Drama is one particular film genre that is appealing to almost every kind of film fan out there.
The film was both a critical and commercial success and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Frankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie.
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Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
Twelve jurors are confined to a deliberation room during a sweltering summer, tasked with deciding the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of murder. Initially appearing as a straightforward case, the proceedings take a dramatic turn as one dissenting juror begins to challenge the evidence. The intense narrative explores the complexities of justice and human nature as each juror confronts their own biases and the dynamics of group decision-making.
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Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.
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A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
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Directed by and starring Orson Welles in his feature film debut, Citizen Kane tells the life story of Charles Foster Kane, a self-made business tycoon partially based on William Randolph Hearst. The film tells the story of Kane’s rise and fall from power, narratively framed by the sensation caused by death at the beginning and end of the film. Besides Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, and Ruth Warrick also star.
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Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American Midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
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A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
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Frankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best, and the two soon form a close bond.
