Drama
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Once Were Warriors (1994)
Once Were Warriors
Lee Tamahori actor: Rena Owen / Temuera Morrison …
other title: Once Were Warriors - Una volta erano guerrieri / A Alma dos Guerreiros …
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
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3 Idiots (2009)
3 Idiots
★ 8.4 45 ratings
Rajkumar Hirani actor: Aamir Khan / R. Madhavan …
other title: 3 Idiotas
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.
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The War Game (1966)
The War Game
Peter Watkins actor: Michael Aspel / Kathy Staff …
other title: La Bombe / El juego de la guerra
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.
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Mad Love (1985)
L'Amour braque
Andrzej Żuławski actor: Sophie Marceau / Tchéky Karyo …
other title: Amour braque - L'amore balordo / Skør kærlighed …
After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with Marie.
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The Doom Generation (1995)
The Doom Generation
Gregg Araki actor: Rose McGowan / James Duval …
other title: Doom Generation / Doom - Geração Maldita …
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
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Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Birdman of Alcatraz
John Frankenheimer actor: Burt Lancaster / Karl Malden …
other title: L'uomo di Alcatraz / Manden fra Alcatraz …
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
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Big Night (1996)
Big Night
★ 7.6 5 ratings
Campbell Scott / Stanley Tucci actor: Stanley Tucci / Tony Shalhoub …
other title: A Grande Inauguração / Big Night - Nacht der Genüsse …
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
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Boiler Room (2000)
Boiler Room WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ben Younger actor: Giovanni Ribisi / Vin Diesel …
other title: 1 km da Wall Street / O Primeiro Milhão …
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Watched
Oct. 25, 2025
Not bad, but not quite as good as the films it name-checks, like Wall Street and Glengarry Glenn Ross.

Watched in #FridayThrillerClub #WatchParty on Mastodon
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
★ 6.8 6 ratings
Jacques Demy actor: Catherine Deneuve / Nino Castelnuovo …
other title: Pigen med paraplyerne / Os Chapéus de Chuva de Cherburgo …
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
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Magnet of Doom (1963)
L'Aîné des Ferchaux IMDb TMDB
Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo / Charles Vanel …
other title: Lo sciacallo / L'Aîné des Ferchaux …
Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.