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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, thought provoking, philosophical, talky ...
Plot:
evolution, atheism, biopic, atheist, storytelling, loss of daughter, science, scientist, family relations, haunted by the past, religion, family life ...
Time:
victorian era, ancient times, 19th century, year 2009, 1850s ...
Place:
england, europe, borneo, london
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28K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Style:
captivating, costume drama, historical drama, period piece, intellectual ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, sex scene, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, novelist, lesbian attraction, writers, lesbian, open marriage, woman, female writer ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1890s, year 1900, victorian era ...
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, louisiana, marseille
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464K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style:
clever, costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
classical music, music, composer, genius, mozart, musician, envy, opera, character study, musician's life, mentor, prodigy ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, 1780s ...
Place:
vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, period piece, costume drama, factual ...
Plot:
philosophy, betrayal, male virgin, loss of virginity, love and romance, family relations, writer's life, lifestyle, parents and children, poet, art, taboo subject ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, year 2009, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
russia, europe, moscow russia
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504K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, clever, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, business, entrepreneurship, based on real people, biopic, entrepreneur, motivation ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2002, 2000s, 80s ...
Place:
boston, california, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned ...
Style:
gothic, period piece, retro, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, biopic, musician, rock and roll, rise and fall, rock, scandal, prejudice, older man younger woman relationship, dancing, jazz, child marriage ...
Time:
1950s, year 1989, 20th century, 50s, 80s
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, spiritual, iconic
Plot:
biopic, musician, pop music, african american, female protagonist, record producer, concert, dancing, female singer, celebrity, rising to stardom, musician's life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, year 2012, 2020s, year 2009 ...
Place:
new jersey, italy, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
From director Clint Eastwood comes the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group ...
Style:
intense, stylized, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, biopic, music band, broadway, rock and roll, life philosophy, desire for fame, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, friends, performer's life ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, usa
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27K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
Style:
epic, political, breathtaking, philosophical, sentimental ...
Plot:
politics, communism, journalism, russian revolution, revolutionary, biopic, writers, love story, reporter, infidelity, cold war, train ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, year 1917, year 1981, 20th century ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, st. petersburg russia, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. ...
Style:
political, talky, epic, anthology, art film ...
Plot:
french revolution, revolutionary, french history, revolution, politics, biopic, execution, guillotine, terror, death row, power struggle, french politics ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, 1790s, year 1983, georgian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, poland, eastern europe, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Style:
factual, disturbing, intense, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, anti war, politics, disability, profanity, desert, wartime, fighting the system, biopic, military, vietnam veteran ...
Time:
year 1989, post world war two, 1950s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
vietnam, bronx new york city, north america, texas, the philippines ...
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34K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking ...
Style:
political, factual, compassionate, talky, intense ...
Plot:
politics, vietnam war, government, american politics, political corruption, biopic, nixon, campaign, election, conspiracy, political leader, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, year 1972, year 1973 ...
Place:
washington d.c., chile, north america, china, vietnam ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A film about the making of Citizen Kane. Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Style:
talky, historical drama, sentimental, stylized, clever ...
Plot:
biopic, filmmaking, screenwriter, movie business, movie studio, film industry, writers, obsession, hollywood, american history, bankruptcy, movie star ...
Time:
1940s, 70s
Place:
wisconsin, california, new jersey
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54K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, ...
Style:
erotic, melancholic, psychological, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, fashion, addiction, aids, drug abuse, drug addiction, lgbtq, supermodel, model, lgbt, heroin, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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12K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, scary, slasher, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, rape, gay club, murder, biopic, serial murder, gay, blood, necrophilia, dismemberment, killer, gay rape ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2002, 90s
Place:
ohio, usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, heartbreaking, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
single parent, writers, friendship, writer's life, parents and children, death, biopic, peter pan, stage play, country house, passion, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s, year 2004, turn of the century, future ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, canada
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172K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
Style:
bleak, harsh, brutal, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, lesbian, female serial killer, homeless, prostitute, lesbian love, murder, mental illness, female killer, couples, rape, vengeance ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
florida, usa, michigan, miami, ohio
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Kevin Spacey did his own singing for Beyond the Sea, recreating Bobby ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, biopic, musician, showbiz, singer, nightclub, musician's life, lifestyle, rise and fall, rising to stardom, ambition, dancing ...
Time:
50s, year 2004, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
usa, las vegas, italy, new york, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Style:
sincere, inspirational, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
surgery, medical, prejudice, racism, african american, biopic, interracial relations, blacks and whites, surgeon, following a dream, medical research, friendship between men ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
maryland, america, baltimore, usa, nashville tennessee ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a ...
Style:
sexy, factual, sentimental, melancholic, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
art, fashion, artist, biopic, bare butt, addiction, destiny, drug addiction, couple relations, painter, cowboy, mentor ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, usa, paris france, london ...
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119K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal ...
Style:
factual, political, emotional, period piece, compassionate ...
Plot:
british royal family, royal family, queen, queen of england, historical character, head of state, monarchy, politics, queen elizabeth ii, british, biopic, monarch ...
Time:
90s, year 2006, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
england, buckingham palace, london, britain, scotland ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Style:
cerebral, inspirational, psychological, heartbreaking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, casual sex, treatment, hiv positive, life is a bitch, gay slur, drug ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
texas, usa, idaho, midwest, nebraska ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
From Academy Award® winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese, along with the makers of Gosford Park and The Departed, comes the story of Queen Victoria’s early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle to her romantic courtship and ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, romantic, touching, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
royal family, queen of england, marriage, royalty, queen, politics, queen victoria, royal court, aristocracy, love and romance, princess, love story ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, middle ages, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
london, buckingham palace, england, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
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14K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Style:
factual, serious, sentimental, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
female pilot, airplane, adventurer, biopic, flying, rocky mountains, aviation, depression, unlikely friendships, self fulfillment, lifestyle, follow your dream ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 2009, year 1932, year 1935 ...
Place:
usa, africa, ireland, atlantic ocean, indiana ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous ...
Style:
inspirational, tense, factual, sexy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
soccer, football, discipline, soccer coach, biopic, football team, friendship, football player, ambition, mentor, training, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century, year 2009, 60s
Place:
england, northern england, europe, mallorca, london ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sincere, compassionate, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
autism, teacher, female protagonist, human spirit, disability, genius, against the odds, inventor, biopic, asperger's syndrome, slaughterhouse, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, 60s, year 1951, 70s ...
Place:
arizona, boston, new hampshire, texas, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, philosophical, period piece, intellectual ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, psychology, psychiatrist, mental illness, historical character, sexual perversion, psychologist, adultery, sex, biopic, introspection, psychiatry ...
Time:
1900s, year 1912, 2010s, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place:
switzerland, europe, central europe, vienna, austria ...
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146K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Style:
meditative, road movie, inspirational, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, nature, hiking, grief, starting over, female protagonist, death of mother, tourism, human spirit, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1995, 2010s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, portland oregon, oregon, usa, mojave desert ...
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172K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style:
realistic, political thriller, thought provoking, factual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
espionage, journalism, whistleblower, hacking, fighting the system, moral dilemma, internet, spying, cia, technology, cryptography, ethics ...
Time:
year 2016, 20th century, year 2015, year 2009, year 2011 ...
Place:
japan, russia, hawaii, america, pakistan ...
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