Biographical films

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Legend, Universal Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures and Studiocanal present ; a Working Title production ; produced by Tim Bevan [and four others] ; written and directed by Brian Helgeland

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100 men, a film by Paul Oremland ; DS Productions presents ; in association with the New Zealand Film Commission ; Iridescent Films ; Bona Omi Productions ; director, Paul Oremland ; producer, Vincent Burke

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12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen ; screenplay by John Ridley ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner ; produced by Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Katagas ; executive producers, Tessa Ross, John Ridley ; Regency Enterprises and River Road Entertainment present ; a River Road, Plan B, and New Regency production ; in association with Film4 ; a film by Steve McQueen

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2 turntables and a microphone : the life and death of Jam Master Jay, director and producer, Guy Logan ; produced by Fredro Starr, et al. ; life story & co-directed by Stephen Watford, (videorecording)

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200 cadillacs, executive producer, Susan Rod Graham ; produced and directed by Dan Griffin ; produced and conceived by Rex Fowler ; co-producer, Michael Balabuch, (videorecording)

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8 1/2, di Federico Fellini ; Janus Films ; Angelo Rizzoli presenta ; ideato e diretto da Federico Fellini ; prodotto da Angelo Rizzoli ; soggetto, Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano ; sceneggiatura Federico Fellini [and others] ; Titanus, Corinth Film ; una produzione Cineriz

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90 South, Milestone Film and Video in Association with National Film Archive ; photographed and narrated by Herbert G. Ponting, (videorecording)

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A Beautiful Mind, a Ron Howard film ; Universal Pictures/Dreamworks Pictures/Imagine Entertainment present ; a Brian Grazer production ; produced by Brian Grazer ; written by Akiva Goldsman ; directed by Ron Howard

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A Life : the story of Lady Bird Johnson, produced by Guggenheim Productions, Inc. ; a film by Charles Guggenheim ; written and directed by Charles Guggenheim, (videorecording)

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A ballerina's tale, a co-production of Urban Romances, Inc. and Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; directed by Nelson George ; produced by Leslie Norville ; co-produced by Andrew Herwitz

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A beautiful mind, Universal Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Imagine Entertainment present a Brian Grazer production, a Ron Howard film ; producers, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard ; screenplay, Akiva Goldsman ; director, Ron Howard, (videorecording)

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A boatload of wild Irishmen, Léirithe le Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín presents ; directed by Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín ; written by Brian Winston ; producer, Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín

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A brief history of time, Janus Films ; an Anglia Television & Gordon Freedman production ; an Errol Morris film ; produced by David Hickman ; directed by Errol Morris ; produced in association with NBC, Tokyo Broadcasting System, & Channel Four, UK

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A good day to die, a Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation production ; produced and directed by David Mueller & Lynn Salt ; co-producers, Tashina Banks, Takeo Koshikawa ; writer/interviews, Lynn Salt

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A man for all seasons, Columbia [presents] Fred Zinnemann's film of ; screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced and directed by Fred Zinnemann

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A man named Pearl, Susie Films & Tentmakers Entertainment present ; in association with Carmel Entertainment Group & the Shaking Ray Levi Society ; produced and directed by Brent Pierson & Scott Galloway, (videorecording)

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A matador's mistress, Xenon Pictures, Viva Pictures and Lola Films in association with Iberoamiercana Films Producción ... [et al.] presents an Andrés Vicente Gómez production ; produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez ; written and directed by Menno Meyjes, (videorecording)

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A mighty heart, Paramount Vantage presents a Plan B Entertainment/Revolution Films production, a Michael Winterbottom film ; produced by Andrew Eaton, Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt ; screenplay by John Orloff ; directed by Michael Winterbottom, (videorecording)

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A murder in the park, Sundance Selects ; Whole Truth Films ; Transition Studios ; directed by Shawn Rech, Brandon Kimber ; produced by Andrew Hale, Shawn Rech

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A nation's hope : the story of boxing legend Joe Louis, by Matt de la Pena

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A poem is a naked person, Janus Films ; Les Blank Films ; Skyhill Films presents ; produced by Denny Cordell and Leon Russell ; filmed, edited by Les Blank

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A private war, Aviron Pictures presents in association with Tri G and the Fyzz Facility ; a Kamala Films, Thunder Road Films, Savvy Media Holdings, Denver & Delilah Films production ; produced by Basil Iwanyk, Marissa McMahon, Matthew George, Matthew Heineman, Charlize Theron ; written by Arash Amel ; directed by Matthew Heineman

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A river runs through it, Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Richard Friedenberg ; produced by Robert Redford and Patrick Markey ; directed by Robert Redford

