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Drama, action film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical drama film, medieval film, period drama film, war film
The film begins with Chorus, in this case a person in modern dress, introducing the subject of the play. He is walking through an empty film studio and ends his monologue by opening the doors to begin the main action. Chorus reappears seve…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Gertrude Bell, a daughter of wealthy British parents, has no interest in the social life of the London elite. Balls, receptions, and a life of privilege bring her only boredom. Aspiring to some usefulness in her life, Gertrude decides to j…
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Destiny, Drama, Swords and Sandals, biographical film, historical drama, historical film, sword-and-sandal film
In 391 C.E., Alexandria is part of the Roman Empire, and Greek philosopher Hypatia is a teacher at the Platonic school, where future leaders are educated. Hypatia is the daughter of Theon, the director of the Musaeum of Alexandria. Hypatia…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film
In 1991, following the critical and commercial failure of her biography of Estée Lauder, author Lee Israel struggles with financial troubles, writer's block, and alcoholism. Her only friend is her cat, which has a health issue. Lee hopes t…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The film opens with Flannery O'Connor, an idiosyncratic young Southern writer and faithful Catholic, imagining a melodramatic movie trailer with a crazed, nymphomaniac boarder, Star Drake (played by Maya Hawke, who also plays O'Connor and …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, romance film
Jane Austen is the youngest daughter of Reverend George Austen and his wife Cassandra, who have yet to find a suitable husband for her. She aspires to be a writer, to the dismay of her mother and proud delight of her father. Thomas Lefroy …
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical drama
In 1880, Thomas Edison has unveiled his electric lightbulb. He plans to distribute power to American neighborhoods using Direct Current (DC), which is cheaper and cleaner than gaslight, but is limited in range and needs an expensive wiring…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
On December 23, 1991, Cameron Todd Willingham awakes to find his house ablaze. Despite his best efforts, Willingham is unable to save the lives of his three daughters. At his trial, the prosecutor, John Jackson, reveals the fire had been c…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Drama, biographical film, drama film, romance film
During the London Blitz, nightclub singer Vera Phillips runs into her first love, charismatic Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Although Dylan is now married to Caitlin Macnamara, with whom he has a son, he and Vera rekindle feelings for one anothe…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical film
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, gives birth to their fifth child and first son, Alexei. Despite pleas from Grand Duke Nicholas and Count Sergei Witte, Nicholas refuses to end the Russo-Japanese War or acce…
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Biographical picture, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, romance film
Griet is a shy girl living in the Dutch Republic in 1665. Her father, a Delftware painter, has recently gone blind, rendering him unable to work and leaving his family in a precarious financial situation. Griet is sent to Delft to work as …
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, biographical film, crime thriller film, drama film, flashback film
Domino Harvey, a bounty hunter, has been arrested by the FBI, investigating the theft of $10 million from an armored truck. She is interviewed by criminal psychologist Taryn Mills who tells her everything she knows about the case. Domino e…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
In 1939, young James Brown lives in squalor with his mother Susie and abusive father Joe in the backwoods of Augusta, Georgia. Susie eventually abandons the family and becomes a prostitute, while Joe enlists in the Army; James' brothel-run…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, trial film
Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor Michael Chamberlain, his wife Lindy Chamberlain, their two sons, and their nine-week-old daughter Azaria are on a camping holiday in the Australian Outback. After visiting Ayers Rock, with baby Azaria no…
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Biographical picture, Sport, association football film, comedy drama, drama film
In 1974 Don Revie, the highly successful manager of Leeds United, is appointed manager of England. He is replaced at Leeds by Brian Clough, the former manager of Derby County and a fierce critic of Leeds because of their physical style of …
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Family Drama, Marital Tragedy, Psychodrama, biographical film, drama film
In 1947, John Nash arrives at Princeton University as a co-recipient, with Martin Hansen, of the Carnegie Scholarship for Mathematics. He meets fellow math and science graduate students Sol, Ainsley, and Bender, and his roommate Charles He…
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Arranged Documentary, Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Steve Jobs is speaking with director Ridley Scott about the creation of the 1984 advertisement for Apple Computer, which introduced the first Macintosh. Jobs is trying to convey his idea that "We're creating a completely new consciousness.…
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Biographical picture, Documentation, biographical film, crime film, documentary film
Drama, biographical film, drama film, family film
Ruby is an extremely active half-border collie that has been adopted seven times from the shelter she has been in over the last six months, but always later returned due to an inability to train or control her. Rhode Island state trooper D…
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Social Drama, biographical film, drama film
Frank McCourt and his family live in America, and his sister Margaret dies shortly after birth. Frank's mother Angela slips into depression, his drunkard father Malachy Sr. leaves for several days and they are left without food.
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Melodrama, biographical film, drama film
In a pre-credit sequence Euphemia "Effie" Gray is seen walking through a garden speaking to her younger sister, Sophie, about a fairy story in which a girl married a man with wicked parents. Effie marries the prosperous art critic and phil…
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
During the 1980s, U.S. Customs Service special agent Robert Mazur uses his undercover alias "Bob Musella" to become a pivotal player for drug lords laundering their dirty cash. Later, he infiltrates the world's largest cartel, and helps ex…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
Writer David Lipsky is dismayed to hear about the suicide of novelist David Foster Wallace in 2008. He had interviewed the author over a period of days twelve years earlier, following the publication of Wallace's novel Infinite Jest, which…
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Adventure, Drama, Historie, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, historical film
In 1931, two sisters14-year-old Molly and 8-year-old Daisyand their 10-year-old cousin Gracie are living in the Western Australian town of Jigalong. The town lies along the northern part of one of the original No. 1 Fencepart of Australia'…
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