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Renoir 2012 Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre Auguste returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I At his side is Andree, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son

Abraham Lincoln 2022 Through a poverty ridden childhood on the American frontier, Lincoln is determined to leave his mark on the world

The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) Neal Cassady is living the beat life during the 1940s, working at The Tire Yard and and philandering around town. However, he has visions of a happy life with kids and a white picket fence. When his girlfriend, Joan, tries to kill herself he gets scared and r

Tropic of Cancer 1970 Henry is an ex pat in Paris, cadging drinks and meals and places to sleep, giving advice about women to clueless men, flirting with the wives of acquaintances, burning bridges, and making philosophical observations In vignettes we see his wife Mona come to Paris and leave immed

Joe vs Carole 2022 TV series based on the life of Joe Exotic, the former Oklahoma zoo operator and big cat breeder who was put on trial and sentenced to 22 years in prison for plotting to murder another big cat enthusiast

Welcome to Chippendales 2022 The origin story of Somen Steve Banerjee, an Indian American entrepreneur who started the stripper troupe, Chippendales

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) A warlord must fight a bloody battle in order to regain his kingdom.

Heaven & Earth (1993) The final movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy follows the true story of a Vietnamese village girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam war. As a freedom fighter, a hustler, young mother, a sometime prostitute, and the wife of a US.

Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm, Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime minister's life and career at the end of WWII.

Ambers Story (2006) Amber Hagerman was just a 9 year old girl and on Saturday, January 13, 1996 at 3:30 p.m. while riding her bike in an abandoned grocery store parking lot, she was abducted and murdered two days later. Her mother wanted to set up a system for missing and exploited children which we

Laetitia 2019 Based on a true story 18 year old Laetitia is missing Her scooter was found on its side just in front of the house in the early hours When the gendarmes look into the affair they very quickly piece together the young womans final hours The investigators arrest the perpetrator but while

Van Diemens Land (2009) The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian wilderness. Abandon all hope you

Inherit the Wind (1960) Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Dar

Vows of Deception (1996) A wife is on trial for the murder of her husband.

La Vie En Rose (2007) An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Édith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered

A Cry in the Dark (1988) Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain. During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claimed that she witnessed a dingo stealing her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body was never found. Police noted some apparent inconsistencies

Fosse/Verdon (2019 ) An inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographer/director, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time.

When an idealistic writer disappears during the Right Wing military coup in 1973 Chile, his wife and American businessman father try to find him.

Respectable The Mary Millington Story 2016 Documentary chronicling the extraordinary life and tragic death of Mary Millington Britains most famous pornographic actress of the 1970s

The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (2018) The America gymnast Simone Biles' road to success including all the trials and tribulations that she faced.

Olivia NewtonJohn: Hopelessly Devoted to You (2018) Biopic about singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, starting from her debut on the Australian talent show "Sing Sing Sing", her musical and acting career, along with her venture into the corporate world.

November 22, 1963. President John F. Kennedy has just been assassinated and Vice President Lyndon Johnson is now President. One of his first acts as President is to reaffirm the US government's intention to pass the Civil Rights Act. This Act was drafted while JFK was in office and gives people of a

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance (2018) The meeting and courtship of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

A frank and honest account of George Michael's professional life and career, made by the man himself with various artists adding to the narrative.

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.

Only the Dead is a war story unlike any ever seen. A story of what happens when one ordinary man, Time magazine war correspondent Michael Ware, transplanted into the Middle East by the reverberations of 9/11, butts into history. Ware handpicked and given a shattering video tape by the most feared, m

Brian Banks (2018) A football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.

The Old Man & the Gun (2018) Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

Wittgenstein (1993) A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from bo

Ted Bundy Falling for a Killer 2020 After nearly 40 years of silence, Elizabeth Kendall Ted Bundys former girlfriend and her daughter Molly share their experiences with unsettling new details about the notorious serial killer

Citizen X (1995) Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed over 50 victims, mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a Communist state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewp

A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

Elderly and a virtual prisoner in her own home due to her concerned staff and daughter Carol, Margaret Thatcher, Britains first woman prime minister, looks back on her life as she clears out her late husband Deniss clothes for the Oxfam shop. Denis is seen as being her rock as she first enters parli

Veronica Guerin (2003) Based on a true story, this is about the Irish journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), a reporter for The Sunday Independent, who exposed some of Dublin's most powerful crime barons and drug lords in 1996. But later that year she was gunned down by assasins hired by the s

The Brontë Sisters (1979) In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.

In the 1970s, a medical student treats patients, illegally, using humor.

Elephant (2020) Documentary follows an African elephant named Shani and her son Joao as their heard make an epic journey across the Kalashnikov Desert.

Isoroku Yamamoto, the CommanderinChief of the Combined Fleet (2011) The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.

Mala Mala (2014) A documentary about the power of transformation told through the eyes of 9 trans-identifying individuals in Puerto Rico.

De Gaulle (2020) Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.

Escobar by Escobar 2022 A documentary about the most notorious drug baron in the world Pablo Escobar, head of the Colombian Medellin Cartel from the perspective of his son Juan Pablo Escobar

The United States of Insanity 2021 The story of controversial rap duo Insane Clown Posse ICP, their fans, and their ongoing struggle with the FBI in a landmark case that may be a bellwether of change for First Amendment rights in America

Harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Assassins (2020) An account of the two women convicted of assassinating Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam. The film follows the women's trials in an attempt to understand whether they are trained killers or simply pawns.

Pistol 2022 Based on the memoir of Steve Jones, the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist who helped usher in a punk revolution in Britain

Auto Focus (2002) In 1965, Bob Crane, who had achieved some earlier success as a television supporting actor, was working as a successful morning radio DJ at KNX Los Angeles. Despite enjoying his work, photography (especially of the female form) and drumming, Crane wanted to be a movie star. So it w

Iverson (2014) Iverson is the ultimate legacy of NBA legend Allen Iverson, who rose from a childhood of crushing poverty in Hampton, Virginia, to become an 11-time NBA All-Star and universally recognized icon of his sport. Off the court, his audacious rejection of conservative NBA convention and una

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) After a long career as a lawman that made him a legend, Wyatt Earp decides to quit and join his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. There he would see them in a feud with the Clantons, a local clan of thugs and cattle thieves. When the showdown becomes inevitable, the