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Riding in Cars with Boys

House of Sand and Fog

The Mosquito Coast

Tess

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

The Prince & Me

XXY

Maroa

Coco avant Chanel

She-Devil

Mors Elling

Mysterious Skin

Pelle Erobreren

Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh

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High School High

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Clear and Present Danger

Risky Business