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Similar Movies:

JFK

The Color Purple

Du levande

Amistad

Buena Vista Social Club

New York, New York

Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Der Pastor mit der Jazztrompete

Hurricane on the Bayou

The Buccaneer

What Difference Does It Make?

The Good Shepherd

Sicko

Komeda, Komeda...

Sweet and Lowdown

The Lost City

Che: Part Two

Che: Part One

El Batería

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)