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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,598 films · Page 49.
Documentation, documentary film
SXSW describes the film as telling "the untold story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by Michelle Remembers, a lurid memoir by psychiatrist Larry Pazder and his patient Michelle Smith ... the bestselling book relied on rec…
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Essayfilm, documentary film, drama film
Biographical documentary, biographical film, documentary film
documentary film
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In October 1942, the Lisbon Maru, a Japanese transport ship secretly carrying over 1,800 British prisoners of war, was torpedoed off the coast of China by an American submarine unaware of its human cargo. The film is the first feature-leng…
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Documentation, documentary film
The documentary examines the steroid use of director Christopher Bell's two brothers, Mark "Smelly" Bell and Mike "Mad Dog" Bell, who grew up idolizing Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hulk Hogan, and Sylvester Stallone (who all confessed to using s…
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Documentation, documentary film
concert film, documentary film, musical film
documentary film
documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
documentary film
LGBTQ-related film, documentary film
The documentary details the experiences of several teenagers who were enrolled into Escuela Caribe by their parents against their will. The film focuses on the plight of a Colorado high school student, David, sent to the school by his pare…
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Event Documentary, Investigative Documentary, documentary film
documentary film
The film is divided into two main segments. The first section of the film is a dramatization of a sneak attack, or first strike by the Soviet Union against the United States. The premise of the attack is based on Soviet nuclear submarines …
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Animal Documentary, Event Documentary, Political Documentary
Documentation, documentary film
Using real letters written by American soldiers (which can be read in the book with many more) and archive footage, the film creates a personal experience of the Vietnam War.
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Biographical documentary, Musical, documentary film
Wham! begins with Ridgeley and Michael who first met at Bushey Meads School in 1975 when they were 12 and 11 years old, respectively. It covers the journey of the pop duo featuring home videos and never-before-seen archive footage.
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Arranged Documentary
Documentation, Event Documentary, Political Documentary, documentary film
Biographical documentary, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film
A gay African-American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer, Jason is the sole on-screen presence in the film. He narrates his troubled life story to the camera, behind which Clarke and her partner at the time, actor Carl Lee, provoke an…
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action film, adventure film, crime film, documentary film, drama film, mystery film
The plot of Dangerous Men is nigh incomprehensible, and changes abruptly towards the middle of the film. Mina (Melody Wiggins) and her fiancé, Daniel (Coti Cook) are walking on a beach when two bikers, named Tiger and Leo, set upon them. T…
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Shaheen speaks at the beginning of the documentary about the extent to which Arabs face slander and manipulation in Hollywood, commenting that he has formulated that view of his after having seen over a thousand films produced, in the past…
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