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Plot Summary:
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: factual, intellectual, costume drama, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, political, novela, anamorphic
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Jump! (2007)
Plot Summary:
JUMP is a psychological drama revealing for the first time the extraordinary circumstances behind the unjust murder trial of the young Jew, Philippe Halsman, who would later become the most sought after celebrity portrait photographer of his generation.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, contemplative, thought provoking, bleak, realistic, political
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Never Forget (1991)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Mermelstein (Leonard Nimoy) and Mrs. Mermelstein (Blythe Danner) a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. He is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his family's extermination at Auschwitz, and she is a Southern Baptist from Tennessee. Their four children are good kids, typical Americans, with just enough orneriness to irritate each other, but enough love and class to pull together when it counts. When challenged by a hate group to prove that Jews were actually gassed at Auschwitz, Mel Mermelstein rises to the occasion with the support of his wife and children, in spite of the dangers to himself, his business, and his family. William John Cox (Dabney Coleman) provides legal help (pro bono) as a lawyer, originally a Roman Catholic from Texas.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: political
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The Eichmann Show (2015)
Plot Summary:
The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's most notorious Nazis, Adolf Eichmann, who is accused of executing the 'final solution' and organising the murder of 6 million Jews. This is the extraordinary story of how the trial came to be televised and the team that made it happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK, Lithuania
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, clever, serious, realistic, captivating, dark
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The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
Plot Summary:
Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking Charlie with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished when, one day, Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being not a Jewish businessman but a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face not only his presumed guilt--but their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sad, independent film, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, talky
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The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
Plot Summary:
It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bauer receives a letter from Argentina, written by a man who is certain that his daughter is dating the son of Adolph Eichmann. Excited by the promising lead, and mistrustful of a corrupt judiciary system where Nazis still lurk, Bauer journeys to Jerusalem to seek alliance with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. To do so is treason — yet committing treason is the only way Bauer can serve his country.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, social, unusual plot structure
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Eichmann (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, sincere, captivating, emotional, realistic, disturbing, political, detective, contemplative
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The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
Plot Summary:
A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, uplifting, thought provoking, clever, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, contemplative, talky
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Brian Banks (2018)
Plot Summary:
An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: inspirational, realistic, disturbing, factual, thought provoking, touching, emotional, hood
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Roe vs. Wade (1989)
Plot Summary:
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Hannah Arendt (2012)
Plot Summary:
Hannah Arendt is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever heard before. Her work instantly provokes a furious scandal, and Arendt stands strong as she is attacked by friends and foes alike. But as the German-Jewish émigré also struggles to suppress her own painful associations with the past, the film exposes her beguiling blend of arrogance and vulnerability — revealing a soul defined and derailed by exile.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, France, Israel
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, realistic, philosophical, political, art house, anthropological, serious, captivating, contemplative
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Plot Summary:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: political, black and white, emotional, suspenseful, disturbing, sincere, tense, realistic, talky, philosophical
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Saint Judy (2018)
Plot Summary:
The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, factual
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Marie (1985)
Plot Summary:
A single mother takes a job with the government where she is confronted with corruption.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, sincere, thought provoking, serious, realistic, talky, eighties
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Trial by Fire (2018)
Plot Summary:
The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: depressing, emotional, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, factual, compassionate, dark
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Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, talky, tense, suspenseful, serious, captivating, clever, witty, neo noir
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Lenny (1974)
Plot Summary:
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: black and white, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, rough, clever, bleak, semi documentary, art house
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A Civil Action (1998)
Plot Summary:
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and his clients' goals, in order to continue the case against all odds.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, sincere, realistic, inspirational, feel good, sad
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A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. After investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder. The case attracts a lot of attention, turning it into a media sideshow.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: realistic, disturbing, tense, emotional, suspense, thought provoking, serious, sincere, sad, compassionate
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Find Me Guilty (2006)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, stylized, captivating, realistic, witty, semi serious, inspirational, social, novela
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Sully (2016)
Plot Summary:
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 293000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: inspirational, factual, realistic, suspense, intense, touching, emotional, exciting, motivational, non fiction
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The Hurricane (1999)
Plot Summary:
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, inspirational, factual, motivational, epic, political, twisted, sincere, uplifting
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Woman in Gold (2015)
Plot Summary:
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, touching, dramatic, motivational, cute, sincere, uplifting, intense, social
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Out of the Ashes (2003)
Plot Summary:
The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, serious, bleak, captivating, emotional, contemplative, uplifting
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A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Plot Summary:
A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even though he knows he’s risking his own life. An award winning film from 1966.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: period piece, political, inspirational, costume drama, christian film, spiritual, talky, historical drama, retro, thought provoking
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The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Plot Summary:
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: factual, rough, tense, suspense, sad, suspenseful, disturbing, costume drama, thought provoking, touching
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Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, heartbreaking, emotional, social, crying, tense
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Conspiracy (2001)
Plot Summary:
The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking German officials came to the historic and far reaching decision that the Jews of Europe were to be exterminated in what would come to be known as the Holocaust.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: political, factual, bleak, disturbing, atmospheric, intense, suspense, realistic, historical drama, non fiction
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On the Basis of Sex (2018)
Plot Summary:
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: clever, thought provoking, inspirational, captivating, motivational, political, retro, emotional, powerful, informative
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The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Plot Summary:
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: controversial, sexual, factual, semi serious, captivating, witty, dramatic, erotic, non fiction, dark comedy
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The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
Plot Summary:
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: philosophical, intellectual, inspirational, motivational, clever, touching, educational, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, sexy