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Never Look Away
Director :
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Released: 2018
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Story of German artist with childhood through WWII and then a young man in East Germany becoming a successful socialist-realist artist and fleeing to the West just before the wall goes up to get involved in the 60s art scene and after struggling becomes a
Full synopsis 9 words
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23 Feb '25
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23 Feb '25
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The 2010s
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A Complete Unknown
Director :
James Mangold
Released: 2024
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Dylan, the folk years
Full synopsis 21 words
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26 Jan '25
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26 Jan '25
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The 2020s
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The Fabelmans
Director :
Stephen Spielberg
Released: 2022
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Spielberg's autobiography of his teenage years
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18 Aug '24
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18 Aug '24
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The 2020s
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Saint Omer
Director :
Alice Diop
Released: 2022
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Courtroom drama. Writer observes trial of Senegalese woman who has admitted killing her 15 month old child. Resonances in her own life and cultural background.
Full synopsis 38 words
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27 Jan '24
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27 Jan '24
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The 2020s
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Oppenheimer
Director :
Christopher Nolan
Released: 2023
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Scenes from life of a troubled scientist
Full synopsis 81 words
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02 Sep '23
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2 Sep '23
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The 2020s
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No
Director :
Pablo Larraín
Released: 2012
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Story of the 1988 Chilean referendum on getting rid of the dictator Pinochet
Full synopsis 32 words
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26 Aug '23
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26 Aug '23
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The 2010s
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Holy Spider
Director :
Ali Abbasi
Released: 2022
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Serial killer in Mashhad, Iran murdering prostitutes with 'no progress'from the police until a female journalist from Tehran investigates.
Full synopsis 266 words
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20 May '23
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20 May '23
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The 2020s
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The Phantom of the Open
Director :
Craig Roberts
Released: 2021
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True story of Shipyard worker from Barrow who enters the British Open golf championship several times despite never having played before
Full synopsis 190 words
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06 May '23
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6 May '23
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The 2020s
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The Night of the 12th
La nuit du 12
Director :
Dominik Moll
Released: 2022
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Police procediural based on true story in Grenoble area
Full synopsis 72 words
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04 May '23
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4 May '23
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The 2020s
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The Beasts
Director :
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Released: 2022
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No summary or synopsis provided
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12 Apr '23
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12 Apr '23
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The 2020s
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Bohemian Rhadpsody
Director :
Bryan Singer
Released: 2018
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The Freddie Mercury in Queen story
Full synopsis 109 words
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11 Mar '23
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11 Mar '23
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The 2010s
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Farha
Director :
Darin J. Sallam
Released: 2021
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Based on true story of a 16 yo girl's experience of the Nakba when Palestinians were driven from their homelands by Israel (with British support)
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16 Feb '23
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16 Feb '23
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The 2020s
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North Country
Director :
Niki Caro
Released: 2005
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Sexual harrassment in an Iopen-cast iron mine leads to landmark legal case. Based on true story.
Full synopsis 181 words
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21 Jan '23
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21 Jan '23
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The 2000s (the noughties)
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Catch a Fire
Director :
Phillip Noyce
Released: 2006
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Synopsis extract:
Based on true story of an apartheid era black man who gets terroristed by a white investigator and ...
Full synopsis 35 words
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5 from 2 Rating(s)
11 Mar '17
06 Feb '22
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11 Mar '17
6 Feb '22
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The 2000s (the noughties)
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The Aviator
Director :
Martin Scorsese
Released: 2004
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Howard Hughes biopic
Full synopsis 36 words
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07 Aug '21
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7 Aug '21
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The 2000s (the noughties)
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Alex Wheatle
Small Axe pt.4
Director :
Steve McQueen
Released: 2020
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True story of Alex Wheatle, young West Indian DJ caught up in the Brixton Riots and imprisoned leading to a change of life
Full synopsis 97 words
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04 May '21
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4 May '21
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The 2020s
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Red White and Blue
Small Axe pt.3
Director :
Steve McQueen
Released: 2020
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The story of Leroy Logan, first black policeman in the Met
Full synopsis 84 words
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01 May '21
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1 May '21
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The 2020s
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Mangrove
Small Axe pt.1
Director :
Steve McQueen
Released: 2020
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True story of the trials of the Mangrove Cafe in Notting Hill and Frank Crichlow & the Mangrove Nine.
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17 Apr '21
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17 Apr '21
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The 2020s
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Mr Jones
Director :
Agnieszka Holland
Released: 2019
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No summary or synopsis provided
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5 from 2 Rating(s)
16 Jul '20
09 Mar '21
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16 Jul '20
9 Mar '21
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The 2010s
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
unlisted director
Released: 2020
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Not so much directly about the events in Chicago '68 around the Democratic Convention, but focusing on the actual trial which took 6 months in '69
Full synopsis 28 words
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03 Jan '21
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3 Jan '21
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The 2020s
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Misbehaviour
unlisted director
Released: 2020
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The true story of the Womens Lib disruption of the 1970 Miss World contest in London.
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31 Dec '20
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31 Dec '20
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The 2020s
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Official Secrets
unlisted director
Released: 2019
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No summary or synopsis provided
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10 Aug '20
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10 Aug '20
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The 2010s
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