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The Holdovers (2023) FR #1009 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
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Director Alexander Payne
Writer David Hemingson
Cast Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
Plot In 1970, a curmudgeonly history teacher at a New England boarding school remains on campus during Christmas break to supervise held over students, and ends up forming an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker.
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Sideways (2004) FR #1034 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Armenian
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Director Alexander Payne
Writer Rex Pickett, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Cast Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
Plot Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
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Nebraska (2013) FR #2788 | Movie | Drama | USA | English, Spanish
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Director Alexander Payne
Writer Bob Nelson
Cast Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb
Plot An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.
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The Descendants (2011) FR #3536 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA, India | English, Hindi
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Director Alexander Payne
Writer Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Cast George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller
Plot A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
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Election (1999) FR #4810 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English, Spanish
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Director Alexander Payne
Writer Tom Perrotta, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Cast Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Loren Nelson
Plot A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.
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Editorial Best Alexander Payne Movies/TV Shows collects the director’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
