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Link | rowid | title | site | country | year_release | box_office | director ▼ | number_of_subjects | subject | type_of_subject | race_known | subject_race | person_of_color | subject_sex | lead_actor_actress |
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698 | 698 | Thirteen | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/ | US | 2003 | $4.6M | Catherine Hardwicke | 2 | Catherine Hardwicke | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Holly Hunter | |
268 | 268 | I Am a Sex Addict | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428649/ | US | 2005 | $113K | Caveh Zahedi | 1 | Caveh Zahedi | Actor | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Caveh Zahedi |
136 | 136 | Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024991/ | US | 1934 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Claudette Colbert |
605 | 605 | The King of Kings | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018054/ | US | 1927 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | H.B. Warner |
645 | 645 | The Plainsman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028108/ | US | 1936 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Wild Bill Hickok | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | With: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison |
678 | 678 | The Ten Commandments | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/ | US | 1956 | $80M | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Moses | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Charlton Heston |
658 | 658 | The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460505/ | Canada | 2005 | - | Charles BinamÌÄå© | 1 | Maurice "The Rocket" Richard | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Roy Dupuis |
477 | 477 | Scott of the Antarctic | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040761/ | UK | 1948 | - | Charles Frend | 1 | Robert Falcon Scott | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Mills |
365 | 365 | Mary, Queen of Scots | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067402/ | UK | 1971 | - | Charles Jarrott | 1 | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Vanessa Redgrave |
547 | 547 | The Boy in Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090769/ | Canada | 1986 | $275K | Charles Jarrott | 1 | Ned Hanlan | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Nicolas Cage |
27 | 27 | Against the Ropes | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312329/ | US | 2004 | $5.88M | Charles S. Dutton | 1 | Jackie Kallen | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Female | Meg Ryan | |
23 | 23 | A Song to Remember | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038104/ | US | 1945 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Frederic Chopin | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Cornel Wilde |
243 | 243 | Hans Christian Andersen | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044685/ | US | 1952 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Hans Christian Andersen | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Danny Kaye |
345 | 345 | Love Me or Leave Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048317/ | US | 1955 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Ruth Etting | Singer | Unknown | 0 | Female | Doris Day | |
683 | 683 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058708/ | US | 1964 | - | Charles Walters | 1 | Molly Brown | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Debbie Reynolds |
416 | 416 | Open Water | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/ | US | 2003 | $30.5M | Chris Kentis | 2 | Eileen Lonergan | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Blanchard Ryan | |
417 | 417 | Open Water | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/ | US | 2003 | $30.5M | Chris Kentis | 2 | Tom Lonergan | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Daniel Travis | |
379 | 379 | Miss Potter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482546/ | US/UK | 2006 | $2.98M | Chris Noonan | 1 | Beatrix Potter | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ren̩e Zellweger |
295 | 295 | Jappeloup | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2018079/ | Canada | 2013 | - | Christian Duguay | 1 | Pierre Durand, Jr. | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Guillaume Canet |
518 | 518 | Sylvia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325055/ | UK | 2003 | $1.3M | Christine Jeffs | 2 | Sylvia Plath | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Female | Gwyneth Paltrow |
519 | 519 | Sylvia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325055/ | UK | 2003 | $1.3M | Christine Jeffs | 2 | Ted Hughes | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Craig |
116 | 116 | Carrington | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ | UK | 1995 | $3.24M | Christopher Hampton | 2 | Lytton Strachey | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jonathan Pryce |
117 | 117 | Carrington | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ | UK | 1995 | $3.24M | Christopher Hampton | 2 | Dora Carrington | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emma Thompson |
53 | 53 | Baader | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309320/ | UK | 2002 | - | Christopher Roth | 1 | Andreas Baader | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Frank Giering |
496 | 496 | Son of God | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3210686/ | US | 2014 | $59.7M | Christopher Spencer | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Diogo Morgado |
182 | 182 | Ed Gein | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230169/ | US/UK | 2000 | $5.71K | Chuck Parello | 1 | Ed Gein | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Steve Railsback | |
184 | 184 | Edison, the Man | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032432/ | US | 1940 | - | Clarence Brown | 1 | Thomas Edison | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Spencer Tracy |
39 | 39 | American Sniper | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/ | US | 2014 | $350M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Chris Kyle | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Bradley Cooper | |
74 | 74 | Bird | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094747/ | US | 1988 | $2.18M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Charlie "Bird" Parker | Musician | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Forest Whitaker |
286 | 286 | Invictus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/ | US | 2009 | $37.5M | Clint Eastwood | 2 | Nelson Mandela | World leader | Known | African | 1 | Male | Morgan Freeman |
287 | 287 | Invictus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/ | US | 2009 | $37.5M | Clint Eastwood | 2 | Fran̤ois Pienaar | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Matt Damon |
293 | 293 | J. Edgar | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1616195/ | US | 2011 | $37.3M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | J. Edgar Hoover | Government | Known | White | 0 | Male | Leonardo DiCaprio |
