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Plot Summary:
In the summer of 2005, a package arrived at the Hollywood offices of Highway 61 Entertainment from London with no return address. Inside were two mini-cassette audio tapes dated December 30, 1999 and labeled "The Last Testament of George Harrison". A voice eerily similar to Harrison's tells a shocking story: Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash in November of 1966 and replaced with a double!.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 760
Genere: Documentary, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, contemplative, independent film, mockumentary
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37 (2014)
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A rocker makes a pact to kill himself on his 37th birthday. 12 weeks before the release of his final album and the end of his life, he meets and falls in love with a woman who has a dark secret of her own.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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Autopsy: The Last Hours Of (2014)
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Revealing the truth behind the controversial deaths of some of the most famous celebrities. Crucial medical evidence gained from the actual autopsies explains what killed the stars and reveals how they died, finally putting an end to the speculation.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Documentary, Biography
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, clever
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema offers an introduction into some of Žižek's most exciting ideas on fantasy, reality, sexuality, subjectivity, desire, materiality and cinematic form. Whether he is untangling the famously baffling films of David Lynch, or overturning everything you thought you knew about Hitchcock, Žižek illuminates the screen with his passion, intellect, and unfailing sense of humour.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Documentary
Country: UK, Austria, Netherlands
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: intellectual, psychological, philosophical, humorous, captivating, cerebral, clever, talky, thought provoking, psychedelic
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The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan (2004)
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Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the most successful thrillers ever to hit the silver screen? Could M. Night Shyamalan be hiding a deep, dark secret that drives his macabre cinematic vision? Now viewers will be able to find out firsthand what fuels The Sixth Sense director's seemingly supernatural creativity as filmmakers interview Shyamalan as well as the cast and crew members who have worked most closely with him over the years. Discover the early events that shaped the mind of a future master of suspense in a documentary that is as fascinating as it is revealing.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 894
Genere: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, serious, cult classic, fake documentary
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Project Nim (2011)
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From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Documentary
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sad, heartbreaking, suspenseful, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, light, educational
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Plot Summary:
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Documentary, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, factual, suspense, talky, thought provoking, serious, realistic, controversial, tense
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Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004)
Plot Summary:
"Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real" is a nature mockumentary about a British scientific team that attempts to understand the unique the incredible beasts that have fascinated people for ages. CGI is used to create the dragons.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Documentary, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, computer animated, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
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Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Plot Summary:
A typically Beatlesque film originally produced for television, this short film was intended to be an off-the-wall road movie with the Beatles and three dozen or so friends on a psychedelic bus.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychedelic, art film, cult classic, offbeat, feel good, humorous, surreal, stylized, non-linear
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Help! (1965)
Plot Summary:
This Beatles film has an obscure Asian cult, that believes in human sacrifice, chasing Ringo after he accidentally put on the their victim's ceremonial ring. He is pursued by the cult, a pair of mad scientists, a member of a side cult that no longer believes in human sacrifice, and the London police who are trying to help.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, surreal, light, absurd, funny, psychedelic, spoof, avant garde, exciting
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A Hard Day's Night (1964)
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Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, mockumentary, not serious, funny, surreal, black and white, cult classic, hilarious, inspirational
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The Fluffy Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Stand-up comic Gabriel Iglesias delights audiences during his sold-out "Unity Through Laughter" tour, which spans more than 400 cities in 23 countries. During his set, Iglesias -- nicknamed "Fluffy" -- pounces on topics like communicating with his teenage son, struggling with his weight, performing his concert tour across India, and handling the reappearance of his father after a 30-year absence.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, skit, talky, biting, suspense, concert film, fun
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Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006)
