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The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

The story of a US Army explosive ordinance demolition team during the Iraq War.

An Education

An Education

British coming-of-age drama film based on an autobiographical memoir of the same title.

A Serious Man

A Serious Man

A dark comedy about a college professor and his family as they struggle through personal turmoil.

Precious

Precious

A woman fights to find a way out of her traumatic daily existence through imagination and fantasy.

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

The story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietress, the other by a team of American soldiers called the "Basterds".

Avatar

Avatar

Epic 3D science fiction story focusing on a conflict on Pandora, an inhabited moon. On Pandora, humans and the indigenous inhabitants engage in a war over the planet's resources.

District 9

District 9

Sci-fi apartheid allegory about a South African bureaucrat assigned to relocate a race of extraterrestrial creatures, derogatorily referred to as "prawns", from a refugee camp in Johannesburg to a new one outside the city.

Up

Up

Animated feature that centers around a grumpy old man named Carl Fredricksen and an overeager Wilderness Explorer named Russell who fly to South America in a floating house suspended from helium balloons.

Up In The Air

Up In The Air

The story of a corporate downsizer and his travels. It follows his isolated life and philosophies along with the people that he meets along the way.

The Blind Side

The Blind Side

Based on the true story of Michael Oher, who came up from poverty and went on to become one of the most highly coveted prospects in college football.

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