Comedy, Drama
A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago. Together with his best friend, he starts the journey from New York with no money and the only word they ever learned in english-lessons: "friendship".
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Black Mass
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Cantinflas
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In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
The Lost Battalion
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Oppenheimer
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Lakshmi
IMDB 5.6 | Mar , 2014
Based on true events, Lakshmi is a story of heroism and untold courage. Lakshmi, a 13 year old girl is kidnapped and sold into prostitution. Thrown into this horrific, inhuman world where she is raped and brutally beaten she barely survives with the help of the other girls and her own will to never give in. Finally she is rescued in a police raid. Against all odds, Lakshmi shows courage where everybody else fails. Resisting all pressure - violent threats, coercion and bribes, she stands up in court and in a landmark case in India, succeeds in putting the traffickers behind bars.Roe vs. Wade
IMDB 6.4 | May , 1989
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.Day-O
IMDB 4.7 | May , 1992
A five-year-old named Grace creates an imaginary friend, because her parents only pay attention to the new baby, Tony. Now at 35, his sole friend reappears to help her.The Purple Gang
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1959
The story of the infamous Purple Gang - a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920's Detroit.Fear on Trial
IMDB 9 | Oct , 1975
The story of John Henry Faulk, a radio/TV personality of the 1950s, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Faulk sued the organization that was behind the blacklisting, and the resultant trial, and Faulk's victory, helped to put an end to the blacklisting period.In the Name of the Law
IMDB 5.7 | Oct , 1952
Deemed "the D.W. Griffith of Turkish Cinema," Omer Lutfi Akad directs this 1952 film based upon real events that took place in İstanbul, in the following years of World war II. It is about a love triangle that led to homicide. It was a stylistic departure of what otherwise had been typical of Turkish melodramas of the time.The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 1976
Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.The Stalking of Laurie Show
IMDB 5.3 | Dec , 2000
A teenage girl becomes entangled in a volatile relationship with a pair of high-school lovers.The Man of the Crowd
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 2013
Juvenal is a metro driver from Belo Horizonte. Margô, a station controller. Both live in a state of complete solitude – each in a particular way. Juvenal refuses to be alone and strolls through the streets of this metropolis taking comfort by mingling with the anonimous crowd. Margo seeks relief in the virtual world of social networks where she struggles to establish long lasting relations with real persons.Black Mass
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 2015
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.Justice for Annie
IMDB 4.5 | Jan , 1996
A woman discovers that the accidental death of her daughter was tied to an insurance scam in this fact-based movie.Cantinflas
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 2014
Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. Together they won the Oscar for Best Picture.Running on Empty
IMDB 5 | Apr , 1991
Based on a true story, and recreated from the personal account of one of the robbers, the film follows an immigrant from mainland China in 1975 as he works with a team to plan to rob an armored car carrying seven million dollars from the Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong.In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1994
After a very messy divorce, a man starts suspecting his ex-wife and her new boyfriend of various crimes.The Lost Battalion
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2001
Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
IMDB 6.2 | Nov , 1995
Two teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.Oppenheimer
IMDB 8 | Jul , 2023
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.The Hell of '63
IMDB 5.9 | Dec , 2009
When extreme weather suddenly hits the Netherlands in 1963, a 120-mile tour skating event taking place on natural ice forces its contestants to contend with life-threatening race conditions.Compulsion
IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 1959
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.Paano na Kaya
IMDB 4.4 | Jan , 2010
Mae and Bogs' long-time friendship gets tested when Bogs gets dumped by his girlfriend and Mae finally admits she's in love with him. The two get into a relationship, but Mae fears this is only Bogs' way of dealing with his previous heartache.