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A spy called James : the true story of James Lafayette, revolutionary war double agent, author, Anne Rockwell

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A taboo identity : the [r]evolution of Kay Taylor Parker, Persistent Productions presents ; directed by Craig D. Muckler and Mike Hanson ; producers, Craig D. Muckler, Michael L. Sherry, Sr. and David W. Wahl ; written by David W. Wahl

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A united kingdom, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; Pathé, BBC Films, Ingenious Films and BFI present ; with the participation of Canal+ and Ciné+ ; a Yoruba Saxon/Harbinger Pictures/Perfect Weekend/Film United production ; directed by Amma Asante ; screenplay by Guy Hibbert ; produced by Rick McCallum, David Oyelowo, Peter Heslop, Brunson Green, Justin Moore-Lewy, Charlie Mason ; an Amma Asante film

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Above and below, Maximage & Flying Moon präsentieren ; in ko-producktion mit Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen ZDF/3SAT ; einen Film von Nicolas Steiner ; Buch und Regie, Nicolas Steiner ; Produzenten, Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler, Helge Albers ; Koproduzent, Nicolas Steiner = Maximage & Flying Moon present ; in co-production with Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen ZDF/3SAT ; a film by Nicolas Steiner ; written and directed by Nicolas Steiner ; producers, Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler, Helge Albers ; co-producer, Nicolas Steiner

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Above ground level : dubfire, East Light Productions ; produced by Arash Shirazi ; screenplay by Armin van Buuren [and others] ; directed by Michael Koczynski & Mino Kodama

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Ada's ideas : the story of Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer, writen and illustrated by Fiona Robinson ; produced by Ryan Swenar

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Adam Clayton Powell, R.K.B. Productions presents ; directed by Richard Kilberg ; produced by Richard Kilberg, Yvonne Smith ; written by Richard Kilberg, Phyllis Garland ; produced in association with Channel Four Television, Cine Information

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Adele and everything after, director, Melissa Dowler

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Afternoon of a faun : Tanaquil Le Clercq, Kino Lorber presents an Augusta Films production ; in association with Steeplechase Films ; director, Nancy Buirski ; produced by Nancy Buirski, Ric Burns ; writer, Nancy Buirski ; executive producers, Derek Britt, Krysanne Katsoolis, Susan Lacy ; producers, Paola Freccero, Bonnie LaFave, Alysa Nahmias ; executive producer, Susan Lacy ; a production of Augusta Films in association with Steeplechase Films and Thirteen's American masters for WNET ; TannyFilm Inc., Cactus Three

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Ai Weiwei : never sorry, Sundance Selects ; United Expression Media presents ; in association with MUSE Film and Television ; a film by Alison Klayman ; filmed and directed by Alison Klayman ; produced by Alison Klayman, Adam Schlesinger ; Never Sorry LLC, (videorecording)

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Ain't in it for my health, directed by Jacob Hatley ; produced by Mary Posatko, Stephen Brower, Kenneth Segna ; executive producers, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Kevin Welk ; associate producer, Barbara O'Brien

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Alexander Hamilton, Twin Cities Public Television in association with Middlemarch Films ; WGBH/Boston ; written and co-produced by Ronald H. Blumer ; produced and directed by Muffie Meyer

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Alexander the Great, Rossen Films, S.A. ; written, produced and directed by Robert Rossen, (videorecording)

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Ali : a living legend, writer, Gil Noble ; director, Arnie Nocks ; producer, Gil Noble

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Ali : the director's cut, Columbia Pictures presents, in association with Initial Entertainment Group, a Peters Entertainment/Forward Pass Production, in association with Lee Caplin/Picture Entertainment Corporation and Overbrook Films ; produced by Jon Peters, James Lassiter, Paul Ardaji, Michael Mann ; story, Gregory Allen Howard ; screenplay, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; director, Michael Mann, (videorecording)

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Ali in action : the man, the moves, the mouth, Les Krantz & Wildwood Films present ; written by David Aretha ... [et al.] ; produced by Wildwood Films, (videorecording)

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Ali, Columbia Pictures presents, in association with Initial Entertainment Group ; a Peters Entertainment, Forward Pass production, in association with Lee Caplin, Picture Entertainment Corporation and Overbrook Films ; produced by Jon Peters, James Lassiter, Paul Ardaji, Michael Mann ; story, Gregory Allen Howard ; screenplay, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; director, Michael Mann, (videorecording)

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Alice Neel, Arthouse Films presents in association with Curiously Bright Entertainment ; a SeeThink Production ; producer, Rebecca Spence ; produced by Ethan Palmer ; written & directed by Andrew Neel, (videorecording)

