Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
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50/50 (2011)
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick …
Directed by: Jonathan Levine
An otherwise healthy twentysomething has a comically early midlife crisis when he gets slapped with a cancer diagnosis -- and a 50-50 chance of survival. But what's the meaning of life…
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Moneyball (2011)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman …
Directed by: Bennett Miller
An all-star cast brings to life the true story of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), a former jock turned general manager who uses unconventional methods to bring the best players to the Oakland…
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The Iron Lady (2011)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Alexandra Roach …
Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd
Meryl Streep provides a subtle and nuanced portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of Britain, whose political career and determination changed the rules that had…
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My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh …
Directed by: Simon Curtis
While filming a movie in England, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe slips away with a young Brit for a week of self-discovery and frivolity. The story that ensues is based on the real-life…
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We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Cast: Cameron Crowe, Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson …
In this adaptation of Benjamin Mee's memoir about buying and saving a run-down zoo, the locale shifts from Britain to southern California. However, the wacky spirit of the original is…
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A Dangerous Method (2011)
Cast: Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
In this David Cronenberg-helmed biopic, Viggo Mortensen stars as Sigmund Freud, whose relationship with fellow psychology luminary Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) is tested when Sabina…
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J. Edgar (2011)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this riveting biopic as J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime FBI director as notorious for his overzealous methods of law enforcement as for the rumors regarding his…
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The Devil's Double (2011)
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi …
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Dominic Cooper stars as Uday Hussein -- Saddam Hussein's depraved, decadent elder son -- and as Latif Yahia, the army lieutenant forcibly drafted to be his body double, in this drama…
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Soul Surfer (2011)
Cast: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt …
Directed by: Sean McNamara
From director Sean McNamara comes this inspiring film that dramatizes the real-life story of Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb), a Hawaiian teen who bravely returns to competitive surfing…
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Oranges and Sunshine (2011)
Cast: Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, Aisling Loftus …
Directed by: Jim Loach
This drama based on a true story follows British social worker Margaret Humphreys as she uncovers a shocking deportation scandal involving thousands of children and risks her personal life to…
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Meek's Cutoff (2011)
Cast: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton …
Directed by: Kelly Reichardt
Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the Oregon Trail. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with…
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Miral (2011)
Cast: Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Willem Dafoe …
Directed by: Julian Schnabel
After rescuing children who survived a massacre in Jerusalem in 1948, a Palestinian woman establishes an orphanage that helps thousands of other children. But the success of her institution…
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There Be Dragons (2011)
Cast: Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé directs this epic tale of love and betrayal set during the Spanish Civil War. When a present-day journalist (Dougray Scott) investigates Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá…
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The Road to Freedom (2011)
Cast: Joshua Fredric Smith, Scott Maguire, Kanilen Kang …
Directed by: Brendan Moriarty
During the height of the Vietnam War, adventure-seeking photojournalists Sean (Joshua Fredric Smith) and Dana (Scott Maguire) boldly sneak into Cambodia, where they search for signs of Khmer…
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Oka! (2011)
Cast: Kris Marshall, Peter Riegert, Haviland Morris …
Directed by: Lavinia Currier
Director Lavinia Currier spins an enthralling tale of one man's devotion to documenting and preserving the unique musical forms and rituals integrated into the everyday lives and culture…
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Bringing Ashley Home (2011)
Cast: A.J. Cook, Aliyah O'Brien, Patricia Richardson …
Directed by: Nick Copus
The true story of Libba Phillips (Jennifer Morrison) is dramatized in this compelling drama that begins when Libba's mentally unbalanced younger sister, Ashley, goes missing and the…
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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (2011)
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Terry O'Quinn, David Haydn-Jones …
Directed by: Gary Harvey
This fact-based Lifetime drama follows one mother's nightmarish struggle to retrieve the 7-year-old son her ex-husband whisked out of her life when he abducted the boy and took him back…
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Thurgood (2011)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne
Directed by: Michael Stevens
Re-creating a Tony-nominated performance, Laurence Fishburne stars in this one-man live show as renowned lawyer and civil rights leader Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice…
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Justice for Natalee Holloway (2011)
Cast: Tracy Pollan, Stephen Amell, Scott Cohen …
Directed by: Stephen T. Kay
Four years after an American teen disappears in Aruba, her still-grieving mother is searching for answers -- and the person responsible for her pain. But repeated misinformation threatens to…
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The First Man (2011)
Cast: Jacques Gamblin, Maya Sansa, Denis Podalydès …
Directed by: Gianni Amelio
A novelist's trip home to Algiers to visit his mother triggers memories of his poverty-stricken childhood and the mentor who encouraged him to write. This bittersweet tale is drawn from…
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1911 (2011)
Cast: Jackie Chan, Bingbing Li, Winston Chao …
Directed by: Jackie Chan, Zhang Li, Li Zhang …
In early 20th-century China, a man schooled in the ways of modern warfare returns from a stay in Japan to unite his splintering country. But going up against the well-armed Qing Dynasty…
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Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
Cast: John Woo, Andy Lau, Bingbing Fan …
Directed by: Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang
This historical propaganda epic tells the story of the events leading up to the creation of the Chinese Communist Party, beginning with warlord Yuan Shikai's attempt to reestablish a…
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Omar Killed Me (2011)
Cast: Sami Bouajila, Denis Podalydès, Maurice Benichou …
Directed by: Roschdy Zem
When an elderly woman is found murdered in her basement, a message she allegedly scribbled on the wall identifies the killer as Omar, her longtime gardener. But a journalist covering the case…
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The Social Network (2010)
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake …
Directed by: David Fincher
Director David Fincher's biographical drama chronicles the meteoric rise of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) from Harvard sophomore to Internet superstar, examining his…
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The King's Speech (2010)
Cast: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter …
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Britain's King George VI (Colin Firth) struggles with an embarrassing stutter for years until he seeks help from unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) in…