Music, Documentary, History
Best known for their megahit ’80s anthem "Don't You (Forget About Me)”—made famous in John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club—Simple Minds is one of the most iconic and influential Scottish bands in history. From working-class kids growing up in post-industrial Glasgow to rock stars playing Live Aid, this is the unlikely story of an extraordinary band that continues touring to this day.
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SIMILAR MOVIES
Gorillas in the Mist
Milk
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Jiří Trnka: A Long Lost Friend
Louis Kahn's Tiger City
The Prime Minister
June 1940, the Great Chaos
This Is Spinal Tap
Making of the Genie in a Ravioli Can
Poutník Václav Vydra
Woodstock
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Rikard Nordraak
Susanne Bartsch: On Top
Nixon
High School Musical
Farinelli
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
Écureuil : Les Tribulations d'une forestière
SIMILAR MOVIES
Gorillas in the Mist
IMDB 7 | Sep , 1988
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.Milk
IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2008
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.The Fabulous Allan Carr
IMDB 5.2 | May , 2017
Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes including the mega-hit musical film "Grease," until it all came crashing down after he produced the 1989 Academy Awards, a notorious debacle.Jiří Trnka: A Long Lost Friend
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2019
A story of an extraordinary artist who has unintentionally signed a deal with a devil. Jiří Trnka was one of the biggest Czech artists of the 20th century and one of the founders of the puppet animation. His work demonstrated the world that communist society can provide better conditions for extraordinary artistic creations. The ideological clash between West and East didn’t leave children and their stories apart from their struggle in ideological and political positions.Louis Kahn's Tiger City
IMDB 10 | Apr , 2019
Art historian and filmmaker Sundaram Tagore travels in the footsteps of Louis Kahn to discover how the famed American architect built a daringly modern and monumental parliamentary complex in war-torn Bangladesh.The Prime Minister
IMDB 6 | Mar , 1941
Directed by Thorold Dickinson.June 1940, the Great Chaos
IMDB 8 | Jun , 2010
From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the country folds, and then collapsed in facing the attack of the Nazi Germany. On June 1940, each day is a tragedy. For the first time, thanks to historic revelations, and to numerous never seen before images and documents and reenacted situations of the time, this film recounts the incredible stories of those men and women trapped in the torment of this great chaos.This Is Spinal Tap
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 1984
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.Making of the Genie in a Ravioli Can
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2007
A short behind the scenes documentary showing the creation of the short claymation film The Genie in a Ravioli Can (Le génie de la boîte de raviolis).Poutník Václav Vydra
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1972
Woodstock
IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 1970
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
IMDB 7.3 | May , 2017
A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel.Rikard Nordraak
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1945
A film biography of Rikard Nordraak, composer of the Norwegian national anthem.Susanne Bartsch: On Top
IMDB 7 | May , 2017
Dubbed New York's "Queen of the Night," proto–club kid Susanne Bartsch has been throwing unforgettable parties for over 30 years and is still going strong.Nixon
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1995
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.High School Musical
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2006
A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.Farinelli
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1994
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 2017
How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.Jodie Foster, une histoire française
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
Écureuil : Les Tribulations d'une forestière
IMDB 8.2 | Dec , 2022