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West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway ...
Release date: 18 October 1961
Genre:
Musical, Romance, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
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White Chicks (stylized as WHiTE CHiCKS) is a 2004 American buddy cop crime comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans from a screenplay co-written by Wayans, Xavier Cook, Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony ...
Release date: 23 June 2004
Genre:
Crime, Comedy
Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot.
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To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Patricia ...
Release date: 14 June 1967
Genre:
Drama
Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham, with Phillip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, James A ...
Release date: 25 December 1962
Genre:
Crime, Drama
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.
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Sarafina! is a 1992 musical drama film based on Mbongeni Ngema's 1987 musical of the same name. The film was directed by Darrell Roodt and written by Ngema Mbongeni and William Nicholson, and stars Leleti ...
Release date: 11 September 1992
Genre:
Drama, Musical
South African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.
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Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. The screenplay by Gregory Allen Howard is loosely based on the true story ...
Release date: 23 September 2000
Genre:
Drama, Sport, Biography
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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Monster's Ball is a 2001 American romantic drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appeared in the film. It stars Billy Bob Thornton ...
Release date: 11 November 2001
Genre:
Drama, Romance
After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard re-examines his attitudes while falling in love with the African-American wife of the last prisoner he executed ...
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Hairspray
2007 film directed by Adam Shankman
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Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters's 1988 comedy film of the same name. Produced by Ingenious Media ...
Release date: 13 July 2007
Genre:
Comedy, Musical, Romance
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
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Freedom Writers is a 2007 American biographical drama film written and directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey and Mario.
Release date: 5 January 2007
Genre:
Biography, Crime, Drama
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
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Fiddler on the Roof is a 1971 American period musical film produced and directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay written by Joseph Stein, based on the 1964 stage musical of the same name by Stein ...
Release date: 21 October 1971
Genre:
Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while ...
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Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical ...
Release date: 9 December 2006
Genre:
Drama, Musical, Music
A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights is a 2004 American dance musical romance film directed by Guy Ferland and starring Diego Luna, Romola Garai, Sela Ward, John Slattery, Jonathan Jackson, January Jones, and ...
Release date: 27 February 2004
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Music
High school senior Katey moves to Havana in November 1958, when her dad gets a promotion at Ford. She meets a local waiter, who introduces her to sensual ...
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A Time to Kill is a 1996 American legal drama film based on John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star, with Donald and Kiefer ...
Release date: 24 July 1996
Genre:
Crime, Thriller, Drama
In Clanton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old da ...
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A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by and starring Robert De Niro in his directorial debut and produced by Jane Rosenthal, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 play ...
Release date: 14 September 1993
Genre:
Crime, Drama
A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s.
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8 Mile
2002 film by Curtis Hanson
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8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film written by Scott Silver and directed by Curtis Hanson. It stars Eminem in his film debut, alongside Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, Kim Basinger and ...
Release date: 8 September 2002
Genre:
Drama, Music
A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem ...
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Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson ...
Release date: 25 December 2012
Genre:
Drama, Western, Adventure
With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
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The Help is a 2011 period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor and based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast, including Emma Stone, Viola Davis ...
Release date: 12 August 2011
Genre:
Drama
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white ...
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Faces of Death (later re-released as The Original Faces of Death) is a 1978 American mondo horror film written and directed by John Alan Schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms "Conan Le Cilaire" and "Alan ...
Release date: 24 May 1980
Genre:
Documentary, Crime, Horror
A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies The common factor is death by some means.
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Bring It On: All or Nothing (previously known as Bring It On Yet Again) is a 2006 American teen comedy film directed by Steve Rash and starring Hayden Panettiere and Solange Knowles-Smith. It is the third ...
Release date: 8 August 2006
A transfer student to a rough high school tries joining the cheer-leading squad and she not only faces off against the head cheerleader, but against her ...
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This Is England is a 2006 British Independent drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The story centres on young skinheads in England in 1983. The film illustrates how their subculture, which ...
Release date: 12 September 2006
Genre:
Drama, Crime
A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
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