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F**k the Disabled (2001)
Rated:  NR  Stars:
Format:  DVD  83 min. 
Plot: Chronicle of Greg Walloch's performances, life, daily trips to and from his Harlem apartment. His comedy act is based on the fact that he is disabled and openly gay.
Cast: Greg Walloch, Stephen Baldwin, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara. Directed by Eli Kabillio.
Categories:  Documentary  Disability  Comedy

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Face in the Crowd, A (1957)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  126 min. B&W
Plot: A hobo becomes an overnight celebrity.
Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick. Directed by Elia Kazan.
Categories:  Drama  Fraud  Entertainment

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Face/Off (1997)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  138 min. 
Plot: A revolutionary medical technique allows an undercover agent to take the physical appearance of a major criminal and infiltrate his organization.
Cast: John Travolta, Nicholas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Alessandro Nivola. Directed by John Woo.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Medical  Drama

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Faces Places (2017)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  89 min. 
Plot: Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship. In French with English subtitles.
Cast: Jean-Paul Beaujon, Amaury Bussy, Yves Boulen. Directed by JR and Agnes Varda.
Categories:  Documentary  Art  Foreign

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Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  113 min. 
Plot: In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
Cast: Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring. Directed by Francois Truffaut.
Categories:  SciFi/Fantasy  Politics  Free Speech

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Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  122 min. 
Plot: Michael Moore's scathing documentary look into the policies of the Bush administration following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.
Cast: Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore.
Categories:  Documentary  Government  National Security

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Fail-Safe (1964)
Rated:  NR  Stars: **** 1/2
Format:  DVD  112 min. 
Plot: A technical malfunction in the Pentagon's strategic control system causes an erroneous order to be sent to a B-58 squadron on a routine training mission instructing the bombers to fly beyond their fail safe zone.
Cast: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Ed Binns, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Categories:  Military  International  Drama

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Failure to Launch (2006)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: A thirtysomething slacker suspects his parents of setting him up with his dream girl so he'll finally vacate their home.
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, Kathy Bates. Directed by Tom Dey.
Categories:  Comedy  Romance

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Fallen Idol, The (1948)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  95 min. B&W
Plot: The relationship between a young boy and his beloved butler turns sour when one suspects the other of murder.
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan, Bobby Henrey, Jack Hawkins, Bernard Lee. Directed by Carol Reed.
Categories:  Drama  Domestic Relations  Children

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Fame (1980)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 133 min. 
Plot: A chronicle of the lives of teenagers who attend a New York high school for the performing arts
Cast: Irene Cara, Paul McCrane, Barry Miller, Gene Anthony Ray, Lee Curreri. Directed by Alan Parker.
Categories:  Drama  Entertainment  Education

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Family Affair (2010)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  80 min. 
Plot: A seemingly random act detonates a chain reaction that exposes unspeakable realities and shatters a family.
Cast: Chico Colvard. Directed by Chico Colvard.
Categories:  Documentary  Biography  Family

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Family Law (2006)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: A new dad discovers he has more in common with his attorney father than he thought. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
Cast: Daniel Hendler, Arturo Goetz, Eloy Burman, Julieta Díaz, Adriana Aizemberg. Directed by Daniel Burman.
Categories:  Family  Domestic Relations  Foreign

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Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (5 disc set) 188 min. 
Plot: A feature-length documentary of two young Swedish children experiencing the comedies and tragedies of their family. In Swedish with English subtitles.
Cast: Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Ewa Fröling, Jan Malmsjö. Directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Categories:  Foreign  Drama  Family

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Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 (1940)
Rated:  G  Stars: ****
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD (2 disc set) 125 min. 
Plot: The original Fantasia, Walt Disney's daring experiment combining animation and classical music, and the new Fantasia 2000.
Cast: James Levine, Steve Martin, Leopold Stokowski, Ralph Grierson, Kathleen Battle. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen.
Categories:  Animation  Family  SciFi/Fantasy

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Fantastic 4 (2005)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  106 min. 
Plot: A group of astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom.
Cast: Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington. Directed by Tim Story.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  SciFi/Fantasy

