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Romeo + Juliet

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Poster for the movie "Romeo + Juliet"

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

120 min - Drama, Romance - 1 November 1996
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In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

Director:  Baz Luhrmann
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Blue Bayou

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Blue Bayou (2021)

117 min - Drama - 10 September 2021
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As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

Director:  Justin Chon
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

122 min - Drama, Crime - 11 September 2009
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Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.

Director:  Werner Herzog
Writers:  William M. Finkelstein
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Black Rain

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Black Rain (1989)

125 min - Drama, Action, Thriller - 22 September 1989
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Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.

Director:  Ridley Scott
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Coming to America

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Coming to America (1988)

117 min - Comedy, Romance - 29 June 1988
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An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

Director:  John Landis
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Die Hard 2

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Poster for the movie "Die Hard 2"

Die Hard 2 (1990)

124 min - Action, Thriller - 2 July 1990
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Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane’s smart-mouthed heroics.

Director:  Renny Harlin
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