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Plot Summary:
1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to monitor aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 610
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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A Copy of My Mind (2015)
Plot Summary:
A female cheap salon worker and a pirated DVDs subtitle maker fall in love during the turbulent presidential election in Indonesia.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia, South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark comedy, tragic
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Maria Montessori: una vita per i bambini (2007)
Plot Summary:
The story of Maria Montessori the most famous pedagogue of the world. She spent all her life to make her "metodo" (method) accepted in the archaic Italian school system, while the rest of the world immediately understand the importance of her theories. She was the first Italian Doctor, a famous feminist, a scientist. Her private life was hit by having an illegitimate son and by the Fascism that didn't want to accept completely her theories.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Beware of Children (2019)
Plot Summary:
During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Mao Zedong 1949 (2019)
Plot Summary:
The film is set in 1949, as the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China prepare to establish a new Chinese state, the People's Republic of China.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: captivating, political, suspense, disturbing
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Antonia. (2015)
Plot Summary:
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
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The Little Comrade (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's mother is sent to a prison camp. Haunted by her mother's last words telling her to be a good kid, Leelo vows to be on her best behaviour in the confusing grown-up world in the hope that it will bring her mother back.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Worth (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, social, period piece, cult classic, historical drama
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I'm Charlie Walker (2022)
Plot Summary:
1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive he was. In a city full of impostors and naysayers, he refused to take "No" for an answer. That is, until a catastrophic disaster opened a door that had never been open to a black man before. This is a story about what happened when he stepped through that door with both feet.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, semi autobiographical, period piece
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Nota (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sitting Chief Minister Vinodhan, who is facing imprisonment in an illegal assets case, makes his son, Varun the temporary CM until his return. The disinterested young man gradually wakes up to the sorry state of affairs and tries to bring in a change.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: political, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Orphan of Zhao (2013)
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration:
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Loro (2018)
Plot Summary:
"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in portraits and glimps, through a composite constellation of characters, a moment in history, now definitively ended, which can be described in a very summary picture of the events as amoral, decadent but extraordinarily alive. Additionally, "Loro" wishes to tell the story of some Italians, fresh and ancient people at the same time: souls from a modern imaginary Purgatory who, moved by heterogeneous intents like ambition, admiration, affection, curiosity, personal interests, establish to try and orbit around the walking Paradise that is the man named Silvio Berlusconi.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, factual, tense, captivating, controversial
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Persona Non Grata (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is the story of a man who believed in doing all he could do for the benefit of his beloved Japan, including trying to keep her from becoming embroiled in a worldwide conflict he saw as inevitable. Along the way, he came face to face with the plight of the European Jews as they tried to escape the onslaught of the Nazi's and the rapidly advancing German army. Caught between the unbending policies of his country now bound by treaty with Nazi Germany and his awakening moral responsibilities, we follow his life from his early days in Manchuria to his eventual posting in Lithuania and his appointment with destiny which would forever brand him a hero.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Adventure, Biography, History, War
Country: Japan, Poland, USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Tale of Two Coreys (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story of teen heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, whose lives were forever changed by the glitz, glamour, and the darker side of show business.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, emotional, sad, teen
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Munich: The Edge of War (2021)
Plot Summary:
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dramatic, political
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23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002)
Plot Summary:
Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter, is arrested for killing the British official responsible for the death of his mentor Lala Lajpatrai. He is ultimately hanged for his misdeed.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, captivating
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Unfair Competition (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition brought by Leone, who offers the best prices in the neighborhood. But they leave differences aside when the rise of Fascism places Anti-Semitic politics which rigidly control business like the one conducted by the Jewish Leone, and those new regulations are viewed by Umberto as completely unfair. The long rivalry soon becomes a great friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, bleak, captivating, realistic, disturbing, historical drama