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  133 min. 
Plot: The adventures of a writer in New York's secret community of witches and wizards.
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudo. Directed by David Yates.
Categories:  Family  SciFi/Fantasy  Action

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  134 min. 
Plot: The second installment of the "Fantastic Beasts" series featuring the adventures of Magizoologist Newt Scamander.
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler. Directed by David Yates.
Categories:  Animal  SciFi/Fantasy  Government

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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  87 min. 
Plot: A farm-raiding fox helps his community survive.
Cast: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson. Directed by Wes Anderson.
Categories:  Animation  Comedy  Family

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Fantastic Woman, A (2017)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  Blu-ray  104 min. 
Plot: A transgender woman's life is turned upside-down by the death of her older boyfriend. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
Cast: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim . Directed by Sebastián Lelio.
Categories:  Foreign  Drama  Gender

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Far From Heaven (2002)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  107 min. 
Plot: In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Cast: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson. Directed by Todd Haynes.
Categories:  Drama  Marital Relations  Racism

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Far From the Madding Crowd (1967)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  168 min. 
Plot: A willful, flirtatious, young woman unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Cast: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates. Directed by John Schlesinger.
Categories:  Drama  Women  Romance

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Fargo (1996)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  98 min. 
Plot: A car salesman's inept kidnapping scheme falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of a pregnant sheriff.
Cast: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Kristen Rudrud, Harve Presnell, Tony Denmen. Directed by Joel Coen.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Drama  Criminal Law

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Fast Color (2018)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: A young woman with supernatural abilities must go on the run when her powers are discovered.
Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Strathairn, Lorraine Toussaint, Christopher Denham, Saniyya Sidney. Directed by Julia Hart.
Categories:  Children  SciFi/Fantasy  Family

Law movies
Fast Food Nation (2006)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  114 min. 
Plot: An ensemble piece examining the health risks involved in the fast food industry and as well as its environmental and social consequences.
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Bobby Cannacale, Paul Dano, Luis Guzman, Ethan Hawke, Greg Kinnear, Wilmer Valderrama, Catalina Sandino Moreno. Directed by Richard Linklater.
Categories:  Drama  Corporations  Health

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  90 min. 
Plot: The lives of a group of high school students in southern California.
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cats. Directed by Amy Heckerling.
Categories:  Education  Comedy

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Fastball (2016)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  87 min. 
Plot: Explores the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever.
Cast: Kevin Costner, Derek Jeter, Denard Span. Directed by Jonathan Hock.
Categories:  Sports  History  Documentary

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Fat Girl  (2001)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  86 min. 
Plot: A provocative and shocking drama about sibling rivalry, family discord and relationships. In French with English subtitles.
Cast: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Libero de Rienzo, Laura Betti. Directed by Catherine Breillat.
Categories:  Foreign  Family  Children

Law movies
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  119 min. 
Plot: A happily married New York lawyer has an affair with his business partner but her attraction soon proves deadly.
Cast: Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, Ann Archer. Directed by Adrian Lyne.
Categories:  

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Fateless (2005)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  140 min. 
Plot: A 14-year-old's life is torn apart during World War II when he is sent to a concentration camp. In Hungarian with English subtitles.
Cast: Marcell Nagy, Aron Dimeny, Andras M. Kecskes, Jozsef Gyabronka, Endre Harkanyi, Daniel Craig. Directed by Lajos Koltai.
Categories:  War  Foreign  Discrimination

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Father Goose (1964)
Rated:  G  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  118 min. 
Plot: During WW II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for the island females.
Cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good. Directed by Ralph Nelson.
Categories:  Action  Comedy  Romance

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Fatima (2015)
Rated:    Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  79 min. 
Plot: A single mother works odd hours as a cleaning woman in order to support her two daughters. In French with English subtitles.
Cast: Soria Zeroual, Zita Hanrot, Kenza Noah Aiche. Directed by Phillipe Faucon.
Categories:  Drama  Family  Foreign