298 | 298 | Jersey Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742044/ | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Bob Gaudio | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Erich Bergen |
299 | 299 | Jersey Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742044/ | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Frankie Valli | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Lloyd Young |
300 | 300 | Jersey Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742044/ | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Nick Massi | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Lomenda |
301 | 301 | Jersey Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742044/ | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Tommy DeVito | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vincent Piazza |
375 | 375 | Million Dollar Arm | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1647668/ | US | 2014 | $36.4M | Craig Gillespie | 1 | J. B. Bernstein | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jon Hamm |
61 | 61 | Beau Brummell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046759/ | US | 1954 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | George Brummell | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Stewart Granger |
168 | 168 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Charlotte Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Olivia de Havilland |
169 | 169 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Emily Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ida Lupino |
170 | 170 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Anne Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Nancy Coleman |
284 | 284 | Interrupted Melody | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048210/ | US | 1955 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | Marjorie Lawrence | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Eleanor Parker |
99 | 99 | Burning Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1811307/ | US | 2013 | - | D.M.W. Greer With: Trent Ford, Tammy Blanchard, Morgan Spector | 1 | DMW Greer | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Trent Ford | |
26 | 26 | Abraham Lincoln | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020620/ | US | 1930 | - | D.W. Griffith | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Walter Huston |
686 | 686 | The Whole Wide World | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118163/ | US | 1996 | $137K | Dan Ireland | 2 | Robert Howard | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vincent D'Onofrio |
687 | 687 | The Whole Wide World | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118163/ | US | 1996 | $137K | Dan Ireland | 2 | Novalyne Price | Author | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Ren̩e Zellweger |
272 | 272 | I'll Cry Tomorrow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048191/ | US | 1955 | - | Daniel Mann | 1 | Lillian Roth | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Susan Hayward |
341 | 341 | Louis Cyr | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657513/ | Canada | 2013 | - | Daniel Roby | 1 | Louis Cyr | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Antoine Bertrand |
3 | 3 | 127 Hours | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/ | US/UK | 2010 | $18.3M | Danny Boyle | 1 | Aron Ralston | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Franco | |
261 | 261 | Hoffa | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104427/ | US | 1992 | $24.3M | Danny DeVito | 1 | Jimmy Hoffa | Activist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jack Nicholson |
103 | 103 | Cadillac Records | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Etta James | Singer | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Beyonc̩ Knowles |
104 | 104 | Cadillac Records | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Muddy Water | Musician | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Jeffrey Wright |
105 | 105 | Cadillac Records | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Leonard Chess | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Adrien Brody |
746 | 746 | Winnie Mandela | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551641/ | Canada | 2011 | - | Darrell Roodt | 1 | Winnie Mandela | Government | Known | African | 1 | Female | Jennifer Hudson |
467 | 467 | Rudy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108002/ | US | 1993 | $22.8M | David Anspaugh | 1 | Rudy Ruettiger | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Sean Astin | |
13 | 13 | A Dangerous Method | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571222/ | Canada/UK | 2011 | $5.7M | David Cronenberg | 3 | Carl Gustav Jung | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Fassbender |
14 | 14 | A Dangerous Method | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571222/ | Canada/UK | 2011 | $5.7M | David Cronenberg | 3 | Sigmund Freud | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Viggo Mortensen |
15 | 15 | A Dangerous Method | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571222/ | Canada/UK | 2011 | $5.7M | David Cronenberg | 3 | Sabina Spielrein | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Female | Keira Knightley |
664 | 664 | The Social Network | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/ | US | 2010 | $96.9M | David Fincher | 1 | Mark Zuckerberg | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jesse Eisenberg | |
413 | 413 | One Chance | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196956/ | US/UK | 2013 | $89.7K | David Frankel | 1 | Paul Potts | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Corden | |
100 | 100 | Buster | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094819/ | UK | 1988 | $540K | David Green | 1 | Buster Edwards | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Phil Collins | |
10 | 10 | 84 Charing Cross Road | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/ | US/UK | 1987 | $1.08M | David Hugh Jones | 2 | Frank Doel | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | Anthony Hopkins | |
11 | 11 | 84 Charing Cross Road | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/ | US/UK | 1987 | $1.08M | David Hugh Jones | 2 | Helene Hanff | Author | Unknown | 0 | Female | Anne Bancroft | |
154 | 154 | Dahmer | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285728/ | US | 2002 | - | David Jacobson | 1 | Jeffrey Dahmer | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jeremy Renner |
330 | 330 | Lawrence of Arabia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/ | UK | 1962 | $342K | David Lean | 1 | Thomas Edward Lawrence | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Peter O'Toole |
566 | 566 | The Elephant Man | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080678/ | US | 1980 | - | David Lynch | 1 | Joseph Merrick | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Hurt |
676 | 676 | The Straight Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/ | US/UK | 1999 | $6.2M | David Lynch | 1 | Alvin Straight | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Richard Farnsworth | |
