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Sin hijos / No Kids (2015) Ariel Winograd, Diego Peretti, Maribel Verdú, Guadalupe Manent, Comedy, Romance

Gabriel has been separated for four years now. Since then his 8 year old daughter is the center of his life. Completely avoiding getting involved in a new romantic relationship, Gabriel focus all his energy in his daughter and work. This plan gets spoiled when Vicky, a platonic love from his adolescence, now a beautiful and independent woman appears in his life. When romance is about to start, she puts one condition: She would never get involved with a man with children. She just does not want children in her life. When Gabriel is confronted with this, he says he has no children. From that moment on his life becomes a torment, playing every trick at hand in order to hide his child and belongings from Vicky in every date.
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The Sky’s the Limit (1943) Edward H. Griffith, Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron’s personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter.
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Fräulein (1958) Henry Koster, Dana Wynter, Mel Ferrer, Dolores Michaels, Romance, War, Drama

In melodramatic fashion, the film tells the tale of a young German woman who finds herself alone in the world when the rest of her family is killed in a WWII air raid. Helping an American military man escape the Gestapo, she finds herself on the run from the Russian Army. Escaping to the American (and safe) side of Berlin, she registers herself as a prostitute (unknowingly) and finds herself caught between the German officer who thinks she is for sale and the American officer who she saved and is now in love with her.
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Force of Arms (1951) Michael Curtiz, William Holden, Nancy Olson, Frank Lovejoy, Romance, War, Drama

Winter, 1943. The German army has halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson’s platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a bombing raid. Their romance develops despite Joe’s periodic returns to the front. But whether he’ll come back in the end becomes more than doubtful…
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Amor eterno / Everlasting Love (2014) Marçal Forés, Joan Bentallé, Aimar Vega, Sonny Smith, Drama, Mystery

This film from the director who made Animals (2012), replicates the same quietly brooding atmosphere as aforementioned film. A shy introvert teenage boy accidentally crosses paths with his teacher in a cruising area in the local woods, and thereafter attempts to strike up a love affair with him. The romance that ensues is of a tenebrous kind. Moreover, strange secondary characters and bizarre incidents foreshadow something gloomy to occur.
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For Elise / Para Elisa (2012) Juanra Fernández, Ana Turpin, Ona Casamiquela, Luisa Gavasa, Thriller

A young college is responsible for the care of an innocent little girl, but soon all he knows give a twist that will endanger his own life. All begin when crossing under the floor of the third floor to the left, a road without knowing directly the door open to the forces of evil, freeing them at will through the building. A desperate race to save the lives when terror and pure evil are in the next aisle.
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Denver and Rio Grande (1952) Byron Haskin, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Adventure, Western

Edmund O’Brien and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sabotage the entire operation in the hopes that they can get their tracks laid first and get the money from the railroad.
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El otro camino / The Other Road (1959) Oscar Orzábal Quintana, Axel Anderson, Rosaura Andreu, Víctor Arrillaga, Drama, Musical

This Puerto Rican movie classic relates the story of a widow who owns a coffee hacienda. The movie focuses on the dynamics between her son and the man who romances her.
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Familia tortuga (2006) Rubén Imaz, Jose Angel Bichir, Julieta Egurrola, Dagoberto Gama, Drama

En vísperas de un día especial, los lazos familiares se muestran frágiles ante el sentimiento compartido de una gran ausencia. El tío Manuel, un hombre muy especial, está dedicado a sacar adelante a sus sobrinos adolescentes y ayudar a su cuñado, sindicalista y desempleado. La casa de mamá será el corazón de esta noche en la que la familia podría desvanecerse en un mundo de sueños perdidos. Ópera prima sobre la desintegración de la institución familiar.
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