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| # | Name | Year | Country | Genres | IMDb Votes | IMDb Rating | Type | Status | CBFC |
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1999 | United States of America | Biography | 104107 | 7.5 | Movie | Released | R |
| 2 | 2017 | United States of America | Biography | 3219 | 7.2 | Movie | Released | ||
| 3 | 2018 | United Kingdom | Comedy | 25978 | 6.6 | Movie | Released | ||
| 4 |
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1991 | United States of America | Documentary | 18119 | 8.2 | Movie | Released | |
| 5 |
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2015 | United Kingdom | Drama | 143739 | 7.3 | Movie | Released | |
| 6 |
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2017 | Chile | Drama | 27500 | 7.2 | Movie | Released | R |
| 7 |
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2008 | United States of America | History | 180650 | 7.5 | Movie | Released | R |
| 8 |
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1992 | Ireland | Crime | 60481 | 7.2 | Movie | Released | R |
| 9 | 1994 | Australia | Comedy | 56198 | 7.5 | Movie | Released | ||
| 10 |
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1995 | France | Comedy | 14320 | 6.5 | Movie | Released | R |
| 11 |
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2015 | United States of America | Comedy | 36358 | 7.1 | Movie | Released | |
| 12 |
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2015 | Belgium | Drama | 200325 | 7.1 | Movie | Released | R |
| 13 |
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2015 | United States of America | Drama | 4497 | 5.3 | Movie | Released | R |
| 14 |
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2023 | United States of America | Action | 554900 | 8.7 | Serie | Returning Series | TV-MA |
| 15 | 2018 | Canada | Animation | 1269 | 5 | Movie | Released | PG | |
| 16 |
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2012 | United States of America | Drama | 553835 | 7.9 | Movie | Released | |
| 17 |
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2014 | France | Biography | 62387 | 7.8 | Movie | Released | R |
| 18 |
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2002 | Canada | Biography | 96034 | 7.3 | Movie | Released | R |
| 19 |
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1996 | United States of America | Comedy | 102552 | 7.2 | Movie | Released | R |
| 20 |
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1999 | United States of America | Biography | 214930 | 7.3 | Movie | Released | |
| 21 | 1995 | United States of America | Comedy | 37523 | 6.7 | Movie | Released | PG-13 | |
| 22 |
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2002 | United Kingdom | Drama | 140802 | 7.5 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 23 |
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2010 | United States of America | Comedy | 135066 | 7 | Movie | Released | |
| 24 |
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2018 | United States of America | Comedy | 127654 | 7.5 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 25 |
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2013 | United States of America | Comedy | 322661 | 8 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 26 |
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2018 | United States of America | Drama | 33378 | 8.6 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 27 |
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2015 | United Kingdom | Drama | 164401 | 8.2 | Serie | Canceled | TV-MA |
| 28 |
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1991 | United States of America | Drama | 62565 | 7 | Movie | Released | R |
| 29 |
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2014 | United States of America | Comedy | 23592 | 7.8 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 30 |
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2019 | United States of America | Comedy | 10335 | 7.6 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 31 |
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2015 | United Kingdom | Drama | 3834 | 7.9 | Serie | Ended | |
| 32 |
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2020 | United Kingdom | Comedy | 14064 | 7.5 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 33 |
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2022 | Comedy | 4306 | 8.1 | Serie | Canceled | TV-MA | |
| 34 |
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2019 | United States of America | Drama | 8511 | 7.4 | Serie | Canceled | TV-MA |
| 35 | 1997 | United States of America | Comedy | 54310 | 6.3 | Movie | Released | R | |
| 36 |
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2013 | United States of America | Drama | 31104 | 7.9 | Serie | Ended | TV-14 |
| 37 |
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2019 | United Kingdom | Comedy | 359357 | 8.2 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 38 |
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2018 | United States of America | Reality-TV | 21316 | 8.5 | Serie | Returning Series | TV-14 |
| 39 |
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2019 | United States of America | Comedy | 11072 | 7.8 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
