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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In 1965, 10-year-old Sandra Laing lives with her parents, Abraham and Sannie, who are Afrikaners. They are shopkeepers in a remote area of the Eastern Transvaal and, despite Sandra's mixed-race appearance, they lovingly brought her up as t…
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film
On his deathbed, Henry VIII reflects upon his long reign, and especially the crucial part his six marriages have played. The bulk of the film is depicted in flashback, while the dying Henry is surrounded by his family and courtiers. Henry'…
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Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical film, war film
The film is told primarily from the viewpoint of the fictional Hauptmann Hoffmann, an officer in the SS who is assigned to duty in the Führerbunker for what will prove the final days in the life of Adolf Hitler, as the Battle of Berlin rap…
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Biographical picture, LGBT-related television series, LGBTQ-related film
Quentin Crisp introduces the film, saying that the decision to find someone else to play him was right as they are bound to do it better than he does. He claims "any film, even the worst, is at least better than real life". The film begins…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
A portrait of contemporary fatherhood, the film blends the reflections of Howard's own father, film director Ron Howard, other Hollywood celebrity fathers and everyday men from around the world on what being a father means to them.
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Biographical picture, Komödie, biographical film, comedy film, drama film
As Dancer lies hospitalized in a coma, his spiritual alter ego revisits his life, from growing up in a brothel as a child and struggling to beat the long odds to become a top-rated comedian. However, his success leads to extensive drug use…
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action film, biographical film, drama film, romance film, war film
In 1916, young aristocrat Manfred von Richthofen is serving as a pilot with a fighter division of the Imperial German Air Service along the Western Front. After dropping a wreath over the funeral of an Allied pilot, Richthofen and his fell…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Eight-year-old Lillian Roth is constantly pushed by her domineering stage mother Katie to audition and act. When Lillian is a young adult, Katie secures an opportunity that launches her musical career. Even though 20 years have passed, Kat…
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Drama, War Film, biographical film, war film
In November 1941, a British commando unit raids the headquarters of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, unaware that the target of their assassination attempt is recovering from nasal diphtheria in Germany. A phone call from Adolf Hitler prompts R…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
Members of the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnap publishing magnate heiress Patty Hearst from her Berkeley apartment and take her to their safe house, where she is kept blindfolded in a closet. Her captivity is interrupted by brief lessons…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Komödie, biographical film
The film is a biography of the Three Stooges following their careers and rise to fame as shown through the eyes of their leader, Moe Howard. This movie breaks away from the traditionally humorous Three Stooges format and has more of a seri…
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Social Drama, Thriller, action film, biographical film, drama film
In 2002, Jonathan White is a rookie police officer under Captain Marion Mathers in the Queens, New York, neighborhood where he grew up. To provide for his wife Kerry and ailing young daughter, he works hard to keep his life on track, but h…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Nineteen-twenties Chicago nightclub singer and dime-a-dance girl Ruth Etting is in jeopardy of losing her job for kicking a customer for his unwelcome attention. Martin Snyder, known as "The Gimp" because of his game leg, intervenes on her…
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Biographical picture, biographical drama film
In 1966, Helen Reddy arrives in New York City to record an album, the result of her having won a contest in her home country of Australia. She meets with the record label, only for them to renege on the deal, leaving her stranded with her …
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film
The aging, alcoholic Lady Emma Hamilton is clapped into debtor's prison in the slums of Calais. In a husky, despairing, whiskey-soaked voice, she narrates her life story to her skeptical fellow prisoners. In one of the early scenes that la…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Cole Porter is studying law at Yale University, at the encouragement of his grandfather. One of his law professors, Monty Woolley (playing himself), encourages his songwriting. Porter abandons study of law and Woolley leaves Yale as well.
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Feeling isolated from their unwelcoming community, June and Jennifer Gibbons turn inward and reject communication with everyone but each other, retreating into a fantasy world of artistic inspiration and adolescent desires. After a spree o…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
In the film, director Griffin Dunne, Joan Didion's nephew, incorporates archival footage and conversations with Didion about the eras she covered in essays, novels and screenplays, as well as events in her personal life.
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Documentation, Drama Documentary, documentary film
In the winter of 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing and killed over 300,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese people, one of human history's worst atrocities. In order to protect Chinese civilians, a small group of European and …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, musical film
Determined to make her young, blonde, and beautiful daughter, June Hovick, a vaudeville headliner, willful, resourceful, domineering stage mother Rose Hovick will stop at nothing to achieve her goal. She drags June and her shy, awkward, an…
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Biographical documentary, Musical, biographical film, documentary film, musical film
A group of people who knew Baker, ranging from ex-associates to ex-wives and children, talk about him and his life. Weber's film traces the musician's career from the 1950s, playing with jazz greats like Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, and…
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
The film opens with Jack Ruby reflecting on his past, describing it as a dream, unsure if it really happened. The film then cuts to a disturbing image: a man in a suit has been tortured, hung on a meat hook, and drained of blood — a brutal…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, sport film
Teresa Palmer plays Michelle Payne, the youngest of ten children of racehorse trainer Paddy Payne, who dreams of becoming a jockey and becomes the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015.
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
Based on a true story, the film depicts gay activist Michael Glatze, who rejects homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
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