Ballad in Blue

1965

English

5.5

♡ 9

50%

Paul Henreid Director

Piers Bishop as David

Joe Adams as Fred

Dawn Addams as Gina Graham

Mary Peach as Peggy Harrison

Ray Charles plays himself in this film where he helps blind boy David in his struggle to regain his sight. David’s over-protective mother Peggy is afraid of the risks connected with restoring his sight. Ray tries to help the whole family, offering the heavy-drinking Peggy’s heavy-drinking partner Steve an opportunity to work with his band.

Copying Beethoven

2006

English

6.7

♡ 8

29%

Agnieszka Holland Director

Diane Kruger as Anna Holtz

Ed Harris as Ludwig van Beethoven

Matthew Goode as Martin Bauer

Karl Johnson as Stefan Holtz

A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A copyist is urgently needed to help the composer. A fictional character is introduced in the form of a young conservatory student and aspiring composer named Anna Holtz. The mercurial Beethoven is skeptical that a woman might become involved in his masterpiece but slowly comes to trust in Anna's assistance and in the end becomes quite fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence in his life is an absolute necessity. Her deep understanding of his work is such that she even corrects mistakes he has made, while her passionate personality opens a door into his private world.

Born in Heinola

2016

Finnish

6.3

♡ 2

Tuukka Temonen Director

Mimosa Willamo as Amanda 'Mandy' Gaynor

Roope Salminen as Antti Lautala

Inka Kallén as Sijaisopettaja Marjatta

Tatu Sinisalo as Toni Wirtanen

A story of five Finnish youth growing up during the devastating '90s recession. They live in the small timber industrial town of Heinola. As the parents of these young teens struggle through hard economic times, the five very different youths meet by coincidence to form the punk band Apulanta.

Aika jonka sain

2020

Finnish

5.6

♡ 2

Tuukka Temonen Director

Mikael Rejström as Andre

Ilona Chevakova as Hoitaja 3

Pilvi Hämäläinen as Marjut

Inka Kallén as Nuori Helena

Jaana is a restaurant owner and mother of two, who spends her free time riding. Jaana lives with her charismatic, but short-tempered partner Marko. Jaana's life changes in a flash when she becomes paralyzed in a serious accident.

The Twentieth Century

2019

English

6.9

♡ 8

95%

Matthew Rankin Director

Brent Skagford as Arthur Meighen

Dan Beirne as Mackenzie King

Louis Negin as Mother

Trevor Anderson as Mr. Justice Richardson

Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will first have to fight his personal obsessions and overcome the many obstacles he will encounter on his tortuous path to power.

All Is True

2018

English

6.3

♡ 18

73%

husband wife relationship

london, england

united kingdom

Kenneth Branagh Director

Judi Dench as Anne Hathaway

Ian McKellen as Henry Wriothesley

Harry Lister Smith as Jack Cade

Kenneth Branagh as William Shakespeare

London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna get surprised to hear he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.

My Name Is Jonah

2014

English

7.4

♡ 2

Phil Healy Director

Dynamic Dave Kasperson as

Jackie Kasperson as

Karen LaGraff as

Tom Kershaw as The Ballbreaker Narrator

What is the secret origin of this self-proclaimed 'real-life warrior, adventurer and musician'? How has he gained his tremendous cult following? Steel yourselves for a quest to explore how this enigmatic personality came to be and the powerful effect he has on all those he meets.

My Mexican Bretzel

2019

Spanish

7.2

♡ 1

100%

diary

Documentary

fictional biography

Nuria Giménez Director

Lies are just another way of telling the truth. The desire to believe is the hand of the man hanging from a cliff and clinging to the only stone that would seem to save him. But he always ends up falling because the stone is a mirage, just as the cliff is. Death is awakening from this dream in which the essential can be said and in which the continuous and infinite has a beginning, an end and a meaning.

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

2012

English

5.8

♡ 3

Bill Jones Director

John Cleese as John Cleese / Exploding Don / David Frost

Tom Hollander as Recording Engineer

Cameron Diaz as Seigmund Freud

Ronnie Corbett as Thompson

John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story.

Emily

2022

English

6.8

♡ 28

87%

Frances O'Connor Director

Emma Mackey as Emily Brontë

Adrian Dunbar as Patrick Brontë

Paul Warriner as Reverend Miller

Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Weightman

The imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. Explore the relationships that inspired her – her raw, passionate sisterhood with Charlotte and Anne; her first aching, forbidden love for Weightman and her care for her maverick brother whom she idolises.

Aline

2020

French

6.3

♡ 4

56%

Valérie Lemercier Director

Valérie Lemercier as Aline Dieu

Francisco Sánchez as Junior 1 an

Agathe de La Boulaye as Rédactrice shooting photo

Carole Weyers as Styliste Oscars

A fictionalized biopic of Aline Dieu, a multitalented singer from a musically inclined family.

The Adventures of Picasso

1978

Swedish

7.3

♡ 2

88%

Tage Danielsson Director

Lena Olin as Dolores

Jytte Abildstrøm as English Lady in Blome

Bernard Cribbins as Gertrude Stein / Narrator

Gösta Ekman as Picasso

A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that.

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

2022

English

6.8

♡ 81

85%

79%

accordion

Action

based on myths, legends or folklore

Eric Appel Director

Dot-Marie Jones as Mama Bear

Scott Aukerman as Police Officer

Daniel Radcliffe as 'Weird Al' Yankovic

Jack Black as Wolfman Jack

Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle, this biopic takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.

Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story

2011

English

6.6

♡ 10

33%

Paul A. Kaufman Director

Charles Jarman as Amnesty International Supervisor

Emily Holmes as Diane Rowling

Kirsten Robek as Manager

Andrew Kavadas as Professor Nettleship

A look at J.K. Rowling from her humble beginnings as an imaginative young girl and awkward teenager, to the loss of her mother and the genesis of the Harry Potter book series.

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Ballad in Blue

Copying Beethoven

Born in Heinola

Aika jonka sain

The Twentieth Century

All Is True

My Name Is Jonah

My Mexican Bretzel

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

Emily

Aline

The Adventures of Picasso

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story