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Favourite, The (2018)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  119 min. 
Plot: A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend governs the country in her stead.
Cast: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Categories:  Biography  Comedy  Drama

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 119 min. 
Plot: An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychadelic escapades.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro. Directed by Terry Gilliam.
Categories:  

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Female Perversions (1996)
Rated:  R  Stars: **1/2
Format:  VHS  119 min. 
Plot: A high-powered attorney goes through a psychological meltdown as she navigates bisexual relationships, a nomination for a judgeship and the shoplifting arrest of her rebellious sister.
Cast: Tilda Swenton, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas. Directed by Susan Streitfield.
Categories:  Women  Drama

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Fences (2016)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  139 min. 
Plot: A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson. Directed by Denzel Washington.
Categories:  Drama  Family  Sports

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Ferdinand (2017)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  108 min. 
Plot: When a big-hearted bull is mistaken as dangerous and captured, he rallies a misfit team to help him return home to his family.
Cast: Voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale. Directed by Carlos Saldanha.
Categories:  Comedy  Animation  Family

Law movies
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Rated:  G  Stars: ***1/2
Format:    76 min. 
Plot: The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction.
Cast: Voices of Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams. Directed by Bill Kroyer.
Categories:  Animation  Action  Family

Law movies
Festival (1967)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  Blu-ray  95 min. 
Plot: Footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966.
Cast: Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger. Directed by Murray Lerner.
Categories:  Documentary  Musical  Entertainment

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Few Good Men, A (1992)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  138 min. 
Plot: Naval lawyers must defend two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J.T. Walsh J.T. Walsh, Christopher Guest. Directed by Rob Reiner.
Categories:  Military  Drama  Criminal Law

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Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Rated:  G  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  181 min. 
Plot: A Jewish peasant contends with marrying off his three daughters.
Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann. Directed by Norman Jewison.
Categories:  Musical  Family  Religion

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Field of Dreams (1989)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 107 min. 
Plot: Inspired by a mysterious voice, a farmer constructs a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield.
Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Timothy Busfield. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson.
Categories:  Drama  Sports  Banking

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Field, The (1990)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  107 min. 
Plot: The field is a plot of land in rural Ireland, rented and tended by an old man. When the owner sells the land to an American developer, the old man decides to fight the change, regardless of the cost.
Cast: Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker, Tom Berenger, Frances Tomelty. Directed by Jim Sheridan.
Categories:  Drama  Land Use

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Fifth Element, The (1997)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  126 min. 
Plot: A cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay.
Cast: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Milla Jovovich. Directed by Luc Besson.
Categories:  SciFi/Fantasy  War  Action

Law movies
Fifth Estate, The (2013)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  128 min. 
Plot: Revealing the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization.
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Anthony Mackie, Laura Linney. Directed by Bill condon.
Categories:  Drama  Biography  Computer

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Fight Club (1999)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD  139 min. 
Plot: An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.
Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Aday, Jared Leto. Directed by David Fincher.
Categories:  Mystery/Suspense  Gender  Insurance

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Fighter, The (2010)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  115 min. 
Plot: An explosive relationship threatens to take down Micky Ward,a struggling boxer, and his older brother and trainer, Dicky.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee. Directed by David O. Russell.
Categories:  Biography  Family  Sports

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Fill The Void (2012)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  90 min. 
Plot: A young Hasidic Jewish woman is pressured into an arranged marriage to an older widower. In Hebrew with English subtitles.
Cast: Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chayim Sharir. Directed by Rama Burshtein.
Categories:  Drama  Foreign  Religion

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Film Noir Classics (2009)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (5 disc) 428 min. B&W
Plot: This collection presents five film-noir classics: The Big Heat (1953), 5 Against the House (1955), The Lineup (1958), The Sniper (1952), and Murder By Contract (1958).
Cast: Lee Marvin, Eli Wallach, Glenn Ford, Kim Novak, Gloria Grahame. Directed by .
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Criminal Law

