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89
8.3
/338549/
80
/5429/
79
/3315/
4.4
/319779/
93
/132/
93
/5604/
100
/8/
cc age 13+

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
poster
MGM Plus
87
8.1
/406581/
78
/5869/
79
/4630/
4.2
/532204/
92
/151/
93
/7167/
90
/28/
cc age 17+

Raging Bull (1980)
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
87
8.5
/1001445/
84
/15819/
83
/9872/
4.4
/1130522/
95
/186/
96
/10820/
85
/40/
cc age 15+

The Pianist (2002)
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.0
/38244/
78
/673/
75
/704/
4.2
/52258/
97
/36/
93
/731/
88
/18/
cc age 12+

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
poster
Kanopy
86
7.8
/84494/
76
/1378/
75
/992/
3.9
/63866/
98
/45/
92
/1439/
97
/18/
cc age 16+

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
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Netflix
86
8.1
/780667/
80
/18827/
79
/11771/
4.2
/667050/
95
/376/
90
/6137/
96
/57/
cc age 15+

12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
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Kanopy
85
7.9
/312706/
78
/7241/
75
/3011/
4.1
/700792/
91
/229/
92
/14901/
90
/38/
cc age 16+

Almost Famous (2000)
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
poster
Hoopla
85
7.7
/55049/
76
/921/
74
/687/
3.9
/26869/
97
/34/
90
/910/
91
/16/

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.
poster
84
7.9
/136462/
78
/3582/
76
/1995/
4.2
/205658/
94
/71/
92
/2245/
84
/18/
cc age 13+

All the President's Men (1976)
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
poster
YouTube TV
83
7.7
/109833/
77
/3093/
75
/1828/
4.3
/181010/
89
/83/
91
/2301/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Malcolm X (1992)
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
poster
83
8.1
/201205/
80
/3109/
78
/1894/
4.2
/106215/
94
/50/
95
/1867/
84
/16/
cc age 16+

In the Name of the Father (1993)
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.5
/107705/
74
/1861/
73
/1453/
3.7
/3036/
97
/60/
86
/1955/
80
/26/
cc age 17+

Dead Man Walking (1995)
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
poster
fuboTV
82
7.3
/45580/
73
/1177/
70
/620/
3.6
/33234/
98
/44/
85
/753/
89
/23/
cc age 8+

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.5
/51541/
75
/1103/
72
/607/
4.0
/92084/
84
/86/
93
/3760/
84
/18/
cc age 16+

Withnail & I (1987)
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
poster
82
8.0
/180575/
77
/3953/
76
/2329/
4.1
/134219/
85
/73/
88
/3450/
72
/29/
cc age 16+

JFK (1991)
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
poster
Hoopla
82
8.1
/1215727/
81
/33095/
79
/16688/
4.0
/2114834/
96
/203/
89
/19225/
75
/39/
cc age 12+

Catch Me If You Can (2002)
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
poster
Netflix
81
7.5
/127599/
76
/4685/
76
/2246/
3.8
/823501/
88
/224/
96
/29/
74
/44/
cc age 13+

tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
81
7.6
/71265/
77
/1380/
75
/906/
3.9
/87367/
88
/119/
89
/6461/
78
/27/

Control (2007)
The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
poster
80
7.8
/110935/
78
/2900/
77
/1379/
3.8
/137884/
90
/72/
88
/3013/
71
/23/
cc age 10+

October Sky (1999)
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
poster
80
7.8
/8282/
79
/153/
73
/98/
3.9
/3830/
76
/21/
91
/289/

Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s New York City, neither come easily. After a series of heartaches, Arnold believes he has found the love of his life in Alan, and the couple make plans to adopt. But when tragedy strikes, Arnold's life is shaken to its very core, leading to a confrontation with his overbearing mother, who has never approved of her son's lifestyle.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.4
/38589/
73
/696/
70
/625/
3.8
/35366/
92
/38/
84
/523/
74
/17/
cc age 12+

Radio Days (1987)
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.6
/106941/
75
/2642/
73
/1684/
3.7
/58064/
91
/199/
89
/2156/
77
/42/
cc age 15+

Philomena (2013)
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
poster
MGM Plus
80
7.7
/353339/
77
/6851/
75
/4731/
3.8
/262365/
88
/57/
89
/5867/
77
/21/
cc age 17+

