One Day in September (1999), Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008), The Laramie Project (2002), Neshoba: The Price of Freedom (2008), Shoah (1985), They Shall Not Grow Old (2018), Saint of 9/11 (2006), I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Memorial movies.
Storyline: Documentary about Brandon Teena (aka Teena Brandon), a transgendered person, who was murdered along with two others in 1993 in rural Nebraska. The story is told through interviews with people who knew Brandon, recorded interrogation and trial transcripts, and photographs and file film footage.—Michael C. Berch <mcb@postmodern.com>
Plot Keywords: documentary, true crime, lgbtq+, biography, murder, hate crime, social justice ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In November, 1970, virtually the entire football team and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) die in a plane crash. That spring, led by Nate Ruffin, a player who was ill and missed the fatal flight, students rally to convince the board of governors to play the 1971 season. The college president, Don Dedman, must find a coach, who then must find players. They petition the NCAA to allow freshmen to play, and coach Jack Lengyel motivates and leads young players at the same time that he reexamines the Lombardi creed that winning is the only thing. The father and the fiancée of a player who died find strength to move on. Can Marshall win even one game in 1971?
Plot Keywords: sports, inspirational, true story, american football, teamwork, tragedy, 1970s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tuesday, June 4, 1968: the California Presidential primary. As day breaks, Robert F. Kennedy arrives at the Ambassador Hotel. He'll campaign, then speak to supporters at midnight. To capture the texture of the late 1960s, we see vignettes at the hotel: a couple marries so he can avoid Vietnam, kitchen staff discuss race and baseball, a man cheats on his wife, another is fired for racism, a retired hotel doorman plays chess in the lobby with an old friend, a campaign strategist's wife needs a pair of black shoes, two campaign staff trip on LSD, a lounge singer is on the downhill slide. Through it all, we see and hear R.F.K. calling for a better society and a better nation.
Plot Keywords: political, assassination, historical, drama, biographical, american, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: English nurse Edith Cavell is matron in a small private hospital in German-occupied Brussels during WWI. When the son of a recently deceased patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, Cavell aids him to reach Holland and safety. This leads to Cavell, a local noblewoman, the grandmother of the escaped prisoner-of-war, and others to form an organization to help Belgian, French, English and other soldiers escape as well. Eventually the Germans become aware of what's happening and take action.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: war, biography, history, drama, british, nurse, world war i ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: There are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times... Gram Parsons was one of the most influential musicians of his time; a bitter, brilliant, genius who knew Elvis, tripped with the Stones and fatally overdosed on morphine and tequila in 1973. And from his dying came a story. A story from deep within folklore; a story of friendship, honour and adventure; a story so extraordinary that if it didn't really happen, no one would believe it. Two men, a hearse, a dead rock star, five gallons of petrol, and a promise. And the most extraordinary chase of modern times.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: music, biography, comedy, road movie, true story, 1970s, country music ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On December 8th, 1980, John Lennon was shot outside of the Dakota apartment building in New York. This film follows the untold, actual story of those who were part of his attempted rescue and witnesses to the human cost of tragedy.
Plot Keywords: biography, history, documentary, music, assassination, true story, 1980s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Plot Keywords: disaster, true story, rescue, heroism, new york, tragedy, survival ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Struggling Bronx mechanic Jaden Miller uses boxing to save himself and his mother from being homeless. With a legendary trainer, and a reality show built around him, Miller goes for the title.
Plot Keywords: space exploration, disaster, documentary, history, nasa, tragedy, investigation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In February, 2006, young Luke Abbate accepted a ride home from a fellow student following his high-school team practice. In a severe case of irresponsible and reckless teen-age driving, and over the objections of Luke and the other young passengers, the driver lost control of the car at nearly 90 miles-per-hour, spinning off a narrow road and landing in an embankment some seventy feet below. Luke suffered irreparable brain damage, and died in the hospital two days later - just four days before his sixteenth birthday.—anonymous
Plot Keywords: sports, inspirational, family, true story, american football, tragedy, hope ...
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