FR #3 | Movie | War, Biography | USA | English, Hebrew
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Thomas Keneally, Steven Zaillian
Cast
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Plot
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
FR #30 | Movie | War, Biography | France, Poland | English, German
Director
Roman Polanski
Writer
Ronald Harwood, Wladyslaw Szpilman
Cast
Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay
Plot
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
FR #74 | Movie | Biography, History | UK, USA | English, German
Director
Christopher Nolan
Writer
Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin
Cast
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.
Plot
A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.
FR #88 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, French
Director
David Fincher
Writer
Aaron Sorkin, Ben Mezrich
Cast
Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Plot
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
FR #93 | Movie | Biography, History | UK, USA | English, Arabic
Director
David Lean
Writer
Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Cast
Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy
Plot
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
FR #105 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, UK | English, Japanese
Director
Tom Hooper
Writer
David Seidler
Cast
Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
Plot
The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
FR #165 | Movie | Biography, Action | India | Hindi
Director
Nitesh Tiwari
Writer
Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Mehrotra
Cast
Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh
Plot
Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former wrestler, decides to fulfill his dream of winning a gold medal for his country by training his daughters for the Commonwealth Games despite the existing social stigmas.
FR #246 | Movie | Biography, Court-Drama | UK, Ireland | English
Director
Jim Sheridan
Writer
Gerry Conlon, Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Anthony Brophy, Emma Thompson
Plot
An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
FR #279 | Movie | Biography, Crime | USA | English
Director
Sidney Lumet
Writer
Frank Pierson, P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore
Cast
Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen
Plot
Three amateur robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice, simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wr...
FR #284 | Movie | Biography, Drama | France, USA | French
Director
Julian Schnabel
Writer
Ronald Harwood, Jean-Dominique Bauby
Cast
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Max Von Sydow
Plot
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
FR #287 | Movie | Biography | USA, France | French, Italian
Director
James Mangold
Writer
Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller
Cast
Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal
Plot
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
FR #291 | Movie | Biography, Crime | USA | English
Director
Tom Mccarthy
Writer
Josh Singer, Tom Mccarthy
Cast
Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel Mcadams, Stanley Tucci
Plot
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
A determined villager challenges the aviation industry's elite by pursuing his vision of affordable air travel for all, despite numerous obstacles and setbacks
FR #385 | Movie | Biography, Western | USA | English
Director
Arthur Penn
Writer
David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne
Cast
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Plot
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
FR #391 | Movie | Biography, Western | India | Hindi
Director
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Writer
Sanjay Chauhan, Tigmanshu Dhulia
Cast
Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Rajesh Abhay
Plot
The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.
FR #394 | Movie | Biography, History | USA | English
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Writer
Dalton Trumbo, Howard Fast, Plutarch
Cast
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Herbert Lom
Plot
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
FR #395 | Movie | Biography, Crime | USA, Mexico | English, Spanish
Director
George Roy Hill
Writer
William Goldman
Cast
Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Cloris Leachman
Plot
In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels..
FR #414 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Turkey, India | Turkish, Korean
Director
Can Ulkay
Writer
Yigit Guralp
Cast
Cetin Tekindor, Ismail Hacioglu, Lee Kyung-Jin
Plot
Sergeant Süleyman finds a little girl on a battlefield during the Korean War. He takes her and names her Ayla. Fifteen months later, Süleyman's brigade is told they will be returning to Turkey, and he is reluctant to leave her beh...
FR #490 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
Director
Ron Howard
Writer
Akiva Goldsman, Sylvia Nasar
Cast
Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Plot
A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.
FR #499 | Movie | Biography, Crime | USA, Canada | English, French
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Frank Abagnale Jr., Stan Redding, Jeff Nathanson
Cast
Leonardo Dicaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
Plot
Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.
FR #509 | TV | Biography, Crime | USA, Colombia | English, Spanish
Writer
Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro
Cast
Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook
Plot
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
FR #519 | Movie | Biography, Comedy | USA, China | English, Italian
Director
Peter Farrelly
Writer
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly
Cast
Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
Plot
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
FR #521 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, French
Director
Martin Scorsese
Writer
Terence Winter, Jordan Belfort
Cast
Leonardo Dicaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew Mcconaughey
Plot
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
A woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
FR #540 | Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | Persian, German
Director
Ben Affleck
Writer
Chris Terrio, Tony Mendez, Joshuah Bearman
Cast
Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin
Plot
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
FR #544 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, German
Director
Morten Tyldum
Writer
Graham Moore, Andrew Hodges
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Mark Strong
Plot
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
FR #592 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, UK | English, French
Director
David Lynch
Writer
Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch
Cast
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Plot
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily-disfigured and mistreated young man working as a sideshow freak, who gradually reveals his capacity for kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
FR #606 | Movie | Biography, Crime | USA, France | English, Spanish
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer
Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Henri Charriere
Cast
Steve Mcqueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
Plot
A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
FR #713 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Russia, UK | Russian, English
Director
Sergei Eisenstein
Writer
Sergei Eisenstein
Cast
Nikolay Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov
Plot
As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
FR #769 | Movie | Biography, Action | USA | English
Director
David O. Russell
Writer
Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Cast
Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams
Plot
Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.
