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1288:(2010–2012)
1280:(2009–2021)
1272:(2006–2009)
1256:(1997–1999)
1122:The Snapper
1074:Bloody Kids
1007:The Program
911:Mary Reilly
587:27 December
547:27 December
383:Roger Ebert
326:Megan Burns
251:James Joyce
112:John Murphy
94:Andrew Dunn
84:Megan Burns
58:Produced by
38:Directed by
1434:2000 films
1428:Categories
1269:The Street
1178:The Regime
1042:Television
585:Retrieved
577:Metacritic
442:References
425:epiphanies
391:A.O. Scott
366:Metacritic
333:Box office
293:socialists
223:Box office
202:91 minutes
185:2001-01-23
170:2000-09-04
119:Production
48:Written by
1277:Moving On
1253:The Lakes
1165:(2019–22)
1130:Fail Safe
999:Philomena
967:The Queen
723:0261-3077
469:9 October
341:Reception
328:as Teresa
320:Anne Reid
270:Liverpool
207:Countries
189: (UK)
127:BBC Films
121:companies
100:Edited by
78:Anne Reid
1293:Banished
1138:The Deal
694:9 August
666:9 August
657:""Liam""
618:9 August
349:website
308:Ian Hart
289:fascists
108:Music by
72:Ian Hart
68:Starring
1411:Accused
1403:Accused
1395:Remakes
1352:Dockers
1285:Accused
1237:Cracker
919:The Van
855:The Hit
847:Gumshoe
837:Feature
758:20 July
728:20 July
513:Variety
495:20 July
421:fascism
345:On the
272:in the
268:Set in
214:Germany
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1379:(2014)
1376:Common
1371:(2002)
1368:Sunday
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1355:(1999)
1347:(1996)
1339:(1995)
1336:Go Now
1331:(1994)
1328:Priest
1304:(2017)
1301:Broken
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1264:(2004)
1248:(1995)
1181:(2024)
1173:(2020)
1157:(2018)
1149:(2013)
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