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Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | drama, musical, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:25 |
Characters | Giants, Lions, Businessmen, Singers |
Plot | On real events, Dancing, Fight, Friendship, Ballet |
Place | Party, Beach, USA |
Style | Exciting, Soulful, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Tense |
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | drama, music, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:14 |
Characters | Musicians, Jews, Guitarists, Singers |
Plot | On real events, Music, Motorcycles, Friendship, Death |
Place | Trains, Hospitals, Cemetery, USA |
Style | Psychological problems, Fascinating |
A re-imagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | drama, biography |
Country | USA |
Characters | Family |
Plot | Love, On real events, Friendship, Rivalry |
Place | Small cities |
Style | Exciting, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching |
Tells the incredible true story of Amberley Snyder, a nationally ranked rodeo barrel racer who defies the odds after barely surviving a car accident that leaves her paralyzed from the waist down.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | comedy, drama, biography |
Country | France |
Characters | Angels, Family |
Plot | Love, On real events, Soccer, Adventure, Fight |
Place | Village, France |
Style | Cute, Soulful, Fascinating, For men |
Seyolo Zantoko is a doctor from Congo who wants to get away from dictatorship and he is hired by the mayor of a small village in the north of France. The locals fear Seyolo and his family as they have never seen African people before, and Seyolo and his family struggle to adapt to this new life. But Seyolo is determined to succeed and to win the trust of the villagers.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | drama, sport |
Country | USA |
Duration | 03:03 |
Characters | Family |
Plot | Sports, Soccer, Adventure, Fight, Relationship |
Place | USA |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Inspirational, Soulful, Fascinating |
The dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, music |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:57 |
Characters | Musicians, Sisters, Girlfriends, Actors, Singers |
Plot | Love, Time travel, Revenge, Friendship, Betrayal |
Place | Party, Los Angeles |
Time | New Year |
Style | Light, Fascinating |
A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | drama, crime, music, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway |
Duration | 02:16 |
Characters | Gay, Musicians, Cats, Singers |
Plot | On real events, Music, Friendship, Death, Sects |
Place | Party, Norway |
Style | Action, By books, Fascinating, Heavy |
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | comedy, drama, music |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:17 |
Characters | Cats, Singers |
Plot | Music, Success, Hip Hop, Rivalry |
Place | College, USA |
Style | Action, Soulful, Fascinating |
A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | comedy, drama, family |
Country | France, Belgium |
Duration | 01:29 |
Characters | Teens, Family, Parents, Mothers |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Time travel, Adventure, Relationship |
Place | Italy, Venice |
Time | Night |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating |
Emile is fifteen. He lives in Montargis, between a sweet-crazy father and a mother who has always dyed his hair blond, because, it seems, he is more beautiful like that. When the girl who pleases him more than anything invites him to Venice for the holidays, he is overjoyed. Only problem, his parents decide to accompany him - This is the story of a teenager born into an unclassifiable family, the story of a first love, miraculous and fragile. This is the story of an initiatory and incredible journey where life often takes unawares, but where Venice, it will be at the rendezvous.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | drama |
Country | USA |
Characters | Gay, Singers |
Plot | Money, Computers, Hip Hop |
Place | College, Party, Cemetery, Korea |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing |
A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:19 |
Characters | DJs, Partners |
Plot | Music, Friendship, Hip Hop, Rivalry |
Style | Psychological problems, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching, Serious |
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:28 |
Characters | Lawyers, Fathers, Presidential, Poor, Chief |
Plot | Love, On real events, Cars, Friendship, Art |
Place | College, Africa, The White House, USA, Office |
Time | Summer |
Style | Light, To cry, Soulful |
Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:24 |
Characters | Friends |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Rivalry |
Place | College, USA |
Style | Psychological problems, Soulful, Fascinating |
At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | drama, music, biography |
Country | Brazil |
Characters | Gay, Teachers, Punks, Guitarists, Singers |
Plot | Dancing, Music, Friendship |
Place | Party |
The life of Renato Russo, from his first involvement with music, to his years in the punk rock band Aborto Alétrico, to the formation of Legião Urbana, in the Brasília rock scene of 1970s and 1980s.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | France, Israel, Germany |
Duration | 01:43 |
Characters | Musicians, Jews |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Adventure, Fight, Relationship |
Place | USSR, France |
Style | Soulful, By books, Fascinating |
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama |
Country | Spain |
Characters | Dogs, Teens |
