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Rob Roy
1995
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Category: Adventure, Biography, History
Stars: Liam Neeson,Jessica Lange,John Hurt,Tim Roth
6.9 IMDB Rating 3,778 Views
The Aviator
2004
Biopic of billionaire Howard Hughes, starting with his early filmmaking years as owner of RKO studios but mostly focusing on his role in designing and promoting new aircraft. Hughes was a risk-taker spending several fortunes on designing experimental aircraft and eventually founding TWA as a rival to Pan AM airlines owned by his great rival Juan Trippe. When Trippe's politico Senator Ralph Owen Brewster accuses Hughes of being a war profiteer, it's Hughes who gains the upper hand. Hughes also had many women in his life including a long relationship with actress Katharine Hepburn. From an early age however, Hughes was also germophobic and would have severe bouts of mental illness.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio,Cate Blanchett,Kate Beckinsale,John C. Reilly
7.5 IMDB Rating 6,460 Views
Schumacher
2021
Documentary on the life of seven time Formula 1 world champion driver Michael Schumacher.
Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport
Stars: Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt, Sebastian Vettel
703 Views
I Love You Phillip Morris
2009
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another.
Category: Biography, Comedy, Crime
Stars: Jim Carrey,Ewan McGregor,Leslie Mann,Rodrigo Santoro
6.6 IMDB Rating 4,902 Views
The King’s Speech
2010
England's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as King George VI, but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth hires Lionel Logue, an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extraordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence.
Category: Biography, Drama
Stars: Colin Firth,Helena Bonham Carter,Derek Jacobi,Robert Portal
8.0 IMDB Rating 3,716 Views
Into the White
2012
Norway, WWII: A group of British and German soldiers find themselves stranded in the wilderness after an aircraft battle. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to place the rules of war aside.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Florian Lukas, David Kross, Stig Henrik Hoff, Lachlan Nieboer
7.2 IMDB Rating 4,391 Views
Woman in Gold
2015
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes
7.3 IMDB Rating 3,678 Views
Ip Man 3
2015
The year is 1959, where Ip Man lives in Hong Kong with his wife and his younger son. Trouble arises when a corrupt property developer and his thugs terrorize the school where Ip Man's son goes to. Ip Man and his disciples have to help the police guard the school day and night. On the other hand, Ip Man has to deal with his wife's terminal sickness, and at the same time faces a challenge from another Wing Chun fighter who ambitiously seeks to claim the Wing Chun Grandmaster title.
Category: Action, Biography, Drama
Stars: Donnie Yen,Lynn Hung,Jin Zhang,Mike Tyson
7.1 IMDB Rating 6,890 Views
F for Franco
2016
With books, art shows, and director credits on his resume, one cannot call James Franco an actor and leave it at that. In an unconventional examination of his inspiration and creative process for many works that may be unknown to--or dismissed by--critics and the general public, author, art theorist, and filmmaker Francisco J. Ricardo discusses and presents, with James Franco, some of the films and art projects that lie outside the realm of the feature films for which Franco is famous.
Category: Biography, Documentary
Stars: Seth Rogen,James Franco,Evan Goldberg,Frank Bidart
2,847 Views
Sergeant York
1941
A hillbilly sharpshooter becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI when he single-handedly attacks and captures a German position using the same strategy as in turkey shoot.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Gary Cooper,Walter Brennan,Joan Leslie,George Tobias
7.8 IMDB Rating 2,009 Views
Cezanne et Moi
2016
A historical drama traces the lifelong friendship between two renowned 19th century French artists - painter Paul Cézanne (Guillaume Gallienne) and writer Emile Zola (Guillaume Canet) - from their first meeting as schoolmates to their creative rivalry as fame and success continue to elude Cézanne.
Category: Biography, Drama
Stars: Guillaume Canet,Guillaume Gallienne,Alice Pol,Déborah François
5.9 IMDB Rating 1,940 Views
Klitschko
2011
A documentary encompassing the lives of world heavyweight boxing champions, Vitali & Wladimir Klitschko. The first time in history two brothers have shared all the heavyweight world titles, this film explores their humble beginnings in the Ukraine to their rise to stardom and domination of heavyweight prize fighting.
Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport
Stars: Lamon Brewster,Chris Byrd,Bernd Bönte,Pearlman Hicks,Don King,Nadeshda Uljanowna Klitschko,Natalia Klitschko,Vitali Klitschko,Wladimir Klitschko,Klaus-Peter Kohl,Lennox Lewis,Henry Maske,Larry Merchant,Falk Nebiger,Hayden Panettiere
2,357 Views
The Program
2015
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Category: Biography, Drama, Sport
Stars: Lee Pace,Jesse Plemons,Dustin Hoffman,Ben Foster
6.5 IMDB Rating 2,837 Views
Bandit Queen
1994
The movie tells the story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994. During five years she was prosecuted by the Indian police and turned into a legend (like a modern Robin Hood) by the Indian press. Although the press tended to make her the optimal hero with blue eyes, dark hair, being tall and beautiful she was in reality an average Indian which makes it hard for the movie to fulfill the expectations of the audience and tell the truth at the same time. Later in her life,She entered into the politics and was assassinated in 2001.
Category: Biography, Crime, Drama
Stars: Seema Biswas,Nirmal Pandey,Rajesh Vivek,Raghuvir Yadav
7.6 IMDB Rating 1,847 Views
Infamous
2006
On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?
Category: Biography, Crime, Drama
Stars: Sigourney Weaver,Toby Jones,Gwyneth Paltrow,Sandra Bullock,Isabella Rossellini,Peter Bogdanovich,Rey Arteaga,Jeff Daniels,Daniel Craig,Justin Sherburn,Andrew Halbreich,Juliet Stevenson,Michael Panes,Hope Davis,Frank G. Curcio
7.1 IMDB Rating 2,978 Views
Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick
2008
Sweden, early 1900s - an era of social change and unrest, war and poverty. A young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The camera grants her the eyes to view the world, and empowers her over several decades to raise and nurture her family of six children and an alcoholic, womanizing and sometimes violent, although ultimately loving, husband.
Category: Biography, Drama
Stars: Maria Heiskanen,Mikael Persbrandt,Jesper Christensen,Callin Öhrvall,Nellie Almgren,Birte Heribertsson,Ghita Nørby,Amanda Ooms,Emil Jensen,Claire Wikholm,Ann Petrén,Antti Reini,Annika Lundgren,Maria Lundqvist,Hans Henrik Clemensen
7.5 IMDB Rating 2,447 Views
The Mercy
2018
The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.
Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Stars: Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth, David Thewlis
6,1 IMDB Rating 4,048 Views
La promesse de l’aube
2017
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic
Stars: Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon
7.3 IMDB Rating 2,893 Views
Mary Queen Of Scots
2018
Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Angela Bain, Richard Cant, Guy Rhys, Thom Petty
6.5 IMDB Rating 7,581 Views