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Black Bird
2022– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
2 EmmysJimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen wo...
Apple TV+ - #992

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 - #2590
This Is Going to Hurt
2022– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Comedy · Drama
Set on Labour Ward with all its hilarity and heart-lifting highs but also its gut-wrenching lows, the show delivers a brutally honest depiction of life as a junior doctor on the wards, and the toll the job can take back home.
Netflix - #4689
Wu-Tang: An American Saga
2019–2023 · Series · 3 seasonsBiography · Drama
The show tracks the Wu Tang Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs, who strives to unite a dozen young Black men who are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
Hulu - #8285

El Chapo
2017–2018 · Series · Spanish · 3 seasonsBiography · Crime · Drama
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power during the '90s as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Netflix - #8485
Culinary Class Wars
2024– · Series · Korean · 2 seasonsReality
Pits 100 renowned chefs and undiscovered talents against each other in a culinary battle. Judged by the esteemed Paik Jong-won and Chef Anh Sung-jae, the show promises to showcase the ultimate clash of culinary skills and creativity.
Netflix - #9784
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 - #11084
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 - #12883
Kian's Bizarre B&B
2025– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonReality
Kian84 manages an unconventional guesthouse, Kian Bizarre B&B, on Ulleungdo Island, providing a distinctive experience for young guests. The establishment combines elements of healing and humor, presented through Kian84's distinct...
Netflix - #13183
Benediction
2021 · Movie · 2h 17mBiography · Drama · History
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.
Hulu - #14382
Couples Therapy
2019–2025 · Series · 4 seasonsReality
COUPLES THERAPY unlocks a hidden world: other people's relationships. Far from reality-show caricatures, this is true documentary filmmaking that brings viewers into authentic and visceral experience of weekly therapy with four co...
Paramount+Prime Video - #15182
The Law According to Lidia Poët
2023– · Series · Italian · 2 seasonsBiography · Crime · Drama
In late 19th-century Turin, Lidia Poët, fights against everything and everyone to get what is rightfully hers: to be enrolled in the official register of lawyers. Nothing could stop her dream of becoming the first female lawyer in...
Netflix - #17381
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...
PeacockPrime Video - #19080
The Testament of Ann Lee
2025 · Movie · 2h 16mBiography · Drama · History
Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, is proclaimed as the female Christ by her followers. This film depicts her establishment of a utopian society and the Shakers' worship through song and dance, based on real events.
Hulu - #20679
Roofman
2025 · Movie · 2h 6mBiography · Crime · Drama
A charismatic criminal, while on the run from the police, hides in a hidden space of a toy store. There, he adopts a new identity and becomes involved with an employee, beginning a relationship as unlikely as it is risky.
Paramount+Prime Video - #22279
The Great Train Robbery
2013– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
A two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.
Prime Video - #23378
The Last Alaskans
2015– · Series · 4 seasonsReality
An eight-part special event that documents the lives of some of the most isolated people in America - the last of their kind - as they struggle and thrive in Alaska's untouched wilderness located hundreds of miles from roads, civi...
Disney+Hulu - #23678
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 - #23878

Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
2014 · Movie · 1h 58mBiography · Comedy · Drama
Billy Crystal tells the stories of his youth, growing up in the jazz world of Manhattan, his teenage years, and finally adulthood. The Tony Award-winning show is a funny and poignant exploration of family and fate, loving and loss.
MAX - #25078
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 - #25378
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 - #25578
Apple Cider Vinegar
2025– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
The life of wellness guru Belle Gibson, who had a large social media following, where she pretended to be suffering from cancer but keeping the disease under control using self-care therapies. She confessed that none of it was true.
Netflix - #25678
The Shrink Next Door
2021– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Comedy · Drama
The story of Marty and the therapist who turned his life around - then took it over. When he meets Dr. Ike, Marty just wants to get better at boundaries. Over 30 years, he'll learn all about them - and what happens when they get c...
Apple TV+ - #25878
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 - #26478
Dumb Money
2023 · Movie · 1h 45mBiography · Comedy · Drama
A regular guy sinks his life savings into the stock of videogame store GameStop and starts posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up and a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich, until the billionaires fig...
Hulu - #27377
Amistad
1997 · Movie · 2h 35mBiography · Drama · History
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legal...
Paramount+ - #28277
Srikanth
2024 · Movie · Hindi · 2h 14mBiography · Drama
Blind Srikanth gets into MIT, founds Bollant Industries. Pursues goals for visually impaired while facing entrepreneurial challenges, navigating personal sacrifices. Highlights obstacles overcome by the blind in academics and busi...
Netflix - #28977

Aquarius
2015–2016 · Series · 2 seasonsBiography · Crime · Drama
A gritty 1960s cop drama about LAPD detective Sam Hodiak and his trainee, who must deal with gangs, brutal crimes, changing times, family crises and unhinged manipulative small-time crook Charles Manson, who's slowly building his ...
Netflix - #29876

Project Runway
2004– · Series · 21 seasonsReality
2 EmmysAspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry in this reality competition. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges' panel.
Disney+HuluPeacockPrime Video - #30076
See You in Another Life
2024– · Series · Spanish · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
On March 11, 2004, Madrid bombings occurred. A 16-year-old named Baby and Emilio Trashorras were involved in transporting explosives. Baby's testimony was vital in the 2007 trial related to the attacks.
Disney+Hulu - #32376