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Film Unfinished, A (2010)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  88 min. 
Plot: About an unfinished film which portrays the people behind and before the camera in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Cast: Witnesses Hanna Avrutzki, Luba Gewisser, Jurek (David) Plonski, Aliza Vitis-Shomron, Shula Zeder. Directed by Yael Hersonski.
Categories:  Documentary  History  War

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Final Cut, The (2004)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  105 min. 
Plot: In world where implanted microchips record your every move, it is the job of a cutter to edit your life into a memorial movie, that is until he sees something he shouldn't.
Cast: Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, Jim Caviezal. Directed by Omar Naim.
Categories:  Privacy  Entertainment  SciFi/Fantasy

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Find Me Guilty (2006)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  124 min. 
Plot: Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history
Cast: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Linus Roache, Ron Silver. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Organized Crime  Biography

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Finding Dory (2016)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  97 min. 
Plot: A friendly but forgetful fish begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
Cast: Voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill. Directed by Andrew Stanton & Angus MacLane.
Categories:  Animation  Comedy  Family

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Finding Forrester (2000)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  136 min. 
Plot: A young writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author.
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham. Directed by Mike Rich.
Categories:  Drama  Art

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Finding Nemo (2003)
Rated:  G  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 100 min. 
Plot: A young clownfish is taken from his home on the coral reefs and his timid father must journey to Sydney to rescue him.
Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe. Directed by Andrew Stanton.
Categories:  Animation  Family

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Finding Neverland (2004)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  101 min. 
Plot: The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Marc Forster.
Categories:  Biography  Entertainment  Drama

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Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  83 min. 
Plot: Story of the nanny who earned a posthumous reputation of the most accomplished street photographers.
Cast: John Maloof. Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel.
Categories:  Documentary  Mystery/Suspense  Biography

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Firewall (2006)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  105 min. 
Plot: A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Robert Patrick. Directed by Richard Loncraine.
Categories:  Action  Law Enforcement  Family

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Firm, The (1993)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  154 min. 
Plot: After being recruited by an exclusive Memphis law firm, a lawyer learns the firm is a front for the mob.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Wilford Brimley, Hal Holbrook, David Strathairn. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
Categories:  Corporations  Ethics  Drama

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First Amendment Project, The (2004)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  67 min. 
Plot: Explores First Amendment Rights through headline grabbing moments when our Constitution's integrity has been tested.
Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob.
Categories:  Documentary  Civil Rights  Law Enforcement

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First Blood (1982)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: A Vietnam Veteran is arrested in a small northern town by an abusive sheriff, only to escape and wage a one man war against the sheriff.
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy. Directed by Ted Kotcheff.
Categories:  Action  Military  Mental Health

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First Man (2018)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  141 min. 
Plot: A look at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon.
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke. Directed by Damien Chazelle.
Categories:  Biography  Drama  History

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First Monday In October (1981)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  99 min. 
Plot: Although the first female appointed to the Supreme Court, a staunch conservative, never agrees with the high court's resident liberal on issues before the Court, they develop respect and affection for one another after several comedic encounters.
Cast: Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh. Directed by Ronald Neame.
Categories:  Comedy  Supreme Court

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First Reformed (2017)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  113 min. 
Plot: Priest of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer. Directed by Paul Schrader.
Categories:  Drama  Religion

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Fish Called Wanda, A (1988)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD  108 min. 
Plot: A proper British barrister finds himself in a quite a mess when he tangles with a pretty American girl with a penchant for flirting, a lust for foreign languages and obsession for money.
Cast: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis. Directed by Charles Crichton, John Cleese.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Criminal Law  Comedy

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Fisher King, The (1991)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  137 min. 
Plot: A former radio DJ seeks redemption by helping a homeless man that had been the unwitting victim of one of his on-air mistakes.
Cast: Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, Mercedes Ruehl. Directed by Terry Gilliam.
Categories:  Drama  Entertainment  Health

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Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: A classical pianist who has given up his life to work in the oil fields, is forced to confront his past when his father falls gravely ill.
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Block, Susan Anspach. Directed by Bob Rafelson.
Categories:  Family  Employment  Drama

