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|1981
 
|1981
 
|PG
 
|PG
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|Stories of devout Scottish Christian [[Eric Liddell]] who wants to run for the glory of God and Jewish [[Harold Abrahams]], struggling to overcome prejudice in 1924 Britain. That year's Olypics setting was especially poingant when Liddell refused the Prince of Wales' request that he perform his competition on a Sunday.
 
|$ 58,972,904
 
|$ 58,972,904
 
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|1975
 
|1975
 
|PG
 
|PG
|Biopic World War II story of Corrie and Betsy (Elizabeth) ten Boom (Jeannette Clift, Julie Harris), who hid Jews in their Haarlem, Netherlands home's secret wall and were betrayed and imprisoned in Ravensbruck Women's concentration camp in Germany, until Betsy's death and Corrie's accidental release through what would later be known as a clerical mistake, as all the other women in her group were gassed to death in January, 1945. A true lesson of "no pit is so deep that God's love is not deeper still". Produced by Billy Graham Evangelical Association's, World Wide Pictures.
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|Biopic World War II story of Corrie and Betsy (Elizabeth) ten Boom (Jeannette Clift, Julie Harris), who hid Jews in their Haarlem, Netherlands home's secret wall and were betrayed and imprisoned in Ravensbruck Women's concentration camp in Germany, until Betsy's death and Corrie's accidental release through what would later be found to be a clerical mistake, as all the other women in her group were gassed to death in January, 1945. A true lesson of "no pit is so deep that God's love is not deeper still". Produced by Billy Graham Evangelical Association's, World Wide Pictures.
 
|unknown revenue
 
|unknown revenue
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|''[[Hitler's Children]]''
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|1943
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|UR/PG
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|Sensational melodrama about the [[Hitler Youth]] of pre-WWII 1930s Nazi Germany, based on Gregor Ziemer's best selling ''Education for Death: The Making of A Nazi".
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|$3,355,000
 
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|-
 
|''[[True Lies]]''
 
|''[[True Lies]]''
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|1989
 
|1989
 
|PG-13
 
|PG-13
|A true story about combating drug use, violence, and contempt for authority while exalting positive values like academic achievement and family values.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097722/</ref>
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|A true story about combating drug use, violence, and contempt for authority while exalting positive values like academic achievement and family values.Biodrama about New Jersey's real life [[Joe Clark]]. <ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097722/</ref>
 
|$ 31,906,454
 
|$ 31,906,454
 
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|PG
 
|PG
 
|$33,084,249
 
|$33,084,249
|Film adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel of a bright little girl who uses her magicical genius to free herself from the foolish, selfish adults in her life-her self-absorbed parents, bratty brother and horrid public school principal.
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|Film adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel of a bright little girl who uses her magicical genius to free herself from the foolish, selfish adults in her life-her self-absorbed parents, bratty brother and horrid [[public school]] principal.
 
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|-
 
|''[[The 6th Day]]''
 
|''[[The 6th Day]]''
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|The real meaning of Christmas is discussed, as Linus quotes Luke 2:8-14. Decries the materialism that surrounds the Christmas holiday.
 
|The real meaning of Christmas is discussed, as Linus quotes Luke 2:8-14. Decries the materialism that surrounds the Christmas holiday.
 
|NA - TV
 
|NA - TV
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|-
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|''[[Not Without My Daughter]]''
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|1991
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|PG-13
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|Sally Fields is [[Betty Mahmoody]], the U.S. wife who, along with her daughter, was tricked in 1984 by her Iranian husband into traveling with him on what he said would be only two weeks in his homeland to visit his relatives (he lied bigtime about the two weeks).
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|$14,789,113 (U.S.)
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[The Great Global Warming Swindle]]''
 
|''[[The Great Global Warming Swindle]]''
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|2012
 
|2012
 
|PG-13
 
|PG-13
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|Futuristic totalitarians plan titular annual televisied "games" as punishement on the descendants of failed revolutionaries from a past uprising.
 
|$406,267,858
 
|$406,267,858
 
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|A favorite of both Presidents [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Bill Clinton]]; [[John Wayne]] said it was "the most un-American thing I've ever seen in my whole life";<ref>http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/47/highnoon.php</ref> though susceptible of various interpretations, most of all it seems to scare people into wanting more government.
 
|A favorite of both Presidents [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Bill Clinton]]; [[John Wayne]] said it was "the most un-American thing I've ever seen in my whole life";<ref>http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/47/highnoon.php</ref> though susceptible of various interpretations, most of all it seems to scare people into wanting more government.
 
|$ 3,750,000
 
|$ 3,750,000
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|-  
 
|''[[P.C.U.]]''
 
|''[[P.C.U.]]''
 
|1994
 
|1994
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|$ 57,229,890
 
|$ 57,229,890
 
|-
 
|-
|''The Way We Were''
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|''[[The Way We Were]]''
 
|1973
 
|1973
 
|PG
 
|PG
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|$ 49,919,870
 
|$ 49,919,870
 
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|-
|''Grease''
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|''[[Grease]]''
 
|1978
 
|1978
 
|PG
 
|PG
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|$ 153,113,000
 
|$ 153,113,000
 
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|-
|''Fargo''
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|''[[Fargo]]''
 
|1996
 
|1996
 
|R
 
|R
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|2011
 
|2011
 
|PG-13
 
|PG-13
|The British biopic of [[Conservative Party]] leader and 1979-90 [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]], Margaret Thatcher, showing the effects of conservative economic policy on Britain, helping to lift the country out of recession.  
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|The British biopic of [[Conservative Party]] leader and 1979-90 [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]], Margaret Thatcher, showing the effects of conservative economic policy on Britain, helping to lift the country out of its recession.  
 
|$ 80,554,188 (international including UK), $27,081,674 (US - domestic)
 
|$ 80,554,188 (international including UK), $27,081,674 (US - domestic)
 
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|-
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|Unknown
 
|Unknown
 
|-
 
|-
|''Space Jam'', aka "Bugs Bunny's Space Jam"
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|''[[Space Jam'', aka "Bugs Bunny's Space Jam]]''
 
|1996
 
|1996
 
|PG
 
|PG
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|$ 90,443,603
 
|$ 90,443,603
 
|-
 
|-
|"One Good Cop"
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|''[[One Good Cop]]''
 
|1991
 
|1991
 
|R
 
|R
|Titular [[New York City]] police detective (Michael Keaton) and his wife (Rene Russo) inherit a family-three small girls-when the detective's partner (Anthony Lapaglia) dies on duty. Has positive references to law enforcers and clergy (one priest turns in money that was stolen from a drug dealer by the cop and left as a donation to his church and the girls talk about "going to Jesus"). Typical violent skirmishes mixed with tender sentimental ones, but also admissions of past adultery by the ill-fated partner, smoking, drinking, much profanity and, of course, illegal drugs.
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|Titular [[New York City]] police detective (Michael Keaton) and his wife (Rene Russo) inherit a family-three small girls-when the detective's partner (Anthony Lapaglia) dies on duty. Has positive portrayals of law enforcers and clergy (one priest turns in money that was stolen from a drug dealer by the cop and left as a donation to his church and the girls talk about "going to Jesus"). Typical violent skirmishes mixed with tender sentimental ones, but also admissions of past adultery by the ill-fated partner, smoking, drinking, much profanity and, of course, illegal drugs.
 
|$ 11,276,846
 
|$ 11,276,846
  
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