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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
A montage depicts the end of the Second World War and the importance of baseball in the United States, a sport where African Americans play in segregated Negro leagues. The 1946 Major League Baseball season, meanwhile, featured 400 white p…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Ray Charles Robinson is raised in poverty in Florida by his mother, Aretha. Learning to play piano at an early age, Ray is haunted by the accidental death of his younger brother George, who drowns in their mother's washbasin. Ray loses his…
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Crime, Drama, action film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
On the evening of February 3, 1971, NYPD Detective Frank Serpico is rushed to the hospital, having been shot in the face. Police Chief Sidney Green fears that Serpico was shot by another cop. Serpico's story is shown in a flashback.
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Biographical picture, Sitcom, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film
In 1969, Hunter "Patch" Adams, after developing suicidal thoughts, admits himself to a mental institution. There, he finds that using humor, rather than doctor-centered psychotherapy, better helps his fellow patients and provides him with …
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
During the summer of 1957 in Northern California, Richard "Richie" Steven Valenzuela is a 16-year old Mexican-American boy who lives with his mother, Concepcion "Connie" Valenzuela, and his younger brothers and sisters. His family is poor,…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, Sitcom, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy film, drama film
In 1952, aspiring writer and director Ed Wood is struggling to break into the film industry. After learning that producer George Weiss is trying to purchase Christine Jorgensen's life story, Ed meets with Weiss to direct a now fictionalize…
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Biographical picture, Komödie, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy
The film is presented in a series of flashbacks between the present and the past, jumping between various moments in both Julie and Julia's lives. The following plot summary separates the plot based on character. Julia Child – 1950s In the…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The film tells the story of the 34-year partnership that begins in Depression era Nashville in 1930 when Dr. Alfred Blalock hires Vivien Thomas as an assistant at his Vanderbilt University lab, expecting him to perform janitorial work. Tho…
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Biographical picture
In 1951, in the village of Idar, Gujarat, Gurukant "Guru" Desai is an ambitious young man who dreams of achieving financial success, despite the discouragement of his pragmatic father, Kantilal, the village school headmaster. Driven to mak…
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biographical film, drama film, survival film
In 2009, John Jones, a 26-year-old medical student and experienced caver, arrives in Utah for the Thanksgiving weekend with his wife Emily and young daughter Lizzie. They are picked up by John's brother Josh, who tells him that the Nutty P…
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Drama, Fantasy, Musical, biographical film, drama film, flashback film, musical film
Joe Gideon is a theater director and choreographer attempting to balance staging his latest Broadway musical, NY/LA, while editing a Hollywood film he has directed, The Stand-Up. He is an alcoholic, a driven workaholic who chain-smokes cig…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The film begins with a remake of the opening sequence of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Fred Rogers shows his television audience a picture board with portraits of some of his friends, including King Friday and Mr. McFeely.
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film
In 2009, an elderly Cecil Gaines recounts his life story while waiting at the White House to meet the newly inaugurated president. Cecil was born and raised on a cotton plantation in Macon, Georgia to Black sharecroppers, while the Jim Cro…
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Biographical picture, Crime, biographical film, crime film, drama film
In 1984, Rick Wershe is a struggling single father living in Detroit during the height of the crack epidemic and the war on drugs. His dissatisfied daughter, Dawn, leaves their home, leaving Rick alone with his son, Ricky. Rick manufacture…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Amy Winehouse is raised in a Jewish family, with her father Mitch and her grandmother Cynthia both sharing their love for music and singing. Amy's friend Tyler hands his manager Nick a demo tape of Amy's recording and he is impressed by he…
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Biographical picture, Musical, Romantic Drama, biographical film, drama film, flashback film, musical film
The film begins in 1968 with Johnny Cash performing at Folsom State Prison. As the audience of inmates cheer him on, Cash waits backstage near a table saw, which reminds him of his early life. Two decades earlier, in 1944, 12-year-old John…
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Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
In 1987, high school football coach Jim White loses his temper and accidentally injures a player in the locker room. As a result, White is fired and has to relocate his family from Boise, Idaho to his new job at McFarland High School in Mc…
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, biographical film, drama film
Joan Crawford is a dedicated and career-driven actress under a motion picture contract at MGM. Despite having achieved success in her career, she longs to have a child; however, she is unable to conceive and has suffered a series of miscar…
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Drama, Komödie, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film, historical drama
Andy Kaufman is a struggling performer whose act fails in nightclubs because, while the audience wants comedy, he sings the Mighty Mouse theme song and refuses to tell conventional jokes. As the audience begins to believe that Kaufman may …
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Biographical picture, Dark Comedy, drama film
A'Ziah "Zola" King, a self-assured waitress and part-time stripper in Detroit, meets Stefani, an outgoing and crass fellow stripper, while serving her at work. Stefani invites Zola to dance with her at a club that night, and they become fr…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, sport film
Crime, Destiny, Thriller, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, prison film, vigilante film
In 1978 Victoria, Mark "Chopper" Read is an inmate at Pentridge Prison. Keithy George, another inmate, points to a line in the yard and tells Mark not to cross the line as it marks the Painters and Dockers territory. The next day, Mark rus…
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Biographical picture, Western, Western film, action film, adventure film, biographical film
During the American Civil War, teenaged Wyatt Earp lives on his family's farm in Pella, Iowa, while his older brothers Virgil and James serve with the Union Army. Wyatt attempts to run away, intending to lie about his age and join his brot…
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Drama, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
During World War II, the II Corps suffers a severe defeat at the Battle of Kasserine Pass in North Africa. Hard-charging General George S. Patton is sent to take command; he reorganizes the corps, and imposes strict but necessary disciplin…
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