Candice Bergen
21) The in-laws
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"Jerry's perfect life is now a perfect mess. Days before his daughter's wedding, he met Steve, the father of the groom. Steve, who says he's a copier salesman but whose splashy lifestyle, not to mention the agents on his trail and the vial of nuclear material in his pocket, says otherwise. Jerry [is] a podiatrist plunged feet first into Steve's world and hilariously misidentified as the infamous 'Fat Cobra'. Jerry's not losing a daughter, he's gaining...
22) Bride wars
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Lifelong best friends Liv and Emma have shared a dream since childhood. Each yearns for the perfect June wedding at the famed Plaza Hotel in New York City. Both find themselves engaged at the same time and go to a wedding coordinator to set up the perfect wedding. A clerical error puts them both down for nuptials on the same day at the same time. One of them will have to switch the date. More than the bouquet goes flying when these desperate brides-to-be...
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Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction puts their religious convictions to the test, and also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship...
27) Gandhi
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Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
28) Bite the bullet
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A former Rough Rider, a lovely but shady lady-in-distress, a drifting ex-cowboy, a young reckless cowboy, a haughty English sportsman, and a gutsy Pony Express rider come together to battle the trials of the rugged West in a grueling 700-mile horse race.
30) Carnal knowledge
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Examines the sexual triumphs and disasters of two American men as it traces their lives from college days to middle age.
31) Footsteps
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A neurotic mystery novelist who has recently killed off her best-known character decides to confront her biggest fear and spend a weekend in her isolated beach house where she encounters an obsessed fan and a man claiming to be a detective.
33) The Sand Pebbles
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A U.S. gunboat cruises China's Yangtze River in 1926, witnessing the awakening of a bloody revolution.
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Explores the 65-year effort to identify, prosecute, and punish the 20th century's most notorious murderers. In the face of apathy, obstruction, and violence, the men and women who pursued Nazi fugitives not only brought a measure of dignity to the victims of the Holocaust, they also reminded the international community that enemies of humanity must be punished, if humanity is to survive.
35) The in-laws
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2003 version of film: When two fathers of an engaged couple meet for the first time, they know they are very different. One is a podiatrist, happy with his quiet life. The other is a CIA operative, who lives life on the edge, and when circumstances get out of hand, involves the other in an arms-smuggling sting.
1979 version of film: Dentist Sheldon Kornpett is a respectable man. He has a daughter who is about to marry the son of a very suspicious...
37) 11 Harrowhouse
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A small time diamond merchant (Charles Grodin) jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
38) The group
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Focuses on the changing roles and relationships of eight Vassar graduates during the years before the second World War.
39) The Magus
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An English teacher arrives on a sleepy Greek island to take up a vacant teaching post. The last man to hold the post committed suicide under mysterious circumstances. Slowly but surely, he is drawn into a bizarre game engineered by a reclusive local magician. The deeper into the game he is drawn, the more he senses danger ... yet cannot seem to untangle himself from the fascinating and compelling influence that the game is having on his mind.
40) Gandhi
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1983. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all South African Indians. The government finally relents and recognizing rights for Indians. Gandhi goes back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent campaign of unprecedented...