Cherry

7.3

2021

142 mins

DramaCrime

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

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Dead Presidents

Year : 1995Rating : ⭐ 6.7

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Transfusion

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Slaughterhouse-Five

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Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 6.5

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Who'll Stop the Rain

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Neverwas

Year : 2005Rating : ⭐ 6.4

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Rolling Thunder

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Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.

Devil in a Blue Dress

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A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

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Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.