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Cast

Robbie Williams

Jonno Davies

Steve Pemberton

Alison Steadman

Better Man (2024)

7.6 871 votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: Australia, United Kingdom

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: R

Story: Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.

Plot: depression, drug addiction, musical, biography, based on true story, family abandonment, drugs, monkey, ...

Time: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Franklin (2024) TV Show

7.6 52 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In December 1776, Benjamin Franklin is world-famous for his electrical experiments. But his passion and power are put to the test when he embarks on a secret mission to France—with the fate of American independence hanging in the balance.

Plot: based on novel or book, biography, miniseries, american revolution, revolutionary war, founding fathers, colonial america, grandfather grandson relationship, ...

Time: 18th century

Cast

Kurt Cobain

Courtney Love

Krist Novoselic

Dave Grohl

Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)

7.6 754 votes

Genre: Documentary, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 132 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorized portrait of the famed music icon. Academy Award nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain's personal archive of art, music, never seen before movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends.

Style: intimate

Plot: drug abuse, musician, rock star, lifestyle, drug addiction, seattle, washington, biography, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Denzel Washington

Angela Bassett

Albert Hall

Al Freeman Jr.

Malcolm X (1992)

7.6 1.9K votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: United States of America, Netherlands Antilles

Duration: 202 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Plot: prison, new york city, police brutality, beach, assassination, muslim, police, ku klux klan, ...

Time: 1960s

Cast

Steve Carell

Timothu00e9e Chalamet

Maura Tierney

Amy Ryan

Beautiful Boy (2018)

7.6 2.9K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

Plot: based on novel or book, san francisco, california, drug addiction, biography, based on true story, drug rehabilitation, based on memoir or autobiography, ...

Cast

John Lone

Joan Chen

Peter O'Toole

Ruocheng Ying

The Last Emperor (1987)

7.6 1.9K votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: China, France

Duration: 163 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Plot: suicide, experiment, isolation, buddhism, becoming an adult, war crimes, suicide attempt, war on drugs, ...

Time: world war ii, 1920s, 1940s, ...

Place: china

Cast

Russell Crowe

Renu00e9e Zellweger

Paul Giamatti

Craig Bierko

Cinderella Man (2005)

7.6 2.4K votes

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

Plot: daughter, transporter, sports, world cup, irish-american, socially deprived family, boxer, family's daily life, ...

Place: netherlands

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Vivian Maier

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John Maloof

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Daniel Arnaud

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Simon Amu00e9du00e9

Finding Vivian Maier (2014)

7.6 331 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 83 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Vivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street photography and irrevocably changed the life of the man who brought them to the public eye. This film brings to life the interesting turns and travails of the improbable saga of John Maloof's discovery of Vivian Maier, unravelling this mysterious tale through her documentary films, photographs, odd collections and personal accounts from the people that knew her. What started as a blog to show her work quickly became a viral sensation in the photography world. Photos destined for the trash heap now line gallery exhibitions, a forthcoming book and this documentary film.

Plot: photographer, photography, biography, photograph, art, discovery, film preservation, eccentric artist, ...

Cast

Angelina Jolie

John Malkovich

Jeffrey Donovan

Michael Kelly

Changeling (2008)

7.6 4.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 142 min.

Audience: R

Story: Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

Plot: biography, based on true story, clergyman, child in peril, police corruption, los angeles, california, single mother, ...

Time: 1920s

Cast

Amy Winehouse

Mark Ronson

Tony Bennett

Pete Doherty

Amy (2015)

7.6 1.3K votes

Genre: Documentary, Music

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 128 min.

Audience: R

Story: A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

Plot: jazz, drug addiction, rehabilitation, overdose, jazz singer or musician, biography, addiction, drug rehabilitation, ...

Cast

Khris Davis

Forest Whitaker

Sullivan Jones

Deion Smith

Big George Foreman (2023)

7.6 368 votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.

Plot: adultery, sports, biography, based on true story, family, boxing, inspirational, hopeful

Time: 1970s, 1980s, 1960s

Place: texas

Cast

Patricia Arquette

Joey King

AnnaSophia Robb

Chlou00eb Sevigny

The Act (2019) TV Show

7.6 5.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Gypsy Blanchard struggles to deal with the toxic relationship with her overprotective mother, but her attempts to free herself lead to murder.

Plot: biography, based on true story, anthology, tribunal, trial, true crime, munchausen syndrome by proxy, thriller

Cast

Javier Bardem

Belu00e9n Rueda

Lola Dueu00f1as

Joan Dalmau

The Sea Inside (2004)

7.6 1.0K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Spain, France

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.

Plot: dying and death, sibling relationship, intensive care, paraplegic, freedom, ladykiller, wheelchair, biography, ...

Cast

KJ Apa

Britt Robertson

Nathan Parsons

Gary Sinise

I Still Believe (2020)

7.6 1.2K votes

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

Plot: biography, romance, christian film

Cast

Steven Spielberg

Martin Scorsese

Richard Dreyfuss

Francis Ford Coppola

Spielberg (2017)

7.6 309 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 147 min.

Story: A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

Plot: movie business, biography, archive footage, hollywood star, celebrity interview, film director, portrait of a filmmaker, life and career, ...

Dark Waters (2019)

7.5 2.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: pollution, grave, biography, based on true story, lawsuit, west virginia, cancer, lawyer, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Robert Crumb

Aline Kominsky

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Charles Crumb

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Maxon Crumb

Crumb (1995)

7.5 282 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, ex-wife and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.

Plot: underground, san francisco, california, obsession, fetish, artist, cartoon, nerd, ...

Cast

Al Pacino

John Randolph

Jack Kehoe

Biff McGuire

Serpico (1973)

7.5 2.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, History

Country: United States of America, Italy

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: R

Story: New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Style: tense, intense

Plot: new york city, corruption, hippie, police, biography, idealism, based on true story, idealist, ...

Cast

Gaspard Manesse

Raphael Fejtu00f6

Francine Racette

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Stanislas Carru00e9 de Malberg

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

7.5 734 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: Germany, France

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

Plot: parent child relationship, resistance, vichy regime, holocaust (shoah), deportation, jew persecution, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, national socialism, ...

Time: world war ii

Place: france

Cast

J. Michael Finley

Madeline Carroll

Dennis Quaid

Trace Adkins

I Can Only Imagine (2018)

7.5 507 votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering his love for his son. Years later, Bart's troubled childhood and mended relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.

Plot: musician, abusive father, redemption, based on true story, singer-songwriter, father son relationship, christian film, christian faith, ...

Place: texas

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