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The Kite RunnerThe Kite Runner
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $1.98
One of the most amazing films I've seen in a while. Spoken primarily in the Afghanistan language, this film follows a epic story about two boys growing up in Afghanistan prior to the Soviet invasion and the Al Queda regime. A story of relationships and redemption.
The Emerald ForestThe Emerald Forest
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A young boy is kidnapped by local natives in the Amazon jungle and is raised by them, but the tribe is in conflict with modern civilization as it struggles to maintain their ancient ways. Warning to the parents, some native woman topless nudity!
The Gods Must Be Crazy Series (The Gods Must Be Crazy / The Gods Must Be Crazy II)The Gods Must Be Crazy Series (The Gods Must Be Crazy / The Gods Must Be Crazy II)
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Filmed in the beautiful landscapes of South Africa, this comedy film follows the adventures of a native bush-man from a isolated tribe who stumbles on a Coke bottle that leads him to conflicts with modern civilization. Very funny and the sequel is just as good as the original.
The Boy in the Striped PajamasThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $6.88
The Nazi Holocaust as viewed from the prespective of a young, German boy who's family moves to the countryside near a concentration camp. His father is a Nazi SS officer. The boy secretly befriends a Jewish, boy in a concentration camp completey unaware of the real trouble that occurs.
The Motorcycle Diaries (Widescreen Edition)The Motorcycle Diaries (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.23
Two buddies travel across South America in a motorcycle. Great story & fantastic scenery! In Spanish with English subtitles.
OutsourcedOutsourced
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A comical look at outsourcing that is unfortunately very popular with today's corporations. A culture clash comedy about an American that travles to India at the request of his down-sizing, mail-order catalog company to train a small labor force at a call center.
Mister LonelyMister Lonely
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $10.65
One of the strangest & most unique film I ever saw, but very surreal & mesmerizing that I kept watching it! A Michael Jackson impersonator goes to an isolated commune in a castle filled with other impersonators including Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Shirley Temple, a foul-mouthed Lincoln, drunken Pope, pony-riding Buckwheat, Queen of England, Madonna, 3 Stooges and more!