Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
An inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya. When she flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of poetry of the famous 13th-century Poet, Rumi. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations, and Lamya must help young Rumi find his calling and write the poem that 800 years later will save her life.
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon
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The Libertine
Narcissus and Psyche
Orpheus
Kingdom of Conquerors
The Young Schiller
Kate & Leopold
The Postman
The Prince of Tides
Alexander Nevsky
Amour Fou
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Barfly
The Tiger and the Snow
Cyrano de Bergerac
Le Divorce
The Edge of Love
The Night of the Iguana
Nobel Son
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1972
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IMDB 6.3 | Feb , 2004
A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.The Libertine
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 2004
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.Narcissus and Psyche
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1980
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IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 1950
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IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 2013
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IMDB 4.7 | Apr , 2005
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IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2001
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.The Postman
IMDB 7.9 | Apr , 1994
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IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1991
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IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 1938
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IMDB 6.4 | May , 2014
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IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 1989
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IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1987
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IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2005
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IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 1990
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.Le Divorce
IMDB 5 | Aug , 2003
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.The Edge of Love
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 2008
When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept off her feet by a dashing officer, William Killick, and finds herself torn between the open adoration of her new found beau and the wily charms of the exotic Welshman.The Night of the Iguana
IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 1964
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.Nobel Son
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 2007
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.