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Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  132 min. 
Plot: The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
Categories:  History  War  Military

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Flash Gordon (1980)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  112 min. 
Plot: A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth.
Cast: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti. Directed by Mike Hodges.
Categories:  SciFi/Fantasy  Action  Sentencing

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Flash of Genius (2008)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  120 min. 
Plot: One man's fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity comes at a heavy price.
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermont Mulroney. Directed by Marc Abraham.
Categories:  Patent  Corporations  Biography

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Flawless (2007)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  109 min. 
Plot: A retiring janitor convinces a glass-ceiling constrained executive to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer.
Cast: Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson, Joss Ackland. Directed by Michael Radford.
Categories:  Drama  Criminal Law  Women

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Fletch (1985)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  98 min. 
Plot: While working on a story on drug sales, an ace reporter is approached by a rich man who asks him to murder him to save him from a lingering cancer death.
Cast: Chevy Chase, Joe Don Barker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Matheson. Directed by Michael Ritchie.
Categories:  Comedy  Criminal Law  Mystery/Suspense

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Flight (2012)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  138 min. 
Plot: An airline pilot saves lives during a crash, but an investigation into the malfunction reveals something more troubling.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood, Melissa Leo. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Categories:  Transportation  Drama  Criminal Procedure

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Flight of the Phoenix, The (1965)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  149 min. 
Plot: Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine. Directed by Robert Aldrich.
Categories:  Aviation  Drama

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Flightplan (2005)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  98 min. 
Plot: A child mysteriously vanishes from an airplane at 40,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean.
Cast: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen, Sean Bean. Directed by Robert Schwentke.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  National Security  Mystery/Suspense

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Flim Flam Man, the (1967)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  104 min. 
Plot: A lighthearted comedy about the adventures of a con man and a lonely G.I. in the rural South.
Cast: George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Michael Sarrazin, Harry Morgan, Alice Ghostley . Directed by Van Kershner.
Categories:  Comedy  Ethics

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Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  111 min. 
Plot: The story of a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Cast: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg. Directed by Stephen Frears.
Categories:  Biography  Drama  Comedy

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Florida Project, The (2017)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  111 min. 
Plot: Film follows the summer of a precocious six-year-old while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.
Cast: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe. Directed by Sean Baker.
Categories:  Drama  Children  Family

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Fly, The (1958)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 189 min. 
Plot: A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Cast: Vincent Price, David Hedison, Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis. Directed by Kurt Neumann and David Cronenberg.
Categories:  SciFi/Fantasy  Horror

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Fog of War, The (2003)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  107 min. 
Plot: A film about the former US Secretary of Defense and the various difficult lessons he learned about the nature and conduct of modern war.
Cast: Robert McNamara. Directed by Erol Morris.
Categories:  Documentary  Military  War

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Food of the Gods, The (1976)
Rated:  PG  Stars: *1/2
Format:  DVD  88 min. 
Plot: A group hunting on a remote island are attacked by giant insects and in their search for help find more enormous, blood-thirsty animals.
Cast: Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher. Directed by Bert I. Gordon.
Categories:  SciFi/Fantasy  Horror

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Food, Inc. (2008)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  94 min. 
Plot: An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Cast: Interviewees include Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Gary Hirshberg, Joel Salatin. Directed by Robert Kenner.
Categories:  Documentary  Corporations  Health

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Footnote (2011)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  106 min. 
Plot: The relationship between rival father and son Talmudic scholars is strained when the elder is finally recognized for his life's work. In Hebrew, with English subtitles.
Cast: Lior Ashkenaz, Yuval Scharf, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Nevo Kimchi, Alma Zack, Edna Blilious, Aliza Rosen. Directed by Joseph Cedar.
Categories:  Foreign  Religion  Ethics

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For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Rated:    Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  132 min. 
Plot: Two bounty hunters join forces to capture an outlaw gang leader.
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mara Krup. Directed by Sergio Leone.
Categories:  Drama  Western  Law Enforcement

