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4) South Riding
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
When Sarah Burton returns to her hometown as headmistress, she is full of ambition, determined to create a great school and to inspire her girls to take all they can from life. But in the aftermath of the First World War, the country is in depression and ideals are hard won. Lydia Holly, the scholarship girl from the shacks, is the most brilliant student Sarah has ever taught, but when her mother's health fails, her education must be sacrificed -...
5) Cry-baby
Pub. Date
1990
Description
Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the coolest, toughest hood in his Baltimore high school. His ability to shed one single tear drives all the girls wild.
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Description
When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
9) Funny farm
Pub. Date
c2010.
Description
A Manhattan sportswriter abandons his career for life in the country.
10) Let's make love
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Comedy about a wealthy bachelor who learns that he is to be parodied in an upcoming off-Broadway review.
12) The Deer hunter
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the cool hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress.
16) Notting Hill
Pub. Date
1999
Description
The world's most famous movie star falls in love with a small-time bookstore owner.
17) Blood simple
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
A jealous husband hires a detective to murder his wife and her lover.
19) The Aviator
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Ed Anscombe is haunted by the memory of a plane crash he feels responsible for. Now working for the U.S. Mail Service, he must carry a beautiful, young star. When their plane goes down, their lives are threatened in the treacherous mountain terrain, yet romance flowers in this unlikely environment.
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
New York cab driver and conspiracy buff Jerry Fletcher tells anyone in earshot about the secret movers, shakers and assassins who really control things. When he tries to put Justice Department attorney Alice Sutton in the know, he's run out of her office. Soon both will be running for their lives.