Film Tone: Stirring

1.

Grey's Anatomy

US medical drama television series

Overview: Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, later ...

Director: Rob Corn, Kevin McKidd

Cast: Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Justin Chambers, Kevin McKidd, Jesse Williams

Producer: Mark Gordon, Shonda Rhimes

Writer: Shonda Rhimes, Julie Wong

A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.

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American English-language television shows 9,864T

American Broadcasting Company television dramas 588T

Television series set in hospitals 19T

2.

West Side Story

1961 film by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

Overview: West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. With a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, the film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of ...

Release date: 18 October 1961

Genre: Musical, Romance, Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise

Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland

Producer: Saul Chaplin, Walter Mirisch

Writer: Ernest Lehman, Arthur Laurents

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

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Films based on works by Stephen Sondheim 10T

1960s English-language films 3,114T

Films about juvenile delinquency 29T

3.

The Oprah Winfrey Show

American syndicated talk show

Overview: The Oprah Winfrey Show, often referred to as The Oprah Show or simply Oprah, is an American daytime syndicated talk show that aired nationally for 25 seasons from September 8, 1986, to May 25, 2011, in ...

Release date: 8 September 1986

Genre: Talk-Show, Drama

Director: Joseph C. Terry, Peter Kimball

Cast: Oprah Winfrey, Nate Berkus, Gayle King, Chris Rock, Alexandra Wentworth, Julia Roberts

Producer: Ellen Rakieten, Sally Lou Loveman

Writer: Kevin Michael Burke, Toni Morrison

Chicago-based daytime talk-show host Oprah Winfrey invites a guest panel to discuss a topic, in front of a studio audience...

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Television Academy Honors winners 60T

1990s American television talk shows 140T

1980s American television talk shows 62T

4.

Friday Night Lights

American sports drama television series

Overview: Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series developed by Peter Berg, that is inspired by the 1990 nonfiction book by H. G. Bissinger, which was adapted as the 2004 film of the same ...

Genre: Drama, Sport

Director: Jeffrey Reiner, Michael Waxman

Cast: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Brad Leland, Taylor Kitsch, Jesse Plemons

Producer: Sarah Aubrey, Nan L. Bernstein

Writer: Peter Berg, Buzz Bissinger

The trials and tribulations of small town Texas football players, their friends, family, and coaching staff.

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Television Academy Honors winners 60T

Television series created by Peter Berg 2T

Television series by Imagine Entertainment 46T

5.

ER

American medical drama television series (1994-2009)

Overview: ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist and physician Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes spanning 15 ...

Release date: 19 September 1994

Genre: Drama

Director: Christopher Chulack, Jonathan Kaplan

Cast: Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Laura Cerón, Deezer D, Maura Tierney, Goran Visnjic

Producer: Michael Crichton, John Wells

Writer: Michael Crichton, David Zabel

The work and lives of a group of emergency room doctors in Chicago.

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1990s American workplace drama television series 9T

Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series 218T

2000s American workplace drama television series 23T

6.

North and South, Book I

Three American television miniseries

Overview: North and South is the title of three American television miniseries broadcast on the ABC network in 1985, 1986, and 1994. Set before, during, and immediately after the American Civil War, they are based ...

Release date: 3 November 1985

Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War

Director: Richard T. Heffron

Cast: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff, Lesley-Anne Down, Genie Francis

Producer: Paul Freeman, Rob Harland

Writer: Douglas Heyes, John Jakes

Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.

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Cultural depictions of Frederick Douglass 22T

Cultural depictions of Ulysses S. Grant 51T

Cultural depictions of Robert E. Lee 30T

7.

Veer-Zaara

2004 film by Yash Chopra

Overview: Veer-Zaara is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra and produced by him and his son Aditya Chopra. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta as the eponymous s ...

Genre: Romance, Drama, Musical

Director: Yash Chopra

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Kirron Kher, Divya Dutta, Boman Irani

Producer: Padam Bhushan, Singh Maan Bikramjit

Writer: Aditya Chopra

"Veer-Zaara" is a saga of love, separation, courage, and sacrifice. A love story that is an inspiration and will remain a legend forever.

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2004 romantic drama films 72T

2004 drama films 557T

Indian interfaith romance films 56T

8.

Remember the Titans

2000 film by Boaz Yakin

Overview: Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. The screenplay, written by Gregory Allen Howard, is based on the true story of ...

Release date: 23 September 2000

Genre: Drama, Sport, Biography

Director: Boaz Yakin

Cast: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Faison, Craig Kirkwood

Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Flynn

Writer: Gregory Allen Howard

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

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2000 biographical drama films 22T

2000s sports drama films 96T

2000 drama films 433T

9.

The West Wing

American political drama television series (1999-2006)

Overview: The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 1999 to May 2006. The series is set primarily in the West ...

Release date: 22 September 1999

Genre: Drama

Director: Christopher Misiano, Alex Graves

Cast: Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff

Producer: Kristin Harms, John Wells

Writer: Aaron Sorkin, Debora Cahn

Inside the lives of staffers in the west wing of the White House.

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Television series created by Aaron Sorkin 4T

Films about multiple sclerosis 7T

American workplace drama television series 1T

10.

Where Eagles Dare

1968 film by Brian G. Hutton

Overview: Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 British Metrocolor World War II action film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...

