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56		The 400 Blows (Crime, Drama, 1959)
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55		Howards End (Drama, Romance, 1992)
54		Pierrot le Fou (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1965)
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50		Once (Drama, Music, Romance, 2007)
49		Disturbia (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2007)
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48		Rebel Without a Cause (Drama, 1955)
48		In Cold Blood (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1967)
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44		The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
44		Body of Lies (Action, Drama, Romance, 2008)
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40		Goal II: Living the Dream (Drama, Sport, 2007)
40		We Are Marshall (Drama, Sport, 2006)
40		The Natural (Drama, Sport, 1984)
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40		Rocky IV (Drama, Sport, 1985)
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40		A Better Life (Drama, Romance, 2011)
40		Winchester '73 (Action, Drama, Western, 1950)
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40		Hard Ball (Drama, Sport, 2001)
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40		First Blood (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1982)
40		Coach Carter (Drama, Sport, 2005)
40		Whip It (Drama, Sport, 2009)
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40		The Secret Life of Bees (Drama, 2008)
40		Vanity Fair (Drama, 2004)
40		Draft Day (Drama, Sport, 2014)
40		Run Lola Run (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1998)
39		The Score (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
39		Paranoid Park (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2007)
39		Mrs Brown (Biography, Drama, History, 1997)
39		Owning Mahowny (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2003)
39		Cassandra's Dream (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2007)
39		Random Hearts (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 1999)
39		Gallipoli (Adventure, Drama, History, 1981)
39		Set It Off (Action, Crime, Drama, 1996)
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39		Dead Presidents (Action, Crime, Drama, 1995)
39		Original Sin (Drama, Mystery, Romance, 2001)
38		East of Eden (Drama, 1955)
38		Marnie (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1964)
38		Shelter (Drama, Romance, Sport, 2007)
38		Z (Crime, Drama, History, 1969)
37		A Woman Under the Influence (Drama, Romance, 1974)
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36		Inherit the Wind (Drama, History, 1960)
36		The Lion King (Animation, Adventure, Drama, 1994)
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36		Slumdog Millionaire (Drama, 2008)
36		From Here to Eternity (Drama, Romance, War, 1953)
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35		Bronson (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 2008)
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35		Grand Canyon (Crime, Drama, 1991)
35		Angels with Dirty Faces (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1938)
35		The Lady from Shanghai (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
35		Deux jours, une nuit (Drama, 2014)
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35		The House of the Spirits (Drama, Romance, 1993)
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35		Mildred Pierce (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1945)
35		Waking Life (Animation, Drama, Fantasy, 2001)
35		Get Low (Drama, Mystery, 2009)
34		In the Line of Fire (Action, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
34		The Place Beyond the Pines (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2012)
34		City by the Sea (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
34		New Jack City (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
34		Silkwood (Biography, Drama, History, 1983)
34		No Way Out (Action, Crime, Drama, 1987)
34		Bonnie and Clyde (Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, 1967)
34		Summer of Sam (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1999)
34		To Live and Die in L.A. (Action, Crime, Drama, 1985)
34		Boiler Room (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
34		We Own the Night (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
32		Rudy (Biography, Drama, Sport, 1993)
32		The Greatest Game Ever Played (Drama, History, Sport, 2005)
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31		Dog Day Afternoon (Crime, Drama, 1975)
31		The Magnificent Ambersons (Drama, Romance, 1942)
31		Brazil (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1985)
31		No Country for Old Men (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
31		On Golden Pond (Drama, 1981)
30		Chocolate (Action, Drama, 2008)
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30		Wild Bill (Drama, 2011)
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30		People Like Us (Drama, 2012)
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30		The Rover (Crime, Drama, 2014)
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30		The Last of the Mohicans (Action, Adventure, Drama, 1992)
30		Flash of Genius (Biography, Drama, 2008)
30		Little Man Tate (Drama, 1991)
30		Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Drama, 1989)
30		An Education (Drama, 2009)
30		Quiz Show (Drama, History, 1994)
29		Red Rock West (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
29		Ripley's Game (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
29		The Devil's Advocate (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1997)
29		Proof of Life (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
29		Fire in the Sky (Biography, Drama, Fantasy, 1993)
29		The Way of the Gun (Action, Crime, Drama, 2000)
29		Sea of Love (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1989)
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29		Harry Brown (Action, Crime, Drama, 2009)
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28		Moneyball (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2011)
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28		The Fighter (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2010)
28		The Night of the Hunter (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1955)
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27		Race (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2016)
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27		Two for the Money (Drama, Sport, Thriller, 2005)
27		Blue Crush (Drama, Romance, Sport, 2002)
27		Judgment at Nuremberg (Drama, War, 1961)
27		Love & Basketball (Drama, Romance, Sport, 2000)
27		The Football Factory (Crime, Drama, Sport, 2004)
27		Annapolis (Drama, Romance, Sport, 2006)
27		Chasing Mavericks (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2012)
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27		Radio (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2003)
27		Friday Night Lights (Action, Drama, Sport, 2004)
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27		Ali (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2001)
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27		42 (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2013)
27		The Silence (Drama, 1963)
27		The Express (Biography, Drama, Sport, 2008)
27		The Cutting Edge (Drama, Romance, Sport, 1992)
27		Lucky You (Drama, Romance, Sport, 2007)
27		Taxi Driver (Crime, Drama, 1976)
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27		Gridiron Gang (Crime, Drama, Sport, 2006)
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27		Victory (Action, Drama, Sport, 1981)
27		Never Back Down (Action, Drama, Sport, 2008)
27		There Will Be Blood (Drama, 2007)
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27		Days of Thunder (Action, Drama, Sport, 1990)
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