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The Hamburg Cell
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The Hamburg Cell

2004
This dramatization of the events leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, focuses on the unlikely hijacker who became the pilot of Flight 93, showing how a small band of middle-class students made the shocking transformation to mass murderers.

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  • Antonia Bird
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    Knots Landing: Season 2
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    Knots Landing: Season 2

    1980
    Texas-born brothers J.R. and Bobby Ewing (Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy) drop into Knots Landing from Dallas during the second season of this long-running prime-time soap about the lives of four couples living in a sunny California suburb. Sid (Don Murray) also welcomes his younger sister, Abby (Donna Mills), to the neighborhood, never suspecting that her seductive scheming will turn everything upside down.

    Directed by:

  • James Sheldon
  • Nicholas Sgarro
  • Kim Friedman
  • Harvey S. Laidman
  • Edward Parone
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    Killing Words
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    Killing Words

    2003
    No one knows what's truly behind the genial facade of Ramon (Dario Grandinetti), a college instructor who's so meticulous, nothing in his world seems out of order. And yet, his basement is a dark place of chaos, one in which he's forced an unwitting guest named Laura (Goya Toledo) to stay and play a deadly game. The stakes are high: If she wins, she walks; if she loses, her life is on the line. Laura hopes she can hold her own.

    Directed by:

  • Laura Mana
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    Oz: Season 4
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    Oz: Season 4

    2000
    Oswald State Penitentiary (aka "Oz") is in complete lockdown at the start of yet another gripping season of this shocking HBO drama series, and tensions are at their highest as Warden Leo Glynn (Ernie Hudson) tries to broker peace. In the meantime, Beecher (Lee Tergesen) and Keller (Christopher Meloni) have a difficult time keeping their liaison a secret, and the rest of the prisoners try to make a difficult existence that much more manageable.

    Directed by:

  • Nick Gomez
  • Matt Dillon
  • Adam Bernstein
  • Barbara Kopple
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    NYPD Blue: Season 4
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    NYPD Blue: Season 4

    1996
    Volatile Det. Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) and Det. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) continue to clean up New York City's mean streets, dispensing another sobering dose of reality in the fourth season of this Emmy-winning drama series. Andrea Thompson joins the cast as intrepid Det. Jill Kirkendall, a single mother who may derail Simone's budding romance with Det. Diane Russell (Kim Delaney). Guests include Lucy Liu, Reni Santoni and Donna Pescow.

    Directed by:

  • Mark Tinker
  • Steven DePaul
  • Donna Deitch
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    Possible Loves
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    Possible Loves

    2000
    Director Sandra Werneck's earnest romantic comedy -- winner of the 2001 Sundance Jury Prize for Latin American Cinema -- takes a unique approach to young love by posing multiple scenarios for main characters Carlos (Murilo Benício) and his girlfriend, Júlia (Carolina Ferraz). As Carlos waits for Júlia to arrive at a Rio de Janeiro movie theater, will one seemingly insignificant choice change his entire future?

    Directed by:

  • Sandra Werneck
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    An Autumn's Tale
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    An Autumn's Tale

    1987
    Lee Kay (Cherie Chung) leaves her native Hong Kong to live in New York's Chinatown while studying at New York University. When she discovers that her boyfriend is having an affair, her cousin Boat Head (Chow Yun-Fat) comforts her. Meanwhile, Boat Head is dealing with problems of his own -- namely, a gambling addiction. Soon, the pair's mutual attraction threatens to cross bloodlines. Mabel Cheung (Beijing Rocks) directs.

    Directed by:

  • Mabel Cheung
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    Capitaes De Abril
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    Capitaes De Abril

    2000
    Set in Portugal, actress Maria de Medeiros's directorial debut depicts the events of April 25, 1974, when the country was freed from 40 years of dictatorship. Told through the eyes of two army captains and a teacher (de Medeiros), this historical drama relives the day in which a section of the Portuguese military, disgusted at domestic repression and bloody colonial conflict in Africa, instituted a nonviolent coup to oust the fascist government.

