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6.1
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2017
6.8
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1992
6.7
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
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1991
6.4
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American Assassin
2017
6.1
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2002
5.8
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
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2015
7.0
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Coming Home
1978
7.5
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The Age of Adaline
2015
6.0
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Foxfire
1996
7.2
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2018
6.9
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2016
6.2
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6.7
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7.3
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1979
6.4
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2014
7.3
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Rocketman
2019
7.7
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6.0
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5.9
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