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All eyez on me, Summit Entertainment and Morgan Creek Entertainment present ; a Morgan Creek production ; in association with Program Pictures and Codeblack Films ; directed by Benny Boom ; written by Jeremy Haft & Eddie Gonzalez and Steven Bagatourian ; produced by James G. Robinson, David Robinson, L.T. Hutton ; a James G. Robinson presentation ; a film by Benny Boom

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All good things, the Weinstein Company and Groundswell Productions present ; a Hit the Ground Running film ; produced by Marc Smerling, Andrew Jarecki, Bruna Papandrea, Michael London ; written by Marcus Hinchey and Marc Smerling ; directed by Andrew Jarecki

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All that jazz, Twentieth Century Fox and Columbia Pictures ; directed by Bob Fosse ; written by Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse ; produced by Robert Alan Aurthur ; executive producer, Daniel Melnick

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All the money in the world, Tristar Pictures and Imperative Entertainment present a Scott Free and Redrum Films production ; a Ridley Scott film ; produced by Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Quentin Curtis, Chris Clark, Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Kevin J. Walsh ; written by David Scarpa ; directed by Ridley Scott

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All the way, HBO Films presents ; an Amblin Television production ; a Tale Told production ; a Moonshot Entertainment production ; in association with Everyman Pictures ; directed by Jay Roach ; screenplay by Robert Schenkkan ; produced by Scott Ferguson

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Amadeus, Orion Pictures; a Milos Forman film ; music conducted and supervised by Neville Marriner ; executive producers, Michael Hausman, Bertil Ohlsson ; original stage play and screenplay by Peter Shaffer ; produced by Saul Zaentz ; directed by Milos Forman, (videorecording)

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Amazing grace, Bristol Bay Productions presents ; in association with Ingenious Film Partners ; produced by Edward Pressman ... [et al.] ; written by Steven Knight ; directed by Michael Apted, (videorecording)

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Amazing journey : the story of the Who, Universal Pictures presents a Spitfire Pictures production in association with Trinifold, & MLF Productions ; written by Mark Monroe ; produced by Nigel Sinclair and Robert Rosenberg ; directed by Murray Lerner, Paul Crowder, (videorecording)

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Amelia, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Avalon Pictures present a film by Mira Nair ; produced by Ted Waitt, Kevin Hyman, Lydia Dean Pilcher ; written by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan ; directed by Mira Nair

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America's journey through slavery, The life of an enslaved person in America, (videorecording)

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American : the Bill Hicks story, 2 Entertain ; a Jackamo Productions and Halflife Films production ; produced and directed by Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, (videorecording)

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American Jihadist, a Hype Media production ; directed by Mark Claywell ; produced by Mark Claywell and Jody Jenkins, (videorecording)

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American Sniper, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures in association with Ratpac-Dune Entertainment ; a Mad Chance production, a 22nd & Indiana production, a Malpaso production ; directed and produced by Clint Eastwood ; written by Jason Hall ; produced by Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, Peter Morgan ; executive producers, Tim Moore, Jason Hall, Sheroum Kim and Bruce Berman

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American experience : America's first lady, Dolley Madison, American Experience presents ; a production of tpt National Productions in association with Middlemarch Films, Inc. for American Experience ; Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. and WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced by Muffie Meyer, Julia Morrison ; written and co-produced by Ronald Blumer ; co-produced by Sharon Sachs ; directed by Muffie Meyer, (videorecording)

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American made, directed by Doug Liman ; written by Gary Spinelli ; produced by Brian Grazer, Brian Oliver, Doug Davison, Kim Roth, Ray Angelic, Tyler Thompson ; a Universal Pictures and Cross Creek Pictures presentation ; in association with Imagine Entertainment ; a Brian Grazer production ; in association with Vendian Entertainment, Quadrant Pictures and Hercules Film Fund ; a Doug Liman film

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American promise, Rada Film Group presents ; a film by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson ; produced and directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson

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American radical : the trials of Norman Finkelstein, (videorecording)

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Amy, director, Asif Kapadia ; producers, Paul Bell, James Gay-Rees, George Pank ; production company, A24

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An apple for Harriet Tubman, Nutmeg Media presents ; written by Glennette Tilley Turner ; illustrated by Susan Keeter

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An audience with Charles Dickens, Yorkshire Television ; written by Wolf Mankowitz ; created and produced by Marc Miller ; directed by Michael Ferguson and Marc Miller, featuring Simon Callow, (videorecording)

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Andy Paris : bubblegum king, Grexian Films presents ; produced by John Paris, Pat Paris & Jennifer Paris ; written by John Paris ; directed by John Paris & Gabriel Ramirez

