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The Wedding Banquet (2025)
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★ 5.3 40 ratings
other title: 결혼 피로연 / 囍宴 …
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

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The King's Daughter (2022)
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other title: 日月人鱼 / 凡尔赛传奇 …
这是一个属于国王和王后的年代, 电影讲述了发生在美人鱼和路易十四国王之间一段独一无二的奇幻故事……法国, 路易十四建立起了强大的太阳帝国, 却只有一个低能儿的王子可以继承他的王位. 对于未来忧心忡忡的他, 经多方探访得知获得美人鱼的力量可以获得生命的永恒,确保王位的稳固。他派出得力干将伊夫斯,带领法国海军出海苦苦搜捕,终于抓得一只美人鱼,并带回凡尔赛宫软禁。与此同时, 美丽天真的女孩子玛丽.约瑟夫, 被人从海边修道院送入了皇宫。她其实是路易十四与最心爱的情妇的私生女,为了解决一笔战争欠款路易十四为她安排了一场联姻。初到皇室的玛丽对一切阴谋一无所知, 却邂逅了被禁皇宫的美人鱼并和她成为了好友,并逐渐爱上了看守美人鱼的军官伊夫斯。随着玛丽和美人鱼之间的关系越来越紧密, 玛丽决定反抗父亲, 冒着失去生命和自由的危险, 救出她的朋友…

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Ride with the Devil (1999)
Ride with the Devil
★ 7.4 79 ratings
李安 actor: 托比·马奎尔 / 斯基特·乌尔里奇 …
other title: 라이드 위드 데블 / シビル・ガン 楽園をください …
Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us to a no man's land on the Missouri/Kansas border where a staunch loyalist, an immigrant's son, a freed slave, and a young widow form an unlikely friendship as they learn how to survive in an uncertain time. In a place without rules and redefine the meaning of bravery and honor.

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Taking Woodstock (2009)
Taking Woodstock
★ 7.5 198 ratings
other title: 테이킹 우드스탁 / Destino: Woodstock …
The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.

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Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
飲食男女
★ 9.3 1836 ratings
李安 actor: 郎雄 / 杨贵媚 …
other title: 饮食男女 / 飲食男女 …
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.