Drama
In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Ploy
Stand by Me Doraemon
Death Wish II
The Last Dragon
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The Commissar of Light
Sentinelle
Wild Child
Mother
All The Men's Hangers
Detention
Savage Streets
Boy A
Try Seventeen
Holding Trevor
Love Songs
Body Shots
Flourish
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IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 2011
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IMDB 7.8 | Jul , 2006
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IMDB 6 | May , 2007
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IMDB 7.4 | Aug , 2014
Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.Death Wish II
IMDB 6.3 | Feb , 1982
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.The Last Dragon
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1985
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IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 1983
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IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 1966
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IMDB 5.8 | Mar , 2021
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IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 2008
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IMDB 0 | May , 2023
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2025
A family's life is turned upside down after a politician and law they work to support winds up coming to bite them by impacting their youngest daughter.Detention
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2019
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IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 1984
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IMDB 7.1 | Jul , 2008
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IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2002
Teenager Jones has opted not to go to college and is instead renting a room in a boarding house to work on his writing skills. Soon, Jones finds himself dividing his time between two women: a young actress named Lisa and a photographer named Jane. After Jane's ex-boyfriend arrives to help her recover from a car accident, Jones begins to understand just how much he cares for her.Holding Trevor
IMDB 4.9 | Jun , 2007
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IMDB 6.9 | May , 2007
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IMDB 4.9 | Oct , 1999
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IMDB 4.9 | Mar , 2006
A tutor recounts a frantic night that culminated in a 16-year old girl's disappearance. Unfolding in front of a video camera direct from a psychiatric ward, Gaby Winters recalls a dreadful babysitting job that sent her on a frantic search for a missing teenager out into the heart of a mysterious city. Woven into the story are a multitude of subplots that add up to one chaotic night that Gaby will never forget.