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6.6/10
Biography
France|Italy
1974
117 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Boyer Anny Duperey François Périer Michael Lonsdale Robert Ben Claude Rich Gérard Depardieu
businessman wife baron lawyer physician inspector offbeat gripping paris casino hotel beach financial crisis anti-semitism corruption crime serge alexandre stavisky on the run fall wretched excess
A swindler's activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II.
Documentary, Biography
2014
102 Minutes
police captain police chief police officer frenetic hedonistic wild new york city police station corrupt police corruption crime ring wretched excess fall 1990s
Former NYPD officer Michael Dowd tells how he and his partner committed a long list of crimes, including running their own cocaine ring, while on the job in the 1980s and early '90s.
6.7/10
Biography
USA
1937
116 Minutes
Paul Muni Joseph Schildkraut Gale Sondergaard Gloria Holden Donald Crisp Erin O'Brien-Moore John Litel Henry O'Neill Morris Carnovsky Louis Calhern Ralph Morgan
author paul cézanne victim soldier wife prostitute engaging gripping moving france paris prison england courtroom household emile zola court battles friendship journalism historical events
CHAP. 1, HI YO SILVER: An outlaw leader planning to take control of Texas after the Civil War kills Colonel Jeffries, a man empowered to levy taxes, and assumes his identity. His men then ... See full summary »
7.8/10
Music, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Germany
2005
136 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin Robert Patrick Dallas Roberts Dan John Miller Larry Bagby III Shelby Lynne Tyler Hilton Waylon Payne Shooter Jennings
musician elvis presley wife mother father jerry lee lewis gripping emotional memphis, tenn. household farm concert stage hotel prison johnny cash country music drug addiction infidelity performance family
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.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama
UK|Ireland
1998
123 Minutes
Brendan Gleeson Adrian Dunbar Sean McGinley Maria Doyle Kennedy Angeline Ball Jon Voight Eanna Macliam Tom Murphy Paul Hickey Tommy O'Neill John O'Toole
crime boss police detective wife sister-in-law thief gritty fascinating emotional thrilling dublin slum suburbia courtroom poverty crime ring robbery martin cahill crime memory underdog
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
6.6/10
Crime, Drama, Biography
UK
1990
119 Minutes
Billie Whitelaw Gary Kemp Martin Kemp Susan Fleetwood Charlotte Cornwell Jimmy Jewel Avis Bunnage Kate Hardie Alfred Lynch Tom Bell Steven Berkoff
crime boss twin brother mother older man homosexual dark chilling shocking london club underground alley twins crime ring ronnie kray rise to power schizophrenia reggie kray fall
This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.
7.4/10
Biography, Drama
China|Canada|USA
2017
141 Minutes
Jessica Chastain Idris Elba Michael Cera Kevin Costner Jeremy Strong Chris O'Dowd Bill Camp Brian d'Arcy James Graham Greene Claire Rankin Michael Kostroff
skier fbi agent movie star athlete russian mobster defense attorney spectacular fascinating confident gripping hollywood, calif. hotel casino gambling feminism rise rivalry temptation fall 2000s
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
6.9/10
Biography, Drama
USA|Canada|Brazil|China
2018
118 Minutes
Jamie Bell Danielle Macdonald Daniel Henshall Bill Camp Louisa Krause Zoe Colletti Kylie Rogers Colbi Gannett Mike Colter Vera Farmiga Mary Stuart Masterson
gang member white supremacist family young man love interest bleak gripping gutsy intense united states city second chance past crimes violence hate crime discovery growing up sacrifice fall 2010s
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
6.2/10
Biography, Drama
Canada
2010
108 Minutes
Kevin Spacey Barry Pepper Kelly Preston Jon Lovitz Rachelle Lefevre Maury Chaykin Daniel Kash Spencer Garrett Jeffrey Smith Jeff Pustil
lobbyist business partner mobster husband wife fascinating intense profound washington, d.c. household jack abramoff corruption scandal conspiracy money husband/wife relationship fall pursuit wretched excess 2000s
A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
6.9/10
Biography
USA
1977
100 Minutes
Ed Asner Nicholas Pryor Diane Kagan Fred Cook Dorrie Kavanaugh Gary Allen Donegan Smith Stanley J. Reyes Rod Masterson Steven Ramay Jake Staples
politician governor assassin wife reporter brother intricate spectacular fiery baton rouge louisiana capitol hospital political process political corruption assassination government reform huey long rise
A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.