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Anita : speaking truth to power, Chanlim Films ; American Film Foundation ; in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundtion ; a film by Freida Mock ; director, writer, producer, Freida Mock

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Anne Frank's holocaust, produced by Creative Differences for the National Geographic Channels ; directed by Erik Nelson

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Anne Frank, Buena Vista Home Entertaiment ; produced by David Kappes ; teleplay by Kirk Ellis ; directed by Robert Dornhelm, (videorecording)

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Anne of the thousand days : Mary, Queen of Scots, Universal Pictures ; a Hal Wallis production ; directed by Charles Jarrott, (videorecording ;)

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Annie Leibovitz : life through a lens, written, directed and produced by Barbara Leibovitz ; produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, Adirondack Pictures and Ranoah Productions, [for] American Masters, (videorecording)

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Anthropoid, Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment present ; an LD Entertainment / Lucky Man Films / Silver A / 22H22 co-production ; in association with Z Film Productions ; a film by Sean Ellis ; produced by Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon ; written by Sean Ellis and Anthony Frewin ; directed and produced by Sean Ellis

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Apollo 13, Imagine Entertainment presents ; a Brian Grazer production ; a Ron Howard film ; screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert ; produced by Brian Grazer ; directed by Ron Howard

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Architects of civil rights, producer/writer, Elisabeth Libby ; director, Rick Manning

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At eternity's gate, directed by Julian Schnabel ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Julian Schnabel, Louise Kugelberg ; CBS Films presents ; Riverstone Pictures, SPK Pictures, Rocket Science presents ; a Rahway Road production ; an Iconoclast production ; a film by Julian Schnabel

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Audubon, Rara Avis Productions presents ; executive producer, Cina Alexander ; written and directed by Al Reinert ; produced and edited by, John Aldrich

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Awakenings, Columbia Pictures presents a Lasker/Parkes production ; a Penny Marshall film ; screenplay by Steven Zaillian ; produced by Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker ; directed by Penny Marshall

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Ayn Rand : in her own words, Northern River Productions Canada presents ; produced and directed by John Little & Robert Anderson, (videorecording)

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Ballerina, Ronin Films and Wildbear Entertainment ; produced by Veronica Fury ; directed by Douglas Watkin

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Barack Obama : the story of our 44th president, (videorecording)

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Barrymore, Steve Kalafer and Peter Ledonne present ; the Peapack Company/Barrymore Entertainment Film ; screen adaptation by Erik Canuel ; produced by Garth H. Drabinsky ; directed by Erik Canuel

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Bearden plays Bearden, Bearden Plays Bearden LLC presents a Third World Cinema production ; written by Billie Allen and Nelson E. Breen ; produced by Richard Bell ; directed by Nelson E. Breen, (videorecording)

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Beats, rhymes & life : the travels of A Tribe Called Quest, a Sony Pictures Classics presents, Rival Pictures, State Street Pictures production ; in association with Om Films ; a film by Michael Rapaport ; produced by Edward Parks [and others] ; directed by Michael Rapaport

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Becoming Jane, Miramax Films, Hanway Films, UK Film Council and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board present in association with 2 Entertain and BBC Films and Ecosse Films production in association with Blueprint Pictures, produced with Scion Films ; producers, Graham Broadbent, Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae ; written by Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood ; director, Julian Jarrold, (videorecording)

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Becoming Warren Buffett, a film by Peter Kunhardt ; a Kunhardt Films production ; HBO Documentry Films presents ; written by Chris Chuang ; produced by George Kunhardt ; produced by Teddy Kunhardt ; directed by Peter Kunhardt

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Becoming more visible, directed and produced by Pamela French ; French Productions

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Behind the Candelabra, directed by Steven Soderbergh ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese ; produced by Gregory Jacobs, Susan Ekins, Michael Polaire ; HBO Films presents a Jerry Weintraub production

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Being Elmo : a puppeteer's journey, directed and produced by Constance Marks ; produced by James Miller, Corinne LaPook ; codirected by Philip Shane ; written by Philip Shane, Justin Weinstein, (videorecording)

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Being Evel, History Films presents ; a Dickhouse & HēLō production in association with Futuristic Films ; produced by Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine, Matt Hoffman, Brendan Kiernan, Justin Moore-Lewy, Daniel Junge ; written by Daniel Junge and Davis Coombe ; directed by Daniel Junge

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Beloved sisters, Music Box Films and Global Screen present ; Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions GMBH production ; producer, Uschi Reich ; written and directed by Dominik Graf

