42 (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562

Plot:
The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.

Genre: Biography | Drama | Sport
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 from 11,826 users Metascore: 62/100
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie

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2013, Biography, Drama, Sport,

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Argo (2012)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648

Plot:
In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans are taken hostage. However, six manage to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA is eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devises a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez creates the ruse and proceeds to Iran as its associate producer. However, time is running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House have grave doubts about the operation themselves.

Genre: Biography | Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 from 80,549 users Metascore: 86/100
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman

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2012, Biography, Drama, Thriller,

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Lincoln (2012)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272

Plot:
In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time, and if it comes before the amendment is passed, the returning southern states will stop it before it can become law. Lincoln must, by almost any means possible, obtain enough votes from a recalcitrant Congress before peace arrives and it is too late. Yet the president is torn, as an early peace would save thousands of lives. As the nation confronts its conscience over the freedom of its entire population, Lincoln faces his own crisis of conscience — end slavery or end the war.

Genre: Biography | Drama | History | War
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 from 71,965 users Metascore: 86/100
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and David Strathairn

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2012, Biography, Drama, History, War,

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The Iceman (2012)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1491044/

Plot:
In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert ‘Mr. Freezy’ Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate, circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him.

Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 from 3,400 users Metascore: 60/100
Directed by: Ariel Vromen
Starring: Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans

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2012, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller,

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Hitchcock (2012)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0975645/

Plot:
In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma, are at the top of their creative game as filmmakers amid disquieting insinuations about it being time to retire. To recapture his youth’s artistic daring, Alfred decides his next film will adapt the lurid horror novel, Psycho, over everyone’s misgivings. Unfortunately, as Alfred self-finances and labors on this film, Alma finally loses patience with his roving eye and controlling habits with his actresses. When an ambitious friend lures her to collaborate on a work of their own, the resulting marital tension colors Alfred’s work even as the novel’s inspiration haunts his dreams.

Genre: Biography | Drama
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 from 14,306 users Metascore: 55/100
Directed by: Sacha Gervasi
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson

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2012, Biography, Drama,

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Magic Mike (2012)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1915581/

Plot:
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.

Genre:Biography | Comedy | Drama
IMDB Rating:6.3/10 from 21,293 users
Directed by:Steven Soderbergh
Starring:Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and Olivia Munn

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2012, Biography, Comedy, Drama,

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Moneyball (2011)

Moneyball (2011)



Story
Oakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.

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2011, Biography, Drama, Sport,

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The Devil's Double (2011)

The Devil's Double (2011)



Story
Baghdad, the playground for the rich and infamous, where anything can be bought - but for a price. This is Uday Hussein's world and with his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality, he helps himself to whatever turns him on. When army lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned to Saddam's palace, he is faced with an impossible request - to be Uday's 'fiday' - his body double, or have his family condemned to death. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption, knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death for Latif, as he battles to escape from his forced existence.

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2011, Action, Biography, Drama,

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Knuckle (2011)

Knuckle (2011)



Story
An epic 12-year journey into the brutal and secretive world of Irish Traveler bare-knuckle fighting. This film follows a history of violent feuding between rival clans.

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2011, Biography, Documentary, Drama,

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