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Tony Bennett: An American Classic was an Emmy Award-winning television special celebrating the life of musical icon Tony Bennett on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Directed by Rob Marshall (Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago), it charts Bennett’s career by faithfully re-creating venues from his past, from the downtown Greenwich Village club where he was discovered, to the Columbia recording studios of the early 60's, from rat pack Las Vegas to Carnegie Hall. Bennett is joined for each number by the artists that collaborated with him on his Duets album, with musical performances by Barbra Streisand, John Legend, k.d. lang, Chris Botti, Diana Krall, Juanes, Elton John, Michael Bublé, Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, atmospheric, captivating
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The Vagina Monologues (2002)
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This controversial work, created and performed by Eve Ensler, debuted off-off-Broadway in 1996 and soon rode a wave of national acclaim. Now, the intimacy of Ensler's original show has been lovingly brought to the screen. Capturing her unique performance, the film also follows Ensler as she explores the creative impetus behind the monologues and conducts a series of new interviews as inspiring as those that brought about the original work.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, semi serious, clever, humorous, witty, contemplative, suspense, offbeat, realistic, talky
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Neapolitan Songs (2010)
Plot Summary:
John Turturro tells, shooting alleys and testimonies of real neapolitan people, the history and musical culture of Napoli, attending every event and tale with a song.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Documentary, History, Music
Country: Italy, USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, captivating, sincere, realistic, soap opera
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The Hours and Times (1991)
Plot Summary:
A fictionalized account of what may have happened when John Lennon and Brian Epstein went on holiday together to Spain in 1963.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, serious, realistic, talky, tension, suspense, queer cinema
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Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience (2009)
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Grab a backstage pass to the Jonas Brothers' motion picture debut! Kevin, Joe and Nick are "Burning Up" the stage and inviting you inside their personal world for the adventure of a lifetime. This colossal movie event launches the world's hottest band straight into your living room – and includes guest appearances by chart-topping artists Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift! Secure your VIP pass to a once-in-a-lifetime experience with the Jonas Brothers. Get ready to hang out with this multitalented trio, and take an intimate look at what their lives are like offstage and behind the scenes. It's the music-filled movie event perfect for the whole family!.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Documentary, Biography, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, concert film
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This Is Elvis (1981)
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Documentary, Biography, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
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Christine takes her best friend with another couple for a final vacation when she goes to close up and sell her family's hunting lodge in the remote woods of Northern Georgia...but it's also the scene of her worst childhood trauma. Things get worse when it turns out the lodge is in use by an ex-military sniper, Farragut and his three accomplice, the Loomis brothers, as a hideout who just escaped from a military prison.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, rough, serious, realistic
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The Raven (2006)
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As a child, Lenore was tormented by nightmares and obsessed with the dark poems and stories of Edgar Allan Poe. As the lead singer in a Los Angeles band, the adult Lenore (Jillian Swanson) finds herself, friends and colleagues haunted by a murderer from beyond the grave. Only in her dreams -- in which she's visited by Poe's ghost -- will Lenore find the key to defeat her supernatural stalker and finally escape the spirits battling for her soul.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
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Gringo (1985)
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Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin addiction.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, sincere, rough, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, independent film, fake documentary
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The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
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A magical tale about a young photographer who falls madly in love with a woman he can never have, except in his dreams. Late one night, Isaac is summoned by a wealthy family to take the last photograph of a young bride, Angelica, who mysteriously passed away. Arriving at their estate, Isaac is struck by Angelica's beauty, but when he looks through his lens, something strange happens - the young woman appears to come to life. From that moment, Isaac will be haunted by Angelica day and night.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, emotional, contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic, gloomy, beautiful
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A film about the early life of the rock musician and his burgeoning career as a member of the Beatles.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, rockumentary
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Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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My Dinner with Jimi (2003)
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The story of the night The Turtles met The Beatles and Howard Kaylan had dinner with Jimi Hendrix.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, captivating, semi serious, sincere, touching, serious, contemplative, cult film
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, sentimental, sincere, serious, independent film
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A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father (his "Da"). While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 632
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, serious, captivating
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An unauthorized chronicle of the life of Roman Polanski.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, realistic, captivating, sexual, independent film, sexy
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, captivating