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Plot Summary:
A biography of President Harry S. Truman.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Short, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: one man show
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Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
Plot Summary:
Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: vintage
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Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (1995)
Plot Summary:
Actress Mia Farrow's personal life takes a turn for the worse when she engages in a long relationship with Woody Allen.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags:
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Bud and Lou (1978)
Plot Summary:
The professional and personal lives of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are examined.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Barry (2016)
Plot Summary:
A biopic of Barack Obama set during his time as a college student in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: political
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The Patricia Neal Story (1981)
Plot Summary:
The actress (Glenda Jackson) recovers from a 1966 stroke with help from friends and her husband, author Roald Dahl (Dirk Bogarde).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Special Bulletin (1983)
Plot Summary:
A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to detonate a nuclear device of their own of their demand isnt met.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: bad ending, psychological, rough, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993)
Plot Summary:
Looks at the early years of America's most dashing president from his early childhood through his nomination for Congress.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags:
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981)
Plot Summary:
Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags:
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Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)
Plot Summary:
One man show about the presidency of Harry S Truman.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: minimal cast, political, independent film, political comedy, one man show
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LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
Plot Summary:
LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1934 until 1973. Actor Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Johnson.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative, political
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
Plot Summary:
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: historical drama, postmodern
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Blind Ambition (1979)
Plot Summary:
Television series docu-drama traces the career of John Dean, special counsel of president Nixon.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 480 min
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A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
Plot Summary:
A film about the life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 246 min
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Plot Summary:
The first U.S. president (Barry Bostwick) and his wife (Patty Duke) endure two terms of turmoil from 1789 to 1797.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min
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Mark Twain and Me (1991)
Plot Summary:
Dorothy Quick, A young girl befriends the famous writer, Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemans during the final years of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
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Born Again (1978)
Plot Summary:
Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: sincere, rough, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing
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The Reagans (2003)
Plot Summary:
The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagan's last day in office as President in 1989.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, thought provoking, serious, controversial
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Secret Honor (1984)
Plot Summary:
In this speculative one-man drama, we see former President Richard Milhous Nixon alone in his study, dictating his thoughts into a tape recorder. His only company are a four-screen closed-circuit TV setup, the portraits on the walls, a bottle of Chivas Regal - and a loaded pistol. At times addressing an imaginary judge in a court of public opinion, at other times speaking to an aide named Roberto, and sometimes just talking to himself, the former chief executive reflects, in a series of meandering monologues, on his humble Quaker upbringing, his school days, his family and a political career that reached all the way to the White House. Nixon rails at his treatment by the likes of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the "goddam Kennedys," J. Edgar Hoover, Henry Kissinger, Jews, liberals, the media, "East Coast shits," among others, as he leads up to the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal that resulted in his resignation - an act he regards as one of "secret honor.".
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003)
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A look inside the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
Plot Summary:
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 215 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
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The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now you can see how he used it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 453
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 443
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Plot Summary:
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 83000
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
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Country: USA
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Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: USA
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Plot tags: political, historical drama, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, political drama
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Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
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