Kennedy
1983– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Drama · History
Biography of the 1961-1963 Presidency of John F. Kennedy with Martin Sheen and Blair Brown. Covers the momentous presidential years and the lives, loves, and triumphs of one of the most controversial families of the twentieth-cent...
Peacock - #33075
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 - #33475
The End of the Tour
2015 · Movie · 1h 46mBiography · Drama
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
Netflix - #34075
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
2018 · Movie · 1h 27mBiography · Crime · Drama
On the night she plans to take her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She is released, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective.
Hulu - #34575
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 - #38874
Remember the Titans
2000 · Movie · 1h 53mBiography · Comedy · Drama
In 1971, Virginia high-school football was everything to the people of Alexandria, but when the school board was forced to integrate an all-Black school with an all-white one, the foundation of football's tradition was put to the ...
Disney+Hulu - #40573
Coppola, the Agent
2024–2026 · Series · Spanish · 1 seasonBiography · Comedy · Documentary
Guillermo Coppola, manager of the most famous soccer player, struggles to balance his hectic private life with the unexpected repercussions of his client's actions. After sporting success, he faces a rapid decline in his career.
Hulu - #42973
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.
Prime Video - #45472
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 - #48972
Mrs Playmen
2025– · Series · Italian · 1 seasonBiography · Drama · History
Adelina, head of infamous Italian erotic magazine "Playmen," challenged conservative norms through elegant nudes, daring topics promoting female desire, and intellectual discourse, amid backlash in religious 1960s-70s Italy.
Netflix - #49172
The Swedish Connection
2026 · Movie · Swedish · 1h 42mBiography · Drama · History
Swedish Foreign Ministry bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, overlooked during WWII, rescued thousands while turning supposedly neutral Sweden into a moral force. His efforts challenged the status quo and left a lasting humanitarian legacy.
Netflix - #50072
Saturday Night
2024 · Movie · 1h 49mBiography · Comedy · Drama
At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live (1...
Netflix - #51071

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 - #52171

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 - #52871
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 - #53171
Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger
2026– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime
Texas Ranger James Holland uses unconventional interrogation methods that earn him the nickname "serial killer whisperer." He solves cold cases by getting killers to confess the disturbing details of their crimes.
MAX - #53271
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 - #53371
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 - #53471

Cleopatra
1999– · SeriesBiography · Drama · History
Princess Cleopatra becomes Egypt's Queen and has an out-of-wedlock son with the son-less Roman ruler Julius Caesar. Through two romances, she strives to protect Egypt from the Romans, and make her son the heir to Caesar's Roman Em...
Prime Video - #53671
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 - #53771
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 - #53871
Ed Stafford: First Man Out
2019– · Series · 3 seasonsReality
Expect blood, tears and heart-in-mouth action as explorer Ed Stafford takes on the best explorers in the world in a battle across Discovery's screens in order to be the First Man Out - a show in which survival is only half the bat...
MAX - #54171
Pati's Mexican Table
2011– · Series · 13 seasonsReality
This series brings authentic Mexican flavors, colors, textures and warmth into American kitchens. A former policy analyst focused on Latin American politics and history, Pati Jinich is also a chef, cooking teacher, food writer and...
Prime Video - #54471
Dance of the Forty One
2020 · Movie · Spanish · 1h 39mBiography · Drama · History
At the end of the 19th century, Ignacio de la Torre married the daughter of the president of Mexico, Porfirio Díaz. Ignacio leads a double life: he rises in the traditional world of politics while being a member of a clandestine s...
Netflix - #55571
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 - #56970
Irena's Vow
2024 · Movie · 2h 1mBiography · Drama · War
Through the eyes of a strong-willed woman comes the remarkable story of Irena Gut, and the triumphs of the human spirit over devastating tragedy, as she risked her life to save a generation of Jews from the atrocities of the Holoc...
Paramount+ - #57370

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 - #58370
The Girl from Plainville
2022– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
Inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter's unprecedented "texting-suicide" case. Explores Carter's relationship with Conrad Roy III and the events that led to his death and, later, her conviction of involuntary manslaughter.
Hulu - #58470
Sam: A Saxon
2023– · Series · German · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
Based on the true story of Sam Meffire's rise and fall in East Germany, this miniseries follows Sam's desperate search for a place he can call home, as he fights for recognition and justice in the wild years following German reuni...
Hulu - #58870
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 - #59470
Escaping Polygamy
2014–2019 · Series · 4 seasonsReality
Three sisters who left a polygamous group based in Salt Lake City, UT, help women break free of polygamy or escape from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) and the Apostolic United Brethren (AUB C...
Prime Video - #59870
Reba McEntire's The Hammer
2023 · Movie · 1h 25mBiography · Crime · Drama
Attorney Kim Wheeler is appointed as a judge for Nevada's 5th district after the former judge's death. As the investigation into the death intensifies, Kim's sister, who runs the local brothel, becomes the prime suspect.
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