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Highest Rated with a 3.9 / 5 Star Rating
Wallander: Series 2
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsKenneth Branagh returns as sharp but sensitive detective Kurt Wallander in this collection of three mysteries based on the best-selling novels by Swedish author Hanning Mankell. The series finds Wallander investigating a number of puzzling murders.
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Wallander: Series 3
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWallander finds the remains of a woman in his own back yard, gets entangled in corruption when he joins a manhunt in Latvia, and must help his daughter's childhood friend break away from a religious fanatic in these three intriguing stories.
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThis vivid drama tells the true story of the 1930s rebellion of the Taiwanese aboriginal Seediq tribe against the Japanese occupation. The warriors set out to reclaim their self-respect as well as their land from the Japanese oppressors.
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We Bought a Zoo
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn this adaptation of Benjamin Mee's memoir about buying and saving a run-down zoo, the locale shifts from Britain to southern California. However, the wacky spirit of the original is retained, complete with escaped tigers and a zoo crew of misfits.
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Weeds: Season 1
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDesperate times force suburban widow Nancy Botwin into an unlikely business venture as a pot dealer in the first season of this hit series. She now faces the challenges of managing motherhood, marijuana and the suspicions of the DEA.
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Weeds: Season 2
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2, Nancy learns that Peter is a DEA agent, Conrad and the crew rent a grow house, Andy enrolls in rabbinical school, and Celia vows to unseat Doug in the upcoming city council election.
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Weeds: Season 3
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsMatthew Modine joins the cast as an enterprising real estate mogul who hooks up with pot-dealing widow Nancy and her friendly nemesis, Celia. Meanwhile, Nancy's son Silas finds romance with a religious girl, and Nancy gets a legitimate job.
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Weeds: Season 4
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsNancy, Andy, Silas and Shane move to the border town of Ren Mar, where Guillermo sets up an operation to smuggle drugs in from Mexico. Nancy gets romantically involved with Guillermo's boss, the handsome and ruthless major of Tijuana.
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Weeds: Season 5
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThe hit dramedy lights up another season after the fourth-year finale found suburban mom-turned-drug lord Nancy Botwin sharing some shocking news. While Andy still wrestles with his feelings for Nancy, Shane shows an interest in the family business.
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Welcome to the NHK: Season 1
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSato believes the nefarious N-H-K wants to turn society's misfits into a mob of hopeless recluses. Mysterious Misaki might be able to help Sato overcome his paranoia -- if she can pull him out his existential rut and get him to face the world.
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Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDavid and Kari's perfect life is shattered when their 6-year-old daughter is kidnapped -- but their marriage is about to take another blow. As the crisis intensifies, secrets surface that threaten the only thing they could count on: each other.
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Highest Rated with a 3.8 / 5 Star Rating
21 Up
1977 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn the second follow-up to the original film Seven Up, Michael Apted continues his documentary saga that began when his subjects, 14 students from varied social backgrounds, were 7 years old. As young adults finally grown out of the awkward teenage years, the participants share similar worries and dreams, displaying humanity, honesty and candor in every frame. Extras include biographies, commentaries and more.
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24: Season 1
2001 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsFollow 24 hours in the life of federal agent Jack Bauer in the thrilling first season of this innovative, Emmy Award-winning series. Taken together, the 24 hour-long episodes track one entire day (from midnight to midnight) of Bauer's activities.
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24: Season 2
2002 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsA nuclear bomb is loose in Los Angeles, prompting anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer, President David Palmer and their team to do whatever they can to stop it from detonating. Meanwhile, Jack attempts to mend fences with his estranged daughter.
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24: Season 3
2003 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThe third season begins three years after the end of Season 2. Agent Jack Bauer is struggling with drug addiction, but he'll need to be at the top of his game for the next 24 hours as terrorists threaten to release a deadly virus into Los Angeles.
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24: Season 4
2005 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn Season 4 of the Emmy-winning drama, agent Jack Bauer finds himself removed from the Counter Terrorist Unit and is now ensconced at the office of Secretary of Defense when a commuter-train tragedy sets off another horrific chain of events.
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24: Season 5
2006 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsElite counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer crams more into a 24-hour period than most people can pack into a lifetime: dodging bullets, offing terrorists and saving the country. In Season 5, Bauer takes on a new identity and a new set of challenges.
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24: Season 6
2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhen terror attacks threaten to strike cities across the United States, the government asks counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer to save the country, with each frenetic episode of this popular series representing one hour in an unbelievably hectic day.
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24: Season 7
2009 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn Season 7, Jack stands trial to defend his unconventional methods while the Counter Terrorism Unit learns that someone has hacked into the government's central computer, leaving the nation's infrastructure open to attack.
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24: Season 8
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAnti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer and his expert team must thwart an assassination plot against a leader from the Middle East who's visiting New York in the eighth season of this action-packed, critically acclaimed series.
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42 Up
1998 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsDocumentarian Michael Apted has been tracking a group of people every seven years since 1964, when the subjects were 7 years old. Now at age 42, the interviewees offer insights as to the progression of their lives, their failures and their successes.
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90210: Season 1
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter moving to California from the Midwest, aspiring actress Annie and her athletic brother, Dixon, find Beverly Hills High to be very different from their old school -- not least because their father is the new principal.
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90210: Season 2
2009 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsDixon and Annie Mills and their friends continue to deal with high school life in this soapy drama. As friendships go through ups and downs and romances heat up and cool off, bad boy Liam takes a bigger role in the action this season.
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90210: Season 3
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThe drama continues in Season 3 as teen siblings Annie and Dixon navigate life in the rich zone. Their circle of friends and enemies enter their senior year at Beverly Hills High and face the pressures of preparing for college and the future.
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90210: Season 4
2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAnnie, Dixon, Naomi and their friends have left high school behind, but not their close bonds, as each decides -- or tries to decide -- what to do next with their lives in the fourth season of CW's spirited remake of the hit 1990s rich-teen series.
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