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Curtiz (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the European war.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, meta, black and white
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Adults in the Room (2019)
Plot Summary:
A universal theme: a story of people trapped in an inhuman network of power. The brutal circle of the Eurogroup meetings, who impose on Greece the dictatorship of austerity, where humanity and compassion are utterly disregarded. A claustrophobic trap with no way out, exerting pressures on the protagonists which finally divide them.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: political, tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, educational
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Voltaire in Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
Explore the early life and evolution of the philosopher and visionary Voltaire, from his love stories, his father's issues to the discovery of his vocation, his commitments against religious fanaticism and the arbitrary misuse of justice and politics. Explore a life of pain, passion, and the growth of an epic and talented hero, the origins of the young François Arouet, his childhood suffering, his entourage, his talent, his years of imprisonment in the Bastille, his ambiguous relations with the French court or his return in France after his exile.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Kingmaker (2022)
Plot Summary:
Dreaming of changing the world, SEO Chang-dae takes part in KIM Woon-bum’s political campaign. To resist the current dictatorial ruling party, SEO adopts a very aggressive propaganda campaign, and it makes KIM become the strongest candidate in the opposition party. When ambitious SEO believes that unjustified means is necessary for politics, KIM has a firm belief that it is not real politics. While their conflict deepens, the ruling party secretly contacts SEO to win the next presidential election.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, political
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Brecht (2019)
Plot Summary:
Bertolt Brecht, a theatre revolutionary, poet of the state, outsider, looks back on his life in 1956, the year of his death, in East Berlin: adolescent provocations in Augsburg during the First World War, early poetic and amorous flights of fancy in the Munich and Berlin of the 1920s, his escape from Hitler, returning from the US exile, followed by his later years caught in a dilemma between timeless classic and a failing GDR class fighter, an indefatigable free spirit and compromised artist.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
Duration: 187 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, humorous, visually appealing, fun
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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
Plot Summary:
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, thought provoking, captivating, sincere, touching, visually appealing
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Giordano Bruno (1973)
Plot Summary:
Flying from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial for 'heresy'.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: spiritual, philosophical, dramatic, esoteric, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative
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The Demons of St. Petersburg (2008)
Plot Summary:
St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the imperial family is assassinated. A few days later, the writer Fëdor Michajlovic Dostoevskij meets with Gusiev, a young man committed to a psychiatric hospital. Gusiev confesses that he took part in the terrorist plot and reveals that his fellow conspirators are planning to kill another of the Tsar’s relatives. The young man also gives Dostoevsky the address of Alexandra, their leader. The writer must find her and convince her to call off the new assassination attempt.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, historical drama
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Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lou Andreas-Salomé, the woman who enraptured 19th century Europe’s greatest minds, recounts her life to Ernst Pfeiffer in this German film directed by Cordula Kablitz-Post. A published novelist, poet and essayist, Salomé’s desire to live a life free from convention scandalized society but spurred genius and passion in others, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Rée and her lover, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Under the tutelage of Sigmund Freud, she became the first female psychoanalyst.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Leopardi (2014)
Plot Summary:
A luminously beautiful biopic of the celebrated eighteenth-century Italian poet, essayist and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verse whilst struggling with a debilitating illness.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, historical drama
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Anton Chekhov 1890 (2015)
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Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation is improving and Anton Chekhov gets the Pushkin prices and admiration of Tolstoy. But when one of his brothers died of tuberculosis, Anton saw it as a personal failure and wants to escape his fame and his love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy, costume drama
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Zuzu Angel (2006)
Plot Summary:
"Zuzu Angel" covers the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice in the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship. Not even the fact that she was a widely known public figure saved her from being killed in a car crash in 1976, in one of the regime's favorite elimination techniques (many other similar "car crashes" still have to be re-investigated).
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, captivating, realistic
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Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)
Plot Summary:
Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, political, captivating, realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, factual, political drama
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995)
Plot Summary:
A look at the life and career of controversial Louisiana governor Huey Long, whose nickname was "The Kingfish.".
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: political, sincere, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing