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Biographical picture, Drama, Komödie, Road Movie, autobiography, buddy film, comedy drama, phantasmagoria
In 1971, Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo speed across the Mojave Desert. Duke, under the influence of mescaline, complains of a swarm of giant bats, and inventories their drug stash.
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Biographical picture, Melodrama, Romance Film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, romance film
In 1913, after being turned down by a Swedish nobleman, Danish aristocrat Karen Dinesen suggests a marriage of convenience to the nobleman's brother, Baron Bror Blixen. They plan to move to Nairobi, British East Africa, where Bror intends …
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Historie, Political Drama, biographical film, drama film, war film
In May 1940, the opposition Labour Party in Parliament demands the resignation of British prime minister Neville Chamberlain for being too weak in the face of the Nazi onslaught. Conservative Party colleagues want Lord Halifax as his succe…
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Biographical picture, Swords and Sandals, action film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical drama film, historical film, romance film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
In the first century BC, the Roman Republic has slid into corruption, its menial work done by slaves. One slave, a Thracian named Spartacus, is so uncooperative in his position in a mining pit that he is sentenced to death by starvation. B…
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Coming Of Age, LGBTQ-related film, drama film, teen film
13-year-old Tracy Freeland begins the seventh grade as a smart, mild-mannered honors student at a middle school in Los Angeles. Her divorced mother Melanie is a recovering alcoholic who struggles to support Tracy and her older brother Maso…
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Action, Drama, athletics film, biographical film, drama film, war film
Louis "Louie" Zamperini is a bombardier in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. An April 1943 bombing mission against Japanese installations on Nauru exposes him to danger. His B-24 Liberator is hit by enemy fire, a crewman i…
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Historie, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical film, romance film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
After the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, Julius Caesar goes to Egypt, under the pretext of being named the executor of the will of the father of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his older sister and co-ruler, Cleopatra. Ptolemy and Cleopa…
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Biographical picture, Dark Comedy, Sport, biographical film, black comedy film, drama film
In Portland, Oregon in the 1970s, a four-year-old Tonya Harding is forced to ice skate by her physically abusive mother, LaVona Golden. Tonya's parents eventually take her out of school to focus on her skating career as she trains under co…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Komödie, adventure film, drama film, mystery film, steampunk film
In 1931 Paris, 12-year-old Hugo Cabret lives with his widowed father, a clockmaker who works at a museum. Hugo's father finds a broken automaton – a mechanical man created to draw with a pen. He and Hugo try to repair it, documenting their…
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Biographical picture, Political Drama, drama film
In 1970, Nicholas Garrigan graduates from the University of Edinburgh Medical School. With dull prospects at home, he decides to seek adventure abroad by working at a missionary clinic in Uganda run by David Merrit and his wife, Sarah. Aft…
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Dramedy, Historie, Romantic Drama, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy film
In 1593 London, William Shakespeare is a sometime player in the Lord Chamberlain's Men actor company and playwright for The Rose theatre owner Philip Henslowe. Suffering from writer's block with a new comedy, Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's …
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, biographical film, coming-of-age film, drama film
An elderly Norman Maclean is preparing a fishing lure in a river, narrating how his father suggested that he write the story of his family. The film then flashes back to the early 1900s. The Maclean brothers, Norman and Paul, grow up in Mi…
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, drama film
Molly Bloom is a world-class mogul skier, trained from a young age by her overbearing father, until a career-ending injury during a qualifying event for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Postponing her law school plans, she moves to Los Angeles wh…
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Drama, Social Drama, Sport, biographical film, coming-of-age film, drama film, hood film, sport film, teen film
In Richmond, California, Ken Carter becomes the coach of Richmond High School's basketball team, the Oilers, for which he once played. The team is initially undisciplined and disrespectful. Carter implements strict contracts requiring the …
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Drama, Historie, Political Drama, biographical film, drama film, historical film, political thriller, thriller film
In 1966, U.S. State Department analyst Daniel Ellsberg is embedded with American soldiers in Vietnam. He documents the conflict's on-the-ground reality and soon realizes the Vietnam War is unwinnable.
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Dark Comedy, Drama, Historie, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
In 1705, England is at war with France. Queen Anne is in poor health; she shows little interest in governing, preferring activities such as playing with her 17 rabbits, surrogates for the children she miscarried or who died in infancy. Her…
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film
In 1961, NASA test pilot Neil Armstrong is flying the X-15 rocket-powered spaceplane when it unexpectedly bounces off the atmosphere when Armstrong attempts his initial descent. Although he manages to land the plane in the Mojave Desert, h…
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Adventure, Cartoon, Historie, Musical, Romantic Drama, adventure film, biographical film, comedy drama, family film, fantasy film, historical drama, musical film, romance film
In 1607, the Susan Constant travels from London to the New World, carrying English settlers from the Virginia Company. The settlers, including Captain John Smith, talk of adventure, finding gold, fighting "Injuns" and potentially settling …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, historical film
Six-year-old Norma Jeane Mortenson is raised by her mentally unstable mother, Gladys Pearl Baker. On her seventh birthday in 1933, Norma Jeane is given a framed picture of a man Gladys claims was her father. Later that night, a fire breaks…
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Biographical picture, Mafia Film, biographical film, drama film, gangster film
After a failed assassination attempt orchestrated by his ambitious underboss, Vito Genovese, Luciano family boss Frank Costello finds himself at a crossroads. Weary of the constant bloodshed and betrayals that define his life, Costello inf…
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical film, political thriller film, war film
During World War II, Wehrmacht Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is serving in Tunisia on the staff of the 10th Panzer Division, where he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the future of Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler. Stauffenberg lose…
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Drama, Marital Tragedy, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, romance film
Paige Collins and her husband Leo come out of a movie theater on a snowy evening. On their way home, at a stop sign, Paige unbuckles her seatbelt to lean over and kiss Leo. At that very moment, a salt truck rams their car from behind and P…
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Coming Of Age, Destiny, Historie, Monumental Film, Political Drama, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical film
By 1950, the 44-year-old Puyi, former Emperor of China, has been in custody for five years since his capture by the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. In the recently established People's Republic of China, Puyi arrives as a…
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Biographical picture, Occult Horror, biographical film, drama film, satanic film
In 1634 France, following the aftermath of the Huguenot rebellions, the French Catholic statesman Cardinal Richelieu influences King Louis XIII in an attempt to gain further power. Richelieu seeks to consolidate his authority by systematic…
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