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Drama, biographical film, drama film
Aly, who is beautiful, popular, and athletic, has been relying on a softball scholarship as her path to college. She leads an active lifestyle and is always on the go. Given her mother's history of weight issues and lifelong struggle with …
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film
Depicting Hitler through the years, beginning with the Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923 and focuses mainly on his private life, in particular, his relationships with niece Geli and longtime companion/wife, Eva Braun.
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Biographical documentary
The film focuses on Dario Argento's works as well as on his personal life. Interviewees include Argento's family, including his daughters Fiore and Asia and his first wife Marisa Casale, Argento's longtime collaborators such as Michele Soa…
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biographical film
Documentation, documentary film
The film tells the story of NASA's crewed moon missions in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of the Apollo program, with particular focus given to Apollo 11. The ten Apollo astronauts interviewed by the filmmakers tell their story, su…
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biographical film
biographical film, documentary film
Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy drama
Approaching his thirties, Jeff (Seann William Scott) has a heavy drinking problem coupled with ADHD, dyslexia, and a mild case of Tourette syndrome. He spends most of his time attending support meetings including ones which have no connect…
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Drama, Historie, Monumental Film, biographical film
The film tells a fictitious story of Domenicos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco, a great Greek artist of the 16th century with an uncompromising character, who sets off from his homeland Crete and goes to Venice and finally Toledo,…
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Biographical picture
The film follows the early life of Tove Jansson from the end of World War II to the mid-1950s, showing her romantic relationships with the politician Atos Wirtanen and the theatre director Vivica Bandler, as well as the creation and public…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
The young Benny Goodman is taught classical clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best. Benny begins his professional career by joining the Ben Pollack traveling…
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Classical Western, biographical film, drama film
right|thumb|200x200px|Studio publicity photograph with Alan Ladd and Anthony Caruso In the early 19th century, Jim Bowie leaves his home in the Louisiana bayou to sell lumber in New Orleans. He inadvertently offends Narcisse de Bornay by d…
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Long Term Documentary, boxing film, documentary film
This film follows 12 years in the lives of three Irish Traveller families (Joyces, Nevins, and Quinn-McDonaghs) and their bitter feuds and fights. The film explores the reasons why they hold these fights and explores in-depth these familie…
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biographical film
biographical film, documentary film
Dance Film, biographical film, drama fiction, drama film, historical film, musical film
The film opens in the cold Saint Petersburg with a scene where Anna as a young girl observes through a window young dancers practicing. Although she catches a cold, Anna decides that she does not merely want to be a dancer but that she wan…
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Biographical picture, Satire, comedy television program
At a meeting in the offices of their film distributor, the members of Monty Python discuss allowing the film Life of Brian to be released in America first because of America's first amendment. John Cleese voices his support for the idea, a…
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Western, Western film, biographical film
After the American Civil War ends, key military and government leaders meet in Washington D.C. Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok goes to Dodge City where he hangs up his gun belt and takes over a card table. Local lawmen are unable to rid the to…
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biographical film, drama film, musical film
Beginning in Liverpool in the 1950s, the film concentrates on the early life of John Lennon (Philip McQuillen) as he struggles to become a successful musician in the embryonic stages of British rock and roll. Lennon goes on to form a numbe…
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Biographical documentary, biographical film, documentary film
Bible Film, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film
Samson is chosen by God to destroy the Philistines, who have occupied the land of Canaan. He is given the greatest strength ever known to man as long as he remains true to his vow and its conditions, yet he is not convinced of his purpose,…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The film opens on a get-together, when a conversation arises about the main character, Alexander Graham Bell. The conversation is quite critical of Bell, with the general consensus being that he was a fool. When Bell enters, the partygoers…
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documentary film
Kasparov had beaten Deep Blue, a computer designed specifically to beat him, in a match played in 1996. He agreed to offer a rematch the following year. Kasparov won the first game of the rematch easily with the white pieces.
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film