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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
In 1966, the steel worker Joseph Jackson assembles his sons Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael into the musical band the Jackson 5, with Michael on lead vocals. After months of grueling rehearsals, the Jackson 5 perform until Suza…
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Historical drama, biographical film, drama film, period drama film
A written prologue states that in Stratford, England, "Hamnet" and "Hamlet" were considered the same name. Agnes is in a forest near a mysterious cave, where she summons a hawk with her falconry glove and gathers herbs. William Shakespeare…
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Biographical picture, Historical drama, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical film, thriller film
A 1959 Senate committee questions ex-AEC Chairman, Lewis Strauss, over his actions during Robert Oppenheimer's 1954 security hearing before the Gray Board, which revoked Oppenheimer's Q clearance and ended his government advisory role. Str…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, sport film
The film begins in 1997 with an interview of Mark Kerr, who explains to the interviewer his success in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, before he leaves for his next bout. In 1999, Mark is at home with his girlfriend, Dawn, with whom he…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, comedy drama
Crime, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, crime film, romantic comedy film
In 1998, Jeffrey Manchester is a divorced U.S. Army veteran living in North Carolina. Struggling to provide for his three young children, Jeffrey is reminded by Steve, his friend and fellow member of the 82nd Airborne Division, of his powe…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, drama film, epic film
In 1987, twenty-two-year-old Jordan Belfort becomes a Wall Street stockbroker for L.F. Rothschild, employed under Mark Hanna. Quickly enticed by the drug-fueled stockbroker culture, he learns that their goal is to make themselves rich.
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
Melania covers the personal experiences of Melania Trump in the 20 days before the second inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2025. It begins with a voiceover by Melania, who says the purpose of the film is "to show the American pe…
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Historie, Social Drama, anti-war film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical drama film, historical film, psychological drama film, war drama, war film
In German-occupied Kraków during World War II, the Nazis forced local Polish Jews into the overcrowded Kraków Ghetto. Oskar Schindler, a German Nazi Party member from Czechoslovakia, arrives in the city, hoping to make his fortune. He brib…
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Biographical picture, Musical, drama film, historical film, musical film
Ann Lee is born in Manchester in 1736 ("The Testament of Ann Lee"). During childhood, she and her younger brother William work at a cotton factory. One night, she witnesses her parents having sex and associates the act with sin; during a m…
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film, romance film
In 1938 in Salzburg, at the end of the Federal State of Austria regime, Maria is a free-spirited young Austrian woman studying to become a nun at Nonnberg Abbey. However, her youthful enthusiasm and lack of discipline cause some concern. M…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, comedy drama
On March 31, 1943, Lorenz Hart slips away from the opening night of Oklahoma!, the new Broadway musical his former creative partner Richard Rodgers has written with Oscar Hammerstein II. Hart arrives at Sardi's restaurant, where preparatio…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film
In 1981, Bruce Springsteen reaches the end of The River Tour, his latest sold-out concert tour. Jon Landau, his manager and producer, rents a house for Bruce to lie low from his growing fame near Freehold, New Jersey where he grew up. Bruc…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical drama, musical film
In 1987, musician Mike Sardina is hired to appear at the Wisconsin State Fair, filling in for a Don Ho impersonator who has undergone emergency surgery. After refusing to go on stage when the promoter stops him from performing his own mate…
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Biographical picture, Criminal Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, heist film
In 1969, FBI agent Carl Hanratty arrives in Marseille, France, to pick up prisoner Frank Abagnale Jr., who has fallen ill due to the prison's poor conditions. In a flashback, Frank is living in New Rochelle, New York, with his father, Fran…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Gangster Film, Mafia Film, biographical film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, period drama film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1955, teenager Henry Hill becomes enamored by the criminal life and Mafia presence in East New York, a working class Italian American neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City. He begins working for local caporegime Paulie Cicero and his …
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, boxing film, drama film, sport film
In 1989 Itmann, West Virginia, college basketball player Christy Salters enters a local female boxing competition and wins. Impressed by her skills, local boxing coach James Martin contacts Christy and offers to coach her. Christy is initi…
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War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 2006, after the Battle of Ramadi, Navy SEAL platoon Alpha One takes control of a two-story house under the cover of darkness. JTAC communications officer Ray Mendoza coordinates air support to monitor their position, while sniper and co…
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Biographical picture, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, road movie
In the spring of 1962, in the Bronx, Italian-American bouncer Tony Lip searches for new employment while the Copacabana is closed for renovations. He is invited to an interview with Don Shirley, an African American pianist in need of a dri…
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Drama, biographical film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film
In 2005, eccentric hedge fund manager Michael Burry discovers that the U.S. housing market is extremely unstable due to subprime loans. He draws this conclusion after recognizing similarities to the 1930s crisis and calculates that the mar…
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Biographical picture, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1929 Lynchburg, Virginia, young Desmond Doss nearly kills his brother while roughhousing. That event and his Seventh-day Adventist upbringing reinforce Desmond's belief in the commandment "Thou shalt not kill". Years later, he takes an …
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Biographical picture, Satire, buddy film, drama film
In 1977, high-school dropout Eddie Adams lives in Torrance, California with his parents. His mother is an alcoholic who is emotionally and physically abusive. Eddie works as a dishwasher at a Reseda nightclub owned by Maurice Rodriguez, wh…
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Gangster Film, Political Drama, biographical film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, period drama film, thriller film
In a nursing home, elderly Irish American World War II veteran Frank Sheeran narrates his time as a hitman for the Italian-American Mafia. In 1950s Philadelphia, Sheeran works as a union delivery truck driver, where he starts selling some …
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Biographical picture, Monumental Film, War Film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, war film
T. E. Lawrence dies in a motorcycle accident in 1935.
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