Biopic
  • Sex Positive picture
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    Sex Positive (2009)

    About the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay S&M hustler turned AIDS activist in the...

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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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    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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    Quills (2000)

    A doctor and a priest (Joaquin Phoenix) clash over the appropriate treatment for the Marquis de Sade...

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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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    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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    I Dreamed of Africa (2000)

    After a harrowing car accident, a woman (Kim Basinger) and her family (Vincent Perez, Liam Aiken)...

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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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    Factotum (2006)

    A writer (Matt Dillon) drifts through a series of dead-end jobs in an attempt to fuel his passions...

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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 People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

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

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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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    Beat

    William S. Burroughs and his wife Joan (Courtney Love) live wildly, as do friends Allen Ginsberg...

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    The Flying Scotsman (2006)

    In the early 1990s Graeme Obree (Jonny Lee Miller) battles mental illness while chasing his dream of...

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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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    Savage Grace (2008)

    Insecurity and conflict over their son's sexuality eventually lead to tragedy in a portrait of...

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    The Hunting Party (2007)

    A reporter (Terrence Howard), his former colleague (Richard Gere) and a rookie (Jesse Eisenberg)...

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    Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)

    Home videos, audiotapes and writings from the late adventurer.

  • The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story picture
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    The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)

    A documentary about Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman -- aka The Sherman Brothers -- the...

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    W. (2008)

    George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) transforms himself from a ne'er-do-well son of privilege to president...

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    Ali (2001)

    Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) battles Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier and George Foreman and raises...

  • Requiem for A Dream picture
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    Requiem for A Dream (2000)

    A middle-aged woman (Ellen Burstyn) gets an invitation to be on her favorite game show, as her son...

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    Goodfellas (1990)

    In the 1950s an Irish-Italian hoodlum (Ray Liotta) joins the New York Mafia, but his mob career is...

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    Wyatt Earp (1994)

    The portrait traces him from Southern boy to Western lawman (Kevin Costner) defending boomtowns with...