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Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

2013 · Paul Greengrass

ActionBiographyCrime
Silver
Word and Utopia

Word and Utopia

2000 · Manoel de Oliveira

WorldBiographyDramaHistory
Silver
Heavenly Creatures

Heavenly Creatures

1994 · Peter Jackson

IndieBiographyCrimeDrama
Silver
Hedd Wyn

Hedd Wyn

1992 · Paul Turner

WorldBiographyDramaRomance
Silver
Reversal of Fortune

Reversal of Fortune

1990 · Barbet Schroeder

BiographyDramaMystery
Silver
Henry V

Henry V

1989 · Kenneth Branagh

BiographyDramaHistory
Silver
Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

1980 · Michael Apted

BiographyDramaMusic
Silver
Les violons du bal

Les violons du bal

1974 · Michel Drach

WorldBiographyDramaWar
Silver
Sacco & Vanzetti

Sacco & Vanzetti

1971 · Giuliano Montaldo

WorldBiographyCrimeDrama
Silver
Spartacus

Spartacus

1960 · Stanley Kubrick

AdventureBiographyDrama
Silver
Priscilla

Priscilla

2023 · Sofia Coppola

IndieBiographyDramaMusic
Silver
The Swimmers

The Swimmers

2022 · Sally El Hosaini

BiographyDramaSport
Silver
My Old School

My Old School

2022 · Jono McLeod

IndieDocumentaryBiography
Silver
At Eternity's Gate

At Eternity's Gate

2018 · Julian Schnabel

IndieBiographyDramaHistory
Silver
Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018 · Marielle Heller

IndieBiographyComedyCrime
Silver
First Man

First Man

2018 · Damien Chazelle

BiographyDramaHistory
Silver
Into the Wild

Into the Wild

2007 · Sean Penn

IndieAdventureBiographyDrama
Silver
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
BiographyCrimeDrama
Silver
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