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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, drama film
The film depicts the life of Robert Mapplethorpe, a photographer who transformed taboo subjects such as gay sex, Satanism, and bondage into stylized black-and-white images.
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biographical film, drama film
In Los Angeles, 1970, Katie Standon, a girl who has been imprisoned in her room (and without any human contact) since the age of one, is now thirteen years old. Her mother Louise, who has cataracts, has taken enough abuse from her domineer…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, romance film
In 1932, Sonora Webster lives with her sister, Arnette, and abusive Aunt Helen during the Great Depression. Sonora admires a magazine clipping of a beautiful girl in Atlantic City. Aspiring to be like her, she cuts off her waist length hai…
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, war film
In 1929, Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is still faced with the 10-year-long war waged by patriots in the Italian colony of Libya to combat Italian colonization and the establishment of "The Fourth Shore"—the rebirth of a Roman …
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Biographical picture, Komödie, biographical film, drama film
In 1937, while making Way Out West, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy discuss their contracts, agreeing they are not being justly compensated. Stan advocates leaving Hal Roach to set up their own production company while Oliver is reluctant to …
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
In 1892 Fall River, Massachusetts, 32-year-old Lizzie Borden resides with her domineering father, Andrew; stepmother, Abby, and elder sister, Emma. While the Borden family are prominent members of the community, Lizzie's day-to-day life is…
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Biographical picture, Political Thriller, biographical film, drama film
Jean Seberg, an American actress known for playing the female lead in Jean-Luc Godard's film Breathless, bids her husband, Romain Gary, and child farewell in Paris before leaving for Los Angeles. On the jet flight in first class, she witne…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film, romance film
When Ludwig van Beethoven dies, his assistant and close friend Schindler deals with his last will and testament. It reads that his estate, music and affairs will be left to his "immortal beloved," but there remains a question as to who is …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, independent film, sport film
Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton is the main attraction of the Harlem Globetrotters team, under the guidance of their owner and coach, Abe Saperstein. As Ned Irish, a New York Knicks executive, and their coach, Joe Lapchick, take the initiative to…
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Drama, Komödie, Musical, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, musical film
In the 1920s, determined to make her beautiful, gifted daughter June a vaudeville headliner, willful, resourceful and domineering stage mother Rose Hovick will stop at nothing to achieve her goal. She drags "Baby June" and her shy, awkward…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
The film reveals Yelchin's struggle with cystic fibrosis, which his parents told him about when he was 17 and he hid from close friends, colleagues, and the public. The film further shows Yelchin's passion for his artistic pursuits and clo…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The story follows Dennis Stock, who works at the Magnum Photos Agency and gets an assignment to shoot rising Hollywood star James Dean, before the release of East of Eden. Friendship developed between them during the assignment, as the pai…
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Adventure, Western, Western film, biographical film, drama film, war film
Emiliano Zapata is part of a delegation sent to complain about injustices to corrupt longtime president Porfirio Díaz, but Díaz dismisses their concerns, driving Zapata to open rebellion, along with his brother Eufemio. He unites with Panc…
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Adventure, Drama, biographical film, drama film
In 1968, English businessman Donald Crowhurst is inspired by Sir Francis Chichester to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Though only an amateur sailor, Crowhurst believes that techn…
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Biographical picture, drama film
In 1893, Nikola Tesla and a female companion are roller skating. A narrator explains that Tesla was inspired as a young boy when he was petting his cat and saw static electricity. Nine years prior, in 1884 New York City, Tesla is working f…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In 1962, several years after her departure from Hollywood in 1956, Alfred Hitchcock visits Princess Grace Kelly in Monaco with an invitation to return to Hollywood to star in his new film Marnie. The offer comes with a lucrative incentive …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by his housekeeper, Hannah Danby, whom he takes for granted and occasionally uses sexually, painter J. M. W.
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Bible Film, biographical film, drama film
Paul has been imprisoned inside Mamertine Prison in Rome for his strong influence as a Christian leader which makes him a threat to Nero's power. Mauritius Gallus, the newly appointed prefect of the prison, accuses Paul of burning half of …
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Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
The film starts with Graeme Obree (Miller), who suffers from a depressive moment (which we learn is due to a crippling bipolar disorder), cycling into a wood where he attempts to hang himself. A flashback to Obree's (Sean Brown) childhood …
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Documentation, Musical, biographical film, music documentary film, performance art
Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, mystery film
In 1995, Madalyn Murray O'Hair is kidnapped along with her son Garth and granddaughter Robin by three men: David Waters, Gary Karr and Danny Fry. The three abductees recognize Waters. The scene shifts to the early 1960s.
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Historie, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, historical film, war film
The film opens in 1938, in Berlin, Nazi Germany. Nazi Brown Shirts invade the home of a young Jewish girl, Elsbeth, and kill her parents. In Strasbourg, France, 1939, a young Marcel Marceau works unfulfilled in his father's butcher shop.
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Action, Thriller, action film, biographical film, thriller film
Ralph "Papa" Thorson arrives in a small town in Illinois where, despite being a terrible driver, he captures bail fugitive Tommy Price. Thorson drives to Houston to bring in a dangerous hooligan named Billie Joe, whose kinfolk include Sher…
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Biographical picture, Historie, historical film
In 1934, Winston Churchill is deep in his wilderness years, and struggling to complete his biography of his ancestor the Duke of Marlborough, which he hopes will revive his fortunes. Winston is chided by his wife Clemmie for their lack of …
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