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biographical film, drama film, musical film
The film focuses on Bowie's abortive first tour of the US in 1971, his troubled relationships with his wife Angie and half-brother Terry Burns, and his creation of the Ziggy Stardust persona.
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Drama Documentary, biographical film, musical film
The film follows Karen Carpenter from the time of her "discovery" in 1966 and her quick rise to stardom to her untimely death by cardiac arrest (secondary to anorexia nervosa) in 1983. It begins in Karen's parents' home in Downey, Californ…
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Biographical documentary, Musical, collage film, documentary film, musical film
The documentary combines pre-existing interviews with Lewis at different stages of his life and career with performance footage, and interviews with other people such as Myra Lewis Williams, his ex-wife and cousin, and country singer Micke…
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Biographical picture, Crime, Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Conman Raymond Fernandez (Jared Leto) defrauds rich women through personal ads, and meets Martha Beck (Salma Hayek) who joins Raymond in his schemes, posing as his sister. They begin traveling the country, murdering over a dozen women who …
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Action, Auto Racing, Komödie, biographical film
In 1930s Danville, Virginia, a young African-American boy named Wendell Scott impresses local white boys with his bike-riding skills. Fifteen years later, after serving in World War II, Wendell returns home to a warm family welcome and qui…
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film, war film
The story begins with Gladys Aylward being rejected as a potential missionary to China because of her lack of education. Dr. Robinson, the senior missionary, feels sorry for her and secures her a position in the home of Sir Francis Jamison…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
Islington, 9 August 1967. Literary agent Peggy Ramsay knocks on the door of playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell, but nobody opens. She calls the police.
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, drama film, flashback film
16 September 1897: Churchill is a junior officer on the North-West Frontier (between British India and Afghanistan) determined to make a name for himself and to become a member of Parliament. As the older Churchill (voiced by Simon Ward) n…
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biographical film, coming-of-age film, drama film
The film is narrated periodically by Walt Disney. At the age of thirteen, he develops a love for animation and film. In 1919, after returning from his time with the Red Cross, Walt moves in with his older brother Roy and his girlfriend Edn…
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, drama film
During the days of Emperor Augustus and King Herod the Great, Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel who tells her that she will give birth to Jesus, the Son of God. Later, Mary visits Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, who tells her…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The film depicts the last two years of Diana, Princess of Wales's life, beginning with her divorce from Charles, Prince of Wales. Diana meets and falls in love with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan. The film highlights her humanitarian …
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Drama, drama film
During the 1950s, John Groberg (Gorham) graduates from Brigham Young University and is called on a 3-year mission to Tonga. Throughout the film, Groberg and his fiancée, Jean (Hathaway), exchange letters monthly. After a long journey acros…
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Komödie, biographical film, comedy film
In New York, 1883, Clarence Day is a benevolent but curmudgeonly patriarch who strives to manage his household as efficiently as his Wall Street office to no success. He is married to Vinnie, who manages the household, and his four sons—Cl…
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Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, biographical film, crime film, docudrama, drama film
After three murders of elderly women, the victims having been strangled and penetrated with foreign objects, the Boston police conclude that they have a serial killer to catch: the Boston Strangler. As the murders stretch over several poli…
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Biographical picture, biographical film
Biographical picture, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, romance film, war film
In Italy during World War I, the US president has sent teams of Red Cross doctors and nurses to boost Italian morale and help with the wounded. Volunteers drive ambulances and work in the front line canteens. 19-year-old Ernest Hemingway b…
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Biographical picture, Thriller, biographical film, drama film
The film is based on the true story of who was sentenced to 35 years in 2004 for possession of marijuana, and who made a spectacular escape from prison in 2006 with the help of a woman he met through a lonely-hearts ad.
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Drama, biographical film
The film opens in documentary style, chronicling the work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. It then follows Michelangelo, a renowned Cinquecento sculptor of the Republic of Florence, in the early 16th century, and shows him at work on large-scal…
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Action, Biographical picture, Drama, Gangster Film, crime film, heist film
During the Great Depression, various bank robbers and other outlaws have become folk heroes due to public distrust of financial institutions and the law. Following the Kansas City Massacre in June 1933 in which several law enforcement offe…
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1940, a working-class couple in World War II-era Berlin, Otto and Anna Quangel, decide to resist Adolf Hitler and the Nazis after receiving news of the death of their only son. Their growing resistance to the regime is also strengthened…
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Drama, War Film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, war film
In 1937, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a student who has just passed the entrance exams for Kiev State University; to celebrate, she goes to a shooting range with her friends including a female classmate named Masha. In a twist of events, her al…
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Biographical picture, Destiny, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
Pier Paolo Pasolini (Willem Dafoe) is fifty-three, and lives in the rowdy Rome of the 1970s. He has just finished shooting his latest film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, a film that has shocked both critics and audiences. Pasolini is incr…
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Biographical documentary, Musical, biographical film, music documentary film
The film follows the pop star Justin Bieber during 10 days counting down to what is considered his biggest performance, that of August 31, 2010 in Madison Square Garden, which sold out in 22 minutes. It shows footage of the performances du…
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Drama, Komödie, Musical, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film, musical film
In 1968 Australia, Gail and Cynthia head into town to sing at a talent contest. Their younger sister Julie is forbidden to go, partly because of her youth and partly because she already has a child, but she bribes her neighbour to take her…
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