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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
At Stephen Hawking's 21st birthday party he meets a new friend, Jane Wilde. There is a strong attraction between the two and Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the universe, but realises that there is something very wrong wit…
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Biographical picture, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
Soon after World War I is over, Naval Aviator in training "Spig" Wead boldly tries flying a Vought UO-1 when challenged by an Army soldier, without yet having flight experience. Running out of fuel, he crash lands at the garden party he is…
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Biographical picture, docudrama
Episode One In December 1908, young Prince John watches his family attend a birthday party for his grandmother Queen Alexandra, at Sandringham in Norfolk. Next summer, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra and their children visit their rela…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Puchi talks about her late husband, salsa legend Héctor Lavoe "El Cantante De Los Cantantes" ("The singer of all the singers"), during a 2002 interview. Héctor Pérez leaves Puerto Rico, even though his father tries to persuade him not to g…
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Musical, biographical film, musical film, romance film
In the 1830s in the small Danish town of Odense, cobbler Hans Christian Andersen spends his day spinning fairy tales for the village children. One day, the stern schoolmaster implores the burgomaster and councilmen to curtail Hans' habit o…
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, comedy drama
On the morning of December 21, 1970, actor-singer Elvis Presley arrives at the White House and requests an urgent meeting with President Richard Nixon. Presley opposes the drug culture, the hippie movement, SDS, and the Black Panther Party…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
thumb|upright|The props used in the film, now on display at Wandsworth Prison museum The film is loosely based on the life of Britain's most prolific hangman, Albert Pierrepoint (played by Timothy Spall), from the time he is trained for th…
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Biographical picture, Gangster Film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
The story is of the rise and fall of Chicago mob boss Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during Prohibition, all the way through to his conviction, imprisonment, and final years. On the evening of May 6, 1918, in Brooklyn…
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Biographical picture, Drama, drama film, teen film
28-year-old reporter Sidney Bloom learns that her old high school, Gloucester High, has reported ten to eighteen teen pregnancies in the past eight weeks, and decides to investigate the situation. The school nurse, Kim, tells Sidney that s…
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Biographical documentary, biographical film, documentary film
Drama, Political Drama, biographical film
The Second World War has recently ended in Europe, and the people of the United Kingdom are awaiting the results of the 1945 general election. During this time, Winston Churchill goes to France for a holiday with his wife Clemmie. Through …
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Political Drama, biographical film, drama film
The film deals directly with the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and his cabinet members. The starting events portrayed begin in January 1965 with LBJ at the Inaugural Ball and ends on Marc…
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Western
thumb|The Kelly gang inspects a reward notice for their capture. thumb|Dan Kelly cutting telegraph wires thumb|The police descend on Glenrowan as Father Gibney protests the burning of the hotel. thumb|Actor portraying Ned Kelly in an authe…
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Biographical picture, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film
Despite her confinement in a wheelchair, Jill Kinmont teaches at a Paiute/Shoshone Native American school in Bishop, California, where she has an informal relationship with her young students. During a field trip, they ask how she goes to …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, historical film
In 1991, the remains of Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family (except for Alexei and Maria) are discovered. The voice of Nicholas' young son, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, narrates the remainder of the story. In 1883 Western Siberia, a y…
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film, independent film
A local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan placed bombs at the 16th Street Baptist Church and set them off as Sunday services prepared to commence on the morning of September 15, 1963. Four young girls, ranging in age from 11 to 14, were killed i…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film
In 1960, sportswriter Al Stump is hired as the ghostwriter for an authorized autobiography of baseball player Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb. Now 74 and in failing health, Cobb wants an official biography to "set the record straight" before he di…
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
The movie is about the final nine months of the life of Gary Gilmore, beginning with his release from prison at the age of 35 after serving 12 years for robbery in Indiana. He is allowed to fly to Utah to live with Brenda Nicol, a distant …
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, boxing film, drama film
The story of Cassius Clay, who became heavyweight champion as Muhammad Ali. Tracing his rise from his Olympic gold medal as a light-heavyweight at Rome in 1960, his conversion to Islam, his refusal to serve in the Vietnam war, to his retur…
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Biographical picture, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film
Biographical picture, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, romance film
The young artist Françoise Gilot meets Picasso in Le Petit Benoit, a small bistro on the Left Bank, in Nazi-occupied Paris, and Picasso invites her and her friend to visit him at his home and studio at 7 Rue des Grands-Augustins. After doi…
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biographical film, drama film
The film is based on a book written by Marie Rothenberg and Mel White and relates the true story of David, a child who was burned over 90 percent of his body by his father. The parents were estranged and the non-custodial father, Charles R…
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Action, Biographical picture, Drama, Eastern, Martial-Arts, action film, biographical film, drama film, martial arts film
In 1964, a young Bruce Lee owns and operates a San Francisco Kung Fu Academy, specializing in the Chinese martial art Wing Chun. Lee provides advice, roles as extras, and defends them from Chinatown gangs. One student, Steve McKee, spars w…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
30 years after it was recorded, the 1978 debut album of brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson is rediscovered long after they have given up on their rock 'n' roll dreams.
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