Last updated March 16, 2025
Filmmaker Liz Garbus sheds light on one of the most enigmatic of 20th-century personalities: Bobby Fischer, a boy who rose to fame as a world-champion child chess prodigy and later found himself embroiled in Cold War-era politics.
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Born Free is an excellent and truthful adaptation of Joy Adamson's wonderful book about Elsa, the lion Adamson raised from a cub and then rehabilitated back into the wild. Shot on location in Keyna, the film follows Elsa from cubhood to motherhood. Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna play the Adamsons, and superbly bring to life the joy and heartbreak they and Elsa went through together. Tom McGowan and James Hill direct.
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France's position as the world's top wine producer went unchallenged until 1976, when the Montelena Winery put California wines on the map -- a story delightfully told in this full-bodied tale about the heady early days of Napa Valley's success.
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Set in the 1950s, this lush epic centers on Ada, Marjorie and Esther, Dutch brides-to-be flying to New Zealand to take up married life. On the trip, they form a bond and meet a dashing cowboy who alters their lives in unseen ways.
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Named her best friend's maid of honor, down-on-her-luck Annie's competition with a fellow bridesmaid, the wealthy and beautiful Helen, threatens to destroy the wedding. Meanwhile, a local cop takes a liking to Annie.
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When traumatized Capt. Sam Cahill returns home from a military mission in Afghanistan after he is presumed dead, he becomes obsessed with the idea that his brother and his wife have developed a physical relationship.
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After leaving Iowa with stars in her eyes, Ali arrives at a Los Angeles burlesque lounge with dreams of taking the stage with her soaring voice. Club owner Tess is about to lose the place and thinks Ali may help business.
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Ilich Ramírez Sánchez -- aka Carlos the Jackal -- is an elusive Venezuelan terrorist who executed scores of assassination plots, abductions and bombings across Europe and the Middle East. This biopic follows Carlos from 1973 to 1994.
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Silent-film legend Charlie Chaplin dishes out long laughs in this collection of comedic shorts that finds the mischievous Tramp portraying a waiter, a drunk and a man mistakenly accused of shoplifting, among many other characters.
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A single mother and her young daughter move into a peaceful French village and open a chocolate shop during the height of Lent. At first, the shop's rich, sensuous desserts scandalize the town. But the villagers soon learn to savor the sweetness.
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This intimate adaptation of acclaimed novelist Christopher Isherwood's memoir conjures the young explorer's 1931 arrival, with poet W.H. Auden, on Berlin's decadent cabaret scene, along with the hearts he gained and lost in that anything-goes era.
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In this lively African-American comedy, a delightfully dysfunctional family settles their differences after a series of hilarious misadventures surrounding their annual summer family reunion.
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Store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed, and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives in this classic indie comedy.
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Sissy Spacek shines in her Oscar-winning role as country singer Loretta Lynn in this biopic that charts the queen of country music's rise -- from her hardscrabble upbringing in Appalachia to stardom at the Grand Ole Opry.
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After watching Bogota gangsters slay her parents in cold blood, young Cataleya Restrepo (Zoe Saldana) dedicates her life to becoming a ruthless assassin on the hunt for the criminals who killed her family.
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Convinced that her brother, Kenneth (Sam Rockwell), has been unjustly convicted of murder and incompetently defended by court-ordered attorneys, high school dropout Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank) puts herself through law school in order to represent him in his appeal. Inspired by a true story, director Tony Goldwyn's stirring drama also stars Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Peter Gallagher and Clea DuVall.
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Oil may have fueled the development of the modern industrial society, but as this compelling documentary explains, it's also triggered political conflict, greed, environmental devastation and an addiction to consumption. Director James Jandak Wood traces how the world has become dependent on fossil fuels -- a resource that someday will be gone -- and how little has been done to develop alternative energy sources.
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In this drama from Tyler Perry, a powerful attorney falls in love with a janitor who's the single father of three daughters. Trouble comes in the form of his ex-wife, who reappears on the scene threatening to take away his children.
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In the wake of a plague, America is overrun by millions of corpses who walk the earth as cannibalistic zombies. A small group of survivors, including a nurse and a police officer, tries to find shelter within a massive shopping mall.
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Examine the history behind kamikazes, the Japanese suicide pilots of World War II. Through archival footage, historic reenactments and interviews with veterans, this program explores how and why thousands of men sacrificed their lives in combat.
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A U.S. soldier falls for a Southern but their love is put on hold when terrorist attacks prompt him to reenlist. Now, handwritten letters hold the lovers together in this modern romance based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.
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In this black comedy from director Frank Oz, the funeral for the patriarch of a wealthy but eccentric British clan is turned topsy-turvy when a stranger appears, claiming to be the dead man's gay lover.
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Interested in knowing how her divorcing parents met, young Maya listens as her dad, Will, recounts his romantic past with three different and special women -- Emily, April and Summer -- leaving Maya to guess which one is her mom.
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When unexplained spontaneous combustions kill a pair of dignitaries in 7th-century China, the nation's first female emperor, Wu Zetian calls upon the trusted Detective Dee to solve the mystery in this stylish action epic.
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To fulfill her dream of playing cricket professionally, spirited Veera disguises herself as a man and tries out for a struggling team. But while Veera makes a splash on the field, her crush on the squad's handsome captain may jeopardize her plan.
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