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Apr 12, 2013 | IMDB 7.2
128 min Watch NowDrama
In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field wins over fans and his teammates – silencing his critics and forever changing the world by changing the game of baseball.
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Barton Fink
Summer Storm
Capote
Downfall
Soldier of Orange
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IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 2000
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IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2007
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IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 1977
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2013
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IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 2009
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IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 1946
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IMDB 7.5 | May , 1988
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IMDB 8.7 | Mar , 1972
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 1939
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IMDB 8.7 | Sep , 1994
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IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2004
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IMDB 7 | Sep , 2005
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IMDB 7.9 | Sep , 2004
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IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 1977
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IMDB 8 | Dec , 2002
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IMDB 7 | Sep , 2024
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 2019
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IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1996
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IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 2014
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.