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Plot Summary:
After climbing Broad Peak mountain, Maciej Berbeka learns his journey to the summit is incomplete. 25 years later, he sets out to finish what he started.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Italy
Duration: 101 min
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Khibula (2017)
Plot Summary:
The screenplay for Khibula was inspired by the real events taking place in Georgia briefly after the country regained its independence in 1991. Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the first president of Georgia, elected by the majority of votes, was driven into exile by coup d'etat. Even though he returned to regain power soon after, political clashes once again forced him to flee into the mountains. Based on the final chapter of the first President's life, the film starts off by following his journey accompanied and pursued by both friend and foe.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Georgia, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min
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The Lithium Conspiracy (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the 21th century getting hold of natural resources of emerging countries, is no matter of war--it is a matter of complex financial actions. And the power of governments behind the events has been replaced by the power of holding companies. Nowadays you don't conquer a country. You buy it. "Short story of long betrayals" is again set in the Republic of Queimada, where in the "Salar de Queimada" (a salt lake) lies 50% of lithium in the whole world. Not surprisingly, there is an international interest in its fate and a breathless fight to seize it.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exotic
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Survive (2022)
Plot Summary:
When their plane crashes on a remote snow-covered mountain, Jane and Paul have to fight for their lives as the only remaining survivors. Together they embark on a harrowing journey out of the wilderness.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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Across the Line (2000)
Plot Summary:
Across the Line (2000) is a truthful representation of both hope and corruption, focusing on critical events transpiring at America's border with Mexico and known both to those who live on the "line" (physical and metaphorical) and to those with the courage to cross it. Further it is a fine example of the filmmaker's art, featuring convincing portrayals underpinned by a convincing script and the directorial talent of Martin Spottl.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film
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What a Wonderful World (2014)
Plot Summary:
After two years spent as a student in Boston, a 22-year-old visits his native Moldova. It is April 2009. People gather in the streets of Chisinau, the call having spread through social networking sites. They are demonstrating against the communist authorities who falsified the election results. They seize and plunder the parliament and presidential buildings. The demonstrators carry away documents, furniture and office equipment. Our protagonist is coming from a friend's home carrying his own computer monitor. He is mistaken for a demonstrator, brutally beaten up by the police and taken to the police station. His interrogator is an experienced major. The authorities can do anything. Based on real events, the film asks questions about freedom, justice and the price of human life.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Moldova
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Odyssey (2016)
Plot Summary:
Biopic of the great French ocean-going adventurer and filmmaker.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: factual, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, weird, documentary filmmaking
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Antonia. (2015)
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Distinguished Italian poet Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938) was among those women who were at odds with the times in which they lived. Her poems record her inability to adapt to social norms and her desire to live fully, and in poetry she sought an escape from reality and from her own complex soul and emotional life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, Greece
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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To Walk with Lions (1999)
Plot Summary:
Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Living Free' (1972), which also dramatised the life of Adamson, this film picks up the life of George (Richard Harris) on the African wildlife preserve he runs with the help of his brother Terrence (Ian Bannen). When drifter Tony Fitzjohn (John Michie) arrives to work for the old men he initially takes poorly to the task, almost savaged by a lion on his first day and on the verge of leaving when he hears that his predecessor was killed in a similar incident. The arrival of a lion cub that Fitzjohn must care for and raise changes everything. Soon he finds himself helping the brothers in their fight to save lions - and, ultimately, the park itself - from the poachers, soldiers and corrupt government officials that threaten them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, UK, Kenya
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, serious, realistic
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Baggio: The Divine Ponytail (2021)
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A chronicle biopic of the 22-year career of soccer star Roberto Baggio, including depictions of his difficult debut as a player, his deep rifts with some of his coaches, his triumph over injuries and personal discovery of Buddism.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating
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Society of the Snow (2023)
Plot Summary:
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Uruguay, Chile
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: historical drama, period piece, period drama
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The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
Plot Summary:
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, atmospheric, suspense
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The Himalayas (2015)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events, renowned mountaineer UM Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber's body and faces the greatest challenge of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, scenic
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Major (2022)
Plot Summary:
This biopic follows the life of Indian Army officer Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, from his childhood to his heroic actions during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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True Spirit (2023)