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Beneath Hill 60, Screen Australia presents in association with Screen NSW and Screen Queensland with Lucky Country Productions and the Silence Productions ; director, Jeremy Hartley Sims ; producer, Bill Leimbach ; writer, David Roach ; co-producers, David Roach, Jeremy Hartley Sims ; executive producers, Ross Thomas, Greg Rains, John Lee

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Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson : taking the stage as the first black-and-white jazz band in history, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome

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Beuys, Beta Cinema presents ; a Zero One Film production ; written by Andres Veiel ; in co-production with Terz Film and Südwestrundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Arte ; producer, Thomas Kufus ; director, Andres Veiel

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Bhutto, Yellow Pad Productions presents ; in association with Icon TMI ; a Duane Baughman film ; produced by Mark Siegel ; produced by Duane Baughman, Arleen Sorkin ; written by Johnny O'Hara ; directed by Duane Baughman & Johnny O'Hara ; producer, Amy Berg, (videorecording)

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Big eyes, The Weinstein Company presents ; a Tim Burton Electric City Entertainment production ; a Tim Burton film ; produced by Lynette Howelle, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski ; produced by Tim Burton ; written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski ; directed by Tim Burton

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Big in Bollywood, Cinterra Pictures presents ; a Redwood Castle film ; in association with Vinod Chopra Films ; directed by Kenny Meehan, Bill Bowles ; produced by Tyler MacNiven, Matt McCroskey ; a Windy Hill Picture

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Bill Nye : science guy, a Structure Films production ; in association with Exhibit A, Complex Corporation and the Redford Center ; directed by David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg ; produced by Seth Gordon [and 4 others]

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Bird, Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Malpaso production ; written by Joel Oliansky ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, (videorecording)

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Birdman of Alcatraz : the story of a real and living man--, United Artists Pictures Inc. ; Harold Hecht presents ; screenplay by Guy Trosper ; produced by Stuart Millar and Guy Trosper ; directed by John Frankenheimer, (videorecording)

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Birth of the dragon, BH Tilt and WWE Studios present ; a Groundswell, Kylin Pictures, Anomaly Entertainment production ; produced by Michael London, Janice Williams, James Hong Pang, Leo Shi Young, Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson ; written by Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson ; directed by George Nolfi

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Black like me, a Walter Reade/Sterling presentation ; presented by Victor Weingarten ; screenplay by Gerda Lerner, Carl Lerner ; produced by Julius Tannenbaum ; directed by Carl Lerner, (videorecording)

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Black mass, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Cross Creek Pictures and Ratpac-Dune Entertainment ; producers, Brian Oliver [and four others] ; writers, Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth ; director, Scott Cooper, (videorecording)

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Black wings, a Smithsonian Networks production ; producer/writer Dan Wolf

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Blackkklansman, Focus Features and Legendary Pictures present ; in association with Perfect World Pictures ; a QC Entertainment/Blumhouse, Monkeypaw/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; produced by Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Shaun Redick, Jordan Peele, Spike Lee ; written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee ; directed by Spike Lee

