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Plot Summary:
The movie is about an Egyptian female who gets involved in spying for Israel.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags:
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The Magic Box (2002)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Wife of an Important Man (1987)
Plot Summary:
The story of the rise and fall of an Egyptian police officer, during the regime of President Anwar El Sadat.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags:
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The Sun Assassinated (2003)
Plot Summary:
The poet Jean Sénac is also a radio presenter. A Pied-noir, he opted to stay in Algeria after the country achieved independence in 1962. Ten years later he is monitored by the police of the present regime. His poems have a large public following and his radio show is a great success, especially with the young. The poet allies himself with two students, aspiring playwrights Hamid and Belkacem, to fight for the freedom and culture of Algerian youth.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Algeria, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Amorosa (1986)
Plot Summary:
This well-executed biographical docudrama is a plunge into the madness (and the sanity) of a writer living life on its rawest edges. Agnes Von Krusenstjarna (Stina Ekbland) was a Swedish novelist (1894-1940) whose works ranged from the idyllically romantic to crushingly sardonic, sexually explicit autobiography. Von Krusenstjarna teamed up with the eccentric bisexual David Sprengel (Erland Josephson) and continued to suffer bouts of mental instability that Sprengel felt were best cured by sexual abandon. Von Krusenstjarna was not a model of emotional health when she first met Sprengel. She had inherited madness from her family while at the same time passionately rebelled against the narrow-minded mores of her genteel but poor parents. With his own wildly unorthodox behavior, Sprengel both helped and hindered Von Krusenstjarna throughout their turbulent relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: art deco
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Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)
Plot Summary:
An Egyptian woman discovers that her husband is in fact a Jewish Mossad agent working for Israel. He takes her and their two children to Israel by force and tries to convince her to live with him by force. Mostafa, an Egyptian Intelligence Agent sent by SSI, travels to Israel and tries to help Salwa return to Egypt.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: islamic
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The Island (2007)
Plot Summary:
A drug dealing, secretive, and brutal clan control a tightknit community in Upper Egypt. The movie tracks the rise of the Mansour Hafny (Ahmed El-Sakka), the educated son of the clan’s leader, as he consolidates his power over the region. Mansour clashes with the police, enters a blood feud with a rival clan, but yearns for the daughter of his worst enemy. A police officer, Tarek (Mahmoud Abdel-Moghni), is posted to the region in order to stop Mansour, but discovers even deadlier secrets of corruption.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: islamic
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Aarhus by Night (1989)
Plot Summary:
A biographical drama from writer and director Nils Malmros in which reality is mixed with childhood memories.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)
Plot Summary:
Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: microfilm
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Master Spy (1963)
Plot Summary:
Boris Turganev (Murray) is a Russian scientist who has absconded from a Communist prison in an attempt to achieve a better life working for the British. As Boris struggles to make his superiors believe he is there to work and not to spy for the Russians, an office romance blossoms that could put his mission in jeopardy.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: independent film, eurospy
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Secret Weapons (1985)
Plot Summary:
Hamilton plays a young Russian girl recruited to be a sex spy, seducing men and catching them in compromising situations so they can be blackmailed. The problems start when she falls in love with one of her targets, and must figure out how to avoid the constant surveillance and defect.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)
Plot Summary:
Norma Jean Baker finds her way to Hollywood and is turned into sex symbol Marilyn Monroe.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Becoming Colette (1991)
Plot Summary:
Erotic French author Colette during her formative years in Paris at the turn of the century, married to a hedonistic bounder who publishes her writings under his name until she leaves him to embark on her own career.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, UK, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film
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The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
Plot Summary:
When Israeli officials learn than Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they send a team of secret agents to apprehend him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, sincere, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Angel (2018)
Plot Summary:
True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, UK, Egypt
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: clever, surprise ending, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic, inspirational, political
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The Investigator (1997)
Plot Summary:
1989: Caroline Meagher is a sergeant with the Royal Military Police, with 12 years' experience, stationed in Northern Ireland. Two men from internal affairs grill her for four days: someone has accused her of being a lesbian. It's an offense that leads to court martial. In a series of flashbacks, we see her enthusiasm when she joins the force, her various assignments including investigating suspected lesbians, and her own slow discovery of her sexual nature. She, like others in her situation, must go to great lengths to avoid detection. Once reported, will she withstand the interrogation? Meagher herself comments on camera at the end of the film.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
