Keyword: based on novel or book

Excellent Cadavers

6.7

1999

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Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to attack the mobsters. He is aided by a former mobster (F. Murray Abraham) who volunteers to turn states evidence after his sons are killed by a renegade mob chief. With the mobsters help, the prosecutor was able to obtain over 300 convictions.

Les Misérables

7.7

1935

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In early-19th-century France, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive policeman.

Colorful

7.7

2010

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A sinful spirit is granted the opportunity to prove worthy for rebirth, inhabiting the body of a student who killed himself.

The Secret Scripture

6.7

2016

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A woman keeps a diary of her extended stay at a mental hospital.

A Kind of Murder

5.2

2016

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In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an overambitious detective, while at the same time lusting after another woman.

The Sun Stands Still

6.3

2021

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Mr. Takano and Mr. Taoka are spies and work for an industrial espionage organization going by the name An Tsushin. Their current mission is obtainment of sensitive and cutting edge information on solar energy and its industrial application. Time is of the essence and they are not the only ones coveting the information. various public and private entities fight and play a game of chess over the possession of the information.

Seisaku's Wife

6.9

1965

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On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.

Cut Off

6.7

2018

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Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.

Bat*21

6.4

1988

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During the Vietnam War, Colonel Hambletons aircraft is shot down over enemy territory and a frantic rescue operation ensues.

A Greyhound of a Girl

6.6

2023

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When the grandmother of the eleven years old aspiring chef Rose OHara suddenly ills, Rose meets the mysterious Anastasia to face the situation.

Go Tell It on the Mountain

6.8

1985

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This film adaptation of James Baldwins celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to \big city\ Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.

Shoot the Piano Player

5

1960

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A pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.