Max Dugan Returns
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
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2008★ 6.0
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2003★ 6.3
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2012★ 6.2
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1986★ 5.9
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2020★ 6.9
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Matchstick Men
2003★ 7.0
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1948★ 7.5
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2012★ 6.1
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2008★ 6.5
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2012★ 6.8
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2006★ 7.1
When Drake and Josh accidentally send their little sister Megan on a plane to L.A., they soon find themselves in the middle of a dangerous situation.
The Meddler
2016★ 5.9
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1961★ 7.3
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
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1967★ 6.3
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2015★ 6.5
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