Category: Biography
Posted on January 16, 2021 |
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Amazing Grace (2006)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell, Youssou N'Dour, Ciarán Hinds
Director: Michael Apted
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Tags: Albert Finney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Apted, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, Rufus Sewell, Youssou N'Dour
Posted on January 8, 2021 |
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Shirley (2020)
Biography | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Logan Lerman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Steve Vinovich, Ryan Spahn
Director: Josephine Decker
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Tags: Elisabeth Moss, Josephine Decker, Logan Lerman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Ryan Spahn, Steve Vinovich
Posted on January 3, 2021 |
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Fire in the Sky (1993)
Biography | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi
An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.
Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg, Henry Thomas, Bradley Gregg
Director: Robert Lieberman
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Tags: Bradley Gregg, Craig Sheffer, D.B. Sweeney, Henry Thomas, Peter Berg, Robert Lieberman, Robert Patrick
Posted on December 30, 2020 |
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Tesla (2020)
Biography | Drama
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Kyle MacLachlan, Josh Hamilton, Jim Gaffigan, Lucy Walters
Director: Michael Almereyda
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Tags: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Jim Gaffigan, Josh Hamilton, Kyle MacLachlan, Lucy Walters, Michael Almereyda
Posted on December 27, 2020 |
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The Queen (2006)
Biography | Drama | History
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
Starring: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam
Director: Stephen Frears
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Tags: Alex Jennings, Helen McCrory, Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen, Roger Allam, Stephen Frears
Posted on December 20, 2020 |
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Radioactive (2019)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The incredible true story of Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her Nobel Prize-winning work that changed the world.
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aneurin Barnard, Sam Riley, Simon Russell Beale, Jonathan Aris
Director: Marjane Satrapi
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Tags: Aneurin Barnard, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jonathan Aris, Marjane Satrapi, Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Simon Russell Beale
Posted on December 19, 2020 |
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The Banker (2020)
Biography | Drama
In the 1960s two African-American entrepreneurs hire a working-class white man to pretend to be the head of their business empire while they pose as a janitor and chauffeur.
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long, Colm Meaney, Jessie T. Usher
Director: George Nolfi
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Tags: Anthony Mackie, Colm Meaney, George Nolfi, Jessie T. Usher, Nia Long, Nicholas Hoult, Samuel L. Jackson
Posted on December 11, 2020 |
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Safety (2020)
Biography | Drama | Sport
The story of Ray-Ray McElrathbey, a freshman football player for Clemson University, who secretly raised his younger brother on campus after his home life became too unsteady.
Starring: Jay Reeves, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Corinne Foxx, Luke Tennie, Matthew Glave
Director: Reginald Hudlin
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Tags: Corinne Foxx, Jay Reeves, Luke Tennie, Matthew Glave, Reginald Hudlin, Thaddeus J. Mixson
Posted on December 11, 2020 |
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A Call to Spy (2019)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller | War
In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency – SOE – to recruit and train women as spies.
Starring: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache, Rossif Sutherland, Marc Rissmann
Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher
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Tags: Linus Roache, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Marc Rissmann, Radhika Apte, Rossif Sutherland, Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic
Posted on December 4, 2020 |
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Mank (2020)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Follows screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz's tumultuous development of Orson Welles' iconic masterpiece Citizen Kane.
Starring: Gary Oldman, Lily Collins, Amanda Seyfried, Tuppence Middleton, Charles Dance, Leven Rambin
Director: David Fincher
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Tags: Amanda Seyfried, Charles Dance, David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Leven Rambin, Lily Collins, Tuppence Middleton
Posted on December 3, 2020 |
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Ammonite (2020)
Biography | Drama | Romance
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secareanu, Fiona Shaw
Director: Francis Lee
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Tags: Alec Secareanu, Fiona Shaw, Francis Lee, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan
Posted on November 24, 2020 |
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Cold Light of Day (1989)
Biography | Crime | Horror
Fictionalized account based on the actions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen.
Starring: Bob Flag, Martin Byrne-Quinn, Geoffrey Greenhill, Mark Hawkins
Director: Fhiona-Louise
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Tags: Bob Flag, Fhiona-Louise, Geoffrey Greenhill, Mark Hawkins, Martin Byrne-Quinn
Posted on November 19, 2020 |
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Young Winston (1972)
Biography | Drama | War
Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.
Starring: Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Simon Ward, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm, Anthony Hopkins
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Tags: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Ian Holm, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Robert Shaw, Simon Ward
Posted on November 15, 2020 |
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The Irishman (2019)
Biography | Crime | Drama
An old man recalls his time painting houses for his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Harvey Keitel
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Tags: Al Pacino, Anna Paquin, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese, Ray Romano, Robert De Niro, Stephen Graham
Posted on November 15, 2020 |
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42 / 42: The Jackie Robinson Story (2013)
Biography | Drama | Sport
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman, Lucas Black
Director: Brian Helgeland
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Tags: Brian Helgeland, Chadwick Boseman, Christopher Meloni, Harrison Ford, Lucas Black, Nicole Beharie, Ryan Merriman
Posted on November 13, 2020 |
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I Am Greta / Greta (2020)
Biography | Documentary
Documentary follows teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists about the world's environmental problems.
Starring: Greta Thunberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Malena Ernman, António Guterres, Svante Thunberg
Director: Nathan Grossman
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Tags: António Guterres, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Greta Thunberg, Malena Ernman, Nathan Grossman, Svante Thunberg
Posted on November 10, 2020 |
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Private Parts / Howard Stern's Private Parts (1997)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
The autobiographical story of Howard Stern, the radio rebel who is now also a TV personality, an author and a movie star.
Starring: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris, Paul Giamatti, Carol Alt
Director: Betty Thomas
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Tags: Betty Thomas, Carol Alt, Fred Norris, Howard Stern, Mary McCormack, Paul Giamatti, Robin Quivers
Posted on November 8, 2020 |
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The Plainsman (1936)
Biography | History | Romance | War | Western
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
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Tags: Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Bickford, Gary Cooper, James Ellison, Jean Arthur, Paul Harvey, Porter Hall
Posted on November 7, 2020 |
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Unplanned (2019)
Biography | Drama
All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she believed in a woman's right to choose. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.
Starring: Ashley Bratcher, Emma Elle Roberts, Sarah Hernandez, Stacey Bradshaw
Director: Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon
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Tags: Ashley Bratcher, Cary Solomon, Chuck Konzelman, Emma Elle Roberts, Sarah Hernandez, Stacey Bradshaw
Posted on November 6, 2020 |
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The Boy in Blue (1986)
Biography | Drama | Sport
Based on the life of Ned Hanlan, the late-19th century Canadian sculler and world champion. Hanlan was one of the first scullers to successfully utilize the "sliding seat".
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Cynthia Dale, Christopher Plummer, David Naughton, Sean Sullivan, Melody Anderson
Director: Charles Jarrott
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Tags: Charles Jarrott, Christopher Plummer, Cynthia Dale, David Naughton, Melody Anderson, Nicolas Cage, Sean Sullivan