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Biographical picture, Thriller, biographical film, thriller film
At the 1988 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Dutch video game designer Henk Rogers of Bullet-Proof Software discovers Tetris, a captivating puzzle game developed by Soviet programmer Alexey Pajitnov. Tetris is owned by the Soviet Un…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In the summer of 1957, Italian automotive entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari prepares his racing team for the Mille Miglia, an open-road, endurance-based race lasting 1,000 miles. Grappling with both domestic and professional crises, Enzo and his e…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Whitney Wolfe Herd, a young woman from Salt Lake City who had just graduated from Southern Methodist University, is energetic, ambitious, and highly driven. She had previously founded a nonprofit organization that sold bamboo tote bags to …
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Biographical picture, Historie, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film, flashback film, historical drama
While heading to afternoon prayers in New Delhi on January 30, 1948, Gandhi is fatally shot. On 7 June 1893, in the Colony of Natal, young lawyer Mohandas Gandhi is forcibly expelled from a whites-only train carriage in Pietermaritzburg de…
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Accident, Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
On January 15, 2009, captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and first officer Jeff Skiles take off in US Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport. During climbout, the Airbus A320 strikes a flock of birds, damaging both engines. Without mu…
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Biographical picture, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy film
On October 11, 1975, novice producer Lorne Michaels arrives at NBC Studios in New York City to prepare for the airing of the first episode of NBC's Saturday Night. The chaotic evening is plagued with disruptive incidents, a cast that alter…
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Biographical picture, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, romance film
Lidia Yuknavitch develops a passion for both writing and swimming at a young age, seeing them as a reprieve from her home life, where her father Mike physically and sexually abuses her and her older sister Claudia, and her alcoholic mother…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
John Candy began his career on the sketch comedy series Second City Television before becoming one of the most popular and beloved stars of comedy films until his death of a heart attack in 1994. The film relies primarily on rare and never…
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Animal Documentary, Arranged Documentary, biographical film, documentary film
Herzog used sequences extracted from more than 100 hours of video footage shot by Treadwell during the last five years of his life. He also conducted and filmed interviews with Treadwell's family and friends, as well as bear and nature exp…
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Action, War Film, action film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 2005, Ahmad Shah, a local Taliban warlord in the Korangal Valley is identified as the person responsible for the deaths of several Marines, plus many villagers who are believed to have aided the American forces in Afghanistan. A Navy SE…
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American football film, Biographical picture, Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film
In the 1960s in Joliet, Illinois, Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger dreams of playing football at Notre Dame. However, he lacks the grades and money to attend the university along with the talent and physical stature to play major college foo…
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film
Fourteen-year-old Archduchess Marie Antoinette is the daughter and youngest child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. In 1770, she travels to France to marry Louis-Auguste, the Dauphin of France, sealing an alliance between Aus…
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, political drama
In 1968, 19-year-old petty criminal William O'Neal is arrested in Chicago after attempting to steal a car by posing as a federal officer. He is approached by FBI Special Agent Roy Mitchell, who offers to have O'Neal's charges dropped if he…
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Biographical picture, Documentation, Historie
Destiny, Justice Drama, biographical film, drama film, historical film, sport film
During a 1978 funeral service in London in honour of the life of Harold Abrahams, presided over by his former colleague Lord Andrew Lindsay, there is a flashback to his youth, when he was running along a beach with a group of athletes. In …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Mysterie, biographical film, crime film, detective film, drama film, historical film, mystery film, political thriller film
During his farewell address in 1961, outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns about the build-up of the military-industrial complex. He is succeeded by John F.
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Adventure, Drama, biographical film, docudrama, drama film, independent film, survival film
On April 26, 2003, avid mountaineer Aron Ralston goes hiking at Utah's Canyonlands National Park without telling anyone. He befriends lost hikers Kristi and Megan and gives them directions. While guiding them, he shows them an underground …
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Biographical picture, Coming Of Age, Destiny, biographical film, drama film, film based on a book
In 1932, Christy Brown is born into a Dublin family of 15. Doctors discover he has severe cerebral palsy. Christy is unable to walk or talk.
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Anti-War Film, War Film, action film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1989, Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, whose father served in the earlier Vietnam War (1955–1975), attends United States Marine Corps recruit training before being stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. Claiming that he joined the military b…
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Biographical picture, Coming Of Age, Destiny, Family Drama, biographical film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, sport film, teen film
Teenager Jim Carroll is a drug-addicted high school basketball player who regularly gets into mischief with his friends Pedro, Mickey and Neutron on the streets of New York City and at school. Outside of basketball, Jim shows an artistic i…
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Adventure, Biographical picture, action film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film
In 1905, Percy Fawcett is a young British major who participates in a stag hunt on an Irish baronial estate for the visiting Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s benefit. A skilled horseman and marksman, he brings down the stag swiftly, but is snubb…
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Biographical picture, Conspiracy Thriller, Family Drama, Justice Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
CBS producer Lowell Bergman convinces the founder of Hezbollah, Sheikh Fadlallah, to grant an interview to Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes. Wallace and Bergman firmly stand their ground against the Sheikh's armed and hostile bodyguards, who at…
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Komödie, biographical film, comedy drama
As he grieves the death of his mother, MTA mechanic Joe Scaravella reminisces about his childhood in 1970s Brooklyn when his grandmother and mother Maria would be in the kitchen cooking for friends and family. He remembers what they taught…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In 1954, struggling Prince Castle salesman Ray Kroc travels to San Bernardino, California to meet Dick and Mac McDonald at their eponymous restaurant after the brothers purchase eight of his milkshake machines. Kroc lauds the brothers' suc…
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