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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, drama film
In 1970, 21-year-old Linda Susan Boreman is living with her parents in Davie, Florida, having moved from New York City. While out dancing one night with her best friend Patsy, Linda attracts the attention of a man named Chuck Traynor and t…
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Action, Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical drama, war film
In the aftermath of the 1814 campaign, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is forced to abdicate at the demand of his marshals. Exiled to Elba with 1,000 men, Napoleon makes his return to France after 10 months and in his march towards Paris…
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, biographical film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, independent film, psychological horror fiction
Henry is a psychopathic drifter who indiscriminately murders scores of people – men, women, and children – as he travels throughout America. He migrates to Chicago, where he stops at a diner, eats dinner, and later murders several women an…
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Bible Film, Biographical picture, Christian film, Monumental Film, drama film, epic film, sword-and-sandal film
Act I The film opens with Three Wise Men following a celestial star to Jerusalem, seeking the prophesied newborn King of the Jews. Summoned by the paranoid King Herod, they reveal the Messiah’s birth, foretold to occur in Bethlehem. Herod …
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Biographical picture, Justice Drama, biographical film, drama film, historical drama
Occupational therapist Dian Fossey is inspired by anthropologist Louis Leakey to devote her life to the study of primates. She writes ceaselessly to Leakey for a job cataloging and studying the rare mountain gorillas of Africa. Following h…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In Reed College, in 1974, the high tuition costs force Steve Jobs to drop out, but Dean Jack Dudman allows him to sit in on classes. Jobs is particularly interested in a calligraphy course. Influenced by Baba Ram Dass's book Be Here Now an…
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Drama, Komödie, biographical film, comedy film, drama film
James Bowen was a homeless man and former heroin addict, living on the streets of London and down to his last bits of change. After a life-threatening drug-related incident, his support worker Val gets him into a council flat and prescribe…
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American football film, Biographical picture, biographical film
The year is 1999 and Marty Burlsworth is awaiting the funeral of his 22-year-old brother, Brandon. While others, including Marty's mother, Barbara, have accepted the loss and put their faith in God, Marty can not do that as he does not und…
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Biographical picture, War Film, drama film, war film
After a harrowing 15-month combat tour in Iraq, the much-decorated Adam Schumann returns home to Kansas and a loving wife, Saskia. Adam and Saskia have two young children, a daughter and an infant son born while Adam was still overseas. Ad…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Dalton Trumbo is a screenwriter whose talent places him among the elite of Hollywood. His membership in the Communist Party of the USA draws the contempt of staunchly anti-Soviet entertainment-industry figures such as columnist Hedda Hoppe…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
Seven-year-old Josh Waitzkin becomes fascinated with the chess players in New York City's Washington Square Park. His mother, Bonnie, is initially uncomfortable with his interest, as the games in the park are rife with illegal gambling and…
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Bible Film, Biographical picture, Monumental Film
The narrative of Jesus of Nazareth is a kind of cinematic Diatessaron, or Gospel harmony, blending all four New Testament accounts. It presents Jesus as both God and man. During the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan, John speaks God's w…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
In 2017, New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor receives a tip that actress Rose McGowan was sexually assaulted by Indiewood producer Harvey Weinstein. McGowan initially declines to comment, but later calls her back and describes an encounter…
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Biographical picture, Crime, Musical, Social Drama, action film, biographical film, blaxploitation film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film, thriller film
Marcus is a quiet boy who adores his mother Katrina, and the two live a relatively comfortable life on her drug-dealing income. After Marcus writes a song for his love interest Charlene, her stepfather sends her away to live with her grand…
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Biographical picture, Komödie, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film
Struggling artist Rudy Ray Moore works in historic record store Dolphin's of Hollywood in 1970s L.A., trying to get on the air in the in-store radio station. He moonlights as an MC for his friend Ben Taylor and band at a club. Asking the c…
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, drama film, musical film
On 12 October 1978, police are summoned to the Hotel Chelsea in New York City, where they find Nancy Spungen dead. Her boyfriend, former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, is taken into custody. Sid is driven to a police station and told to …
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
In 1925, Frida Kahlo suffers a traumatic accident at the age of 18 on board a wooden-bodied bus that collides with a streetcar. Impaled by a metal pole, the injuries she sustains plague her for the rest of her life. To help her through con…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, biographical film, crime film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
Buford Pusser, at his wife Pauline's behest, retires from the professional wrestling ring, and moves back to Tennessee to start a logging business with his father Carl Pusser. With a friend, Pusser visits a gambling and prostitution establ…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
Twelve-year-old Brad Cohen lives in Missouri with his divorcée mother, Ellen, and younger brother, Jeff. He constantly gets into trouble with his father Norman and his teachers at school due to his tics. In one class, his teacher calls him…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Raised in Nutbush, Tennessee in the early 1950s, Anna Mae Bullock returns home from church one day to see her mother Zelma leaving and taking her elder sister Alline with her. She is distraught over this and is consoled by her grandmother …
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Adventure, Drama, biographical film, drama film, romance film, romantic drama
Five months before the hurricane, Tami Oldham arrives in Tahiti on board the schooner Sofia and meets Richard Sharp, a British sailor. He invites her for dinner aboard his boat Mayaluga. They spend more time together and begin to plan a tr…
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Musical, biographical film, comedy film, drama film, musical film
In 1976 television presenter Tony Wilson sees the Sex Pistols perform at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall for the first time. Inspired, Wilson starts a weekly series of punk rock shows at a Manchester club, where the newly formed Joy …
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, biographical film, sword-and-sandal film
During the 12th century, Mongol chief Temujin (later to be known as Genghis Khan) and his "blood brother" Jamuga stop a traveling caravan escorting Bortai, the daughter of the Tartars' leader Kumlek. Temujin leaves and tells Jamuga he inte…
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LGBTQ-related film, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film
In 2001, Michael Ausiello, a writer for TV Guide, is brought to a gay nightclub by his best friend in Manhattan. There, he meets photographer Kit Cowan, and the two start dating. Early in the relationship, Michael feels insecure about not …
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