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Description
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Year
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Movie Title
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In 1973, a teenager lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview an up-and-coming band on the road.
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2000
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Almost Famous
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In this retelling of Homer's Odyssey, three escaped convicts in the 1930s deep south search for hidden treasure.
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2000
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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A bumbling supervillain finally defeats his nemesis, only to find that his life lacks purpose without a hero to fight.
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2010
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Megamind
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A high school cheerleader in denial is sent to a conversion camp, where she finds love.
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1999
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But I'm a Cheerleader
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A renowned oceanographer swears vengeance against a rare shark that devoured one of his team members, and tracks it down with the help of a quirky crew.
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2004
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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A tomboyish postulant at an abbey is sent to be a governess for seven children, and brings music and love back into their home.
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1965
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The Sound of Music
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A hack writer writes a screenplay for a washed up silent film star.
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1950
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Sunset Boulevard
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A record store owner revisits his past relationships to figure out what went wrong with his most recent ex-girlfriend.
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2000
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High Fidelity
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A young black lesbian works a day job at a video store while trying to piece together a film about a black actress from the 1930s.
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1996
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The Watermelon Woman
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A documentary film in which two South Africans set out to discover what happened to the mysterious 1970s rock n' roller Rodriguez.
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2012
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Searching for Sugar Man
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Based on a popular children's series, a young boy enters middle school alongside his dorky best friend.
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2010
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
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On this musical journey, two brothers (one human, one puppet) help save the theater in which their favorite show used to be filmed, with the help of the cast of the show.
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2011
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The Muppets
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In this spoof of a popular sci-fi franchise, a space rebel and his loyal best friend attempt to save a stolen princess and her trusty robot for a reward, finding love along the way.
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1987
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Spaceballs
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The story of the rising women's baseball league by way of the Rockford Peaches, and two competitive sisters.
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1992
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A League of Their Own
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A Reno singer is relocated to a nunnery to protect her from mob hitmen, where she rescues the failing church choir and connects with the community.
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1992
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Sister Act
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A hotshot rookie racer is stranded in a sleepy town off Route 66.
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2006
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Cars
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This video diary style documentary explores a popular alternative (some might even say emo) band featuring band members the Way brothers, Frank Iero, Ray Toro, and others.
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2006
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My Chemical Romance: Life on the Murder Scene
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A young aspiring roboticist copes with the loss of his older brother by befriending his robot and vowing to take revenge on the person responsible with the help of his brother's friends.
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2014
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Big Hero 6
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Based on a popular children's series, and a sequel to a movie also on this list, this movie tells the story of one wimpy boy's struggle to get along with his rebellious older brother.
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2011
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
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A professor and his five colleagues travel aboard a rocket that lands in the eye of the Moon.
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1902
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A Trip to the Moon
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In 1980s Dublin, a boy creates a futurist band to impress the mysterious model he likes.
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2016
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Sing Street
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After quitting his job, a Chef teams up with his ex-wife, his son, and his best friend, to start a food truck and take to the road.
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2014
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Chef
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A failing voice actor and estranged father takes to dressing up as a British nanny in order to spend time with his children.
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1993
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Mrs. Doubtfire
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When the Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, an admiral escapes in a yellow underwater vessel to enlist the help of a famous foursome.
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1968
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Yellow Submarine
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In this adventure across multiple dimensions, two brothers and their duckbilled segret agent pet battle an alternate universe version of their own supervillain.
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2011
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Phineas and Ferb: The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
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A movie-musical version of a hit broadway musical detailing the last days of Jesus Christ from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer.
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1973
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Jesus Christ Superstar
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A forest sprite accidentally shrinks a human boy, and the two must fight the forces of pollution and deforestation to defend the forest in which she lives.
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1992
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest
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A teenager is introduced to a mysterious TV show when he befriends a classmate, causing reality to warp and questions of identity to rise to the surface.
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2024
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I Saw the TV Glow
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A short film/visual album featuring songs by The Lumineers, and telling the story of a woman through different periods of her life.
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2017
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The Ballad of Cleopatra
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At a mental hospital, a patient claims to be from a far away planet-- a claim that his psychiatrist finds harder and harder to disprove.
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2001
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K-PAX
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In an animated land, the only boy born without a pointed head is banished to the forest with his loyal dog, where the two meet a cast of wacky characters and learn the meaning of it all.
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1971
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The Point
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A man is unaware he is the star of a TV show and is living in a simulation set up to broadcast every aspect of his life.
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1998
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The Truman Show
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A young girl becomes trapped in a spirit world and attempts to free her parents when they undergo a mysterious transformation.
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2001
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Spirited Away
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A Canadian rockstar wannabe falls in love with an American delivery girl, but he must first defeat her seven evil exes if he is to date her.
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2010
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
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