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Biographical picture, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy drama
In 1970s Britain, Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) works as a crane operator for Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness. He insists on bringing up his sons to believe that they can become whatever they want to be. His step-son Michael has achieved s…
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Bible Film, Drama, biographical film, drama film, sword-and-sandal film
The film follows the life of David, drawing mainly from biblical accounts, particularly the Books of Samuel, 1 Chronicles, and the Psalms of David. In 1000 B.C., King Saul of Israel breaks his covenant with God after failing to destroy the…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film, romance film
As he is about to die, Porter's life flashes before him in the form of a musical production staged by the archangel Gabriel in the Indiana theater where the composer first performed on stage. He recalls the night he met his wife, Linda Lee…
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Bible Film, biographical film, drama film, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=75|left|The King of Kings (1950s re-release trailer) Mary Magdalene is portrayed as a wild courtesan, entertaining many men around her. Upon learning that Judas is with a carpenter she rides out on her chariot drawn by zebr…
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Western, Western film, biographical film
A railroad representative named Barshee forces farmers to give up land a railroad is going to go through, giving them $1 per acre (much less than fair price) for it. When they come to Jesse's home, Barshee is told by Jesse that his mother …
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Animation, Horror
Vincent is the story, told in rhyming verse, of a 7-year-old boy, Vincent Malloy, who pretends to be like the actor Vincent Price (who narrates the film). He does experiments on his dog Abercrombie in order to create a horrible ravenous zo…
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Crime, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film, horror film
In 1953, John Wayne Gacy argues with his father, John Stanley Gacy, who says he will "never be brave enough" and kicks him. In 1976, the adult Gacy's lunch with his family is interrupted by a neighbor demanding something be done about the …
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Biographical picture, Historie, Political Drama, biographical film, drama film
The film is set between the years of 1997 and 2001 and depicts the UK–US Special Relationship between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bill Clinton. Executive producer Christine Langan said of the plot, "The film's time frame goes f…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biography
The miniseries begins in 1968 at NBC Studios, Hollywood, with Elvis Presley performing at his Comeback Special concert. As the audience awaits his presence in the main hall, Presley sits backstage in his dressing room, nervous as he hasn't…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Komödie, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, melodrama, musical film
Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film
In 15th-century France, the young peasant Joan, at the age of thirteen, begins to hear voices that she believes are sent by God. The voices instruct her to help save France from English occupation and to ensure that the Dauphin, Charles, i…
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biographical film, drama film
Drama, biographical film, drama film
Fielding is a socially awkward college kid, who decides to adopt a puppy after being rejected by a girl. He finds a yellow lab puppy at the local pound and adopts him. He names the dog Gonker, and they are inseparable for the rest of his c…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Prompted by the plight of David Rivlin, a quadriplegic who litigated to be removed from his respirator so that he could die, the sight of a dying woman in a hospital bed, and the memory of his mother Satenig's death more than two decades a…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, Musical, biographical film
Bessie Smith (Queen Latifah) is a young singer from Chattanooga, Tennessee. She and her siblings are orphaned when their parents, William and Laura, die, leaving their oldest sister, Viola (Khandi Alexander), to raise them. Viola is abusiv…
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Biographical picture, Historie, Komödie, biographical film, comedy drama
In spring 1939, Sara, the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, asks his sixth cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley to visit the ill President at their country estate in Hyde Park, New York. Although Daisy and Roosevelt have not seen each other for …
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biographical film, drama film, musical film
In 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia, Tionne Watkins's friend Marie Davis persuades her to audition for a girl group Ian Burke is forming for LaFace Records. Although reluctant, she brings Crystal Jones, the group's founder, to meet her rapper frie…
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Drama, Komödie, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film
In 2002, Bolivian politician Pedro Castillo hires an American political consulting firm (based on James Carville's Greenberg Carville Shrum firm) to help him win the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. The firm brings in "Calamity" Jane B…
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film, romance film
In 1794, in Marseille, Désirée Clary makes the acquaintance of a Corsican, Joseph Bonaparte, and invites him and his brother, Captain Napoleon Bonaparte, to call upon the family the following day. The next day, Julie, Désirée's sister, and…
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Drama, biographical film, docudrama, drama film, trial film
On his wedding night in 1953, an errant champagne cork renders Detroit college engineering professor Robert Kearns almost completely blind in his left eye. Ten years later, he is happily married to Phyllis and the father of six children. A…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Based on the events of Schmeiser v. Monsanto, Percy Schmeiser is a Saskatchewan canola farmer who has received a legal action from Monsanto. It states that it has been determined that Percy's fields contained Monsanto's Roundup resistant c…
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Biographical picture, Thriller
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.
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biographical film
The Ingalls family leaves their little house in the Big Woods to head west. After a long and adventurous journey, they stop in Indian Country. Charles builds a house and starts farming, Indians visit them, and they meet Mr.
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Action, Heist, Historie, action film, biographical film, crime film
George Kelly, dubbed "Machine Gun" by his partner in crime Flo Becker because of his obsession with Thompson submachine guns, robs a bank and eventually becomes public enemy #1. Discord grows among his inner circle, and Kelly, afraid of be…
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