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6,000 Enemies

Women's Prison

Ariel

Walk the Line

American History X

La strada

Bandyta

Johnny Handsome

The King of Comedy

The Shawshank Redemption

THX 1138

Lost Highway

The Man with the Golden Arm

Das Experiment

Full Metal Jacket

The Longest Yard

Murder in the First

Carandiru

Half Nelson

The Cable Guy