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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
Richard Williams lives in Compton, California, with his wife Brandy, his three step-daughters Tunde, Isha and Lyndrea, and his two daughters, Venus and Serena. Richard aspires to turn Venus and Serena into professional tennis players. Rich…
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Tragic Comedy Film, buddy film, comedy film, drama film, tragicomedy
Two elderly men, blue-collar automotive mechanic Carter Chambers and billionaire Edward Cole, meet for the first time in a hospital owned by Edward after both men are diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Carter, a gifted amateur historian …
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Drama, Musical, musical film
In 1992, Jonathan Larson performs his rock monologue Tick, Tick... Boom! at New York Theatre Workshop, accompanied by friends Roger and Karessa.
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Crime, Destiny, Justice Drama, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film
In 1985, Bud Fox is a junior stockbroker at Jackson Steinem & Co. in New York City. He wants to work with his hero, Gordon Gekko, a legendary Wall Street player.
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Action, Historie, War Film, action film, drama film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
Queen Gorgo of Sparta narrates about the Battle of Marathon, in which King Darius of Persia was killed by Themistocles of Athens. Darius's son, Xerxes, witnesses his father's death and is advised to never wage war against the Greeks. Dariu…
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Action, Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, boxing film, drama film
Micky Ward is an American welterweight boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts. Managed by his mother Alice, Micky is trained by his older half-brother Dicky Eklund, a former boxer whose peak of success was going the distance with Sugar Ray Leona…
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Family Drama, Romantic Comedy, children's film, romantic comedy, teen film
Samantha "Sam" Montgomery is raised by her widowed father Hal, who runs a diner in the San Fernando Valley. He marries the vain and greedy Fiona, who has two daughters, Brianna and Gabriella. When Sam is nine, Hal dies in the 1994 Northrid…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Private investigator Tom Welles is contacted by Daniel Longdale, attorney for wealthy widow Mrs. Christian. While clearing out her recently deceased husband's safe, she and Longdale uncovered an 8mm movie which appears to depict the real m…
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, psycho-biddy, psychological horror fiction, psychological thriller
In 1917, "Baby Jane" Hudson is a spoiled and capricious child actress who performs in vaudeville theaters across the country with her father, who acts as her manager and accompanies her on stage on the piano. Her success is such that a lin…
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Fantasy, Romance Film, Time Travel, alternate history, drama film, fantasy film, melodrama, romance film, science fiction film, time-travel film
In 2006, physician Kate Forster leaves the lake house she has been renting near Chicago and starts a job at a downtown hospital. She leaves a note in the mailbox asking the next tenant to forward her mail and explaining that the painted pa…
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Adventure, Family Drama, Komödie, comedy film, drama film
In India, Peter Whitman boards a train, "The Darjeeling Limited", as it pulls out of a station. On the train, he reunites with his brothers, Francis and Jack; the three have not seen each other since their father's funeral a year earlier. …
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Animation, Cartoon, children's film, coming-of-age film, drama film, fantasy film, musical film
Deep in the forest, a doe gives birth to a male fawn named Bambi, who will one day take over the position of Great Prince of the Forest, who guards the woodland creatures. Bambi grows up very attached to his mother, with whom he spends mos…
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Historical drama, drama film, historical drama film, historical film, war film
Musical, Romance Film, drama film, musical film, romance film, romantic comedy film
In London, Professor Henry Higgins, a scholar of phonetics, believes that a person's accent determines their prospects in society ("Why Can't the English?"). At the Covent Garden fruit-and-vegetable market one evening, he listens to Eliza …
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Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, independent film, rape and revenge film, teen film
In 1993, South Florida high school dropouts Ali Willis and Lisa Connelly befriend local deli employees Bobby Kent and Marty Puccio, going out on a double date. Later that evening, in Bobby's parked car, Ali performs oral sex on Bobby, whil…
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Political Thriller, drama film, political thriller film
The far-right Organisation armée secrète ("Secret Army Organisation") plots to assassinate President de Gaulle. The first attempt on 22 August fails, leaving de Gaulle and his entourage unharmed. Within six months, OAS leader Jean Bastien-…
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Drama, comedy film, drama film
At the Sarah Siddons Award ceremony honoring rising actress Eve Harrington, narration from acerbic theatre critic Addison DeWitt introduces the attendees and hints that there is more to Eve's story. The narration switches to Karen Richards…
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Adventure, Animation, adventure film, coming-of-age film, dark fantasy, fantasy film
In the land of Prydain, Taran, a teenage "assistant pig-keeper" on the farm of Caer Dallben, home of Dallben the Enchanter, dreams of becoming a famous warrior. Dallben learns from the oracular powers of his pig Hen Wen that the evil Horne…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, science fiction film
In 2026, ten years after a "Simian Flu" pandemic, humans are nearly extinct, with only about 1 in 500 (0.2%) genetically immune. Human civilization was destroyed after societal collapse. The apes, all bestowed with genetically enhanced int…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, crime film, drama film, hood film, musical film
In 1986, Compton, California, Eazy-E narrowly evades a police raid at a crack house. The following day, Dr. Dre is struggling with what he wants to do in life and is confronted by his mother for missing a job interview.
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Political Drama, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, action film, crime film, drama film
In 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion ends disastrously. Senior CIA officer Edward Wilson is warned of a possible "mole" in his department. Returning home, he finds a photograph of a man and woman in bed, as well as audio tapes that have been …
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, live action
In the jungles of 1890s India, an orphaned boy named Mowgli lives among a pack of wolves led by Akela. One day, during the dry season, the jungle animals gather to drink the remaining water as part of an ancient truce. The gathering is dis…
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Romance Film, Romantic Drama, Time Travel, drama film, fantasy film, melodrama, romance film, science fiction film
In the early 1970s, Henry DeTamble is in a car accident that kills his mother, Annette DeTamble, but he survives by inadvertently time-traveling back two weeks. Moments later, Henry is helped by an older version of himself who has also tra…
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Family Drama, Thriller, action film, drama film, film noir, heist film, satanic film
Note: The story is explained here in its chronological order, rather than as it is presented in the film. Facing an upcoming audit that will reveal he has been embezzling money from his employer, payroll manager Andy Hanson decides to flee…
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