73 | 73 | Billy the Kid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033389/ | US | 1941 | - | David Miller | 1 | Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid) | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Taylor |
571 | 571 | The Fighter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/ | US | 2010 | $93.6M | David O. Russell | 1 | Micky Ward | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Mark Wahlberg |
446 | 446 | Ragamuffin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2412568/ | US | 2014 | - | David Schultz | 1 | Rich Mullins | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | David Schultz |
426 | 426 | Permanent Midnight | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120788/ | US | 1998 | $1.17M | David Veloz | 1 | Jerry Stahl | Comedian | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ben Stiller |
205 | 205 | Finding Graceland | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120026/ | US | 1998 | - | David Winkler | 1 | Elvis Presley | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Harvey Keitel |
237 | 237 | Gracie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441007/ | US | 2007 | $2.96M | Davis Guggenheim | 1 | Elisabeth Shue | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Carly Schroeder |
436 | 436 | Pride of the Marines | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038000/ | US | 1945 | - | Delmer Daves | 1 | Al Schmid | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Garfield |
49 | 49 | Antwone Fisher | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168786/ | US | 2002 | $21.1M | Denzel Washington | 1 | Antwone Fisher | Military | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Derek Luke |
582 | 582 | The Great Debaters | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427309/ | US | 2007 | $30.2M | Denzel Washington | 1 | Melvin Tolson | Academic | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Denzel Washington |
80 | 80 | Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106438/ | UK | 1993 | $1.72M | Derek Jarman | 1 | Derek Jarman | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Derek Jarman | |
114 | 114 | Caravaggio | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090798/ | UK | 1986 | $3.15K | Derek Jarman | 1 | Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Multiple |
750 | 750 | Wittgenstein | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108583/ | UK | 1993 | - | Derek Jarman | 1 | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Academic (Philosopher) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Clancy Chassay |
629 | 629 | The Miracle Maker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208298/ | UK | 2000 | - | Derek W. Hayes, Stanislav Sokolov | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Ralph Fiennes |
554 | 554 | The Conqueror | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049092/ | US | 1956 | $4.5M | Dick Powell | 1 | Temujin (Genghis Khan) | Military | Known | Asian | 1 | Male | John Wayne |
124 | 124 | Cesar Chavez | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621046/ | US | 2014 | $5.55M | Diego Luna | 1 | Cesar Chavez | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Michael Pe̱a |
740 | 740 | WhiteLightnin' | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034419/ | UK | 2009 | - | Dominic Murphy | 1 | Jesco White | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Edward Hogg | |
557 | 557 | The Cross and the Switchblade | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068428/ | US | 1970 | - | Don Murray | 1 | David Wilkerson | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Pat Boone | |
448 | 448 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059635/ | UK | 1966 | - | Don Sharp | 1 | Grigori Rasputin | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Christopher Lee |
191 | 191 | Escape from Alcatraz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/ | US | 1979 | $36.5M | Don Siegel | 3 | Clarence Anglin | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jack Thibeau | |
192 | 192 | Escape from Alcatraz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/ | US | 1979 | $36.5M | Don Siegel | 3 | Frank Morris | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Clint Eastwood | |
193 | 193 | Escape from Alcatraz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/ | US | 1979 | $36.5M | Don Siegel | 3 | John Anglin | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Fred Ward | |
199 | 199 | Fair Game | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0977855/ | US | 2010 | $9.53M | Doug Liman | 1 | Valerie Plame | Government | Known | White | 0 | Female | Naomi Watts |
282 | 282 | Infamous | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420609/ | US | 2006 | $1.15M | Douglas McGrath | 1 | Truman Capote | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Toby Jones | |
60 | 60 | Battle Hymn | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050171/ | US | 1957 | - | Douglas Sirk | 1 | Dean Hess | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Rock Hudson | |
492 | 492 | Sister Kenny | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038948/ | US | 1946 | - | Dudley Nichols | 1 | Elizabeth Kenny | Medicine | Known | White | 0 | Female | Rosalind Russell |
735 | 735 | Walking Tall Part II | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073880/ | US | 1975 | - | Earl Bellamy | 1 | Buford Pusser | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Bo Svenson | |
432 | 432 | Pollock | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183659/ | US | 2000 | $8.6M | Ed Harris | 1 | Jackson Pollock | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ed Harris |
553 | 553 | The Color of Time | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2133333/ | US | 2012 | - | Edna Luise Biesold, Sarah-Violet Bliss | 1 | CK Williams | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Franco | |
178 | 178 | Downtown 81 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208993/ | US | 1981 | $100K | Edo Bertoglio | 1 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | Artist | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Jean Michel Basquiat |
38 | 38 | American Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103671/ | US | 1992 | $13.1M | Edward James Olmos | 1 | Rodolfo Cadena | Criminal | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Edward James Olmos |
729 | 729 | Viva Zapata! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045296/ | US | 1952 | - | Elia Kazan | 1 | Emiliano Zapata | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Male | Marlon Brando |
260 | 260 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070184/ | UK | 1973 | - | Ennio De Concini | 1 | Adolf Hitler | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Alec Guinness |
275 | 275 | If You Could See What I Hear | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084117/ | Canada | 1982 | - | Eric Till | 1 | Tom Sullivan | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | Marc Singer |
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