 | 12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.tt2024544
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 | 127 Hours (2010)
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.tt1542344
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 | 42: The Jackie Robinson Story (2013)
The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey. tt0453562
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 | Alexander (2004)
Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.tt0346491+
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 | Amadeus (1984)
The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum. tt0086879+
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 | Amelia (2009)
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. tt1129445
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 | American Gangster (2007)
In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East. tt0765429+
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 | American Splendor (2003)
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.tt0305206
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 | Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history...tt0060107
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 | An Angel at My Table (1990)
Janet Frame grows up in a poor family with lots of brothers and sisters. Already at an early age she is different from the other kids...tt0099040
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 | Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.tt0038303
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 | Argo (2012)
A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. tt1024648
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 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader. tt0443680
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 | Au Revior Les Enfants (1987)
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives...tt0092593
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 | Aviator (2004)
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s.tt0338751+
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 | Awakenings (1990)
The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.tt0099077
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 | Basketball Diaries (1995)
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction...tt0112461
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 | A Beautiful Mind (2001)
After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish. tt0268978+
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 | Becket (1964)
An English king comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.tt0057877
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 | Becoming Jane (2007)
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman. tt0416508
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 | Before Night Falls (2000)
Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City...tt0247196
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 | Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted. tt1291580
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 | Big Boys Gone Bananas! (2011)
Dole Food Company wages a campaign to prevent a pair of Swedish filmmakers from showing their documentary about a lawsuit against the company. tt2090463
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 | Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.tt0055798
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 | The Blind Side (2009)
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. tt0878804
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 | Blow (2001)
The story of George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970's. tt0221027
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 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
A somewhat romantized account of the career of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple and their gang. tt0061418
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 | Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
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.tt0096969
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 | Boys Don't Cry (1999)
The story of the life of Brandon Teena, a transgendered teen who preferred life in a male identity until it was discovered he was born biologically female.tt0171804
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 | Boys Town (1938)
Against all odds Father Flanagan starts ''Boys' Town'' after hearing a convict's story. Whitey Marsh comes there...tt0029942
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 | Braveheart (1995)
William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule. tt0112573
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 | Bugsy (1991)
The story of how Bugsy Siegel started Las Vegas.tt0101516+
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 | Cadillac Records (2008)
Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists. tt1042877
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 | Capote (2005)
Truman Capote (Hoffman), during his research for his book In Cold Blood, an account of the murder of a Kansas family, the writer develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, one of the killers.tt0379725
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 | Captain Phillips (2013)
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. tt1535109
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 | Carlos (2010)
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.tt1321865
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 | Casino (1995)
Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire. tt0112641+
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 | Casino Jack (2010)
A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.tt1194417
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 | Catch Me If You Can (2002)
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. tt0264464+
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 | Chaplin (1992)
A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker. tt0103939
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 | Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects. tt0472062
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 | Che: Part 1 (2008)
In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.tt0892255+
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 | Che: Part 2 (2008)
In 1967, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara leads a small partisan army to fight an ill-fated revolutionary guerrilla war in Bolivia.tt0374569
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 | Cinderella Man (2005)
The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s. tt0352248+
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 | Cleopatra (1963)
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. tt0056937
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 | Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.tt0080549
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 | Control (2007)
A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.tt0421082
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 | Conviction (2010)
A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.tt1244754
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 | Creation (2009)
English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his revolutionary theories on evolution and the relationship with religious wife, whose faith contradicts his work.tt0974014
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 | Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease.tt0790636
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 | The Damned United (2009)
A look at Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of Leeds United.tt1226271
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 | A Dangerous Method (2011)
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.tt1571222
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 | Danton (1983)
Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre's incitement, has begun a ...tt0083789+
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 | Deruzu uzara (1975)
A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asian hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns as the head of a larger expedition...tt0071411
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 | The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.tt0052738+
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 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed. tt0401383
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 | Donnie Brasco (1997)
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life to the expense of his regular one.tt0119008
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 | Downfall (2004)
Traudl Junge (Lara), the final secretary for Adolf Hitler (Ganz), tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. tt0363163+
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 | Ed Wood (1994)
The mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends and actors. tt0109707
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 | El Cid (1961)
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (''El Cid'' to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour...tt0054847
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 | The Elephant Man (1980)
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity. tt0080678
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 | Elizabeth (1998)
A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.tt0127536
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 | Erin Brockovich (2000)
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.tt0195685
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 | Everlasting Moments (2008)
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.tt0961066+
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 | Evita (1996)
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.tt0116250
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 | Factory Girl (2006)
Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.tt0432402
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 | Fair Game (2010)
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.tt0977855
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 | Fearless (2006)
This film tells the story of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910). Huo Yuanjia was the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.tt0446059
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 | The Fifth Estate (2013)
A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization.tt1837703
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 | The Fighter (2010)
A look at the early years of boxer ''Irish'' Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.tt0964517
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 | Finding Neverland (2004)
The story of J.M. Barrie 's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. tt0308644
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 | Fitzcarraldo (1982)
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.tt0083946
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 | Flash Of Genius (2008)
Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper. tt1054588
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 | Freedom Writers (2007)
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.tt0463998
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 | Freud (1984)
The life and times of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.tt0135093
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 | Frida (2002)
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.tt0120679
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 | Fruitvale Station (2013)
The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.tt2334649
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 | Funny Girl (1968)
The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side...tt0062994
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 | Gandhi (1982)
Biography of Mahatma Gandhi , the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest. tt0083987
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 | Gentlemen Jim (1942)
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.tt0034778
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 | Gia (1998)
Movie based on the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s. tt0123865
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 | Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.tt0335119
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 | Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.tt0172493
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 | Gods and Monsters (1998)
The last days of Frankenstein director James Whale are explored.tt0120684
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 | Goodfellas (1990)
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. tt0099685+
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 | The Great Debaters (2007)
A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. tt0427309
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 | The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
This biography follows the ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld, famed producer of extravagant stage revues. tt0027698
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 | Grey Gardens (2009)
Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis (both named Edith Bouvier Beale aka ''Big and Little Edie'') raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, ''Grey Gardens.'' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled...tt0758751
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 | Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Two girls have an intense fantasy life; their parents, concerned the fantasy is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge. tt0110005
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 | Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and WWII correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer. tt0423455
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 | Henry V (1989)
The gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France. tt0097499
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 | Henry V (1944)
In the inspired Olivier concept, Shakespeare's play begins as a performance in the Globe Theatre, shifting in broad cinematic terms to an epic narrative of Henry V...tt0036910
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 | High Roller (2003)
Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu ''The Kid'' Ungar.tt0338467
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 | Hitchcock (2012)
A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959. tt0975645
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 | Holy Rollers (2010)
In Brooklyn, a youth from an Orthodox Jewish community is lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by his pal who has ties to an Israel drug cartel.tt1143896
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 | Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. tt0395169
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 | Hunger (2008)
Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.tt0986233
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 | The Hurricane (1999)
The story of Rubin ''Hurricane'' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.tt0174856
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 | Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret ''Daisy'' Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York. tt1477855
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 | The Iceman (2012)
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession. tt1491044
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 | Il Postino (1994)
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.tt0110877
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 | In the Name of the Father (1993)
Man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he didn't do imprisons his father as well; a British lawyer helps fight for their freedom.tt0107207
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 | The Insider (1999)
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a ''60 Minutes'' expose on Big Tobacco. tt0140352
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 | Into the Wild (2007)
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life. tt0758758
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 | The Intouchables (2011)
After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker. tt1675434
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 | Invictus (2009)
Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.tt1057500
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 | Ip Man (2008)
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.tt1220719
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 | The Iron Lady (2011)
An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.tt1007029
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 | J. Edgar (2011)
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.tt1616195
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 | Jobs (2013)
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century. tt2357129
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 | John Adams (2008)
A miniseries on the life of John Adams and the first 50 years of the United States.tt0472027
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 | Julie & Julia (2009)
Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book. tt1135503
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 | Kandahar (2001)
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.tt0283431
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 | Kill Your Darlings (2013)
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.tt1311071
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 | The King's Speech (2010)
The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.tt1504320+
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 | Kundun (1997)
From childhood until adulthood, Tibet's 14th dalai lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.tt0119485
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 | La Vie en Rose (2007)
The life story of singer Édith Piaf.tt0450188
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 | The Last Emperor (1987)
The story of the final Emperor of China. tt0093389+
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 | The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970stt0455590
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 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Epic rumination on a flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service. tt0056172
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 | Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society. tt1327773
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 | The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.tt0029146
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 | Lincoln (2012)
As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. tt0443272
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 | Lion of the Desert (1981)
In the Fascist Italy Pre-World War II of Benito Mussolini, the cruel General Rodolfo Graziani is directly assigned by Il Dulce to fight in the colonial war in Libya to vanquish the Arab ...tt0081059
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 | Lola Montes (1955)
The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montčs, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction of a circus after being the lover of various important European men.tt0048308+
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 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.tt0048316
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 | Malcolm X (1992)
The biopic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader.tt0104797+
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 | A Man for All Seasons (1966)
The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage. tt0060665
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 | Man on the Moon (1999)
A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.tt0125664
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 | Mary Queen of Scots (1971)
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland...tt0067402
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 | The Message (1977)
Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of thett0074896+
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 | Midnight Express (1978)
Story of a man who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.tt0077928
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 | A Mighty Heart (2007)
Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan. tt0829459
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 | Milk (2008)
The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. tt1013753
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 | The Miracle Worker (1962)
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.tt0056241
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 | The Mirror (1975)
A man in his forties is going to die and remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments but things that also tell the story of all the Russian nation...tt0072443
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 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
A fictionalized account in four segments of the life of Japan's celebrated twentieth-century author Yukio Mishima...tt0089603+
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 | Moneyball (2011)
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.tt1210166
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 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206.tt0416044
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 | Monster (2003)
Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.tt0340855
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 | The Monuments Men (2014)
An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.tt2177771
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 | The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling. tt0318462
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 | My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant...tt0082783+
