dragline, gives Newman solid support as fellow prisoners. And Strother Martin is the Captain who taunts Luke with the famous line, "What we've got here is...failure to communicate." No failure here. With rich humour and vibrant storytelling power, 'Cool Hand Luke' succeeds resoundingly.

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Vin Diesel reprises his role as hunted fugitive Riddick, his anti-hero character from cult movie Pitch Black. Riddick is on the run. Escaping from mercenaries determined to collect the price on his head, he finds himself at the heart of a battle that is not his.

With Necromonger conquerors threatening the future of the entire universe, Riddick could be the only unlikely hero to save the human race. But will he be interested in saving anything other than his own life?

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When an intergalactic transport ship crashes on a remote desert planet with no sign of help on the horizon, the survivors, led by Fry (Radha Mitchell), band together to find a way back home.

Among the passengers is Riddick (Vin Diesel), a convicted murderer being transported by marshal Johns (Cole Hauser) - and now freed of his chains and on the loose. But as a solar eclipse plunges the planet into total darkness, a threat even worse than Riddick reveals itself, and the last humans standing may have to form an uneasy truce with the cunning fugitive (whose eyes have been surgically altered to see in the dark) to last the long night.

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Detective Frank Bullit's new assignment seems routine: protecting a star witness for an important trial. But before the night is out, the witness lies dying and the cool, no-nonsense Bullitt (Steve McQueen) won't rest until the shooters - and the kingpin pulling their string - are nailed.

From the opening shot to closing shootout, Bullitt crackles with authenticity: on-location San Francisco filming, crisp dialogue and to-the-letter police, hospital and morgue procedures. An Oscar winner for Best Film Editing (1968), this razor-edged thriller features on of cinema history's most memorable car chases.

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"Dumbo" remains one of Disney's greatest full-length animated masterpieces - a heartwarming and inspirational tale overflowing with such memorable songs as "Casey Junior", "Baby Mine", and "When I See an Elephant Fly". When Mrs. Jumbo meets her tiny baby elephant, he's the talk of the circus.

But with a pair of over sized ears, baby Dumbo is laughed at and ridiculed. With remarkable courage, and the help of his loyal friend Timothy Mouse, Dumbo overcomes all odds in a triumphant celebration of love and determination. The whole family will enjoy this timeless and touching story of the brave baby elephant with the big ears and an even bigger heart!

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Cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) at the start of the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry.

This year at Hogwarts, spiders talk, letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes turns his friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue Bludgers, it's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened". To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione's (Emma Watson) magical abilities and courage in this spellbinding adaptation of J.K. Rowling's second book. Get ready to be amused and petrified as Harry Potter shows he's more than a wizard, he's a hero!

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"Top Gun" takes a look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Tom Cruise is superb as Maverick Mitchell, a daring young flyer who's out to become the best.

And Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom.

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Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with 'Alien: Covenant', a new chapter in the groundbreaking Alien franchise.

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.

In "Prometheus", a team of scientists and explorers journey to the darkest corners of the universe searching for the origins of mankind. But what they find could threaten all life on Earth, leading to a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race!

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Based on J.K. Rowling's first novel, this film weaves a magical tale. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life.

But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard - with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There, he uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths...and about the villain who's to blame.

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1950's San Francisco: Jean (Julie Graham), Millie (Rachael Stirling), Iris (Crystal Balint) and Hailey (Chanelle Peloso), four remarkable women who worked as code-breakers during WWII, use their exceptional decryption skills to solve crimes overlooked by the police.

A bloodied and battered stranger collapses on Millie and Jean's doorstep, dragging the code-breakers into a world of clandestine factions designed to conceal illegal motives. As the mysterious attacks escalate the women race to identify the men responsible in an attempt to end the violence. When a Russian diplomat dies in Iris's arms, the FBI sweeps in and rules his death accidental. But with the dead man's last plea ringing in her ears, Iris knows there is more to the story. The women quickly find themselves embroiled in a dangerous KGB plot. Will they find the strength to outsmart their darkest, most sinister nemesis yet?

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My name is Sam Tyler. I had an accident and woke up in 1973. Am I mad? In a coma? Or back in time? Since DCI Sam Tyler awoke, dazed from a car accident, things have felt a little bit off kilter. About 30 years off kilter...

In this thrilling final series of Life on Mars, Sam continues to try and work out why he's ended up in 1973 and in the meantime tries to make a difference to those around him. The team, led by DCI Gene Hunt, continue to fight crime and fight each other. Their investigations are just as though as ever - from investigating a spate of bombs in the heart of the Irish Community, to a murder in an underworld boxing club, and even undercover with some swingers in middle-class suburbia. But as the series unfolds, Sam is still driven by his quest to find a way out of this world. What has happened to him? And why is he there? Maybe if he can work out the reason, he can get home....

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Set during the thrilling social change of the mid-1950s, 'The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco' captures the lives of four remarkable women as they navigate various challenges, rekindle their capacities, and seek justice.

Jean (Julie Graham) and Millie (Rachael Stirling) are brilliant code-breakers who, following their time serving at Bletchley Park during WWII, have rebuilt their lives in London. Drawn to the Pacific Coast by a string of murders that share grisly similarities to that of an old code-breaking friend, the two women find Iris (Crystal Balint) and Hailey (Chanelle Peloso), their wartime US counterparts. Gifted with extraordinary intelligence and a breathtaking genius for decryption, all grappling with the return to their mundane post-war lives of domesticity and unremarkable jobs, the women use their unique constellation of talents and do all in their power to uncover and stop a killer. Plunged into fascinating corners of the city, the four women forge influential relationships, rediscovering their own powers and potential. But with San Francisco being more dangerous than they could have imagined, will their intrepid team prevail?

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When S.H.I.E.L.D. is attacked, Captain America (Chris Evans) becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens the future of mankind.

As the conspiracy deepens and trust is destroyed, Cap, Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Falcon (Anthony Mackie) must join forces to battle their insidious enemy's most mysterious and powerful weapon yet - the Winter Soldier.