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For Colored Girls (2010)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  133 min. 
Plot: Women portray characters represented in a collection of poems revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Cast: Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick. Directed by Tyler Perry.
Categories:  Domestic Relations  Public Land  Women

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For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  170 min. 
Plot: During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.
Cast: 025192042324 . Directed by Sam Wood.
Categories:  Action  Drama  History

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For Your Consideration (2006)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  86 min. 
Plot: Three actors learn that their respective performances in an independent film are generating award-season buzz.
Cast: Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Rannazzisi, Ed Begley Jr., Eugene Levy, Harry Shearer, Christopher Moynihan, Christopher Guest. Directed by Christopher Guest.
Categories:  Comedy  Media  Documentary

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Force Majeure (2014)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  120 min. 
Plot: An idyllic family skiing vacation takes a stunning turn when an avalanche threatens the ski lodge. In Swedish with French and English.
Cast: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren. Directed by Ruben Ostlund.
Categories:  Drama  Family  Foreign

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Force of Evil (1948)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  78 min. B&W
Plot: A man wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one powerful operation.
Cast: John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Beatrice Pearson, Roy Roberts, Marie Windsor. Directed by Abraham Polonsky.
Categories:  Ethics  History  Drama

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Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  152 min. 
Plot: In 1966, Americans battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari.
Cast: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Berntha, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas. Directed by James Mangold.
Categories:  Automobile  Drama  Corporations

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  111 min. 
Plot: In an effort to forget is ex-girlfriend, a musician takes a trip to Hawaii only to discover that she is staying at the same resort with her new boyfriend.
Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand. Directed by Nicholas Stoller.
Categories:  Comedy  Romance

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Forrest Gump (1994)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 142 min. 
Plot: The chronicles of a low I. Q. Forrest and his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's.
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Categories:  Drama  History  Romance

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Forsyte Saga, The (2002)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (3 disc set) 7 hours, 10 min. 
Plot: A successful London solicitor and wealthy scion of a respectable upper-middle-class Victorian family marries a beautiful woman but finds that he can never truly possess her.
Cast: Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee, Corin Redgrave, Ioan Gruffudd. Directed by Christopher Menaul and Dave Moore.
Categories:  Family  Television  Drama

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Forsyte Saga: Series II, The (2004)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 276 min min. 
Plot: The evocative saga of love, power and betrayal continues into the next generation in this story of first love blighted by old family hatreds.
Cast: Damien Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee, Emma Malin, Lee Williams. Directed by Andy Wilson.
Categories:  Drama  Romance

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Fort Apache (1948)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  128 min. B&W
Plot: Duty bound soldiers must obey tactics of their glory seeking commander.
Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendariz. Directed by John Ford.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement  Military

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Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD  125 min. B&W
Plot: When a man is injured at a football game, his brother-in-law sees his misfortune as an opportunity to make some lawsuit money.
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Categories:  Comedy  Fraud

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Forty Guns (1957)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  79 min. 
Plot: A new marshall arrives in town to take on a tougher-than-nails cattle queen and her posse of hired guns.
Cast: Barbara Stanwyk, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry. Directed by Samuel Fuller.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement

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Founder, The (2016)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  115 min. 
Plot: Story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned McDonald's into the biggest restaurant business in the world.
Cast: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch. Directed by John Lee Hancock.
Categories:  Biography  Drama  History

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Fountain, The (2006)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold, thousand-year odyssey to defeat death.
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn. Directed by Darren Aronofsky.
Categories:  Romance  SciFi/Fantasy  Medical

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Fountainhead, The (1949)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  112 min. B&W
Plot: An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite pressure in all aspects of his life to conform to popular standards.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas. Directed by Henry Blanke.
Categories:  Drama  Employment

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Four Brothers (2005)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  108 min. 
Plot: Four adopted brothers seek to avenge their mother's death.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard, Josh Charles, Sofia Vergara, Fionnula Flanagan, Chiwetel Ejiofor. Directed by John Singleton.
Categories:  Action  Drama  Mystery/Suspense

