Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Wyoming, early 1900s Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels Their solution escape to Bolivia
Foxcatcher (2014)
U S Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join Team Foxcatcher, led by eccentric multi millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but Johns self dest
Stand and Deliver (1988)
The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus
Fair Game (2010)
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration
Frankie & Alice (2010)
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
Coach Carter 2005
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him
Facing Ali 2009
Ten of Muhammad Alis former rivals pay tribute to the three time world heavyweight champion
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
The life and times of Richard Pryor
Henry & June (1990)
Anais Nin meets the American writer, Henry Miller, in Paris in 1931 She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening which includes Henry and his wife, June
Selena (1997)
The true story of Selena, a Texas born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts
In the Name of the Father (1993)
A mans coerced confession to an I R A bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well An English lawyer fights to free them
The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (1991)
Biography of pro basketball player Pistol Pete Maravich, who died suddenly in 1988 at age 40 from a heart attack
A Brief History of Time (1991)
A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time
Patch Adams 1998
The true story of a heroic man, Hunter Patch Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
The life of career criminal Carlton Leach
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar
All Is by My Side (2013)
A drama based on Jimi Hendrixs life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off
Rosewater (2014)
Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy
Men of Honor (2000)
The story of Carl Brashear, the first African American U S Navy Diver, and the man who trained him
127 Hours (2010)
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
Three women each claim to be the widow of 1950s doo wop singer Frankie Lymon, claiming legal rights to his estate
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi occupied Netherlands
The Diary Of Anne Frank 2009
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi occupied Netherlands
Freedom Writers (2007)
A young teacher inspires her class of at risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful
Funny Lady (1975)
Story of singer Fanny Brices stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose
The Imitation Game (2014)
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians
Whats Love Got To Do With It (1993)
The story of singer Tina Turners rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner
Ali (2001)
A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974
Behind the Candelabra 2013
A chronicle of the tempestuous six year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson
The Good Lie (2014)
They were known simply as A The Lost Boys A Orphaned by the brutal Civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3600 lost boys and girls to America
Antwone Fisher 2002
Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins
Fruitvale Station (2013)
The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22 year old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008
Selma (2014)
A chronicle of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England
The Theory of Everything (2014)
A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife
Amistad (1997)
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese examines the life of musician George Harrison, weaving together interviews, concert footage, home movies and photographs
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Author P L Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen
Lion of the Desert (1981)
In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar
Blow 2001
The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellin Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States
Braveheart (1995)
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England
The Pianist 2002
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II
The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government
Awakenings (1990)
The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them
American Gangster 2007
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film