Donnie Brasco (1997)
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
poster
80
7.8
/516152/
78
/16500/
75
/7308/
3.8
/365847/
93
/280/
89
/6809/
82
/48/
cc age 14+

Captain Phillips (2013)
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.0
/19780/
67
/242/
64
/205/
3.4
/6406/
79
/112/
73
/455/
76
/30/
cc age 15+

Iris (2001)
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
poster
79
7.8
/278953/
77
/6036/
74
/3051/
3.8
/220186/
83
/208/
90
/27741/
72
/39/
cc age 15+

Walk the Line (2005)
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
poster
78
7.6
/106972/
76
/2138/
74
/1484/
3.7
/34076/
82
/113/
87
/1689/
74
/30/
cc age 16+

The Hurricane (1999)
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
poster
78
7.3
/15785/
72
/271/
69
/210/
3.7
/8183/
96
/28/
82
/243/
86
/15/
cc age 12+

Hope and Glory (1987)
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
78
7.5
/18442/
74
/339/
72
/271/
3.8
/13602/
95
/22/
90
/363/
75
/12/
cc age 15+

Europa Europa (1990)
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.
poster
78
7.5
/22028/
75
/583/
72
/274/
3.7
/14783/
84
/63/
86
/891/
84
/7/
cc age 14+

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
poster
77
7.2
/123601/
71
/2666/
70
/1829/
3.7
/82164/
84
/56/
76
/1694/
75
/16/
cc age 17+

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
poster
MGM Plus
77
7.1
/6908/
64
/90/
66
/98/
3.6
/4078/
92
/39/
79
/146/
72
/17/

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
poster
fuboTV
76
7.5
/93515/
74
/1935/
74
/1839/
3.7
/72936/
90
/31/
88
/1399/
59
/11/
cc age 16+

Midnight Express (1978)
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
poster
Hoopla
75
7.6
/92137/
78
/2905/
79
/2367/
3.7
/209899/
69
/124/
87
/14589/
64
/29/
cc age 13+

Freedom Writers (2007)
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.9
/53302/
72
/2913/
69
/1546/
3.5
/80116/
91
/194/
81
/292/
76
/41/
cc age 15+

Stronger (2017)
A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.
poster
75
7.7
/505293/
77
/16805/
78
/10949/
3.6
/623444/
81
/268/
84
/3075/
71
/47/
cc age 14+

The Theory of Everything (2014)
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
poster
75
7.3
/564338/
74
/21877/
74
/13431/
3.4
/533475/
71
/299/
84
/7194/
73
/48/
cc age 17+

American Sniper (2014)
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
poster
74
7.2
/92060/
72
/1863/
71
/1492/
3.4
/58835/
62
/90/
82
/2106/
69
/18/
cc age 13+

Out of Africa (1985)
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.3
/62427/
73
/1143/
71
/1047/
3.6
/50672/
76
/37/
80
/691/
60
/16/

This Boy's Life (1993)
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
7.1
/44099/
71
/811/
67
/400/
3.6
/28687/
76
/80/
89
/1790/
68
/26/

Chopper (2000)
The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.
poster
Kanopy
73
8.0
/144985/
78
/2758/
78
/2058/
4.0
/59414/
73
/33/
90
/1635/
58
/10/
cc age 15+

Papillon (1973)
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.5
/846/
62
/17/
77
/17/
3.7
/632/
80
/82/

Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
7.4
/12179/
72
/262/
72
/223/
3.7
/7597/
85
/13/
81
/212/

84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
poster
MGM Plus
72
7.0
/95112/
69
/1985/
66
/1231/
3.4
/42287/
79
/164/
75
/1918/
67
/33/
cc age 17+

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
poster
71
7.0
/2667/
71
/49/
63
/41/
3.6
/2116/
86
/22/
63
/31/

Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
poster
Plex
78
71
7.5
/8112/
73
/145/
69
/113/
3.7
/4617/
94
/18/
83
/108/

I Want to Live! (1958)
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
poster
Plex
71
6.7
/21059/
67
/471/
66
/286/
3.6
/25982/
83
/87/
67
/303/
71
/18/
cc age 16+

Postcards from the Edge (1990)
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.9
/91290/
69
/1663/
66
/1332/
3.2
/44614/
82
/188/
71
/2591/
65
/38/
cc age 16+

My Week with Marilyn (2011)
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.


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