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If Not Us, Who? (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house whose first publication is, paradoxically to many, a controversial past work of Bernward's ostracized father, an infamous Nazi author. Bernward defends his father's writing ability, even if he is haunted by his father's suspicious past.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, serious, realistic
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Stevie (1978)
Plot Summary:
Portrayal of British poet/author Stevie Smith and her life with her beloved aunt through direct dialogue with the audience by Stevie, as well as flashbacks, and narration by a friend. The movie mainly focuses on her relationship with her aunt, romantic relationships of the past, and the fame she received late in her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, sexual, sexy
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HaMidrasha (2015)
Plot Summary:
Cadets from every level of Israeli society undergo intense training to join their country's elite, highly classified intelligence service, the Mossad. The series revolves around a secret Mossad compound called 'HaMidrasha', which is surrounded by surveillance cameras and is equipped with technological devices. The compound operates a training course in which 13 trainees are sent to complicated missions in order to test their suitability for the occupation, and their improvisation, seduction and impersonation abilities. Yonna, the commander of the course, criticizes the mediocrity of Mossad's agents and demands from the new trainees a higher level of execution. He decides to create a new training program to test his trainees via unusual and radical situations, in which, apart from excellence, Yonna demands a creative "out of the box" thinking.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
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The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988)
Plot Summary:
This made-for-television film documents the takeover of the TWA airliner in flight from Athens to Rome in 1985. The focus is on the flight attendant, Uli Derickson, whose courage and hope helped save all but one of the passengers on the plane. The movie chronicles the first 2 days and the aftermath.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Patriots (1994)
Plot Summary:
Ariel, un jeune Juif français, décide de quitter sa famille pour partir en Israël et devenir un agent du Mossad, les services secrets israéliens. En participant à des missions à Paris, Tel Aviv et Washington, il sera initié à l'art délicat de la manipulation.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022)
Plot Summary:
Based by the life of ISRO Scientist Nambi Narayanan who was falsely accused of being a spy and arrested in 1994. Though free, he is still fighting for justice, with those police officials alleged to have falsely implicated him, still free.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, cult classic, extraordinary
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Chocolat (2016)
Plot Summary:
The history of the clown Chocolate, the first black circus artist in France, which has a great success in the late 19th century.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sentimental, thought provoking, touching, feel good, humorous, factual, motivational, inspirational, mesmerizing
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The Divine Emma (1979)
Plot Summary:
Czechoslovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: crying, freeze frame
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The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
Plot Summary:
An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: political thriller, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, political, eighties
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Burton and Taylor (2013)
Plot Summary:
TV drama based on Richard Burton's diaries, about his last performance in 1983 with ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor. They meet after several years and he agrees to her suggestion that they star in a stage revival on Broadway of Noel Coward's comedy 'Private Lives', although Elizabeth Taylor has never before performed on stage. Burton soon regrets his agreement, however, when her pill-popping and lack of discipline causes problems already during the rehearsals. The play opens to a critical trashing, but is popular with audiences because they just want to see Taylor. After a two month troubled run, the curtain comes down and Taylor tells Burton she has always loved him and still does. A year later he is dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, cult classic, historical drama, crying
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Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002)
Plot Summary:
Drama. TV Movie.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
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Skin (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, emotional, contemplative, depressing, serious, realistic
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Gods and Monsters (1998)
Plot Summary:
It's 1957, and Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, melancholic, captivating, sentimental, cult classic, independent film, touching, witty, entertaining, costume drama
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Tove (2020)
Plot Summary:
Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb shelters, rapidly take on a life of their own, bringing international fame.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, romantic, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative, queer cinema, comic
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Henry & June (1990)
Plot Summary:
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: sexy, sensual, controversial, erotic, melancholic, atmospheric, stylized, serious, realistic, intellectual