Movies Like Out of the Ashes

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Something the Lord Made

2004·1h 50m·★ 8.0·Joseph Sargent

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David

1997·2h 53m·★ 6.9·Robert Markowitz

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Schindler's List

1993·3h 15m·★ 9.0·Steven Spielberg

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Freedom Writers

2007·2h 3m·★ 7.6·Richard LaGravenese

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Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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White Bird

2023·2h 1m·★ 7.4·Marc Forster

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The French Revolution

1989·5h 35m·★ 7.6·Richard T. Heffron

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The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005·2h·★ 7.5·Brent Shields

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Conspiracy

2001·1h 36m·★ 7.6·Frank Pierson

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The Diary of Anne Frank

1959·2h 59m·★ 7.4·George Stevens

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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996·2h·★ 7.6·Eriq La Salle

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Jane Eyre

1997·1h 48m·★ 7.0·Robert Young

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I Am Elizabeth Smart

2017·1h 25m·★ 6.3·Sarah Walker

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Salvador (Puig Antich)

2006·2h 17m·★ 7.2·Manuel Huerga

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The Devil's Arithmetic

1999·1h 35m·★ 6.3·Donna Deitch

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Iron Jawed Angels

2004·2h 5m·★ 7.3·Katja von Garnier

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Jakob the Liar

1999·2h·★ 6.5·Peter Kassovitz

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The Assault

2014·1h 30m·★ 6.2·Jason Winn

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Girl in the Box

2016·1h 27m·★ 6.2·Stephen Kemp

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Starving in Suburbia

2014·1h 24m·★ 6.1·Tara Miele

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How Good Is Out of the Ashes?

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