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100 men
12 Years a Slave
2 turntables and a microphone : the life and death of Jam Master Jay
200 cadillacs
8 1/2
90 South
A Beautiful Mind
A Life : the story of Lady Bird Johnson
A ballerina's tale
A beautiful mind
A boatload of wild Irishmen
A brief history of time
A good day to die
A man for all seasons
A man named Pearl
A matador's mistress
A mighty heart
A murder in the park
A nation's hope : the story of boxing legend Joe Louis
A poem is a naked person
A private war
A river runs through it
A spy called James : the true story of James Lafayette, revolutionary war double agent
A taboo identity : the [r]evolution of Kay Taylor Parker
A united kingdom
Above and below
Above ground level : dubfire
Ada's ideas : the story of Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer
Adam Clayton Powell
Adele and everything after
Afternoon of a faun : Tanaquil Le Clercq
Ai Weiwei : never sorry
Ain't in it for my health
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander the Great
Ali
Ali : a living legend
Ali : the director's cut
Ali in action : the man, the moves, the mouth
Alice Neel
All eyez on me
All good things
All that jazz
All the money in the world
All the way
Amadeus
Amazing grace
Amazing journey : the story of the Who
Amelia
America's journey through slavery, The life of an enslaved person in America
American : the Bill Hicks story
American Jihadist
American Sniper
American experience : America's first lady, Dolley Madison
American made
American promise
American radical : the trials of Norman Finkelstein
Amy
An apple for Harriet Tubman
An audience with Charles Dickens
Andy Paris : bubblegum king
Anita : speaking truth to power
Anne Frank
Anne Frank's holocaust
Anne of the thousand days : Mary, Queen of Scots
Annie Leibovitz : life through a lens
Anthropoid
Apollo 13
Architects of civil rights
At eternity's gate
Audubon
Awakenings
Ayn Rand : in her own words
Ballerina
Barack Obama : the story of our 44th president
Barrymore
Bearden plays Bearden
Beats, rhymes & life : the travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Becoming Jane
Becoming Warren Buffett
Becoming more visible
Behind the Candelabra
Being Elmo : a puppeteer's journey
Being Evel
Beloved sisters
Beneath Hill 60
Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson : taking the stage as the first black-and-white jazz band in history
Beuys
Bhutto
Big eyes
Big in Bollywood
Bill Nye : science guy
Bird
Birdman of Alcatraz : the story of a real and living man--
Birth of the dragon
Black like me
Black mass
Black wings
Blackkklansman
Blaise Pascal
Bleed for this
Blue caprice
Bob Dylan : in his own words : interviews & contributions
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bolero : In search of Cezanne
Bombshell
Bonnie and Clyde
Born on the Fourth of July
Born to be blue
Bowie : the man who changed the world
Boys don't cry
Brakhage
Brave girl : Clara and the shirtwaist makers' strike of 1909
Breathe
Bridge of spies
Bright Lights
Bright star
Bronx Obama
Bruce Springsteen : between the lull and the storm
Buck
Buscando a Gastón : Finding Gaston
By the people : the election of Barack Obama
Cameraman : the life and work of Jack Cardiff
Can you ever forgive me?
Cantinflas
Capote
Carmen & Geoffrey : the extraordinary lives of dancers Carmen de Lavallade & Geoffrey Holder
Carrington
Cartesius
Catch a fire
Catching Salinger
Catherine the Great
Cesar Chavez
Champs
Chantal Ackerman, de cá
Chaplin
Charged : the Eduardo Garcia story
Chariots of Fire
Charles Drew : revolutionized medical science
Charlie Wilson's war
Charlotte Forten's mission
Chasing Trane : the John Coltrane documentary
Che
Che : el Argentino
Che, el guerrillero
Chuck Close
Churchill
Cleveland abduction
Coal miner's daughter
Coco avant Chanel : Coco before Chanel
Colette
Colored frames
Colosio, el asesinato
Concrete love : the architecture of the Böhm family
Confirmation
Conor McGregor : notorious
Constelaciones
Crazysexycool : the TLC story
Cruz Reynoso : sowing the seeds of justice
Cry freedom
Cutie and the boxer
Dali's greatest secret
Dallas Buyers Club
Dance crazy in Hollywood : with Hermes Pan
Dancer
Dancing child
Danton
Darkest hour
David Bowie : in his own words
David Bowie : the calm before the storm : under review 1969-1971
David Hockney : a bigger picture
Dealt
Denial
Deux de la vague
Dietro gli occhiali bianchi
Digna : hasta el último aliento
Directed by John Ford
Documented : a film by an undocumented American
Dolly Parton's coat of many colors
Dolores
Don't blink, Robert Frank
Down there
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams : first Black heart surgeon in America
Dream boat
Duke Ellington : early tracks from the master of swing : 21 fabulous performances
E.O. Wilson : of ants and men
Eddie the Eagle
Edie & Thea : a very long engagement
Elie Wiesel goes home
Elizabeth R
Elizabeth, the golden age
Ella Brennan : commanding the table
Embrace of the serpent
Emma Amos : action lines
Enlighten up!
Erin Brockovich
Escapes
Europa Europa
