Rise and Fall Stories
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    Movies

    Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

    Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) rises to music stardom, falls victim to...

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    Movies

    Marie Antoinette (2006)

    An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) becomes queen of France, then later loses her head during the...

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    Movies

    Tenacious D In: The Pick of Destiny (2006)

    Musicians JB (Jack Black) and KG (Kyle Gass) form rock group Tenacious D and set out on a quest for...

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    Movies

    Casino (1995)

    A New York bookie (Robert De Niro) and his pal (Joe Pesci) turn a Las Vegas casino into an empire,...

  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby picture
    Movies

    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

    NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) faces his greatest challenge ever when French Formula One...

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    Movies

    All The King's Men (2006)

    A Southern politician's (Sean Penn) idealism and good intentions give way to corruption after he...

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    Movies

    The Best of Everything (1959)

    An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.

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    Movies

    Caligula (1978)

    Details the graphic and shocking, yet undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius...

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    Movies

    A Place in the Sun

    A social climber (Montgomery Clift) in love with a wealthy beauty (Elizabeth Taylor) figures out how...

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    Movies

    Lord of War (2005)

    A relentless Interpol agent tracks an arms dealer (Nicolas Cage) trying to stay one step ahead of...

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    Movies

    The Aviator (2004)

    During the 1930s and '40s, wealthy industrialist Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) gains fame as a...

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    Movies

    Dillinger (1973)

    Midwestern FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson) hunts gangster John Dillinger (Warren Oates),...

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    Movies

    A Beautiful Mind (2001)

    Mathematics genius John Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe) has paranoid schizophrenia but becomes a...

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    Movies

    Boogie Nights (1997)

    A producer (Burt Reynolds) guides a young man (Mark Wahlberg) to success in the 1970s porn industry,...

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    Movies

    Eureka (1984)

    An Alaskan gold prospector (Gene Hackman) lives in luxury with his family on an island gangsters...

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    Movies

    The Last King of Scotland (2006)

    The personal physician (James McAvoy) of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker) witnesses his...

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    Movies

    Corleone (1978)

    Two friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way of...

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    Movies

    24 Hour Party People (2002)

    An Englishman (Steve Coogan) founds a record label in the 1970s and encounters wild music, sex and...

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    Movies

    The Jerk (1979)

    A simpleton (Steve Martin) leaves his foster family, acquires a girlfriend (Bernadette Peters) and...

  • Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story picture
    Movies

    Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2006)

    After years of self-exile, a disgraced paintball champion (Rob Corddry) returns to assemble a...

  • The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico picture
    Movies

    The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico

    Loved ones and musicians recall the exploits of a semi-legendary country singer.

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    Movies

    Inside Deep Throat (2005)

    Filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato examine the legacy of the landmark 1972 adult film.

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    Movies

    El Cantante (2007)

    Puerto Rican singer Héctor Lavoe (Marc Anthony) becomes a pioneer of salsa music in the United...

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    Movies

    August (2008)

    The co-founder (Josh Hartnett) of an Internet company tries to win back his lover (Naomie Harris),...

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    Movies

    Restoration (1995)

    A hedonistic physician (Robert Downey Jr.) weds the king's (Sam Neill) lover but is not allowed to...

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    Movies

    Never Die Alone (2004)

    An aspiring writer (David Arquette) learns about the rise and fall of a ruthless Los Angeles drug...

  • Once Upon A Time In America picture
    Movies

    Once Upon A Time In America (1984)

    Sergio Leone's portrait of the friendships, loyalties and betrayals among Jewish gangsters in the...

  • A Star Is Born picture
    Movies

    A Star Is Born (1976)

    A boozing rock star's (Kris Kristofferson) career falls as fast as his unknown lover's (Barbra...

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    Movies

    Scarface (1983)

    A Cuban immigrant from Castro's jails cuts a violent path of destruction on his way to the top of...

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    Movies

    A Face in the Crowd (1957)

    A TV woman (Patricia Neal) turns Arkansas bum Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith) into a homespun media...