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Cast

Gary Oldman

Amanda Seyfried

Lily Collins

Arliss Howard

Mank (2020)

6.7 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 132 min.

Audience: R

Story: 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

Plot: movie business, screenwriter, biography, hollywood, black and white, alcoholic, old hollywood

Time: 1930s

Cast

Marisa Abela

Jack O'Connell

Eddie Marsan

Lesley Manville

Back to Black (2024)

6.7 724 votes

Genre: Drama, History, Music

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.

Plot: biography, addiction, based on true story, alcoholism, mental illness, singer-songwriter, substance abuse, alcohol problems, ...

Time: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, ...

Foxcatcher (2014)

6.7 2.5K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 134 min.

Audience: R

Story: The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

Plot: sports, wrestling, biography, based on true story, tragedy, brothers

Cast

Jeremy Allen White

Jeremy Strong

Paul Walter Hauser

Stephen Graham

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)

6.6 317 votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.

Plot: depression, based on novel or book, biography, mental health, singer-songwriter, curious, introspective

Time: 1980s

Cast

Josu00e9 Ferrer

Zsa Zsa Gabor

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Colette Marchand

Suzanne Flon

Moulin Rouge (1952)

6.6 111 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.

Plot: prostitute, dancer, paris, france, cabaret, artist, painter, biography, ...

Time: 19th century

Cast

Robert De Niro

Michelle Pfeiffer

Hank Azaria

Kristen Connolly

The Wizard of Lies (2017)

6.6 657 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Country: United States of America

Duration: 133 min.

Audience: R

Story: A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.

Plot: based on novel or book, wall street, biography, based on true story, scam, ponzi scheme, madoff, defraud

Cast

Jim Broadbent

Allan Corduner

Timothy Spall

Lesley Manville

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

6.6 166 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 160 min.

Audience: R

Story: For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

Plot: london, england, prostitute, musical, biography, cigar smoking, drink, lyricist, ...

Time: 19th century, 1880s

Cast

Prithviraj Sukumaran

Mamta Mohandas

Chandini Geetha

Sreenivasan

Celluloid (2013)

6.6 22 votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: India

Duration: 129 min.

Story: Celluloid chronicles the life of J. C. Daniel, the pioneer of Malayalam cinema, whose passion drives him to create Vigathakumaran, the region’s first film. Facing social prejudice, financial ruin, and personal loss, Daniel’s struggle for artistic recognition becomes a moving tribute to the birth of cinema in Kerala.

Plot: movie business, biography, director, silent film, father of malayalam cinema, jc daniel

Cast

Pekka Strang

Lauri Tilkanen

Jessica Grabowsky

Taisto Oksanen

Tom of Finland (2017)

6.6 140 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Iceland, Finland

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: 18

Story: Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

Plot: biography, male homosexuality, lgbt, lgbt in the military, gay history, gay theme, gay artist

Time: world war ii

Cast

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Lashana Lynch

James Norton

Tosin Cole

Bob Marley: One Love (2024)

6.6 992 votes

Genre: Drama, History, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

Style: absurd, romantic

Plot: london, england, biography, rastafarian, reggae music, assassination attempt, weed, dramatic, ...

Place: jamaica

Tove (2020)

6.6 75 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Finland, Sweden

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: 12A

Story: Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb shelters, rapidly take on a life of their own, bringing international fame.

Plot: helsinki, finland, sexuality, artist, biography, comic-strip artist, writer, lgbt, ...

Place: finland

Cast

Oleg Ivenko

Adu00e8le Exarchopoulos

Chulpan Khamatova

Ralph Fiennes

The White Crow (2018)

6.6 256 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom, Serbia

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: R

Story: The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas led him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.

Plot: kgb, ballet dancer, biography, ballet, male homosexuality, defection, gay history, russian ballet

Time: 1950s

Cast

Lady Gaga

Adam Driver

Al Pacino

Jeremy Irons

House of Gucci (2021)

6.6 3.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, History

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 158 min.

Audience: R

Story: When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

Plot: marriage crisis, biography, based on true story, fashion designer, murder, fashion, failing marriage, rich family, ...

Time: 1980s, 1990s

Place: italy

Cast

Saoirse Ronan

Margot Robbie

Jack Lowden

David Tennant

Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

6.6 2.0K votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.

Plot: based on novel or book, cousin, royal family, biography, queen elizabeth i, tudor, female prisoner, burlesque, ...

Time: 16th century

Place: scotland

Joy (2015)

6.6 4.3K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

Plot: factory, strong woman, inventor, biography, based on true story, new york state, entrepreneur, mop, ...

Time: 1990s

Hitchcock (2012)

6.6 1.6K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.

Plot: husband wife relationship, movie business, biography, hollywood, psycho, movie set, domineering, complex, ...

Cast

Nate Parker

Armie Hammer

Aja Naomi King

Jackie Earle Haley

The Birth of a Nation (2016)

6.6 577 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

Plot: southern usa, slavery, biography, based on true story, preacher, virginia

Time: 19th century

Cast

Rolf Lassgu00e5rd

Anders Mossling

Niklas Engdahl

Ku0119stutis Jaku0161tas

Whiskey on the Rocks (2024) TV Show

6.5 34 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War

Country: Sweden, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In the middle of the Cold War, a Soviet submarine runs aground outside Karlskrona and suddenly Sweden finds itself at the center of events. Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin tries to resolve the conflict and avoid a world war between two nuclear powers while struggling with a wise foreign minister and a belligerent commander-in-chief.

Style: satirical

Plot: submarine, biography, satire, based on true story, dramedy, based on real person

Time: cold war

Cast

Ross Lynch

Alex Wolff

Anne Heche

Dallas Roberts

My Friend Dahmer (2017)

6.5 650 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: R

Story: Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.

Plot: high school, biography, based on true story, ohio, sociopath, murder, male homosexuality, serial killer, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Rosanna Arquette

Hope Exiner D'Amore

Paz de la Huerta

Caitlin Dulany

Untouchable (2019)

6.5 89 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 98 min.

Story: The inside story of the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein reveals how, over decades, he acquired and protected his power even when scandal threatened to engulf him. Former colleagues and accusers detail the method and consequences of his alleged abuse, hoping for justice and also to inspire change.

Plot: sexual abuse, biography, hollywood, sexual assault, metoo, harvey weinstein

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