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When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben Bryant and her parents, Jessica is determined to accomplish what was thought to be impossible, navigating some of the world’s most challenging stretches of ocean over the course of 210 days.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good
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Gods (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, sexy
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Big George Foreman (2023)
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Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags:
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Bank of Dave (2023)
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The true story of how Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community, he has to take on the elitist financial institutions of London and fight to receive the first, new banking license to be issued in over 100 years.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
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Seberg (2019)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious young FBI agent is assigned to investigate iconic actress Jean Seberg when she becomes embroiled in the tumultuous civil rights movement in late 1960s Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: political thriller, tense, captivating, realistic, disturbing, depressing, political, suspense, sad, period drama
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Castaway (1986)
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Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies, and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: emotional, scenic, sexy, realistic, retro, grindhouse, atmospheric, serious, surprise ending, melancholic
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Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This movie attempts to re-create the disastrous events that took place during the Mount Everest climb on May 10, 1996. It also follows Jon Krakauer throughout the movie, and portrays what he was going through while climbing this mountain.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: inspirational, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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K2 (1991)
Plot Summary:
They call it the savage mountain. 27 people have perished trying to reach the summit on K2, the world's second highest peak. A U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Japan, USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: epic, suspense, exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, disaster movie
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Alive (1993)
Plot Summary:
The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: realistic, inspirational, emotional, disturbing, suspense, sad, suspenseful, intense, breathtaking, exciting
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Scream of Stone (1991)
Plot Summary:
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is considered to be the world's best sport climber (having just won an indoor 'world championship,' an event depicted in the opening scene). They plan to climb 'Cerro Torre,' in the Patagonia region of South America, near the Argentinian/Chilean border, one of the world's most difficult mountains, especially considering the extreme weather conditions common to the area.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Argentina, UK, South Africa
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
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Wild (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: road movie, meditative, captivating, uplifting, inspirational, touching, psychological, poignant, emotional, depressing
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Never Cry Wolf (1983)
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This film dramatizes the true story of Farley Mowat, when he was sent to the Canadian tundra area to collect evidence of the grievous harm the wolf population was allegedly doing to the caribou herds. In his struggle to survive in that difficult environment he studies the wolves, and realizes that the old beliefs about wolves and their supposed threat are almost totally false. Furthermore, he learns that humans represent a far greater threat to the land, and also to the wolves, a species which plays an important role in the ecosystem of the north.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scenic, semi autobiographical, philosophical, offbeat, sensitive, anthropological, uplifting, touching, serious, realistic
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Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
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Dashrath Manjhi was a poor man from the lowest of the low castes, living in a remote village cut off from the world by a rocky mountain range. Life for him was a daily struggle for survival. He loved his wife, Phaguniya, beyond belief. One day, while climbing the mountain to bring him food, his wife slipped, fell and died. Overwhelmed by grief, Dashrath decided to carve out a path through the mountain, so that no one else would suffer his fate. For 22 years, all by himself, with just a hammer and a chisel, he hammered away at the rocks, till the path was carved out from the mountain.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: inspirational, realistic, psychological, captivating, poignant, art film, avant garde
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Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)
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Follow the launch of Lamborghini’s career as a manufacturer of tractors, a creator of military vehicles during World War II, and the designer of Lamborghini cars, which he launched in 1963 as the high-end sports car company Automobili Lamborghini.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min
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Eddie the Eagle (2015)
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Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach (played by Hugh Jackman), Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, motivational, emotional, uplifting, art house, offbeat, spiritual, period piece, hilarious
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Flamin' Hot (2023)
Plot Summary:
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture phenomenon.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
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Everest (2015)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: realistic, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, emotional, inspirational