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  1. Spotlight
    2015Drama

    The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking...

    #1,170Attention Score2.4
  2. Erin Brockovich
    2000Drama

    A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work...

    #1,833Attention Score1.7
  3. Doubt
    2008Drama

    In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.

    #3,490Attention Score0.8
  4. The Magdalene Sisters
    2002Drama

    Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

    #5,857Attention Score0.3
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  1. The King's Speech
    2010Drama

    The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George...

    #1,808Attention Score1.7
  2. Still Alice
    2014Drama

    Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a...

    #2,144Attention Score1.4
  3. The Straight Story
    1999Drama

    Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make...

    #2,751Attention Score1.1
  4. The Reader
    2008Drama

    The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only...

    #2,814Attention Score1.0
  5. In the Name of the Father
    1993Drama

    A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in...

    #3,073Attention Score0.9
  6. Brooklyn
    2015Drama

    In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

    #3,355Attention Score0.8
  7. The Queen
    2006Drama

    The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle,...

    #3,617Attention Score0.8
  8. Dead Man Walking
    1995Drama

    A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

    #3,708Attention Score0.7
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  1. The Visitor
    2008Drama

    A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

    #4,098Attention Score0.6
  2. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    2012Drama

    British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the...

    #4,688Attention Score0.5
  3. An Education
    2009Drama

    Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When...

    #5,094Attention Score0.4
  4. Calendar Girls
    2003Drama

    Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

    #5,704Attention Score0.4

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