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The Door in the Floor

2004·1h 51m·★ 6.6·Tod Williams

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Manhattan

1979·1h 36m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

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1991·1h 38m·★ 6.8·Steven Soderbergh

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1992·2h 4m·★ 5.9·Phil Joanou

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How Good Is The Vanishing of Sidney Hall?

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