Eva Hesse
Everest
Every child is born a poet : the life and work of Piri Thomas
Everybody knows... Elizabeth Murray
Exile nation : the plastic people
Experimenter : the Stanley Milgram story
Extraordinary measures
Facing Ali
Fair game
Famous activists : Paul Robeson, Richard Wright
Fear no fruit
Fernando Bujones : a portrait of a dance legend
Fidel : un filme
Fidel Castro : an unauthorised biography
Film stars don't die in Liverpool
Finding Fela
Finding Vivian Maier
First ladies revealed
First man
First person singular : I.M. Pei
Five minutes of heaven
Flash of genius
Florence Foster Jenkins
Fold crumple crush : the art of El Anatsui
Foo Fighters : back and forth
For us, the living : the Medgar Evers story
Foxcatcher
Frame by frame
Frances
Francesco
Frank Serpico
Free Angela and all political prisoners
Free solo
Free state of Jones
Freedom flyers of Tuskegee
Freeheld
Frida
From poverty to purpose : the Ben Carson story
Frontline, Long walk of Nelson Mandela
Frost/Nixon
Fruitvale Station
Funny bones : Posada and his day of the dead calaveras
Funny girl
Gainsbourg : vie héroïque
Game face
Gauguin : maker of myth
Genius within : the inner life of Glenn Gould
George Washington Carver : his life and his work
Gilbert : a Gilbert Gottfried story
Gleason
Glen Campbell : I'll be me
Glory road
Gonzo : the life and work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Good night, and good luck
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Gordon Parks "visions" : the images, words and music of Gordon Parks
Gorillas in the mist : the story of Dian Fossey
Gospel according to Al Green
Goya : awakened in a dream
Goya, or, the hard way to enlightenment
Grace Jones : bloodlight and bami
Grace of Monaco
Gray matters
Green book
Grey Gardens
Grey Gardens
Grey Gardens
Guru
Gus : an American icon
Guyana tragedy : the story of Jim Jones
Handel's last chance
Hands of stone
Hannah Arendt
Harlem Street singer : the Reverend Gary Davis story
Harmonies from Heaven
Harold and Lillian : a Hollywood love story
Harper Lee, from Mockingbird to Watchman
Harriet Tubman : they called her Moses
Harry & snowman
Have a little faith
Hawaizaada
Hawking
Helen Keller in her story
Henson's place : the man behind the muppets
Hey, Boo : Harper Lee & To kill a mockingbird
Hickok
Hidden figures
Hillary Rodham Clinton : some girls are born to lead
Historical icons, Famous African Americans
Hitler on trial : the true story
Hollywood singing and dancing, The 1930s, Dancing away the Great Depression
Hollywood singing and dancing, The 1940s, Stars, stripes and singing
Hollywood singing and dancing, The 1950s, The golden era of the musical
Hollywoodland
Howard Zinn : you can't be neutral on a moving train
Howl
Hughes' dream Harlem
Hunger
Huxley on Huxley
Hyde Park on Hudson
Hysteria
I am Big Bird : the Caroll Spinney story
I am Bolt
I am Heath Ledger
I am Michael
I am Paul Walker
I am another you
I am not your Negro
I can only imagine
I have never forgotten you : the life and legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
I know a woman like that
I saw the light
I want to live!
I will : a tribute to African American woman
I'm not ashamed
I'm not there
I'm still here
I, Tonya
Ich hiess Sabina Spielrein : My name was Sabina Spielrein
Ida B. Wells : a passion for justice
Ida B. Wells : crusader for human rights
If a tree falls : a story of the Earth Liberation Front
Il divo : la spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti
In a dream
In like Flynn
In my father's house
In search of greatness
In the heart of the sea
In the name of the father
In the realms of the unreal
Ingrid Bergman : in her own words
International Jazz Hall of Fame : 1997 awards ceremonies
Invictus
Iris
Iris
Iris
Irving Stone's The agony and the ecstasy
It is no dream : the life of Theodor Herzl
It's about you
It's always about the story : conversations with Alan Ladd Junior
It's not yet dark
J. Edgar
J.C. Chavez : el último héroe mexicano
J.T. LeRoy
JFK : the private President
Jackie
Jacob Lawrence : the glory of expression
Jamel Shabazz : street photographer
James Dean : the first American teenager
Jane
Jeremiah Tower : the last magnificent
Jersey boys
Jimi Hendrix Experience : Electric Church : Atlanta Pop Festival, July 4, 1970
Jimmy's hall
Joan Miró : the ladder of escape
Joan Rivers : a piece of work
Jobs
Joe Frazier : when the smoke clears
John Muir in the new world
John Rabe
Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat
Julia
Julian Schnabel : a private portrait
Julie & Julia
Justin Bieber : never say never
Keep quiet
Kevin Roche : the quiet architect
Kill the Irishman
King Georges
King in the wilderness
Kobe doin' work
L'amour fou
LBJ
La Bamba
La glace et le ciel : Antarctica: ice and sky
Lady sings the blues
Larry Kramer : in love & anger
Lawrence of Arabia
Le métis de Dieu : the Jewish cardinal
Le scaphandre et le papillon
Legend
Leitis in waiting ; : & Lady Eva
LennoNYC
Lenny Bruce without tears
Leonard Cohen : under review, 1978-2006
Leonardo da Vinci : the universal genius
