Biography
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    Fighting for Life (2008)

    Filmmaker Terry Sanders follows military doctors and nurses who tend to the injured in Iraq.

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    Milk (2008)

    In San Francisco, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) becomes the first openly gay man elected to a notable U.S....

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    Of Time and the City (2009)

    Director Terence Davies' love song and eulogy to his birthplace of Liverpool. It is also a response...

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    Brothers at War (2009)

    Filmmaker Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his...

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    October Sky (1999)

    Not wanting to be a miner, a young West Virginian (Jake Gyllenhaal) builds rockets with his friends...

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    Ed Wood (1994)

    Edward D. Wood Jr. (Johnny Depp) directs awful '50s cult films like ``Glen or Glenda'' and ``Plan 9...

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    Iris (2001)

    Novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (Judi Dench, Kate Winslet) falls in love with an Oxford don...

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    Eight Miles High (2008)

    The restless life of European wild-child Uschi Obermaier, from her roots as a small town girl in...

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    Domino (2005)

    Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) turns her back on wealth and privilege for the excitement of life as...

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    You're Gonna Miss Me (2007)

    A portrait of psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson shows his battle with drug addiction and...

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    Patton (1969)

    Flamboyant Gen. George S. Patton (George C. Scott) receives accolades and censure as he fights World...

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    Deliver Us From Evil (2006)

    Filmmaker Amy Berg documents the case of convicted pedophile Oliver Grady who, as a priest in...

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    The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

    A Nashville beauty (Gretchen Mol) moves to New York in 1949 and soon becomes a celebrated pinup...

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    The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

    An increasingly unstable salesman (Sean Penn) funnels his daily frustrations into a plot to kill the...

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    Raging Bull (1980)

    The violent nature of prizefighter Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) leads first to a boxing...

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    I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)

    Andy Warhol (Jared Harris) protege Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) becomes frustrated and shoots the...

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    Great Balls of Fire (1989)

    Rock 'n' roll outlaw Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid) causes a 1950s scandal by marrying his...

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    Nixon (1995)

    Insecurities haunt the 37th president (Anthony Hopkins) as he wins two terms, ends the Vietnam War...

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    The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

    The life of Jesus (Max von Sydow) unfolds according to the Bible, from birth to the Resurrection, on...

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    The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

    Arrested on obscenity charges, the publisher (Woody Harrelson) of Hustler magazine, with the help of...

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    MondoVino (2005)

    Filmmaker and sommelier Jonathan Nossiter examines the wine industry around the world.

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    Fired! (2007)

    Interviews with comics, economists and other people with even more ordinary jobs give takes on being...

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    Gypsy (1962)

    One of a stage mother's (Rosalind Russell) daughters quits, and the other (Natalie Wood) becomes...

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    Tell Them Who You Are (2005)

    Filmmaker Mark Wexler examines his relationship with his father, cinematographer Haskell Wexler.

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    Il Postino (1995)

    Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to...

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    Backstage at the Kirov (1983)

    Backstage at the Kirov is recommended for those who've always been interested in ballet, but can't...

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    35 Up (1992)

    Ongoing examination of a group of 7 year-old children that was to be a "glimpse of Britain's future"...

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    Becoming Jane (2007)

    Though her parents expect her to marry a wealthy suitor, young Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) becomes...

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    Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007)

    Martin Scorsese, Bono, Jim Jarmusch, Flea and others recall the life of Joe Strummer, singer and...

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    What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)

    The Rev. Billy Tallen and his Stop Shopping Choir embark on a cross-country crusade against the...