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Four Lions (2010)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  97 min. 
Plot: Four incompetent British jihadists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, Adeel Akhtar, Benedict Cumberbatch. Directed by Christopher Morris.
Categories:  Comedy  Religion  National Security

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Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  117 min. 
Plot: A British man falls for an American woman, who he meets at the first of a long series of weddings.
Cast: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow. Directed by Mike Newell.
Categories:  Romance  Comedy  Sexuality

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Foxcatcher (2014)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  129 min. 
Plot: The fascinating story of the unlikely and tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
Cast: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave. Directed by Bennett Miller.
Categories:  Domestic Relations  Biography  Sports

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Fracture (2007)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  113 min. 
Plot: An attorney intent on climbing the career ladder toward success, finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he's trying to prosecute.
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike. Directed by Gregory Hoblit.
Categories:  Evidence  Trial  Criminal Law

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Frances Ha (2012)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  86 min. B&W
Plot: A New York woman apprentices for a dance company and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles.
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Michael Esper, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen, Charlotte d'Amboise, Grace Gummer. Directed by Noah Baumbach.
Categories:  Romance  Women

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Frank (2014)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  95 min. 
Plot: A wanna-be musician discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band.
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
Categories:  Drama  Musical  Comedy

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Frank vs. God (2014)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: After his house is destroyed by a tornado a former hotshot lawyer is determined that someone must pay. He decides to serve God...with a lawsuit.
Cast: Henry Ian Cusick, Ever Carradine, Natalya Oliver. Directed by Stewart Schill.
Categories:  Comedy  Drama  Romance

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Frankenstein (1931)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  71 min. B&W
Plot: An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
Cast: Colin Clive, Mae Clark, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Edward Von Sloan. Directed by James Whale.
Categories:  Horror  Medical

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Frantic (1988)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  120 min. 
Plot: In a Paris hotel a doctor emerges from his shower to find his wife missing.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Djiby Soumare. Directed by Roman Polanski.
Categories:  Mystery/Suspense  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement

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Freakonomics (2012)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  85 min. 
Plot: A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.
Cast: . Directed by Heidi Ewing and Alex Gibney.
Categories:  Documentary  Economics  Consumer

Law movies
Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series (1999)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (6 disc set) 18 hours, 0 min. 
Plot: Two groups of teenagers, all outsiders and misfits, struggle with high school in 1980s Michigan.
Cast: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daly, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Becky Ann Baker, Joe Flaherty, Busy Phillips. Directed by Jake Kasdan, Bryan Gordon, Lesli Linka Glatter.
Categories:  Family  Television  Education

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Free Men (2011)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  99 min. 
Plot: In German-occupied Paris, a young unemployed Algerian earns his living as a black marketeer. In French with English subtitles.
Cast: Christopher Buchholz, Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmoud Shalaby. Directed by Ismael Ferroukhi.
Categories:  Foreign  Organized Crime  War

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Free Solo (2018)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: Alex Honnold vies to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's El Capitan, without ropes or safety gear.
Cast: Dierdre Wolownick, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Alex Honnold, Sanni McCandless. Directed by Jimmy Chin, and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
Categories:  Documentary  Environmental  Medical

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Free State of Jones (2016)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  139 min. 
Plot: A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali. Directed by Gary Ross.
Categories:  Biography  Action  Drama

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Freedom Writers (2007)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  122 min. 
Plot: A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Cast: Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Demsey. Directed by Richard Lagravenese.
Categories:  Education  Children

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French Connection, The (1971)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 104 min. 
Plot: Two tough New York City cops try to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider. Directed by William Friedkin.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Drama  Mystery/Suspense

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Frenzy (1972)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  116 min. 
Plot: London is terrorized by the neck tie murderer.
Cast: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCwen, Billie Whitelaw. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Categories:  Drama  Evidence  Women

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Freshman, The  (1990)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  103 min. 
Plot: When a small time crook steals all the belongings of a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller. Directed by Andrew Bergman.
Categories:  Education  Organized Crime  Comedy

