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biographical film, crime film, thriller film
At St. John's Orphanage in 1877, children, including a young Albert Fish, are being paddled as punishment for their sins. Albert Fish as an adult (Patrick Bauchau) then tells of a horse that some older boys at the orphanage set on fire, co…
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Biographical picture, Crime, biographical film, crime film, horror film
In August 1892, Fall River, Massachusetts Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden comes across the terrible murder scene of her father Andrew, who had been brutally killed with a hatchet. Local law enforcement arrives, also discovering the bod…
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Biographical picture, Crime, crime film, drama film
Since 1971, mathematics prodigy Ted Kaczynski has lived a primitive life in a remote cabin near Lincoln, Montana. He hunts for his food and lives without electricity or running water. He strongly believes modern technology is destroying th…
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Drama, Komödie, biographical film, comedy film, drama film
In 1971, publishing executives at McGraw-Hill express an interest in Clifford Irving's novel, Rudnick's Problem. Fake!, his previous book about art forger Elmyr de Hory, had sold poorly. Irving believes he has a breakout work, but the publ…
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, romance film
In 1769 Vienna, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria tells her daughter Maria Antonia she is to marry the Dauphin Louis-Auguste. Marie is excited to become the future Queen of France but grows dismayed upon learning her husband is a shy man mo…
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Crime, biographical film, crime film, thriller film
After taking hostages in a Stockholm bank, ex-con Lars Nystrom demands the release of his old partner in crime from prison. As the situation escalates, Lars starts to let down his guard as he develops an uneasy bond with one of the female …
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Drama, Romance Film, musical film, romance film
Since getting divorced, having just completed her memoirs, Baroness Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin (previously Baroness Dudevant, successful and notorious writer of sensational romance novels) has been living in Paris under the pseudonym Geo…
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Adventure, Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
On May 19, 1927, after waiting a week for the rain to stop on Long Island, New York, pilot Charles A. "Slim" Lindbergh tries to sleep in a hotel near Roosevelt Field before his transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. His friend Frank …
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Drama, Musical, biographical film, documentary film, drama film, musical film
Adventure, action film, biographical film, drama film
The narrative of the miniseries primarily follows Attila the Hun (reigned 434–453) during his rise to power, violent unification of the Hunnic tribes, and subsequent campaigns, first against the Eastern Roman Empire, and later against the …
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Biographical picture, Drama Documentary, biographical film, docudrama, historical drama, independent film
In 1940, Orson Welles, RKO studio head George J. Schaefer, and screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz struggle in making what will be considered the greatest American film, Citizen Kane.
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Biographical picture, Drama, Historie, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film
Set in the period 1784–1789, the film portrays Jefferson when he was US minister to France at Versailles before the French Revolution. French liberals and intellectuals hope he will lead them away from the corruption of the court of King L…
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Historie, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
The young Temujin sees his father tortured and killed by a rival Mongol tribe led by Jamuga. He is yoked with a wheel around his neck and tormented by children. He meets the beautiful Bortai, but is punished by Jamuga.
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Drama, drama film
In 1918, Max Rothman (John Cusack), a Munich art dealer, is a World War I veteran who lost his right arm in the Third Battle of Ypres, effectively ending his career as a painter. He returns to Germany and opens a modern art gallery. He is …
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Biographical picture, Western film, biographical film, war film
George Armstrong Custer (Flynn) arrives at West Point and is mistaken by his self-designed, outlandish uniform for a visiting dignitary. His academic career doesn't improve, and demerits for pranks and poor discipline accumulate. When the …
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Action, Biographical picture, Crime, Musical, crime film, drama film, hood film
Drama, biographical film, drama film
Griselda Blanco grows up in poverty in Colombia, and commits her first murder after being forced into childhood prostitution. She eventually comes to live in the US with her first husband and three sons Dixon, Uber, and Osvaldo. She earns …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, independent film
Biographical picture, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
The film portrays Douglas MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan in World War II, to 1952, after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Harry Truman for insubordination. It is recounted in flashback a…
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Mafia Film, biographical film, crime film
The film follows the rise of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in the ranks of the Gambino crime family, one of the "Five Families" of the New York Cosa Nostra, culminating in his becoming underboss to John Gotti, his decision to betray Gotti by te…
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Biographical picture, biographical film
Biographical picture, Drama, Drama Documentary, biographical film, drama film
The film tells the story of four young men and the extremes they went to in order to capture their photographs of anti-apartheid protests and the resulting police brutality, while the State President, F.W. de Klerk made negotiations to end…
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Biographical picture, drama film, musical film
Young, introverted Steven Patrick Morrissey is a sullen, dissatisfied, and shy teen growing up in Manchester in the 1970s. Withdrawn and a loner, he goes out to listen to music at night and then submits letters and reviews to music newspap…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
Set in the mid through late 19th century, the film depicts Émile Zola's early friendship with Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne and his rise to fame through his prolific writing. It also explores his involvement late in the Dreyfus a…
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