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Stephen Daldry • Starring: Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman
Drama • Feminist Film • Period Film
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Michael Anderson • Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature
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Philip Kaufman • Starring: Kate Winslet, Billie Whitelaw, Michael Caine
Based-on-a-True-Story • Based-on-Theatre • Biopic
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Scott Hicks • Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lynn Redgrave
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
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Michael Anderson • Starring: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner
Drama • Religious Drama
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Bruce Beresford • Starring: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Esther Rolle
Comedy Drama • Drama • Message Movie
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Jack Cardiff • Starring: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller
Drama • Erotic Drama • Family Drama
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Herbert Ross • Starring: Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Tom Skerritt
Drama • New Hollywood • Reunion Films
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Tony Richardson • Starring: Albert Finney, Hugh Griffith, Joan Greenwood
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Based-on-18th-Century-Literature
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Marc Forster • Starring: Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman
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Hugh Hudson • Starring: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers
Drama • Period Film • Sports Drama
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Anatole Litvak • Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders
Drama • Spy Film • Unglamorized Spy Film
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Baz Luhrmann • Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo
Costume Romance • Jukebox Musical • Musical Romance
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Ang Lee • Starring: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Harriet Walter
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners
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James L. Brooks • Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
Comedy Drama • Drama • Family Drama
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Clifford Odets • Starring: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald
Drama • Psychological Drama • Romance
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Richard Attenborough • Starring: Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Epic
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Bill Condon • Starring: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
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Kevin Costner • Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Epic
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King Vidor • Starring: Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson
Drama • Medical Drama • Psychological Drama
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John Ford • Starring: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Margot Grahame
Drama • Political Drama
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz • Starring: James Mason, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando
Based-on-Shakespeare • Based-on-Theatre • Epic
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Steven Spielberg • Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Joe Pantoliano
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Childhood Drama
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James Ivory • Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Judi Dench
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Costume Romance
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Clint Eastwood • Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Anti-War Film • Combat Films • Drama
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David Lean • Starring: Judy Davis, James Fox, Peggy Ashcroft
Courtroom Drama • Drama • Period Film
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James Ivory • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter
Drama • Marriage Drama • Period Film
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Robert Redford • Starring: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch
Drama • Family Drama • New Hollywood
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Alan Parker • Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand
Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller
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Charles Chaplin • Starring: Charles Chaplin, Marjorie Bennett, Isobel Elsom
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Con Artist / Hustler
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Roman Polanski • Starring: Francesca Annis, Vic Abbott, Bernard Archard
Based-on-Shakespeare • Based-on-Theatre • Drama
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John Ford • Starring: John Wayne, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald
Comedy Drama • Drama • Romance
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Noel Coward, David Lean • Starring: Michael Wilding, Noël Coward, Robert Sansom
Drama • War Drama • War
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Bob Fosse • Starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Musical Drama
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George Clooney • Starring: Jeff Daniels, David Strathairn, George Clooney
Based-on-a-True-Story • Docudrama • Drama
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Warren Beatty • Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann
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Fred Zinnemann • Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw
Based-on-Theatre • Courtroom Drama • Drama
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Clint Eastwood • Starring: Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama • Mystery
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Frank Capra • Starring: George Bancroft, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
Americana • Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners
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Fred Zinnemann • Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans
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Steven Spielberg • Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Docudrama
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Peter Farrelly • Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Buddy Film
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Laurence Olivier • Starring: Laurence Olivier, Harcourt Williams, Renee Asherson
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Martin Scorsese • Starring: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield
Adventure • Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Family-Oriented Adventure
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J.C. Chandor • Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
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John Sturges • Starring: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
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David Hugh Jones • Starring: Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Avril Elgar
Drama • Marriage Drama • Psychological Drama
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John Schlesinger • Starring: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Romance • Drama
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Roberto Rossellini • Starring: Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Benjamin Emanuel
Combat Films • Drama • Foreign Language Film
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Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan • Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama • Female-Directed Film
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