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The Alto Knights (2025)

Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever. In the 1950s, notorious New York crime bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese vie for control of the city streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that reshapes organized crime forever.


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Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025)

The film follows C. Sankaran Nair, a distinguished Indian barrister and member of the Viceroy�s Council, initially tasked by the British to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, expecting a report in their favor. As Nair uncovers the horrific truth of General Reginald Dyer�s ordered slaughter of unarmed civilians in Amritsar, his conscience drives him to sue The Crown and Dyer for genocide, challenging the British Empire�s narrative. Aided by a young revolutionary, Pargat Singh, and a determined law student, Dilreet Gill, Nair faces off against Neville McKinley, a jaded Anglo-Indian lawyer with a personal vendetta.


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Washington Black (2025)

11-year-old George Washington "Wash" Black embarks on a globe-trotting journey of identity after fleeing a Barbados sugar plantation aboard a flying machine in the company of his master’s eccentric inventor brother. Follows the 19th century adventures of George Washington "Wash" Black, an 11-year-old boy on a Barbados sugar plantation who must flee after a gruesome death threatens to turn his life upside down.


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Young Woman and the Sea (2024)

This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the 21-mile trek from France to England. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and trainers, Trudy Ederle overcomes adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete a 21-mile trek from France to England.


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Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (2024)

Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster system and kickstart a movement in the process.2.The true story of Donna and Reverend WC Martin and their church in East Texas, in which 22 families adopted 77 children from the local foster system, igniting a movement for vulnerable children everywhere.


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The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024)

Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Ch�teau d'If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him. In 1815, sailor Edmond Dant�s defies orders to rescue a shipwrecked woman from the Mediterranean Sea. The woman, Ang�le, carries a letter from the exiled Napoleon, which Captain Danglars seizes.


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The Apprentice (2024)

A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect prot�g�someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win. In 1973, the young Donald Trump, after pointing out various wealthy people to his date, meets Roy Cohn, notorious at the time as former chief counsel to Joseph McCarthy, at a New York City social club.


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Blitz (2024)

In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on an epic, perilous journey back home as Rita searches for him. Sir Steve McQueen's "Blitz" follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. Blitz is a 2024 historical war drama film written, produced and directed by Steve McQueen. The film stars Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan.


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Harbin (2024)

In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan's prime minister during their quest for independence. a 2024 South Korean biographical period drama film directed by Woo Min-ho and starring Hyun Bin as Ahn Jung-geun, a Korean independence activist. Follows Korean independence activists who launched a daring attack in Harbin against the Japanese to gain their country's independence. Harbin gives a suspenseful depiction of the 1909 plot by Korean fighters to assassinate Japanese prime minister Itō Hirobumi during Japan's takeover of Korea.


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Mary (2024)

A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic. In this timeless coming-of-age story, Mary is shunned following an otherworldly conception and forced to flee when Herod's insatiable thirst for power ignites a murderous pursuit of the newborn. Mary is shunned following an otherworldly conception and forced to flee when Herod's insatiable thirst for power ignites a murderous pursuit for the newborn. In coming-of-age story Mary, the title character is shunned following the otherworldly conception of her child and forced into hiding.


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Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness (2024)

A seventy-two-hour whirlwind in the life of bohemian artist Amedeo Modigliani, known as Modi to his friends, follows a chaotic series of events through the streets of war torn Paris in 1916. On the run from the police, his desire to end his career and leave the city is dismissed by fellow artists Maurice Utrillo, Chaim Soutine and Modi’s muse, Beatrice Hastings. Modi seeks advice from his art dealer and friend, Leopold Zborowski — however, after a night of hallucinations, the chaos in Modi’s mind reaches a crescendo when faced with an American collector, Maurice Gangnat, who has the power to change his life.


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Cabrini (2024)

Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen. After witnessing disease and poverty in the slums of New York, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini embarks on a daring journey to persuade the hostile mayor to provide housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children.


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Freedom Hair (2024)

When a mother decides to start a natural hair braiding business to achieve financial independence, she must overcome obstacles imposed by a powerful cosmetology cartel and the state of Mississippi. When a determined mother decides to start a natural hair braiding business to achieve financial independence, she must overcome unexpected obstacles imposed by a powerful cosmetology cartel and the state of Mississippi. Based on the inspiring true story of Melony Armstrong, a mother who works at a shelter for battered women then decides to start a natural hair braiding business.


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Maria (2024)

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life. Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity. Famed opera singer Maria Callas retreats to Paris in the 1970s after a glamorous yet tumultuous life in the public eye. In 1977, Maria Callas lives in an apartment in Paris, with her butler Ferruccio and housekeeper Bruna. She is attempting to sing again after a years-long hiatus in her opera career due to her declining health.


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The Red Virgin (2024)

Hildegart is conceived and educated by her mother Aurora to be the woman of the future, to become one of the most brilliant minds of Spain in the 1930s and one of the European references on female sexuality. A precocious and prolific writer in Spain's 1930s is raised by her mother to become a model of future women. An affluent woman, Aurora Rodr�guez, copulates with a clergyman. The result is the birth of Hildegart, who Aurora homeschools and grooms to become a girl prodigy able to change the world. In 1931 Madrid, against the backdrop of the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic.


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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)

In 1914, eight-year-old Dietrich Bonhoeffer is playing a game of hide-and-seek with his older brother Walter, at their home in Breslau, Germany. Walter announces his decision to enlist in the army to his family and leaves for service shortly after. Walter is killed in combat in 1918 and the family attends his funeral. Years later, Bonhoeffer is a theology student in the U.S.; while in the country, he grows closer to African-American Baptists, including a fellow student named Frank, which influences his spiritual outlook and religious beliefs.


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Number 24 (2024)

On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future � and the future of his country. Number 24 is a Norwegian biographical feature film from 2024 about the Norwegian resistance fighter Gunnar S�nsteby. The film is directed by John Andreas Andersen and produced by Motion Blur. It dramatizes several of the Oslo Group's sabotage operations and assassinations during World War II, and is framed by an elderly S�nsteby giving a lecture to school students in Rjukan, where he recounts the events he participated in during the war.


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Unstoppable (2024)

Born with one leg, Anthony Robles defies expectations to become a champion wrestler in college, competing against the very school that rejected him. Anthony Robles, born without a right leg, grows up in Mesa, Arizona, raised by his mother, Judy Robles. Despite societal prejudice and physical challenges, Anthony develops a resilient spirit. In high school, he discovers a passion for wrestling and joins the school team. Although initially doubted by coaches and teammates, he becomes a formidable competitor through determination and relentless training. With the unwavering love and support of his devoted mother Judy.


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Baltimore (2024)

The film centers on Rose Dugdale, an English heiress exposed to Irish republicanism during her university studies. Uncomfortable with her life of privilege, Rose initially forms a student's club to advocate for radical changes to British society and to question her country's treatment of Ireland. However, after seeing news footage of British soldiers attacking an unarmed demonstration of anti-British protestors, she angrily tells her classmates that only "action" will bring about lasting change. After her graduation, Dugdale casts aside her planned government career, sells her expensive home, gives every cent of money she has to the poor.


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Firebrand (2024)

Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival. What if you confronted your inner demon, and it confronted you back? In Tudor England, Katherine Parr reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII. Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded or dead. Perceived as a threat by Henry's courtiers, they start to cast doubts about her fidelity and turn the increasingly paranoid king against her.



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