Last updated October 01, 2025
This fact-based drama stars Anthony Hopkins as quirky New Zealander Burt Munro, a 67-year-old grandfather who flies across Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and attempts to break into the record books on his customized Indian Scout motorcycle.
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Vacuous Suzanne Stone is dead-set on making her dream of being on television come true, but there's a hitch: her hubby, who wants her to stay at home. Ever determined, Suzanne drafts a lovesick teen to help execute a sinister plot -- and her spouse.
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The Who made history with this campy cult classic -- the first-ever filmed "rock opera" -- which tells the tale of Tommy (Roger Daltrey), a boy who loses the ability to hear, speak and see after the tragic death of his father. Despite his losses, Tommy becomes a pinball champion and religious messiah, only to have his followers betray him. Tina Turner, Elton John and Eric Clapton all turn in performances in this outlandish production.
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Few actors go as far to bag a part as Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman), who transforms himself into a woman to prove he can get hired on a soap opera. But Michael has an enviable problem when his alter ego, Dorothy, becomes daytime television's hottest ticket. His pretty co-star (Jessica Lange) has no idea that her dear friend Dorothy is a man -- and neither does the actress's father (Charles Durning), who falls for Dorothy hook, line and sinker.
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Interlacing three disturbing snapshots of America's drug war, this Oscar-winning saga follows a U.S. drug czar who learns his daughter's an addict, a Mexican cop caught in a corrupt system and a housewife forced to take over the family drug business.
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When corporate overachiever Shanté Smith sees her lawyer boyfriend out on the town with another woman, she launches a surefire 10-day scheme that will win back her man -- and teach him a lesson in the process.
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When a vampirelike disease begins infecting the human population -- giving the afflicted enhanced intelligence, fantastic stamina and lightning-fast speed -- the world quickly divides into those who have it and those who don't. Believing the infected to be a menace to society, the government seeks to wipe them out. But can one woman with the disease (Milla Jovovich) help save an infected child (Cameron Bright) from cruel and unusual punishment?
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Raised as a slave, Danny (Jet Li) is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart (Bob Hoskins), thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When Bart's crew is in a car accident, Danny escapes and meets a blind, kindhearted piano tuner (Morgan Freeman) who takes him in and uses music to free the fighter's long-buried heart.
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A young couple (Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson) stranded at an isolated hotel with a lone desk clerk (Frank Whaley) are shocked to find that their room is wired with video equipment -- but their anger turns to terror when they realize that they could become the star attractions in a snuff film. As the two struggle to escape, they find evidence that the murderous filmmakers have been producing these twisted movies for years.
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At the Vatican's behest, vampire slayer Jack Crow and his team of exterminators wage war against the pesky minions of a 600-year-old master vampire who's looking for an ancient talisman that will let bloodsuckers hunt in daylight.
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In this sumptuous film version of William Makepeace Thackeray's famous novel, lower-class vixen Becky Sharp uses her good looks and considerable wit to climb her way up the precipitous social ladder of 1820s London.
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In a futuristic world engulfed by water, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate.
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In 1980s Brooklyn, Bobby Green appears to have it all: a lovely girlfriend, powerful friends and a lavish lifestyle. In reality, Russian gangsters own the club he manages, and his brother, straight-arrow cop Joseph, is looking to bring them down.
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Bitten by a wolf in the Vermont wilderness, genteel book editor Will Randall acquires an aggressive new edge after he's demoted at work. No longer meek and mellow, Randall sets out to get his job back in this imaginative take on the werewolf legend.
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Attempting a perilous odyssey its ancestors have undertaken for millions of years, one loggerhead turtle swims from a beach in Florida across the Atlantic Ocean, encountering stunning sea creatures as well as serious hazards created by modern man.
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In an unhappy rut from raising a teenage daughter and supporting his do-nothing brother, music teacher and single dad Alessandro catches a glimpse of joy when a beautiful woman enters his life. But can he allow himself to take a chance on love?
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Only days away from being kicked out of his parents' house, loafer 30-year-old-to-be Spooner falls head over heels for Rose. But when Rose says she's about to move to the Philippines, Spooner scrambles to win her heart and convince her stay.
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An ex-con has 24 hours to pay a ruthless loan shark -- or else he's dead. To get his hands on as much cash as possible, he embarks on a wild adventure full of fights, shoot-outs, heists and other extreme ordeals.
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Sanjay lives a happy life until he gets word that his childhood friend Anjalay is getting married. With the help of his model roomate Ria, he sets off on a course of action to stop the wedding and express his long-denied love to her.
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In this straight-from-the-headlines documentary, award-winning filmmakers Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack examine the world's dependency on oil and the impending chaos that's sure to follow when the resource finally runs dry.
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While Steve (Bradley Cooper) would have to disagree, socially inept Mary (Sandra Bullock) thinks he's her true love and shamelessly pursues him around the country, egged on by Steve's wingman, the sexist and mean Hartman (Thomas Haden Church). But the two men start feeling guilty for their callousness when they realize there's more to Mary than her outrageous boots and wacky statements. Phil Traill directs this comedic tale, which also stars Ken Jeong.
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This adaptation of Frank McCourt's best-selling memoir tells the grim story of the author's impoverished childhood in 1940s Ireland, a time of devastating deprivation spent alongside starving siblings, a long-suffering mother and an alcoholic father. Emily Watson and Robert Carlysle shine in the pivotal roles of McCourt's struggling parents in this captivating biographical drama from director Alan Parker (Fame, Midnight Express).
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Corrupt Detective Terence McDonaugh -- whose bad habits include painkillers, reckless sports gambling and accepting sexual bribes -- investigates the murder of five Senegalese illegal immigrants in New Orleans.
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Filmmaker Michael Rapaport goes behind the scenes with this documentary to chronicle the tumultuous group dynamics that have driven influential, genre-bending hip-hop sensations A Tribe Called Quest to the heights of success.
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Stanley is too shy to admit he's in love with his co-worker Margaret. He's ready to give up and take his own life when the devil appears with a bargain. In exchange for his soul, Stanley makes seven wishes aimed at improving his life.
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