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324 titles with this tag

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Cast
Julia Jentsch Julia Jentsch
Fabian Hinrichs Fabian Hinrichs
Alexander Held Alexander Held
Johanna Gastdorf Johanna Gastdorf
7.1 460 votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.
Plot:  death penalty, nazi, resistance, munich, germany, biography, white rose, flyer, ...
Time:  world war ii, 1940s
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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
7.1 359 votes
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:  After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.
Plot:  depression, lovesickness, husband wife relationship, venice, italy, gypsy, nationalism, homeland, ...
Place:  hungary, milan
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Stories We Tell
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Michael Polley
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Harry Gulkin
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Susy Buchan
John Buchan John Buchan
7.1 230 votes
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.
Plot:  toronto, canada, family history, biography, montreal, canada, family secrets, family relationships, ...
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Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Cast
Robert Carlyle Robert Carlyle
Zoe Telford Zoe Telford
Justin Salinger Justin Salinger
James Babson James Babson
7.1 366 votes
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2
Story:  This biopic profiles history's most spectacular madman, tracing his journey from humble roots to complete mastery of Germany.
Plot:  nazi, biography, european history, adolf hitler, history of mankind, portrait of a dictator, nazi germany, history and legacy, ...
Time:  world war ii, pre-war
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Snowden
Cast
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Shailene Woodley Shailene Woodley
Melissa Leo Melissa Leo
Zachary Quinto Zachary Quinto
7.1 4.7K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Audience: R
Story:  CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Plot:  biography, idealism, idealist, national security agency (nsa), investigative journalism, whistleblower, political thriller, surveillance state, ...
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The Doors
Cast
Val Kilmer Val Kilmer
Meg Ryan Meg Ryan
Kyle MacLachlan Kyle MacLachlan
Frank Whaley Frank Whaley
7.1 1.6K votes
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: United States of America
Duration: 140 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Plot:  rock 'n' roll, airplane, hippie, joint, poetry, lsd, hallucination, wilderness, ...
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Freud
Cast
Manuel Ossenkopf Manuel Ossenkopf
Robert Finster Robert Finster
Georg Friedrich Georg Friedrich
Ella Rumpf Ella Rumpf
7.1 294 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Austria
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Eager to make his name in 19th-century Vienna, a hungry young Sigmund Freud joins a psychic and an inspector to solve a string of bloody mysteries.
Style:  dark
Plot:  psychology, psychoanalysis, biography, psychologist, sigmund freud
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The Disaster Artist
7.1 3.8K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 104 min.
Audience: R
Story:  An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
Plot:  immigrant, jealousy, based on novel or book, ambition, biography, based on true story, behind the scenes, disaster, ...
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King of Kings
Cast
Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter
Siobhu00e1n McKenna Siobhu00e1n McKenna
Hurd Hatfield Hurd Hatfield
Ron Randell Ron Randell
7.1 238 votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: United States of America
Duration: 171 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
Plot:  christianity, crucifixion, bible, biography, jesus christ, christian film
Time:  1st century, antiquity
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Gold
Cast
Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar
Mouni Roy Mouni Roy
Kumud Pant Kumud Pant
Kunal Kapoor Kunal Kapoor
7.1 81 votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:  Set in 1948, the historic story of India's first Olympic medal post their independence.
Plot:  sports, olympic games, biography, ice hockey, bengali
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127 Hours
Cast
James Franco James Franco
Kate Mara Kate Mara
Amber Tamblyn Amber Tamblyn
Clu00e9mence Pou00e9sy Clu00e9mence Pou00e9sy
7.1 8.1K votes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, United Kingdom
Duration: 94 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Plot:  canyon, based on novel or book, utah, photography, despair, hiking, biography, engineer, ...
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The Nurse
Cast
Josephine Park Josephine Park
Fanny Louise Bernth Fanny Louise Bernth
Peter Zandersen Peter Zandersen
Dick Kaysu00f8 Dick Kaysu00f8
7.1 95 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Pernille Kurzmann Larsen, a fresh-faced nurse at a hospital, begins to question the attention-seeking tendencies of her colleague, Christina Aistrup Hansen. As Pernille delves deeper into her suspicions, she starts to believe that Christina's behavior may be linked to a series of patient deaths.
Plot:  biography, based on true story, miniseries
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Concussion
7.1 2.7K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 123 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
Plot:  american football, concussion, biography, based on true story, doctor, social justice, professional sports, brain damage, ...
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A Complete Unknown
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Timothu00e9e Chalamet Timothu00e9e Chalamet Edward Norton Edward Norton
Elle Fanning Elle Fanning
Monica Barbaro Monica Barbaro
7.1 1.5K votes
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: United States of America
Duration: 141 min.
Audience: R
Story:  New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.
Plot:  new york city, based on novel or book, musician, biography, folk music, music history, singer-songwriter, greenwich village, ...
Time:  1960s
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Bloodsport
Cast
Jean-Claude Van Damme Jean-Claude Van Damme
Donald Gibb Donald Gibb
Leah Ayres Leah Ayres
Norman Burton Norman Burton
7.1 2.2K votes
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Audience: R
Story:  An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.
Plot:  martial arts, sports, biography, fistfight, sensei, mixed martial arts (mma), tournament, underground fighting, ...
Place:  hong kong
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Chhaava
Cast
Vicky Kaushal Vicky Kaushal
Rashmika Mandanna Rashmika Mandanna
Akshaye Khanna Akshaye Khanna
Ashutosh Rana Ashutosh Rana
7.1 58 votes
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Audience: 15
Story:  Shivaji's death sparks the Maratha-Mughal conflict. His son Sambhaji leads resistance against Aurangzeb's forces. Amid battles and intrigue, both sides face challenges in a struggle for power.
Plot:  biography, historical drama, historical epic
Time:  17th century
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Legend
Cast
Tom Hardy Tom Hardy
Emily Browning Emily Browning
Christopher Eccleston Christopher Eccleston
David Thewlis David Thewlis
7.1 4.3K votes
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, United Kingdom
Duration: 132 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.
Plot:  gangster, biography, based on true story, twins, aggressive, cautionary, dramatic, foreboding
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Sissi: The Young Empress
7.1 375 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Austria
Duration: 107 min.
Story:  Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.
Plot:  husband wife relationship, pregnancy, homeland, bavaria, germany, bad mother-in-law, mountain, coronation, ...
Place:  hungary
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First Man
Cast
Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling
Claire Foy Claire Foy
Jason Clarke Jason Clarke
Kyle Chandler Kyle Chandler
7.0 5.7K votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: United States of America
Duration: 141 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Plot:  moon, based on novel or book, sacrifice, nasa, wife, obsession, space travel, space mission, ...
Time:  1960s
Place:  america
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Pamela, A Love Story
Cast
Pamela Anderson Pamela Anderson
Brandon Thomas Lee Brandon Thomas Lee
Dylan Jagger Lee Dylan Jagger Lee
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Carol Anderson
7.0 252 votes
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Duration: 113 min.
Audience: 15
Story:  In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.
Style:  intimate
Plot:  biography, candid, investigative, celebrities
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