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The Flea(1990)

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Zodiac(2007)

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Women Are Trouble(1936)

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In Her Shoes(2005)

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The Soloist(2009)

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The Post(2017)

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Copy(1929)

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The Rum Diary(2011)

Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936)

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

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The Fountainhead(1949)

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire(1961)

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The Sound of Fury(1950)

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The Sellout(1952)

A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.

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Heads(1994)

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