7.2/10
Biography, Drama
Switzerland|UK|USA
2010
106 Minutes
Hilary Swank Sam Rockwell Minnie Driver Melissa Leo Peter Gallagher Ari Graynor Loren Dean Conor Donovan Owen Campbell Juliette Lewis
brother convict lawyer student touching tense gripping prison household college courtroom redemption corruption court battles divorce faith fall rescue pursuit 2000s
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.
7.7/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2010
120 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Andrew Garfield Justin Timberlake Armie Hammer Max Minghella Josh Pence Brenda Song Rashida Jones John Getz David Selby Denise Grayson
computer programmer genius billionaire lawyer twin businessperson amusing engaging endearing dark witty melancholy harvard university bar palo alto, calif. household office new york state friendship betrayal
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
6.5/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|Russia|UK
2019
101 Minutes
Benedict Cumberbatch Michael Shannon Nicholas Hoult Katherine Waterston Tuppence Middleton Tom Holland Matthew Macfadyen Conor MacNeill Tom Fisher
thomas edison inventor millionaire rival businessman scientist tense gripping creative passionate new york city house laboratory field street wall street electricity inventions power rivalry
The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
7.4/10
Biography
USA
1958
120 Minutes
Susan Hayward Simon Oakland Virginia Vincent Theodore Bikel Wesley Lau Philip Coolidge James Philbrook Joe De Santis
petty criminal journalist thief attorney psychologist raw tense cheeky emotional san francisco los angeles san quentin federal penitentiary crime death row court battles morality murder journalism fall wretched excess
A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.
7.6/10
Crime, Biography, Drama
USA|Mexico
2001
124 Minutes
Johnny Depp Penélope Cruz Franka Potente Rachel Griffiths Paul Reubens Jordi Mollá Cliff Curtis Miguel Sandovar Ethan Suplee Ray Liotta Kevin Gage
drug lord wife friend pablo escobar father cool bleak hedonistic california jail colombia drug trafficking drug addiction marriage crime family dysfunction wretched excess fall 1970s
The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.
7.5/10
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
USA
1999
119 Minutes
Hilary Swank Chloë Sevigny Peter Sarsgaard Brendan Sexton III Alison Folland Alicia Goranson Matt McGrath Rob Campbell Jeannetta Arnette
transsexual love interest friend criminal bleak emotional lincoln, neb. falls city, neb. bar apartment gender identity troubled youth violence growing up transformation forbidden love fall 1990s
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
7.2/10
Biography, Documentary, Music
UK
2006
96 Minutes
musician david bowie executive interviewee creative offbeat studio paris new york city music scott walker alcohol rise to stardom drugs performance rise transformation fall 2000s
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
6.8/10
Fantasy, Biography, Drama, History
USA
1923
146 Minutes
Theodore Roberts Charles De Roche Estelle Taylor Julia Faye Terrence Moore James Neill Lawson Butt Clarence Burton Noble Johnson Edythe Chapman Richard Dix
moses pharaoh carpenter brother contractor mistress melodramatic spectacular outlandish egypt city pacific ocean san francisco sin good versus evil brotherhood ten commandments morality family rivalry
After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, while the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.
Biography
1975
115 Minutes
Robert Powell Georgina Hale Richard Morant Lee Montague Rosalie Crutchley Benny Lee Miriam Karlin Angela Down David Collings Ronald Pickup Antonia Ellis
composer wife schizophrenic father student brooding creative offbeat train vienna opera house insane asylum gustav mahler father/son relationship anti-semitism failed marriage sacrifice quest 1870s
Composer Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) flashes back on his tortured life during his final train trip to Vienna.
7.3/10
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama, Crime
USA|Germany
2003
109 Minutes
Charlize Theron Christina Ricci Bruce Dern Scott Wilson Pruitt Taylor Vince Lee Tergesen Annie Corley Marco St. John
prostitute john girl judge disturbing brutal florida bar roller skating rink court jail aileen wuornos true crime prostitution capital punishment revenge wretched excess 1990s
Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|China|Hong Kong
2017
118 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Josh Gad Kate Hudson Sterling K. Brown Dan Stevens James Cromwell Keesha Sharp Roger Guenveur Smith Sophia Bush Jussie Smollett Marina Squerciati
thurgood marshall black man chauffeur lawyer confident emotional fiery gutsy connecticut town courtroom naacp sex crime court battles racial issues conservatism discovery fall pursuit rivalry
The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
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