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Musical drama, starring Fantasia Barrino
2023 - Music, Drama
Movie cast
Movie: The Color Purple -
Teenager Celie suffers horribly at the hands of her abusive father Alfonso until she is married off against her will to local farmer Mister, who expects her to take care of his three children. Celie's spirited sister Nettie refuses to submit to Mister and leaves Georgia, but promises to write every day. Years pass and Celie has been worn down to quiet subservience, until Mister's mistress, sultry jazz singer Shug Avery, sashays into town and lights a fire in the broken wife. Musical drama based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel, starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P Henson, Colman Domingo and Danielle Brooks
05:25

Korean War adventure, starring William Holden
1954 - Action, Drama, War, Romance
Movie cast
Movie: The Bridges at Toko-Ri - 2023
An American naval reserve pilot is called up for service in the Korean War, and must leave his family and civilian job as a lawyer. In command of a corps of naval pilots, he heads a bombing campaign on strategic Communist positions, but later comes to question the morality of the conflict. Adventure, starring William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March and Mickey Rooney
07:10

Western, starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine
1970 - Adventure, War, Western
Movie cast
Movie: Two Mules for Sister Sara - 1954
A grizzled drifter rescues a nun from a gang of rapists and gets roped into escorting her across the Mexican desert. He gradually realises there is more to his new companion than meets the eye - and she may be hiding a surprising secret. Don Siegel's Western, starring Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manolo Fabregas, Alberto Morin and John Kelly
09:15

Biopic, starring Margot Robbie
2017 - Drama
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Movie: I, Tonya - 1970
Ice skater Tonya Harding rises through the ranks at the US figure skating championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into question by a shocking incident after her ex-husband steps in. Director Craig Gillespie's comedy biopic, starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, and Allison Janney, who won a Bafta and an Oscar for her performance
11:25

Holocaust drama, starring David Thewlis
2008 - War, Drama, History
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Movie: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - 2017
Bruno, a boy in Nazi Germany, moves to the country when his father is placed in charge of a concentration camp. While exploring the woods close to the facility's boundary, he spots a Jewish youngster being held there, and the two become friends - but Bruno remains innocently oblivious to the camp's true purpose. Drama, starring David Thewlis, Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon
13:15

Prison drama, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman
1994 - Drama, Crime
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Movie: The Shawshank Redemption - 2008
A banker is wrongly jailed for his wife's murder and over the course of a life sentence he forms a close friendship with a fellow inmate. He also earns a position of trust as book-keeper to the corrupt prison governor - but makes an enemy of his benefactor as he tries to clear his name. Frank Darabont's drama, starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown and Gil Bellows
15:45

Drama, starring Meryl Streep
2017 - Drama, History
Movie cast
Movie: The Post - 1994
In 1971, an American military analyst uncovers the depths of the US government's deceptions about the futility of the Vietnam War, and takes action by copying top-secret documents that would become the Pentagon Papers. Washington Post owner Kay Graham and her editor Ben Bradlee discover The New York Times is preparing an explosive expose on those papers and, determined to compete, set out to publish them first. Steven Spielberg's fact-based drama, starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson and Bob Odenkirk
17:50

Fact-based drama, starring Colin Firth
2010 - Drama, History
Movie cast
Movie: The King
The younger son of George V struggles to cope with an uncontrollable stammer, prompting his wife to enlist the aid of an eccentric Australian speech therapist. The support and friendship of the doctor prove invaluable when a crisis places the repressed prince on the throne, just as the outbreak of the Second World War leaves the country in need of a strong king. Oscar-winning fact-based drama, starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce

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20:00

Period drama, starring F Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce
1984 - History, Music, Drama
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Movie: Amadeus - 2010
Composer Antonio Salieri is a favoured artist in the court of Austrian emperor Joseph II, but he finds himself pushed aside in favour of Mozart. Salieri admires the younger maestro's music, but is incensed that someone so vulgar and obnoxious should be gifted with such talent. As jealousy consumes him, he plots his rival's downfall. Period drama, adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own play and starring F Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce
22:40

Romantic comedy drama, starring Ashton Kutcher and Jessica Alba
2010 - Comedy, Romance
Movie cast
Movie: Valentine
Anthology of stories charting the romantic complications of various Los Angeles residents. A businessman and a soldier on leave share a flight home, a teacher is smitten with a doctor and an elderly couple comfort their lovesick grandson. Romantic comedy drama, with Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner and Julia Roberts
00:45

Romantic drama, starring Blake Lively
2024 - Drama, Romance
Movie cast
Movie: It Ends With Us - 2010
Lily Bloom returns to her childhood home of Plethora, Maine, to attend the funeral of her father, the former town mayor who beat his wife behind closed doors. Upon returning to Boston, Lily is attracted to Ryle Kincaid, a neurosurgeon with a dark side, and old flame Atlas Corrigan. Drama based on the bestselling novel, starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate and Brandon Sklenar
03:00

Biopic, starring Bradley Cooper
2014 - War, Action
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Movie: American Sniper - 2024
A Navy Seal becomes a legend to his colleagues thanks to his skills as a deadly sniper. On his return to the US following four tours of duty in Iraq, he finds living an ordinary life as a husband and father far more difficult to deal with than the demands of warfare. Biopic based on the experiences of real-life Iraq conflict veteran Chris Kyle, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller and Kyle Gallner
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