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Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
In 1944, John Christie murders an acquaintance called Muriel Eady. He lures her to his West London flat at 10 Rillington Place by promising to cure her bronchitis with a "special mixture", then incapacitates her with town gas, strangles he…
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Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
In 1968 Detroit, aspiring record label executive Stix approaches the Anderson sisters – eldest Tammy aka "Sister", middle child Delores aka "Dee", and Sparkle, the youngest – to form a girl group after he sees Sister perform a song that Sp…
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Historical drama, biographical film, drama film, historical film
In the late 1770s Mozart visits Paris. He is performing on stage when a man who introduces himself as Joseph Bologne requests to accompany his performance of Violin Concerto No. 5.
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LGBTQ-related film, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy drama
John Henry "Jack" Armstrong is a financially successful and upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm who, following the suicide of a colleague, Dr. Herman Schiller, is falsely accused of securities fraud by his superior, Leland Po…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb interviews drug dealer Ronny Quail, who is outraged that the government used civil asset forfeiture to keep his house even after he was acquitted. Webb's ensuing article about the abuses of…
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Biographical picture, Crime, biographical film, drama film
Disc-jockey-turned-actor Bob Crane develops a secret personal life, focusing on his relationship with John Henry Carpenter, an electronics expert involved with the nascent home video market. Encouraged by Carpenter and enabled by his exper…
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Komödie, Western, Western film, biographical film, comedy film
Outlaw Roy Bean rides into the West Texas border town of Vinegaroon by himself. The customers in the saloon beat him, rob him, toss a noose around him, and let his horse drag him off, though he manages to survive. A young woman from a loca…
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film
In October 1973, Mossad receives intelligence implying that Egypt and Syria are preparing to commence a military campaign against Israel, which it promptly relays to the Israeli prime minister, Golda Meir. Golda is dismissive of the intell…
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Biographical documentary, Making-Of Documentary
The film opens with shots of Klaus Kinski performing, after his own interpretation, the role of Jesus. Kinski harangues the audience for not paying attention to him, curses wildly, has the microphone taken away from him, and, screaming, st…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film
While growing up in Oklahoma, Lane Frost learns the tricks of the bull riding trade at the hand of his father Clyde, an accomplished bronc rider himself. As he grows older, Lane travels the professional rodeo circuit with his best friends …
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Biographical picture, Justice Drama, biographical film, drama film
Kenny and Betty Anne Waters were children of an indifferent mother. Forced to fend for themselves, they were very close before they were eventually sent to separate foster homes. Now a wife and mother of two sons, Betty Anne's life is stil…
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
The film recounts the rise of four infamous gangsters: Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel and Frank Costello. The four begin as members of youth gangs on the streets of New York, fighting and hustling as they learn the rules of the …
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Drama, Historie, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film, historical drama
Told in a segmented fashion, the film opens as Caravaggio dies from lead poisoning while in exile, with only his long-time, mute companion Jerusaleme, who was given by his family to the artist as a boy, by his side. Caravaggio thinks back …
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
In 1933, Jesse Owens, urged by his high school coach, attends Ohio State University; the first in his family to attend college. He faces racial discrimination from some white athletes. Coach Larry Snyder, a former Olympic-level athlete, be…
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Biographical picture, Cannibal-Movie, Horror, Komödie, Musical, Western, biographical film, comedy horror, musical film
The film begins with a reenactment of the gruesome act of cannibalism described by the prosecuting attorney during Alferd Packer's 1883 trial. During this sensationalized account, a haggard Packer repeatedly insists that was not how it hap…
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, drama film, historical film
In 1914, Vera Brittain wants to escape her traditional family in Buxton by attending Oxford University with her younger brother Edward and his friends at Uppingham School, Roland Leighton and Victor Richardson. Despite her father's opposit…
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
Mary Griffith is a devout Christian who raises her four children—Ed, Bobby, Joy, and Nancy—according to the evangelical teachings of her local Presbyterian church in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Walnut Creek, California. On the day of…
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, drama film
In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous lives in poverty with her family in Lourdes, France. She is shamed by her Catholic school teacher, Sister Vauzou, for falling behind in her studies because of her asthma. That afternoon, while fetc…
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Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, biographical film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film
In 1985, New York–based author Whitley Strieber lives with his wife Anne and son Andrew in Manhattan and seems to be successful. However, he is awakened at night by paranoid dreams that someone else is in the room. On a trip to the family …
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biographical film, comedy drama, drama film
19-year-old Amberley Snyder is a nationally ranked rodeo barrel racer who spends most of her time training with her horse Power at her home in Utah. On her way to Denver, Amberley loses control of her truck and crashes; ejected from the ve…
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action film, biographical film, martial arts film
Wing Chun master Ip Man and his family move to Hong Kong in 1949 after escaping from Japanese-occupied Foshan. In 1950, Ip attempts to open a school to propagate his art, as well as make a living during the difficult times, but struggles t…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, prison film
Robert Stroud is imprisoned as a young man for committing a murder in Alaska. He is shown as a rebellious inmate, fighting against a rigid prison system; while being transported with other prisoners by train, he breaks open the window to a…
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Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film
The film depicts events that occurred after Amanda Knox moved to Perugia, Italy, in September 2007, as a foreign exchange student attending language classes at the University for Foreigners. Knox shares a flat in a cottage with Meredith Ke…
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