Plot | Love, Adventure, Obsession, Friendship, Fate |
Style | Psychological problems, Soulful, Fascinating |
To find his therapy dog, a 17-year-old escapes from juvie and embarks on a journey of reconnection with his brother and grandmother through Cantabria.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | comedy, drama, biography, sport |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, Mexico |
Duration | 02:28 |
Characters | Family |
Plot | On real events, Adventure, Friendship, Rivalry |
Place | England |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense |
Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and face this new cutthroat world alone. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | drama, music, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
Characters | Gangsters, Musicians, Rappers, Friends, Terminally ill |
Plot | On real events, Travel, Music, Art, Hip Hop |
Place | Ghetto, USA, Night Clubs, Los Angeles |
Style | Fascinating, Serious |
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama, music, biography, history |
Country | USA, Germany |
Duration | 02:45 |
Characters | Friends, Actors, Managers, Poor, Artists |
Plot | Music, Success |
Style | To cry, Fascinating, Gloomy, Touching, Serious |
Biographical miniseries chronicling the rise of American music icon Elvis Presley from his high school years to his international superstardom.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | drama, biography |
Country | Germany, Belgium |
Duration | 02:18 |
Characters | Lawyers |
Plot | Love, Relationship, Friendship, Rivalry, Female friendship |
Place | Hospitals |
Style | Action, Soulful, Fascinating, Tense, Serious |
55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | drama, music |
Country | USA |
Characters | Dogs, Lesbians, Thieves, Snake, Friends |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Boxing, Friendship |
Place | New York |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching, Serious |
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama |
Country | Denmark |
Characters | Family, Pregnant, Fathers, Priests, Poor |
Plot | Love, On real events, Adventure, Wedding, Death |
Place | Party |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Cute, Touching |
On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail towards Copenhagen to become an engineer. Parallel to his studies, he works on a visionary energy project based on wind and wave energy, a project so much ahead of its time, that professors consider him insane and far too self-confident. However, Per’s project becomes a success and he marries the beautiful Jakobe who is a part of a wealthy Jewish family. One would imagine that Per’s happiness now is made. But Per’s childhood keeps haunting him and his dogmatic family cannot accept his new life. Despite his luck and success, Per is unable to fully cut the strings to his strict religious background, and he now fears that he will repeat his father’s patriarchist behavior.
Mark | imdb: 5.1 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:26 |
Plot | Love, Adventure, Obsession, Friendship, Fate |
Place | Los Angeles |
Style | Psychological problems, Soulful, Fascinating |
15 minutes of fame destroys the life of a man who works as a clapper in television.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | drama, music, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:49 |
Characters | Musicians, Artists, Singers |
Plot | On real events, Music, Success |
Place | Chicago |
Style | To cry, Inspirational, Soulful, Fascinating, Serious |
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography |
Country | Spain |
Duration | 01:45 |
Characters | Lesbians |
Plot | Love, On real events |
Place | Spain |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Psychological problems, Soulful, Fascinating |
In 1901, Marcela Gracia Ibeas took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Elisa Sanchez Loriga.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, history |
Country | France, Belgium |
Duration | 01:52 |
Characters | Family, Writers, Losers, Poets |
Plot | Love, On real events, Relationship, Obsession, Friendship |
Place | Paris, France, Hotels |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Psychological problems, Soulful, Fascinating, For men |
Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant Coquelin to perform the main role in his new play. But there is a problem: Coquelin wants to premiere it at Christmas and Edmond has not written a single word.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | drama, music, biography |
Country | Russia |
Duration | 02:20 |
Characters | Musicians, Brothers, Architects, Singers |
Plot | Love triangle, Fate, Music group |
Place | Trains, Russia, USSR, Party, Beach |
Style | Light, Inspirational, Atmospheric |
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LP’s by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | comedy, drama, musical |
Country | United Kingdom |
Characters | Strong women |
Plot | Love, War, On real events, Friendship, Fate |
Style | Romantic, Psychological problems, Soulful, Fascinating |
Inspired by global phenomenon of military wives choirs, the story celebrates a band of misfit women who form a choir on a military base. As unexpected bonds of friendship flourish, music and laughter transform their lives, helping each other to overcome their fears for loved ones in combat.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | drama, music, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:07 |
Characters | Artists, Singers |
Plot | On real events, Music |
Place | Texas |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching, Serious |
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.