Biographical History movies

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Immersive Tense Atmospheric Bleak Restrained

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The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.

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Romance under social glare, Public prejudice testing loyalty, War as identity test, Injury shaping resilience, Sporting merit beyond past, Parental tragedy and resolve

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Realistic Tense Dry Clinical Satirical

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When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

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Economic precarity, Risk and consequence, Gendered power dynamics, Forgery and authenticity, Deception ethics, Reputation vs reality

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Realistic Deliberate Clinical Relentless Minimalist

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A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

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Risk management under pressure, Grief-driven perseverance, Duty over personal life, Professional loyalty and sacrifice, Obsession with the mission, Public scrutiny vs private life

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Realistic Tense Deliberate Stylish Measured

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After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.

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Class inequality, Social climbing, Creative labor, Abusive marriage, Gendered power, Artistic autonomy, Exploitation in relationships

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural Restrained

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In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.

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Trauma and memory, Postwar accountability, Duty under orders, Loyalty vs justice, Testimony and witness, Espionage deception

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Realistic Steady Intimate Bleak Deliberate

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Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.

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Memory and loss, Wartime resilience, Literature as refuge, Personal obligation vs desire, Hidden histories, Community bonds under pressure

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Dry Clinical

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The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

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Wealth vs custody power, Legal loopholes and taxation tactics, Ransom leverage and negotiation, Organized crime and family wealth, Parental desperation and resilience, Media pressure and public scrutiny

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Deliberate

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Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.

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Trauma and coping, Divorce impact, High school pressures, Serial killer label, Social outcast pressures, Obsession and belonging

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Claustrophobic

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In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

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Debt and ambition, Self publishing vs publishers, Child labor legacy, Family vs career, Tradition and holidays, Poverty and debtors' prison

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Deliberate

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The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.

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Jealousy and betrayal, Publicity and family strain, Creative work under pressure, Childhood fame and privacy, War trauma shaping art, Memory as storytelling mechanism

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