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Frida (2002)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 123 min. 
Plot: A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Cast: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Valeria Golino, Geoffrey Rush. Directed by Julie Taymor.
Categories:  Biography  Politics  Women

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Friday (1995)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  91 min. 
Plot: Two homies smoke a dealer's weed and try to figure a way to pay the money they owe the dealer.
Cast: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long. Directed by F. Gary Gray.
Categories:  Comedy  Drama

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Frisco Kid, The (1979)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  119 min. 
Plot: A Polish rabbi sets out to lead a synagogue in California and must make it through the Wild West to get there
Cast: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford. Directed by Robert Aldrich.
Categories:  Comedy  Western

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From Hell (2001)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: In Victorian era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders committed by Jack the Ripper.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane. Directed by The Hughes Brothers.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Women  Law Enforcement

Law movies
From Russia with Love (1963)
Rated:  G  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  115 min. 
Plot: Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen.
Cast: Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya. Directed by Terence Young.
Categories:  Action  Domestic Relations  Romance

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From the Hip (1987)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  112 min. 
Plot: An apprentice wins a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is apparently guilty of murder.
Cast: Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt, Ray Walston. Directed by Bob Clark.
Categories:  Comedy  Criminal Law

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Front, The (1976)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  95 min. 
Plot: The front man for a group of black listed writers comes under scrutiny during the McCarthy era.
Cast: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Joshua Shelley, Andrea Marcovicci. Directed by Martin Ritt.
Categories:  Comedy  Civil Rights  Government

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Frost/Nixon (2008)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  123 min. 
Plot: A retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Cast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall. Directed by Ron Howard.
Categories:  Drama  History  Politics

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Frozen (2013)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  102 min. 
Plot: A fearless girl must find her sister, whose icy powers have trapped their kingdom in eternal winter.
Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Williams, Stephen J. Anderson, Maia Wilson, Edie McClurg. Directed by Chris Buck, and Jennifer Lee.
Categories:  Animation  Family  Gender

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Frozen River (2008)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  97 min. 
Plot: The lure of fast money leads two struggling women on an illegal venture.
Cast: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe, James Reilly. Directed by Courtney Hunt.
Categories:  Drama  Immigration  Family

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Fruitvale Station (2013)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  85 min. 
Plot: The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray. Directed by Ryan Coogler.
Categories:  Drama  Biography

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Fugitive Kind (1960)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  119 min. B&W
Plot: A handsome drifter attracts the attention of two women, creating an explosive love triangle.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward; also starring Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Categories:  Drama  Romance  Domestic Relations

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Fugitive, The (1993)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  127 min. 
Plot: Based on the classic TV series, a Chicago surgeon falsely accused of killing his wife undertakes to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the actual murderer.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Andrew Davis.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Action  Evidence

Law movies
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  116 min. 
Plot: A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam.
Cast: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Categories:  Drama  War

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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  90 min. 
Plot: Two out-of-work suburbanites turn to a life of armed robbery.
Cast: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin, Richard Jenkins. Directed by Dean Parisot.
Categories:  Comedy  Employment  Criminal Law

Law movies
Funny Face (1957)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  103 min. 
Plot: An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson. Directed by Stanley Donen.
Categories:  Comedy  Musical  Romance

Law movies
Funny Girl (1968)
Rated:  G  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  155 min. 
Plot: The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early-1900s.
Cast: Barbara Streisand, Omar Sharif. Directed by William Wyler.
Categories:  Biography  Musical  Debtor-Creditor

Law movies
Fury (1936)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  90 min. B&W
Plot: When a prisoner barely survives a lynch mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to frame the mob for his murder.
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot. Directed by Fritz Lang.
Categories:  Drama  Criminal Law  Organized Crime

Law movies
Fury (2014)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  134 min. 
Plot: As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened Army sergeant and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena. Directed by David Ayer.
Categories:  War  Action  Drama

The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.

You can view a list of all law library movies in the online catalog.