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Finding Neverland
Genres: Family, Drama, Biography
Year: 2004
Country: USA, UK
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Kate Winslet, Radha Mitchell, Johnny Depp, Kelly Macdonald, Julie Christie, Freddie Highmore, Ian Hart
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The movie details the experiences of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, which lead him to write the children's classic. He got to know four children who have no fathers. Drawing from his time with the kids, he writes a story about children who don't want to grow up.
The Great Debaters
Year: 2007
Country: USA
Director: Denzel Washington
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gina Ravera, John Heard, Forest Whitaker, Ritchie Montgomery, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett
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Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, je...
Reach for the Sky
Year: 1956
Country: UK
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Sydney Tafler, Nigel Green, Kenneth More, Charles Carson, Alexander Knox, Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook
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The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
Catch a Fire
Genres: Thriller, Drama, History
Year: 2006
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, France
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Derek Luke, Tumisho Masha, Charlotte Savage, Tim Robbins, Eduan van Jaarsveldt, Terry Pheto, Mncedisi Shabangu
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Patrick Chamusso is an honest oil refinery foreman. When he is interrogated about a terrorist attack at the refinery on his shift, he produces false alibi, which worsen his condition. His jail time experience pushes him across the line, and he joins the African National Congress.
The Pianist
Year: 2002
Country: Germany, UK, France, Poland
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Maureen Lipman, Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer
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A brilliant pianist, a Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is rounded up to be shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw.
Evita
Genres: Musical, Drama, Biography
Year: 1996
Country: USA
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Victoria Sus, Julian Littman, Olga Merediz
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High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina.
Music Within
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Year: 2007
Country: USA
Director: Steven Sawalich
Starring: Hector Elizondo, Ron Livingston, John Livingston, Rebecca De Mornay, Joel Bryant, Ridge Canipe, Paul Michael
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The True Story Of Richard Pimentel, A Brilliant Public Speaker With A Troubled Past, Who Returns From Vietnam Severely Hearing-Impaired And Finds A New Purpose In His Landmark Efforts On The Behalf Of Americans With Disabilities...
Frida
Genres: Romance, Drama, Biography
Year: 2002
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
Director: Julie Taymor
Starring: Ashley Judd, Alfred Molina, Edward Norton, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Diego Luna, Valeria Golino
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"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.
Geronimo
Genres: Action, History, Biography
Year: 1962
Country: USA
Director: Arnold Laven
Starring: Denver Pyle, Armando Silvestre, Adam West, Ross Martin, Eduardo Noriega, Claudio Brook, Chuck Connors
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An Apache warrior who defies U.S. attempts to bring the Indians under control grapples with an array of U.S. soldiers sent to subdue his revolt. Sympathetic scouts seek to bring Geronimo back to the reservation before he is hunted down.
Factory Girl
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Director: George Hickenlooper
Starring: Edward Herrmann, Guy Pearce, Illeana Douglas, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jack Huston, Jimmy Fallon, Beth Grant
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A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 and heads to New York to become Holly Golightly. When she meets a hungry young artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova she explodes on the New York scene only to find herself slowly lose grip on reality...
Alexander
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance
Year: 2004
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Netherlands, Italy
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Rosario Dawson, Colin Farrell, Jared Leto, Christopher Plummer, Val Kilmer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians he leads his Army across the then known world venturing further than any Westerner had ever gone all the way to India.
Tyson
Genres: Drama, Sport, Biography
Year: 1995
Country: USA
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Holt McCallany, Clark Gregg, Michael Jai White, George C. Scott, Tony Lo Bianco, Kristen Wilson, Paul Winfield
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The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his conviction for rape. The story of his turbulent life moves quickly, never focusing for long on anything in particular.
Backbeat
Genres: Drama, History, Biography
Year: 1994
Country: Germany, UK
Director: Iain Softley
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart, Jennifer Ehle, Sheryl Lee, Marcelle Duprey, John White, Bernard Merrick
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A pre-fame Beatles head for the seedy clubs of Hamburg in search of success. The band meet up with a group of trendy German beatniks, one of whom (Astrid Kircherr) bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with. Whilst best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock 'n roll and a new life in Germany...
Raging Bull
Genres: Drama, Sport, Biography
Year: 1980
Country: USA
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Joe Pesci, Frank Adonis, Robert De Niro, Frank Vincent, Cathy Moriarty, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana
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When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.
Monster
Year: 2003
Country: Germany, USA
Director: Patty Jenkins
Starring: Bruce Dern, Charlize Theron, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Marc Macaulay, Christina Ricci, Annie Corley, Scott Wilson
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A dark tale based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, one of America's first female serial killers. Wuornos had a difficult and cruel childhood plagued by abuse and drug use in Michigan. She became a prostitute by the age of thirteen, the same year she became pregnant. She eventually moved to Florida where she began earning a living as a highway prostitute--servicing the desires of semi-truck drivers. The tale focuses on the nine month period between 1989 and 1990, during which Wuornos had a lesbian relationship with a woman named Selby. And during that very same time, she also began murdering her clientele in order to get money without usin...
Goodfellas
Genres: Crime, Drama, Biography
Year: 1990
Country: USA
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Joe Pesci, Frank Sivero, Mike Starr, Paul Sorvino, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Frank Vincent
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This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960's and 70's New York. Henry Hill is a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Tommy Devito is a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry's best friend. Jimmy Conway puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay a...
Infamous
Genres: Crime, Drama, Biography
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Director: Douglas McGrath
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Sigourney Weaver, Toby Jones, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Daniel Craig, Sandra Bullock
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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold cal...
The Other Boleyn Girl
Genres: Romance, Drama, History
Year: 2008
Country: USA, UK
Director: Justin Chadwick
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance, David Morrissey, Benedict Cumberbatch
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A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
El Greco
Year: 2007
Country: Spain, Hungary, Greece
Director: Yannis Smaragdis
Starring: Nick Ashdon, Juan Diego Botto, Laia Marull, Lakis Lazopoulos, Dimitra Matsouka, Sotiris Moustakas, Dina Konsta
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The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
Dangerous Beauty
Genres: Romance, Drama, Biography
Year: 1998
Country: USA
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Starring: Joanna Cassidy, Naomi Watts, Rufus Sewell, Jacqueline Bisset, Jake Weber, Catherine McCormack, Oliver Platt
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It's the 16th century, and Veronica Franco falls in love with Marco Venier. But Venier is from rich family and his parents are against their marriage. Veronica is advised by her mother Paola to become a courtesan, and Veronica agrees.