Release date: 4 December 1968

Genre: War, Drama, Adventure, Action

Director: Brian G. Hutton

Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, Donald Houston

Producer: Jerry Gershwin, Denis Holt

Writer: Alistair MacLean

Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's ...

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Films shot at MGM-British Studios 133T

1960s English-language films 3,111T

British World War II films 94T

11.

Tombstone

1993 Western film

Overview: Tombstone is a 1993 American Western film directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre (who was also the original director, but was replaced early in production), and starring Kurt Russell and ...

Release date: 25 December 1993

Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Western

Director: George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre

Cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn

Producer: Sean Daniel, John Fasano

Writer: Kevin Jarre

A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.

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1990s English-language films 3,955T

1993 Western (genre) films 10T

Biographical films about Wyatt Earp 5T

12.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson

Overview: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the third volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The film is the final ...

Release date: 1 December 2003

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast: Noel Appleby, Alexandra Astin, Sean Astin, David Aston, John Bach, Sean Bean

Producer: Peter Jackson, Michael Lynne

Writer: J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring ...

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Middle-earth (film franchise) films 7T

2000s English-language films 2,127T

New Zealand fantasy adventure films 9T

13.

The Last Samurai

2003 film by Edward Zwick

Overview: The Last Samurai is a 2003 epic period action drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan ...

Release date: 22 November 2003

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War, History

Director: Edward Zwick

Cast: Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, Ray Godshall Sr., Billy Connolly

Producer: Tom Cruise, Michael Doven

Writer: John Logan, Edward Zwick

An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.

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2000s American films 7,192T

New Zealand multilingual films 4T

2000s Japanese-language films 527T

14.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2008 film directed by Andrew Adamson

Overview: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 high fantasy film co-written and directed by Andrew Adamson, based on Prince Caspian (1951), the second published, fourth chronological novel in C. S ...

Release date: 9 May 2008

Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Andrew Adamson

Cast: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Sergio Castellitto

Producer: Andrew Adamson, Micheal Flaherty

Writer: Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus

The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's ...

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Films about dwarfs 17T

2000s fantasy adventure films 127T

Films with screenplays by Andrew Adamson 6T

15.

Saving Private Ryan

1998 film by Steven Spielberg

Overview: Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set in 1944 in France during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain ...

Release date: 24 July 1998

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel

Producer: Ian Bryce, Bonnie Curtis

Writer: Robert Rodat

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

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Films produced by Gary Levinsohn 8T

Films produced by Mark Gordon (producer) 31T

Films with screenplays by Robert Rodat 7T

16.

Pride

Movie based on swim coach Jim Ellis story

Overview: Pride is a 2007 American biographical film released by Lionsgate Entertainment on March 23, 2007. Loosely based upon the true story of Philadelphia swim coach James "Jim" Ellis, Pride stars Terrence Howard ...

Release date: 9 February 2007

Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Sport

Director: Sunu Gonera

Cast: Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Kimberly Elise, Tom Arnold, Brandon Fobbs, Alphonso McAuley

Producer: Kimberly C. Anderson, Lex Breweur

Writer: Kevin Michael Smith, Michael Gozzard

The determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.

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2000s coming-of-age comedy-drama films 78T

2000s sports comedy-drama films 36T

Films scored by Aaron Zigman 60T

17.

Paradise Road

1997 Australian film

Overview: Paradise Road is a 1997 Australian war film that tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned by the Japanese in Sumatra during World War II. It was d ...

Release date: 11 April 1997

Genre: Drama, War

Director: Bruce Beresford

Cast: Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Ehle, Julianna Margulies

Producer: Graham Burke, Greg Coote

Writer: David Giles, Martin Meader

A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.

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1997 drama films 417T

World War II prisoner of war films 75T

Fox Searchlight Pictures films 204T

18.

Ned Kelly

2003 film

Overview: Ned Kelly is a 2003 Australian bushranger film based on Robert Drewe's 1991 novel Our Sunshine. Directed by Gregor Jordan, the film's adapted screenplay was written by John Michael McDonagh. The film ...

Release date: 22 March 2003

Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Crime, History, Western, Romance

Director: Greg Jordan

Cast: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts, Joel Edgerton, Laurence Kinlan

Producer: Tim Bevan, Catherine Bishop

Writer: Robert Drewe, John Michael McDonagh

An innocent man becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known.

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Films produced by Nelson Woss 5T

2003 Western (genre) films 7T

2000s English-language films 10,057T

19.

Kingdom of Heaven

2005 film directed by Ridley Scott

Overview: Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It stars Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Ghassan Massoud, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis ...

Release date: 2 May 2005

Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Drama, War

Director: Ridley Scott

Cast: Martin Hancock, Michael Sheen, Nathalie Cox, Eriq Ebouaney, Jouko Ahola, David Thewlis

Producer: Karim Abouobayd, Mark Albela

Writer: William Monahan

Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.

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Films shot in the province of Huesca 3T

English-language German films 842T

American historical action films 21T

20.

King of Kings

1961 film of the life of Jesus Christ

Overview: King of Kings is a 1961 American Biblical epic film made by Samuel Bronston Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed by Nicholas Ray, the film is a dramatization of the story of Jesus ...