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Drama, biographical film, buddy film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, teen film
In 1974, college-educated Jim Ellis is having a hard time finding employment. While struggling to find something better, Jim, a former competitive swimmer, works at the decrepit Marcus Foster Recreation Center in a poor neighborhood of Phi…
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Action, Biographical picture, Crime, Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film
Part 1 Part 1 depicts Mesrine's life from 1959 to 1972, beginning with his time as a member of the French Army during the Algerian War, where he was forced to shoot and kill prisoners and bomb-makers. On his return to France, he moves into…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, romance film
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1932, Plath developed a precocious talent as a writer, publishing her first poem when she was only eight years old. That same year, tragedy introduced itself into her life as Plath was forced to confront th…
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Biographical picture, Crime
Elizabeth Smart recaps the time in which she was kidnapped and tells her perspective of it. It starts on June 5, 2002 with the kidnapping of 14-year old Elizabeth Smart (Alana Boden) in the middle of the night by a religious fanatic named …
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Documentation, Drama Documentary, biographical film, documentary film
On 26 September 1983, the computers in the Serpukhov-15 bunker outside Moscow, which housed the command centre of the Soviet early warning satellite system, twice reported that U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles were heading toward t…
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Biographical picture, Western, biographical film, drama film
Archibald Belaney from England grows up fascinated with Native American culture—so much so that, in the early 1900s, he leaves the United Kingdom for Canada, where he gradually reinvents himself as trapper Archie Grey Owl, and pretends to …
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Bible Film, Biographical picture, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film
In Ancient Egypt, Joseph is a Hebrew slave to Potiphar, Pharaoh Ahmose I's captain of the guard. The overseer Ednan torments Joseph for his refusal to show deference, but Joseph earns his respect by reading, and Ednan increasingly relies o…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The film follows Cesar Chavez's efforts to organize 50,000 farm workers in California. Some of them were braceros—temporary workers from Mexico permitted to live and work in the United States in agriculture, and required to return to Mexic…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film, romance film
Patsy Cline, unhappily married and planning to divorce, is playing small-time gigs in the tri-state area of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland when she meets Charlie Dick, whose charm and aggressive self-confidence catch her attention. …
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Biographical picture, Drama, drama film
After his graduation from the University of Toronto, journalist Jay Bahadur tries in vain to gain a foothold in the profession. Still living with his parents, he stays afloat with unsatisfactory activity conducting surveys for product plac…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Historie, drama film, epic film, historical film
King Edward IV of England (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) has been placed on the throne with the help of his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Sir Laurence Olivier). After Edward's coronation in the Great Hall, with his brothers George and Rich…
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, drama film
Janet Frame is born in New Zealand's South Island. During her youth, she develops an affinity for literature, writing poetry and reading Grimms' Fairy Tales. She graduates from primary school and goes to her local athenaeum.
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Komödie, Musical, biographical film, children's film, musical film
In autumn of 1916, Irish immigrant John Lawless has applied for a butler position with eccentric Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. Even though the family is a bit strange, Lawless soon learns that he fits right in.
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Drama, comedy film, drama film
Between 1980 and 1982, Toronto bank employee Dan Mahowny is given access to bigger accounts with his promotion to assistant branch manager. His boss trusts him, but is unaware that Mahowny is a compulsive gambler. Mahowny is soon skimming …
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Drama, Komödie, Musical, biographical film, musical film
Fanny Brice, now finishing her Broadway show after its success has come and gone in the midst of the Great Depression, finds only flowers and a divorce decree from her estranged husband Nicky Arnstein. Fanny and her confidant Bobby Moore a…
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Biographical picture
19-year-old Maria Schneider, daughter of French actor Daniel Gélin, features in the 1972 erotic drama Last Tango in Paris by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci. In the work she stars alongside the celebrated American actor Marlon Brando.…
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Biographical picture, Musical, Political Drama, Social Drama, biographical film, drama film
Petey Greene is in prison when he meets Dewey Hughes, who is there visiting his brother. Dewey treats him with disdain, calling him a "miscreant". In their conversation, Petey discovers that Dewey is a radio executive.
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biographical film, crime film
In New York City, hot-tempered gangster Joe Gallo pulls a knife on a man in a theater who complains about Joe's talking during the movie. Joe later enters a car with his brother Richie and cronies Jelly and Mannie. They don masks, pull gun…
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Documentation, Musical, biographical film, documentary film
Hated includes concert and rehearsal footage as well as interviews with Allin, fellow band members, friends, detractors, and dedicated fans. Later, Allin discusses the earliest years of his childhood in rural New Hampshire, and how his fat…
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Biographical picture, Computeranimation, Dokufiction
The film covers the life of Vladimir Putin and focuses on key milestones in Putin's real life, including his childhood in Leningrad in the post-World War II Soviet Union, his recruitment into the KGB and subsequent Cold War-era career as a…
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Biographical picture, Historie, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film
Francesco, spoiled son of wealthy textile merchant Pietro Bernardone, returns from fighting in the war between Assisi and Perugia. Illness has forced him to leave the war. Francesco is tormented by visions of his past when he was a boister…
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Biographical documentary, Political Documentary
thumb|240x240px|Jacinda Ardern, the subject of the film, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The 102-minute film documents the five years of Ardern's tenure, including both her political and private life. It contains audio recordings of th…
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, biographical film, drama film
Film adaptation of the true story of Robyn Davidson, who in 1977 walks alone over 2700 kilometers through the outback of Western Australia to the Indian Ocean. Four camels accompany her as pack animals, which is why she becomes known as 'C…
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