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 | My Left Foot (1989)
The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.tt0097937
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 | My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl.tt1655420
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 | Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Czar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family. tt0067483
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 | Notorious (2009)
The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm. tt0472198
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 | Nowhere in Africa (2002)
A German Jewish refugee family moves to and adjusts to a farm life in 1930's Kenya. tt0161860+
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 | October Sky (1999)
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.tt0132477
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 | Of Two Minds (2012)
Of Two Minds explores the extraordinary lives, struggles and successes of three unique and compelling people living with bipolar disorder in America today. Through a combination of intimate...tt2090582
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 | The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII. tt0467200
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 | Out of Africa (1985)
In 20th century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate but ultimately doomed love affair with a free-sprited big-game hunter. tt0089755
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 | Papillon (1973)
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.tt0070511
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 | The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
A chronicle of the trial of Jeanne d'Arc on charges of heresy, and the efforts of her ecclesiastical jurists to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions. tt0019254
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 | Patch Adams (1998)
A medical student in the 70's that treated patients, illegally, using humor.tt0129290
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 | Patton (1970)
The World War II phase of the controversial American general's career is depicted. tt0066206
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 | The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
A partially idealized film of the controversial pornography publisher and how he became a defender of free speech for all people. tt0117318
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 | Persepolis (2007)
Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. tt0808417
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 | The Pianist (2002)
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. tt0253474+
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 | Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
History of Apple and Microsoft.tt0168122
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 | The Pride Of The Yankees (1942)
The story of the life and career of the famed baseball player, Lou Gehrig. tt0035211
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 | Private Parts (1997)
The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.tt0119951
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 | Public Enemies (2009)
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. tt1152836
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 | The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.tt0454921
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 | The Queen (2006)
After the death of Princess Diana, HM Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.tt0436697
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 | Queen Christina (1933)
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves. tt0024481
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 | Quills (2000)
In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.tt0180073
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 | Raging Bull (1980)
An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. tt0081398+
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 | Ray (2004)
The life and career of the legendary popular music pianist, Ray Charles. tt0350258
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 | Reds (1981)
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.tt0082979+
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 | Remember the Titans (2000)
The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.tt0210945
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 | Rescue Dawn (2006)
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War. tt0462504
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 | Richard III (1955)
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed king and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.tt0049674+
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 | Rudy (1993)
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame. tt0108002
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 | The Runaways (2010)
A coming-of-age biopic about '70s teenage band The Runaways.tt1017451
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 | Rush (2013)
The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.tt1979320
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 | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town's wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle...tt0047444
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 | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto...tt0048579
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 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun...tt0049710
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 | Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney , who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.tt2140373
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 | Schindler's List (1993)
Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them. tt0108052+
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 | The Sea Inside (2004)
The real-life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die. tt0369702
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 | Searching for Bobby Fisher (1993)
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.tt0108065
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 | Sergeant York (1941)
True story of a hillbilly sharpshooter drafted in WW1 despite his claim to be a pacifist, who ends up becoming a war hero.tt0034167+
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 | Serpico (1973)
The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.tt0070666
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 | Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet.tt0120102
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 | The Shadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.tt0108101
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 | Shine (1996)
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.tt0117631+
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 | Silkwood (1983)
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.tt0086312
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 | The Social Network (2010)
A chronicle of the founding of Facebook, the social-networking Web site.tt1285016+
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 | The Soloist (2009)
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Julliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper. tt0821642
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 | Something the Lord Made (2004)
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.tt0386792
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 | The Song of Bernadette (1943)
In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of ''a beautiful lady'' in the city dump...tt0036377
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 | Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.tt0426578+
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 | Soul Surfer (2011)
A teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack.tt1596346
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 | The Sound of Music (1965)
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower. tt0059742+
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 | Spartacus (1960)
The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire. tt0054331+
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 | The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.tt0051003
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 | The Straight Story (1999)
An old man makes a long journey by tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother. tt0166896
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 | Sybil (1976)
The true story of a young woman named Sybil, whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities.tt0075296+
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 | Talk to Me (2007)
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph ''Petey'' Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.tt0796368
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 | Temple Grandin (2010)
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.tt1278469
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 | Testament of Orpheus (1960)
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.tt0054377
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 | Topsy-Turvy (1999)
After Gilbert and Sullivan's latest play is critically panned, the frustrated team threatens to disband until it is inspired to write the masterpiece ''The Mikado.''tt0151568+
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 | W. (2008)
A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush . tt1175491
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 | Walk the Line (2005)
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.tt0358273
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 | Waltz with Bashir (2008)
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict. tt1185616
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 | What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.tt0108551
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 | The Whistleblower (2010)
A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal.tt0896872
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 | The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.tt0993846
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 | The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.tt0412080
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 | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan. tt0035575+
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 | You Don't Know Jack (2010)
A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.tt1132623
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 | Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.tt0032155+
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 | The Young Victoria (2009)
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert. tt0962736
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