swap_horiz Stonewall Alternatives

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Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club is a 2013 biographical drama about Ron Woodroof, an AIDS patient who operated the "Dallas Buyers Club...

Drama Medical Biographical Dramedy

7.8 Good

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The Color Purple

The Color Purple is a 1985 American period drama directed by Steven Spielberg, adapted from Alice Walker’s novel. Quincy...

Epic Drama Family Award Winning

7.8 Good

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Cabaret

Cabaret is a 1972 musical drama film adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 novel *Goodbye to Berlin*. The story, bas...

Drama Award Winning Historical 1970S

7.8 Good

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is a 1993 legal drama centered on an attorney seeking justice against his former employer following wrongfu...

Trial Drama Advocacy Historical

7.7 Good

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Milk

Milk portrays the life of Harvey Milk, a pivotal figure in American LGBTQ+ history. The film chronicles his rise as the...

Drama Historical Coming Of Age 2000S

7.6 Good

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Beach Rats

Beach Rats is a 2017 drama focusing on a young man’s internal conflict in Brooklyn. The film depicts the challenges face...

Drama United States Lgbtq Related 2010S

7.6 Good

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First Man

First Man chronicles the life of Neil Armstrong through the period preceding the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. The film detail...

Drama Emotional Historical Thriller

7.5 Good

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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a 2018 biographical drama chronicling Lee Israel’s efforts to revive her career by creating...

Drama Dark Comedy Comedy Drama Biographical

7.5 Good

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Fences

Fences portrays the complex relationships within a Black American family in the 1950s United States. The film, based on...

Drama Crime Historical Family Saga

7.4 Good

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Dark Waters

Dark Waters depicts the legal battle undertaken by Robert Bilott to challenge DuPont’s actions. The film portrays Bilott...

Drama Environmental Historical Biographical

7.4 Good

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Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted depicts the experiences of a young woman’s involuntary commitment to a psychiatric facility after a se...

Drama Coming Of Age 1990S Biographical

7.1 Good

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Trumbo

Trumbo is a 2015 biographical drama depicting the life of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. The film portrays his experiences...

Drama Historical Political Biographical

7.1 Good

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Vice

Vice is a 2018 biographical film depicting the rise of Dick Cheney to become the 46th Vice President of the United State...

Drama Comedy Drama Political Biographical

6.9 Fair

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Get on Up

Get On Up is a 2014 biographical musical film presenting the life of James Brown through a nonlinear narrative. The stor...

Drama Biographical United States Lgbtq Related

6.8 Fair

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Operation Finale

Operation Finale recounts a 1960 Israeli Mossad mission to apprehend Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. The operation involved...

Drama Espionage Historical Thriller

6.7 Fair

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The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman is a 2019 biographical drama film detailing the complex relationship between William Bates,...

Drama Mystery Psychological Historical

6.5 Fair

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Yentl

“Yentl” is a 1983 drama film directed by and starring Barbra Streisand. The story adapts Isaac Bashevis Singer’s narrati...

Drama Historical Romance 1980S

6.5 Fair

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a 2012 film directed by Lorene Scafaria, starring Steve Carell and Keira Kn...

Drama Romantic Comedy Science Fiction Disaster

6.3 Fair

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Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs chronicles the life of a man employed as a butler in Victorian England. The film portrays the experiences o...

Romantic Drama Historical Biographical

6.2 Fair

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Parkland

Parkland depicts the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas, following November 22, 196...

Drama True Story Historical Political

6.2 Fair