Movies Like Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

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Trainspotting

1996·1h 34m·★ 8.1·Danny Boyle

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1982·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Ridley Scott

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Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

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1992·2h 15m·★ 7.3·David Lynch

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A Hard Day's Night

1964·1h 28m·★ 7.5·Richard Lester

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1994·1h 43m·★ 7.5·Stephan Elliott

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1998·1h 58m·★ 7.4·Terry Gilliam

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Natural Born Killers

1994·1h 59m·★ 7.2·Oliver Stone

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Easy Rider

1969·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Dennis Hopper

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1942·2h 6m·★ 7.6·Michael Curtiz

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Death at a Funeral

2007·1h 31m·★ 7.3·Frank Oz

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2006·1h 44m·★ 6.5·Anne Fletcher

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2010·1h 44m·★ 7.1·Jim Loach

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2006·1h 33m·★ 6.8·Liam Lynch

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2007·2h·★ 7.2·Tony Gilroy

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2012·1h 33m·★ 6.9·Paul Andrew Williams

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2006·2h 10m·★ 6.6·Bill Condon

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1980·1h 50m·★ 6.8·Iván Zulueta

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How Good Is Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story?

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