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biographical film, drama film
At ʻIolani Palace, Princess Kaʻiulani and the rest of the royal family prepare for a ceremony that night to light Honolulu with only electricity. That evening, however, the ceremony is interrupted when a large group of armed white men ente…
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Historical drama, biographical film, drama film
Emperor Claudius banishes Seneca to Corsica and then marries young Agrippina. Later, she requests to Claudius that Seneca becomes tutor to their 12-year-old son Nero. Seneca returns and stands by Nero for several years, exerting a great in…
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Biographical picture, biographical film
Barbara Gordon appears to have it all, including a successful career as a TV producer and a solid relationship with her live-in lover, attorney Derek Bauer. Beneath her facade is a high-strung personality who heavily relies on sedatives to…
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Biographical picture, drama film
The movie opens in 1923 with studio executive Frank N. Thayer receiving a letter in the mail, alongside a medallion of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Thayer then flashes back to the height of the Mexican Revolution.
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Biographical picture, drama film
Chico Mendes was a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist who was murdered in 1988 by ranchers opposed to his activism. The movie opens in 1951 with a young Mendes witnessing his father's interaction with corrupt ranc…
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Tragic Comedy Film, War Film, biographical film
Sergeant-Major Charles Coward is a senior British NCO incarcerated in the prisoner of war camp Stalag VIII-B. He encourages his fellow inmates to escape, and tries to humiliate the German guards at every opportunity. When he is being trans…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Part 1 Christmas 1924: Two-year-old Frances Gumm performs in public for the first time, singing "Jingle Bells" in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Her mother, Ethel, watches from the audience while her father, Frank, watches from backstage. Ethel …
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
When George Dyer, who is still a stranger to Francis Bacon, is caught by Bacon breaking and entering into the artist's apartment studio, he seems to be in a bad position if Bacon decides to call for the police. Instead, Bacon looks him ove…
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film
In St Andrews, Scotland in 1866, 15-year-old Tommy Morris (Jack Lowden) is an avid golfer like his legendary and pioneering father, Tom Morris (Peter Mullan). "Old Tom" is greens-keeper for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, as…
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Biographical picture
February 1962 Civil Rights Movement. Jane (played by Cicely Tyson), a former slave, is celebrating her 110th birthday. Two men tell her that a little girl is going to a segregated water fountain; she gets arrested because she is black.
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The film is about Italian fashion designer and company founder Gianni Versace. When Gianni is shot dead in front of his villa "Casa Casuarina" in Miami at the age of 50, his two siblings, Donatella and Santo, have to take over the manageme…
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Mary Winkler is a housewife and mother of three daughters, who is married to Matthew Winkler, a pastor admired by many in his community for his friendliness and his views about family values. To many in town, the Winklers are seen as a per…
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
Komödie, biographical film, comedy film
Christine Painter is a sexually naïve waitress and single mother who pays for her teenage son David's tuition by renting London flats to call girls. When a landlord confronts her for illegally subletting the flats and falling behind on the…
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biographical film, musical film
Biographical picture, biographical film, crime film, drama film
Biographical picture, Crime, Drama, biographical film, drama film
In 2002, Lee moves to the United States from Antigua and Barbuda by himself; his mother cannot come with him due to her job. As a lone teenager, Lee comes in contact with John. John is living with his three children: one daughter and two s…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, drama film
In 1944 New York City, beat writers and students Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs, and David Kammerer all become acquainted with Joan Vollmer, a student at Barnard College. Joan and William carry on a romance.
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adventure film, biographical film, documentary film, sport film
In 1924 mountaineer George Mallory was torn between love for his wife Ruth, and his obsession with the last great adventure left to man: becoming the first person to reach the summit of the untouched Mount Everest. Dressed in gabardine and…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, Melodrama, Romance Film, drama film, drama television series
In Los Angeles in 1976, Christopher Isherwood begins writing his memoir. The film flashes back to 1931 as Christopher prepares to leave England for Germany, against the wishes of his mother, Kathleen. On the train he meets Gerald Hamilton,…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
The film begins with a chronicle of Hind Husseini's effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Deir Yassin Massacre, and the establishment of the state of Israel. In Jerusalem in 1948, on her way to …
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Biographical documentary
action film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, horror film, natural horror film, survival film, suspense film, television film, thriller film
Based on a true story; in October 1982, the Trashman yacht sailing in a routine transfer from Maine to Florida, is capsized following an unexpected storm. The crew is left adrift in open water for days in the cold, shark-infested waters. T…
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