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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
2014 · Movie · Hebrew · 1h 55mBiography · Drama
After a lukewarm marriage of over twenty years, a woman appeals to her husband's compassion to obtain the desirable divorce document in front of a court, which proves to be more challenging than she would expect.
Prime Video - #3184
The Bohemian
2022 · Movie · Czech · 2h 10mBiography · Drama · History
Looking for work as a violinist, Josef comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. She introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Josef gets an incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Ca...
Prime Video - #3784
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Movie · 2h 12mBiography · Musical
Songwriter and Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern is unable to find immediate success in the U.S. He sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale.
Prime Video - #5981
Girl You Know It's True
2023 · Movie · German · 2h 4mBiography · Drama
Dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan rise to fame in the late 80's as Milli Vanilli. The duo never sang a word in their songs nor their debut album and, when the truth was finally revealed, they started one of the biggest scandals i...
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Medusa
2021 · Movie · Portuguese · 2h 12mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Horror · Thriller
In order to resist temptation, Mariana and her girlfriends try their best to control everything and everyone around them. However, the day will come when the urge to scream will be stronger than it ever has been.
Prime Video - #7578
The Whole Wide World
1996 · Movie · 1h 51mBiography · Drama · Romance
In 1933 Texas, a schoolteacher and aspiring writer meets a pulp fiction writer, and a relationship soon develops between the two, but it is doomed by his slavishly devotion to his ailing mother and insistence on his freedom.
Prime Video - #7878
The King's Choice
2016 · Movie · Norwegian · 2h 13mBiography · Drama · History
April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the ...
Prime Video - #7978
The Apprentice
2024 · Movie · 2h 2mBiography · Drama · History
A young man took over his father's real-estate business in 1970s and '80s New York, and got the helping hand of an infamous closeted gay lawyer who helped him turn this young man into a notorious legend. Based on true events.
Prime Video - #8078
Moon Manor
2022 · Movie · 1h 43mBiography · Comedy · Drama
Jimmy throws himself a fabulous FUNeral before his curated death, proving the art of living is the art of dying. A comedy with a star-studded cast and the debut feature from female filmmakers KnifeRock. Score by The Dream Team (Co...
Prime Video - #9875
The Professor and the Madman
2019 · Movie · 2h 4mBiography · Drama · History
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Chest...
Prime Video - #10275
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 · Movie · 1h 54mBiography · Comedy · Drama
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Prime Video - #10674
Alice in Wonderland
1986– · Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy
One of the most well-known stories begins one golden summer afternoon. Alice is sitting on a riverbank with her sister when a fully-dressed, talking rabbit runs past her. She follows the rabbit down the hole and enters a nonsensic...
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The Heretics
2017 · Movie · 1h 27mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Horror · Thriller
A young girl is abducted by a man, who claims that a cult is hunting her. His goal is to protect her until sunrise but while restrained, the young girl falls deathly ill. While her friends and family search for her, the source of her illness becomes more and more apparent. She’s not sick…she’s changing.
Prime Video - #12373
Chronofilm
2020– · Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy
Chronofilm, one of the hottest reality shows on television showing off your history books like it's never been taught. Follow a group of historians as they travel back in time to film recreations with the sole mission of just reco...
Prime Video - #12673
The Last Rifleman
2023 · Movie · 1h 35mBiography · Drama · War
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
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The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis
2021 · Movie · 1h 13mBiography · Drama · History
Spanning C.S. Lewis' bitter childhood, WWI and his life-changing friendships at Oxford, The Most Reluctant Convert depicts the events that shaped Lewis' early life and journey from hard-boiled atheism to prolific Christianity.
Prime Video - #15171

Chervonyi
2017 · Movie · Ukrainian · 1h 50mBiography · Drama · History
In 1947, the commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), Danylo Chervonyi, finds himself trapped in Stalin's brutal prison-camp Gulag. He must endure hellish and inhumane prison conditions, as well as the persecution of crimi...
Prime Video - #15371

Adidas Vs. Puma: The Brother's Feud
2016 · Movie · German · 1h 55mBiography · Drama · History
In the 1920s the two brothers Adolf and Rudolf Dassler start manufacturing sport shoes. Adolf is a talented craftsman and his dream is that one day all the best sportsmen in the world will wear his shoes. Rudolf on the other hand ...
Prime Video - #15671
Sarah's Oil
2025 · Movie · 1h 43mBiography · Drama · History
The remarkable true story of eleven year old Sarah Rector, an African American girl born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, who believes there is oil beneath the barren land she's allotted and whose faith is proven r...
Prime Video - #15871
Lonesome Soldier
2023 · Movie · 1h 49mBiography · Drama · Thriller
Based on a True American Story, Lonesome Soldier follows the life of Jackson Harlow, from young dreamer to haunted war veteran in this harrowing portrayal of PTS(D) and the effects it has, not only on Soldiers, but also their love...
Prime Video - #15971
Renoir
2012 · Movie · French · 1h 51mBiography · Drama · History
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenate...
Prime Video - #16071
The Railway Man
2013 · Movie · 1h 56mBiography · Drama · Romance
A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.
Prime Video - #16171
Quisling: The Final Days
2024 · Movie · Norwegian · 2h 26mBiography · Drama · History
Five years of occupation during WW2 ends in Norway. Vidkun Quisling is in prison for treason and is to be held accountable for his actions. Can a priest help him find peace of mind? Can the traitor with big thoughts about himself ...
Prime Video - #16571
When the Moon Was Full
2019 · Movie · Persian · 2h 11mBiography · Crime · Drama
In the market Abdolhamid meets Faezeh and falls in love with her. They get marry and begin their life. But after a while Faezeh becomes aware of Abdolhamid's family in Sistan and Baluchestan province and that they are doing illega...
Prime Video - #17070

Mother Teresa of Calcutta
2003 · Movie · 1h 50mBiography · Drama
Mother Teresa's life is portrayed from the beginning of her ministry to her death. She seeks to serve the poor by creating a new "congregation" in the Church, establishing refuges for the dying and orphaned, and providing some com...
Prime Video - #17670
The Terrible
2020– · Series · Russian · 1 seasonBiography · Drama · History
An introspective look at Ivan IV's tumultuous reign as he chronicled his life's journey from a promising ruler to the notorious exploring the complex layers of his psyche that shaped the course of Russian history.
Prime Video - #17770
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Comedy · Drama
The challenging and spirited early life of cinema's first great comedic artist, Charlie Chaplin, is portrayed. The innately talented young Charlie must overcome a wayward life of poverty and familial chaos to reach the pinnacle of...
Prime Video - #18170
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022 · Movie · French · 2h 20mBiography · Drama · History
Explores the life of Simone Veil -- the famous French figure who survived the Holocaust and went on to become a leading politician, human rights campaigner, and feminist -- through a series of non-chronological memories
Prime Video - #18470
Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story
2025 · Movie · 1h 43mBiography · History
In 1908, Alma Richards, an eighth-grader, quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold ...
Prime Video - #19170
Hawke: The Larrikin and The Leader
2018– · SeriesBiography
Australians have never been so wary of politicians. But there was a time when things were different. From the moment Bob Hawke blazed onto the national stage, he was the rock god of Australian politics. So what made this flawed ma...
Prime Video - #19470
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
1995 · Movie · 2hBiography · Drama
This highly-rated television film covers the life of American movie/TV/pop music idol Annette Funicello. The movie starts with the move of her family from New York to California, where in 1955 shy Annette becomes one of the cast o...
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