    Directed by:

  • Maria de Medeiros
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    Gilmore Girls: Season 1
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    Gilmore Girls: Season 1

    2000
    Young mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) enjoys a relationship with her precocious teenage daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), that's based more on friendship than maternal love. Together, they face life's challenges such as dating, finances and social woes -- and even the required Friday night dinners with Lorelai's parents in exchange for paying Rory's tuition at a college prep school. The entire first season of this charming TV drama is included.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
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    La Petite Jerusalem
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    La Petite Jerusalem

    2005
    Complications with the men in their lives prompt two Jewish sisters living in a cramped apartment in Paris's Little Jerusalem neighborhood to reevaluate their choices and their faith. Older sibling Mathilde (Elsa Zylberstein) grapples with how to respond to her husband's infidelity, while the younger Laura (Fanny Valette) falls in love with a Muslim co-worker. Their respective dilemmas send the two women on a soul-searching quest for wisdom.

    Directed by:

  • Karin Albou
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    Da Vinci's Inquest: Season 1
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    Da Vinci's Inquest: Season 1

    1998
    Using his sleuthing abilities to ferret out clues from dead bodies, cop turned coroner Dominic Da Vinci (Nicholas Campbell) works to bring criminals to justice and bucks an overbearing bureaucracy to boot in this sophisticated police procedural. Heralded by audiences and critics for its lifelike portrayal of crime fighting, the award-winning series co-stars Ian Tracey, Venus Terzo and Donnelly Rhodes.

    Directed by:

  • Chris Haddock
  • Stephen Surjik
  • Anne Wheeler
  • John L'Ecuyer
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    Dance, Girl, Dance
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    Dance, Girl, Dance

    1940
    Aspiring ballerina Judy O'Brien (Maureen O'Hara) dances with a struggling but respected company. Shortly after a fellow dancer, the man-hungry Bubbles (Lucille Ball), quits, the troupe disbands. Bubbles hires Judy for her new burlesque show, but their act may be torn apart when they both fall for lothario Jimmy Harris (Louis Hayward). Ralph Bellamy, Virginia Field and Maria Ouspenskaya co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Dorothy Arzner
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    Dallas: Season 8
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    Dallas: Season 8

    1984
    Return to Southfork for another round of intrigue, backstabbing and greed. This season, Bobby tries to figure out who shot him, and Jenilee Harrison joins the cast as Jamie, Jock's niece and Cliff Barnes's key to the Ewing fortune. Meanwhile, Jenna goes on trial for the murder of her ex-husband, Sue Ellen falls off the wagon, and Bobby takes a notorious car trip in the prime-time soap's biggest cliffhanger since "Who Shot J.R?"

    Directed by:

  • Leonard Katzman
  • Nick Havinga
  • Gwen Arner
  • Michael Preece
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    Dallas: Season 10
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    Dallas: Season 10

    1986
    Season 10 of the smash hit prime-time soap opera kicks off with Pam (Victoria Principal) waking one morning to find Bobby (Patrick Duffy) in the shower, revealing that the entire ninth season was Pam's nightmare. Meanwhile, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) opens a lingerie business using J.R.'s (Larry Hagman) one-time mistress Mandy (Deborah Shelton) as her top model, and Ray and Donna (Steve Kanaly and Susan Howard) deal with marital problems.

    Directed by:

  • Leonard Katzman
  • Nick Havinga
  • Gwen Arner
  • Michael Preece
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    My Dog Tulip
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    My Dog Tulip

    2009
    Based on J.R. Ackerley's 1956 autobiographical novel, this animated tale of a man and his dog features Christopher Plummer as the voice of Ackerley, a middle-aged writer whose life is changed forever when he adopts an 18-month-old German shepherd. Despite not being a dog lover, Ackerley finds his truest companionship with his skittish pup, Tulip. And so begins a 14-year friendship filled with all the mischief, wonder and unconditional love a dog can bring.

    Directed by:

  • Paul Fierlinger
  • Sandra Fierlinger
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    Hysterical Blindness
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    Hysterical Blindness

    2002
    Uma Thurman won a Golden Globe for her searing performance as Debby in this Mira Nair film. Debby's a New Jersey woman longing to find someone who'll see how special she truly is, even if she's blind to her own worth. She and her friend Beth (Juliette Lewis), a single mother, navigate the singles scene and discover that love never quite turns out the way it does in songs and movies. Gena Rowlands and Ben Gazzara also star.

    Directed by:

  • Mira Nair
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    Now and Then
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    Now and Then

    1995
    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
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    Now and Then (1995)
    A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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