Movies Like The Whales of August

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Britannia Hospital

1982·1h 56m·★ 6.2·Lindsay Anderson

2 shared crewDir. Lindsay AndersonDP: Mike Fash

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962·2h 15m·★ 8.0·Robert Aldrich

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Umberto D.

1952·1h 31m·★ 8.1·Vittorio De Sica

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The Color Purple

1985·2h 34m·★ 7.7·Steven Spielberg

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Sweet Smell of Success

1957·1h 37m·★ 8.0·Alexander Mackendrick

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10 Things I Hate About You

1999·1h 37m·★ 7.4·Gil Junger

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A Few Good Men

1992·2h 18m·★ 7.8·Rob Reiner

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Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

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Dirty Dancing

1987·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Emile Ardolino

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Cruel Intentions

1999·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Roger Kumble

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Prospero's Books

1991·2h 6m·★ 6.8·Peter Greenaway

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Brother of Sleep

1995·2h 7m·★ 7.0·Joseph Vilsmaier

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The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Niels Mueller

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Saint-Jacques… La Mecque

2005·1h 43m·★ 6.3·Coline Serreau

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Baal

1970·1h 24m·★ 6.3·Volker Schlöndorff

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