Drama
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
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White Gate
IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 2014
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IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 2025
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.Howards End
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1992
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IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2018
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2026
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IMDB 3 | Jan , 2015
An illiterate village girl defies the customs of her tribe, discriminatory to women, only to become the spark of a Literary Revolution.Still Alice
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 2014
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IMDB 0 | May , 1937
A wealthy woman's wild lifestyle finally drives her husband to take their two children, move out of the house and file for divorce. Positive she'll lose her children unless she shows the judge that she's changed her wild ways, she takes in two poor street kids, a brother and sister.Advise & Consent
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1962
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IMDB 4.5 | May , 1983
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IMDB 5.9 | Nov , 2018
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IMDB 2 | Nov , 2022
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IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 1956
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IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 2000
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IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 1968
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.Ragtime
IMDB 7 | Nov , 1981
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.