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Chafed Elbows (1966)

Summary: A welfare recipient marries his mother.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
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Writer: Robert Downey Sr.
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Runtime: 1 h 03 min
Production: Goosedown Production, Vulcan
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 25,000
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Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003)

Summary: A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the village...
Release Date: March 26, 2004
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean-François Pouliot
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Writer: Ken Scott
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Runtime: 1 h 48 min
MPAA: Unrated
Production: Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Crédit d'Impôt Cinéma et Télévision, Fonds de télévision et de câblodistribution pour la porduction d'émissions canadiennes, Max Films Productions, Musique Plus, Radio Canada Télévision, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Super Ecran, The Movie Picture, Téléfilm Canada
Distributor: Wellspring Media, H264 Distribution
Country: Canada
Language: French
Domestic: $ 9,844,180
International: $ 3,899,136
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101 Reykjavík (2000)

Summary: Will the 30 y.o. Hlynur ever move out of his mother's apartment in Reykjavík? Social welfare keeps him passive but things change when his mother's Spanish friend, Lola, arrives and stays through Xmas and New Year's Eve.
Release Date: June 01, 2000
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
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Writers: Hallgrímur Helgason
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, Baltasar Kormákur
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Runtime: 1 h 28 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Blueeyes Productions, Filmhuset AS, Liberator Productions, Troika Entertainment GmbH, Zentropa Entertainments, 101 Reykjavík
Distributor: Menemsha Entertainment
Countries: Iceland, Denmark, France, Norway, Germany
Language: Icelandic
Domestic: $ 126,404
International: $ 420,055
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Piñero (2001)

Summary: Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows.
Release Date: April 12, 2002
Genres: Drama, Biography
Director: Leon Ichaso
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Writer: Leon Ichaso
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Runtime: 1 h 43 min
MPAA: R
Production: Burnside Entertainment, GreeneStreet Films, Lower East Side Films
Distributor: Miramax
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 275,171
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The Watermelon Heist (2003)

Summary: To make money fast the Browns come up with a plan to win a contest for "Watermelon Juice Afro Sheen," awarding $10,000 to whoever can find the juiciest, sweetest watermelon in the country.
Release Date: May 20, 2003
Genre: Comedy
Director: K.C. Amos
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Writer: Oona Croese
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Runtime: 1 h 28 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Colored Wind Productions, Step & One Half Productions
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 12,344,000
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Precious (2009)

Summary: In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Daniels
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Writers: Geoffrey Fletcher
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, Sapphire
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Runtime: 1 h 50 min
MPAA: R
Production: Lionsgate, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Smokewood Entertainment Group
Distributor: Lionsgate, HBO Max, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 10,000,000
Domestic: $ 47,566,524
International: $ 16,083,005
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Runaway Slave (2012)

Summary: A perpetual state of welfare exists in the U.S., creating a form of modern slavery for a large percentage of African-Americans. Rev. C.L. Bryant presents an insightful and compelling look at how freedom can be restored.
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Genres: Documentary, History
Director: Pritchett Cotten
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Writer: Pritchett Cotten
Pritchett CottenWriter
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Runtime: 1 h 48 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Ground Floor Video
Countries: United States, Israel
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 100,000
Domestic: $ 71,737
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Trash (1970)

Summary: During the course of a day, a heroin addict overdoses in front of an upper-class couple, attempts to fool welfare by having his girlfriend fake a pregnancy, and frustrates the women in his life with his drug-induced impotence.
Release Date: February 18, 1971
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Morrissey
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Writer: Paul Morrissey
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Runtime: 1 h 50 min
MPAA: Unrated
Production: Filmfactory
Distributor: Jour de Fête Films
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 25,000
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La vie de Jésus (1997)

Summary: A social movie about current life in the north of France. Freddy and his friends are all unemployed. They pass away time by wandering around on their motorcycles and by directing their aggressive feelings towards Arab immigrants. ...
Release Date: June 04, 1997
Genres: Drama, Romance
Director: Bruno Dumont
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Writer: Bruno Dumont
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Runtime: 1 h 36 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: 3B Productions, Norfilm, C.R.R.A.V, Canal+, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pictanovo Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Distributor: Fox Lorber Home Video, The Criterion Collection
Country: France
Language: French
Movie budget: $ 1,200,000