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2) The hill
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"An inspiring true story of baseball phenomenon Rickey Hill. The son of a small-town traveling pastor, Rickey shows an extraordinary talent for baseball despite being burdened by leg braces from a degenerative spinal disease. Driven by his faith and love of the sport, he continues to play against his father's wishes. But when a scout for the major leagues arrives, he must overcome his worsening condition and the division it causes in his family in...
3) Night swim
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Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player, is forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, he moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy, and young son Elliot. Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home's shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home's past will unleash...
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"Every legend has a beginning. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson stars in a larger-than-life family comedy based on outrageous stories of his youth. This coming-of-age journey highlights the unforgettable moments and incredible relationships that took Dwayne from ordinary kid to extraordinary superstar-revealing he's more like us than we know."--container.
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"Follow a crash-landed alien who must take on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and somehow find a way to fit in with the local human population. While attempting to complete his secret mission on Earth, he is forced to consider the possibility that humans might be worth saving after all."--container.
6) Dark waters
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Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything, his future, his family, and his own life to expose the truth.
7) 21 bridges
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An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on whom he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, extreme measures are taken to prevent the killers from escaping Manhattan as the authorities close all of the city's bridges to prevent any entry or exit from the iconic island.
8) Renfield
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"Renfield [is] the tortured aide to history's most narcissistic boss: Dracula. For centuries, Renfield has slavishly servied Dracula by procuring his master's prey and doing his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, Renfield is ready to see if there's a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness, if only he can figure out how to end the toxic, codependent relationship." --container
10) Tyson's run
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"When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team. Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning his father's approval. With the help of an unlikely friend and his parents, Tyson learns that with faith in yourself and the courage...
11) Nobody
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Hutch Mansell is an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life's indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody. When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake, is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca, seems to pull only further away. The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch's long-simmering...
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"The Stranger mysteriously appears out of hte heat waves of the desert and rides into the lawless, sin-ridden town of Lago. After making a name for himself with a string of blazing gun battles, The Stranger is hired by the townspeople to provide protection from three ruthless gunmen just out of jail." --container
13) Final account
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" Final Account is an urgent portrait of the last living generation of everyday people to participate in Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Over a decade in the making, the film raises vital, timely questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians in never-before-seen interviews reckon with their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals...
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"He may be a big-shot moneyman now, but Ted Templeton flashes back to his Boss Baby past when he and his brother Tim renew their rivalry and make a shocking discovery! Turns out, Tim's infant daughter Tina inherited Uncle Ted's job as an undercover BabyCorp agent. She's on a secret mission to stop an evil plan to turn babies into brats, and she needs both brothers to help! Ted and Tim n ow have to turn back into kids for a hilariously outrageous adventure...
16) The Northman
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The Northman is an "epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder." --container
17) Strays
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They say a dog is a man's best friend, but what if the man is a total dirtbag? In that case, it might be time for some sweet revenge, doggy style. When Reggie, a naive, relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug, Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpose. But once Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier named Bug, a stray who loves...
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"An alien crash lands on Earth and must pass himself off as small-town human doctor Harry Vanderspeigle. Arriving with a secret mission to kill all humans, Harry starts off living a simple life. But things get a bit rocky when he's roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world." --container
19) Don't let go
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Detective Jack Radcliff gets a shocking phone call from his recently murdered niece Ashley. Working together across time, they race to solve her murder before it can happen.
20) Red snow
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Dylan is a First Nations soldier from Canada who is caught in an ambush in Afghanistan and interrogated by a Taliban Commander until he makes his daring escape. Now he must run for his life from his captors across treacherous landscapes and through a blizzard that becomes his last hope for survival.