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6.2
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5.8
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6.7
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2020
6.7
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2019
7.5
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1958
6.7
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
Girl in the Box
2016
7.2
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2020
6.6
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El Chicano
2019
7.2
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7.0
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7.2
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7.4
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2021
6.4
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7.1
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6.9
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5.9
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7.1
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6.1
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2020
6.9
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