Joan Rivers is portrayed in this film by her real-life daughter Melissa Rivers. Director David O. Russell asked Melissa for input on dialogue written for her mother, particularly in the scene where she gives Joy clothing feedback.
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Big Eyes 2014
The story of the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane her phenomenal success in the 1950s and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Big Eyes features captivating, thought provoking, serious, sentimental and suspense style.
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Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story 2011
Magic Beyond Words The J.K. Rowling Story is a made-for-TV film starring Australian actress Poppy Montgomery. The film which was shot in B.C. Canada locations altered to look like British locations details the journey of struggling single mother ...
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story features serious, sentimental, realistic, touching and sincere style.
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Flash of Genius 2008
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story college professor Robert Kearns Greg Kinnear goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly ...
Flash of Genius features thought provoking, sentimental, sincere, realistic and serious style.
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The Founder 2016
The true story of how Ray Kroc a salesman from Illinois met Mac and Dick McDonald who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers speedy system of making the food and saw franchise ...
The Founder features motivational, based on true events, inspirational, uplifting and realistic style.
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The Current War 2017
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
The Current War features intellectual, clever, realistic, serious and suspense style.
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Lion 2016
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia 25 years later he sets out to find his lost family.
Lion features sentimental, motivational, emotional, touching and compassionate style.
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Jobs 2013
The story of Steve Jobs ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Jobs features serious, realistic, factual, inspirational and captivating style.
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio 2005
Based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan a midwestern housewife who managed to rescue her family from debt by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio features touching, sentimental, semi serious, uplifting and sincere style.
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A Home of Our Own 1993
The story is located in Los Angeles in the sixties. An energetic widow Frances Lacey with her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true to have a home of their own. Therefore they leave Los Angeles and head for the countryside while ...
A Home of Our Own features touching, feel good, sentimental, emotional and realistic style.
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Lion 2016
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia 25 years later he sets out to find his lost family.
Lion features motivational, sentimental, emotional, touching and compassionate style.
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Lion 2016
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia 25 years later he sets out to find his lost family.
Lion features motivational, sentimental, emotional, touching and compassionate style.
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Lion 2016
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia 25 years later he sets out to find his lost family.
Lion features motivational, sentimental, emotional, touching and based on true events style.
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Lion 2016
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia 25 years later he sets out to find his lost family.
Lion features motivational, sentimental, emotional, touching and based on true events style.
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Lion 2016
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia 25 years later he sets out to find his lost family.
Lion features motivational, sentimental, emotional, touching and based on true events style.
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Lion 2016
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia 25 years later he sets out to find his lost family.
Lion features motivational, sentimental, emotional, touching and based on true events style.
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Steve Jobs 2015
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Steve Jobs features realistic, serious, sincere, captivating and factual style.
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Lion 2016
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia 25 years later he sets out to find his lost family.
Lion features motivational, sentimental, emotional, touching and based on true events style.
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Erin Brockovich 2000
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Erin Brockovich features inspirational, factual, uplifting, touching and feel good style.
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The Blind Side 2009
Oversized African-American Michael Oher the teen from across the tracks and a broken home has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
The Blind Side features inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental and motivational style.
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