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1. A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

7.3

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Bugs Bunny relates his early life in the Manhattan tenements and spotlights his encounter with a gang of canine toughs.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frances Baruch, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 901

2. Zurivý reportér (1987)

73 min | Comedy

5.3

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Film that revives the Prague of shortly before the outbreak of the First World War in a mostly figurative way, with the famous journalist Egon Erwin Kisch as the common thread.

Director: Martin Hollý | Stars: Josef Laufer, Wolfrid Lier, Cestmír Randa, Jan Preucil

Votes: 11

3. A Vida de Karl Jaspers (2022)

Short, Biography

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On this short documentary narrative, find more about Karl Jaspers life.

Director: Marcos Félix | Star: Anabella Meira

4. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode: Dante's Inferno (1967)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

7.2

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The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his art.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Oliver Reed, Judith Paris, Andrew Faulds, Izabella Telezynska

Votes: 475

5. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: Seguin (1982)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.4

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Based on the memoirs of Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, a soldier and politician born in San Antonio in the 19th century. He fought for the independence of Texas at the Alamo and became a highly ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño | Stars: Enrique Castillo, Henry Darrow, Danny De La Paz, Gilbert De la Pena

Votes: 55

6. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.2

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Based on the life and times of NAACP field secretary and Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers, assassinated in 1963.

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne

Votes: 165

7. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: The Grass Arena (1991)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama

7.9

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The Grass Arena is a biopic based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an ultra religious family, with an abusive father, young Johnny soon learns that he has to learn to defend ... See full summary »

Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Mark Rylance, Pete Postlethwaite, Lynsey Baxter, Marian McLoughlin

Votes: 123

8. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: Zora Is My Name! (1990)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.5

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A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the ... See full summary »

Director: Neema Barnette | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Oscar Brown Jr., Olu Dara, Guy Davis

Votes: 28

9. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: MacArthur (1999)

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

7.1

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Biography of U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur. Part one looks at his early life and service in World War I.

Directors: Sarah Holt, Austin Hoyt | Stars: Stephen Ambrose, Leon Beck, Herbert Bix, Faubion Bowers

Votes: 60

10. E! True Hollywood Story (1996– )
Episode: Linda Blair (1999)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography

6.1

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Even though Linda Blair hit stardom with her role in "The Exorcist", the actress experienced difficulties in her personal life.

Director: Sergio Myers | Stars: Linda Blair, William Peter Blatty, Rick Springfield, Phil Crowley

Votes: 103

11. American Masters (1985– )
Episode: Edward Curtis: Coming to Light (2000)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History

7.7

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The dramatic story of eminent photographer Edward S. Curtis and the creation of his monumental portfolio of Native American images. Descendants of his photographic subjects tell stories ... See full summary »

Director: Anne Makepeace | Stars: Sheila Tousey, Bill Pullman

Votes: 137

12. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (1993)

TV-MA | 180 min | Documentary, News

7.7

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At heart of mystery of who killed John F. Kennedy lies puzzle of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Directors: William Cran, Ben Loeterman | Stars: Will Lyman, Gary Oldman, Ludmila Toman, Sergei Grigorev

Votes: 86

13. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: Eleanor: In Her Own Words (1987)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

9.6

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A one-woman show with Lee Remick as former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt giving her views on politics, communism, race relations, the McCarthy witch hunts and other issues that were important to her.

Director: Mark Cullingham | Star: Lee Remick

Votes: 16

14. Great Performances (1971– )
Episode: Kurosawa (2000)

TV-G | 100 min | Music, Musical

7.3

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Adam Low's Kurosawa is a 90-minute documentary that looks at Kurosawa's life and works. Originally broadcast on PBS in the US, the film follows a fairly conventional approach as it ... See full summary »

Director: Adam Low | Stars: Akira Kurosawa, Sam Shepard, Paul Scofield, James Coburn

Votes: 396

15. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Lindbergh (1990)

TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, Biography, History

5.6

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After his famous flight, Charles Lindbergh becomes known to all the world but struggles with life in the limelight.

Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Arnold Forster, Brendan Gill, Stacy Keach, Max Lerner

Votes: 29

16. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Eleanor Roosevelt: A Restless Spirit (1994)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Biography, History

8.4

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One of this century's most respected and admired figures, she was a humanitarian who transformed the place of women in society, and in the White House. Eleanor Roosevelt created the ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Rasky | Stars: Marian Anderson, Edgar Bergen, Winston Churchill, James M. Cox

Votes: 114

17. Biography (1987– )
Episode: F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer (1997)

TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, History

7.8

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Stars: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald, Sheilah Graham, Edward Herrmann

Votes: 123

18. American Justice (1992– )
Episode: Death Row Prostitute: Aileen Wuornos (1998)

TV-PG | Documentary, Crime, History

9.1

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Featured: the case of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute sentenced to death for a series of Florida highway murders. Included: the police investigation; Wuornos's first trial; videotape of her confession and trial testimony.