FR #788 | Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
Director
Ron Howard
Writer
Peter Morgan
Cast
Daniel Bruhl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde
Plot
James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two extremely skilled Formula One racers, have an intense rivalry with each other. However, it is their enmity that pushes them to their limits.
FR #833 | Movie | Biography, Drama | India | Tamil
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Mani Ratnam, Suhasini
Cast
Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prakash Raj, Tabu, Revathi, Nassar
Plot
A struggling actor and a writer-politician become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively. But when both become contenders for the top political post in the state, a rift develops between...
A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
FR #934 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Germany, Italy | German, Russian
Director
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck
Writer
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck
Cast
Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer
Plot
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
FR #940 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Russia | Russian
Director
Sergei Eisenstein
Writer
Sergei Eisenstein
Cast
Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman
Plot
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
FR #941 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Turkey | Turkish
Director
Ahmet Katiksiz
Writer
Ahmet Katiksiz, Serkan Yoruk
Cast
Ekin Koc, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Fikret Kuskan
Plot
A true love and success story from the 1990s Turkey, revolving around a jockey (Halis Karatas), a horse (Bold Pilot) and the daughter of the horse's owner who is at the same time the voluntary caretaker of the horse.
FR #985 | Movie | Biography, Adventure | USA | English, Polynesian
Director
Frank Lloyd
Writer
Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson
Cast
Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Donald Crisp, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington
Plot
First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.
FR #1008 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Japanese
Director
Mel Gibson
Writer
Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
Cast
Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey
Plot
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
FR #1013 | Movie | Biography, Adventure | USA, Italy | English, Danish
Director
Sean Penn
Writer
Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer
Cast
Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, William Hurt, Hal Holbrook
Plot
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
FR #1019 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
Director
Bennett Miller
Writer
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
Cast
Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
FR #1028 | Movie | Biography, Comedy | USA | English
Director
Adam Mckay
Writer
Charles Randolph, Adam Mckay, Michael Lewis
Cast
Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt
Plot
In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
FR #1044 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Japanese
Director
Jean-Marc Vallee
Writer
Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
Cast
Matthew Mcconaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn
Plot
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
FR #1073 | Movie | Biography, Action | China, Hong Kong | English, Cantonese
Director
Wilson Yip
Writer
Edmond Wong, Tai-Lee Chan
Cast
Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Louis Fan
Plot
During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to ...
FR #1077 | Movie | Biography, Adventure | Argentina, UK | Spanish, Quechua
Director
Walter Salles
Writer
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Alberto Granado, Jose Rivera
Cast
Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De La Serna, Mia Maestro
Plot
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.
FR #1138 | Movie | Biography, Crime | Germany, Spain | German, English
Director
Marc Rothemund
Writer
Fred Breinersdorfer
Cast
Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held
Plot
A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.
FR #1265 | Movie | Biography, Action | USA, UK | Somali, Turkish
Director
Paul Greengrass
Writer
Billy Ray, Richard Phillips, Stephan Talty
Cast
Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener
Plot
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.
FR #1339 | Movie | Action, Biography | India | Hindi
Director
Vishnuvardhan
Writer
Sandeep Shrivastava
Cast
Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani, Shiv Panditt
Plot
Shershaah is the story of PVC awardee Indian soldier Capt. Vikram Batra, whose bravery and unflinching courage in chasing the Pakistani soldiers out of Indian territory contributed immensely in India finally winning the Kargil War...
FR #1345 | Movie | Biography, Crime | USA | English
Director
Don Siegel
Writer
J. Campbell Bruce, Richard Tuggle
Cast
Clint Eastwood, Patrick Mcgoohan, Roberts Blossom
Plot
Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.
FR #1348 | Movie | Biography, Adventure | USA | English, Russian
Director
Philip Kaufman
Writer
Philip Kaufman, Tom Wolfe
Cast
Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey
Plot
The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers pr...
FR #1406 | Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, French
Director
Anthony Harvey
Writer
James Goldman
Cast
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins
Plot
1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a ...
FR #1414 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Russia, USA | Armenian, Azerbaijani
Director
Sergei Parajanov
Writer
Sayat Nova, Sergei Parajanov
Cast
Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan
Plot
The life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.
FR #1466 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, French
Director
Howard Hawks
Writer
Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch
Cast
Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond
Plot
A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
FR #1512 | Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English
Director
Bryan Singer
Writer
Anthony Mccarten, Peter Morgan
Cast
Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee
Plot
With his impeccable vocal abilities, Freddie Mercury and his rock band, Queen, achieve superstardom. However, amidst his skyrocketing success, he grapples with his ego, sexuality and a fatal illness.
FR #1579 | Movie | Biography, Drama | France, UK | French, English
Director
Olivier Dahan
Writer
Isabelle Sobelman, Olivier Dahan
Cast
Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory
Plot
Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra, Theodor Koch-Grunberg
Cast
Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar
Plot
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
FR #1632 | Movie | Biography, Action | Germany, France | English, German
Director
Uli Edel
Writer
Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel, Stefan Aust
Cast
Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek
Plot
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