Letters from Baghdad : the extraordinary journey of Gertrude Bell, the female "Lawrence of Arabia"
Libertador : The liberator
Life
Life after life
Life is strange
Life itself
Limelight
Lincoln
Little ashes
Lizzie
Llévate mis amores : All of me
Long distance revolutionary : a journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Louie Bluie
Love & mercy
Loving
Loving Vincent
Low down
Lucky
Lumumba
M.S. Dhoni : the untold story
Machine gun preacher
Machine gun preacher
Magician : the astonishing life and work of Orson Welles
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Man in red bandana
Man on wire
Mandela, long walk to freedom
Manjhi : the mountain man
Mar adentro : The sea inside
March on! : the day my brother Martin changed the world : -- and more stories about African American history
Marcus Garvey : a giant of Black politics
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Marlene
Marley
Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martina & Chrissie : the greatest rivalry in the history of sports
Mary Cassatt
Mary McLeod Bethune : champion for education
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Shelley
Matangi, Maya, M.I.A.
Matt Shepard is a friend of mine
Maudie
Maurizio Cattelan : be right back
Me Jane & more stories about girl power
Meeting David Wilson
Megan Leavey
Men with beards
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Michael Collins
Michael Jackson : searching for Neverland
Miles ahead
Milk
Million Dollar Arm
Miracle man : the story of Jesus
Miracles from Heaven
Misdirection : the real magic
Miss Hill : making dance matter
Miss Potter
Molière
Molly's game
Momentos con Fidel
Mommie dearest
Moms Mabley
Monet : shadow & light
Moneyball
Monkey business : the adventures of Curious George's creators
Moulin Rouge
Mr. Devious, The First : My Life
Mr. Dynamite : the rise of James Brown
Mr. Turner
Muhammad Ali : fighting spirit : the unauthorized story
Muhammad Ali : in his own words
Mully
My Left Foot : the Story of Christy Brown
My all American
My friend Dahmer
My name is Bill W.
My own man
My transgender life
Na̋o pare na pista : a melhor história de Paulo Coelho = Paulo Coelho's best story
Neerja
Nelson Mandela : ...and more inspiring stories
Nim a, kŭ kang ŭl kŏnnŏji mao
No crossover : the trial of Allen Iverson
No subtitles necessary : Laszlo + Vilmos
North Country
Nothing left unsaid : Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
Notorious
Nowhere boy
O captain, my captain : Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War
Of men and war
On the basis of sex
One Direction : this is us
One cut, one life
One nation under Trump
Only the brave
Operation filmmaker : a film
Otto Frank, father of Anne
Our last tango
Out of Africa
Papirosen
Pasolini
Patton
Paul Robeson : 20th century Renaissance man, entertainer and activist
Paul Robeson : songs of freedom
Paul, apostle of Christ
Pawn sacrifice
Pearl S. Buck : a life, a legacy
Persepolis
Peter Shaffer's Amadeus
Phil Ochs : there but for fortune
Phil Spector
Piñero
Pope Francis : a man of his word
Princes of the palace : the House of Windsor's royal princes
Princess Kaʻiulani
Prodigal sons
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Public Enemy : welcome to the Terrordome : 20 years of rap, rock, and revolution
Public enemies
Purple rain
Queen of Katwe
RBG
Race
Raging Bull
Ray
Rebel in the rye
Red army
Reds
Reminiscing in tempo
Requiem for the American dream
Restless creature : Wendy Whelan
Richard Mayhew : spiritual landscapes
Riding my way back
Risen : the rise of a true British champion
Robin Williams : come inside my mind
Robin Williams remembered
Rocketman
Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden : visual jazz
Romare Bearden : visual jazz ; Faith Ringgold : the last story quilt
Ronald Reagan : an American journey
Ronaldo
Rosa
Rosewater
Rudy
Run boy run
Rush
Rāmenhezzu : Ramen heads
Saint Laurent
Salvador Allende
Sam Klemke's time machine
Satchmo : Louis Armstrong
Saving Mr. Banks
Schindler's list
Schomburg : the man who built a library
Scott Joplin
Se busca Neruda
Seabiscuit
Searching for Sugar Man
Searching for Victor 'Young' Perez : the boxer of Auschwitz
Secundaria
Senna
Sergeant York
Serpico
Shark lady : the true story of how Eugenie Clark became the ocean's most fearless scientist
Shattered Glass
Shirley Chisholm : first African American congresswoman
Sid and Nancy
Silver screen icons, [Disc 1], Cary Grant
Sinatra : all or nothing at all
Sing your song
Sipur ʻal ahavah ṿe-ḥoshekh : A tale of love and darkness
Sit down and fight : Walter Reuther and the rise of the auto workers union
Slingshot
Smash his camera
Snowden
Soul surfer
Sound of redemption : the Frank Morgan story
Southside with you
Spartacus
Spotlight
Stan & Ollie
Stand and deliver
Stand and deliver
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs : the man in the machine
Steve McQueen : American icon
Straight Outta Compton
Suffragette
Sully
Tab Hunter confidential
Take every wave : the life of Laird Hamilton

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