Stars: Bill Kurtis, Aileen Wuornos, Tricia Jenkins, Elizabeth McMahon

Votes: 11

19. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: John & Abigail Adams (2006)

TV-PG | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History

7.9

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Director: Peter Jones | Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Simon Russell Beale, Linda Emond

Votes: 65

20. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Judge Judy: Sitting in Judgment (2000)

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

6.3

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Stars: Josh Getlin, Ed Koch, Larry Lyttle, Jerry Sheindlin

Votes: 92

21. Front Row Center (1955–1956)
Episode: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1955)

60 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

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Elizabeth Barrett, the invalid daughter of domineering father, publishes a volume of verse which attracts the attention of another Victorian poet, Robert Browning. The two meet, secretly ... See full summary »

Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Jered Barclay, Dorothy Bernard, Anthony Dearden, Robert Douglas

22. Sunday Showcase (1959–1961)
Episode: The Indestructible Mr. Gore (1959)

Biography, Comedy, Drama

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Drama based on the early career of Gore Vidal's grandfather, Senator Thomas Gore. In the early 1890s, Thomas seeks employment in the office of a Texas judge. During the interview Thomas ... See full summary »

Director: William McCarthy | Stars: William Shatner, John Alexander, Jim Boles, Henderson Forsythe

23. PBS NewsHour (1975– )
Episode: The Gift (1987)

TV-G | 12 min | News

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A news documentary about Joshua Bell, the great violinist.

Director: Michael Tobias | Stars: Joshua Bell, Professor Gingold

24. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)
Episode: Renoir, My Father (1978)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

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A play about the life and work of the artist Auguste Renoir, based on the book by his film director son, Jean Renoir.

Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Richard O'Callaghan, Peggy Aitchison, Ian Bamforth, Brigid Erin Bates

25. Sunday Showcase (1959–1961)
Episode: The American (1960)

60 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

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Between scenes of a movie ("Sands of Iwo Jima") in which he appears as an extra, Pima Indian Ira Hayes recalls the horrors of the actual battle of Iwo Jima in which he forever sealed his ... See full summary »

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Lee Marvin, Thomas A. Carlin, Frank Corsaro, Steven Hill

26. The Works (1996–1997)
Episode: Dying for the Story (1996)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, Crime

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Director: David Kerr

27. The Works (1996–1997)
Episode: Peter Green: A Hard Road (1996)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, Crime

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Director: Mike Connolly | Star: Peter Green

28. The Works (1996–1997)
Episode: The Lives of Berthold Lubetkin (1996)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, Crime

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29. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode: A Choice of Kings (1966)

65 min | Comedy, Drama

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The story of how William, Duke of Normandy, became the King of England in the eleventh century.

Director: John Frankau | Stars: Michael Craig, Julian Glover, Peter Jeffrey, John Bailey

30. Ex-S (1990– )
Episode: Just Another Sinner: The Life and Times of R.D. Laing (1994)

Documentary, Biography

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The Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness - in particular, the experience of psychosis - is presented with his family, friends, colleagues and patients at Kingsley Hall, home of the psychiatric community project.

Director: Eleanor Yule | Stars: Leon Redler, Anne Laing, Karen Heenon, Haya Oakley

31. Ex-S (1990– )
Episode: Palin on Redpath (1997)

Documentary, Biography

7.0

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Born in Galashiels, Anne Redpath studied at Edinburgh College of Art and Moray House from 1913, qualifying as an art teacher in 1917. She married in 1920 and settled in France, painting little until returning to Edinburgh in 1934.

Director: Eleanor Yule | Star: Michael Palin

Votes: 6

32. Private Screenings (1996– )
Episode: Angela Lansbury (2006)

Talk-Show

8.7

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In this episode of the TCM series, Private Screenings, Robert Osborne interviews Angela Lansbury. Born October 16, 1925 she is the daughter of an actress and the granddaughter of a ... See full synopsis »

Director: Sean Cameron | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Robert Osborne

Votes: 55

33. Front Row (2017– )
Episode: Episode #5.1 (2019)

39 min | Music, News, Talk-Show

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Mary Beard and her panel of guests discuss the art of the memoir ahead of the publication of David Cameron's memoir. They also explore the art of the self-portrait.

Directors: Dino Charalambous, Nicky Lessware | Stars: Mary Beard, Peter Hitchens, Sathnam Sanghera, Germaine Greer

34. Great Performances (1971– )
Episode: Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own (2019)

TV-G | 90 min | Music, Musical

7.6

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Overview of the career and life of soprano Birgit Nilsson, with brief samples of her singing.

Directors: Thomas Voigt, Wolfgang Wunderlich | Stars: Birgit Nilsson, Victor Callegari, Franco Corelli, Plácido Domingo

Votes: 14

35. Film '72 (1971–2018)
Episode: Centenary of the Birth of James Bond Producer Albert R. Broccoli (2009)

30 min | Talk-Show

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Director: Emma Pollock | Stars: Jonathan Ross, Albert R. Broccoli, Barbara Broccoli, Harry Saltzman

36. Night Talk (2007– )
Episode: An Interview with Roger Moore (2008)

Talk-Show

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Stars: Mike Schneider, Roger Moore

37. Li Xiao Long chuan qi (2008)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Biography, Drama

8.0

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When young Bruce Lee wins a dance competition at his school, he is confronted by bullies and makes life changing decision to study martial arts.

Director: Li Wen Qi | Stars: Ted Duran, Alexandre Bailly, Luc Bendza, Xiaoxiao Bian

Votes: 48

38. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (2020)

TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, News

7.2

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Ahead of the 2020 election, FRONTLINE's acclaimed series "The Choice", investigates the biographies of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, focusing on how they have responded in moments of crisis.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Will Lyman, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Ernie Anastos

Votes: 164

39. The Yorkshire Vet (2015– )
Episode: The Peter Wright Story (2020)

Not Rated | Documentary

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Peter returns to his childhood home for the first time in 50 years and visits some of his former teachers from primary school to sixth form. He looks back on his experiences as a work experience student for Alf Wight aka James Herriot.

Star: Christopher Timothy