The Automat
Sep 02, 2021 | IMDB 7
79 min Watch NowDocumentary, History
The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.
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32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
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IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 1992
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IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1996
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IMDB 4 | Nov , 2017
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IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 2014
From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 2014
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IMDB 10 | Aug , 2025
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2022
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IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 2004
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IMDB 10 | Nov , 2016
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IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2021
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IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1975
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2025
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IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2017
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IMDB 6 | Feb , 1960
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IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2017
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IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 2000
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