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
Conviction (2010)
A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders
Notorious 2009
The life and death story of The Notorious B I G a k a Christopher Wallace, who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm
When The Game Stands Tall 2014
The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151 game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction
Donnie Brasco (1997)
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one
Jet Li Fearless 2006
A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease
Bloodsport 1988
Bloodsport follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur
Tombstone 1993
A successful lawmans plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating
Mr Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story 2013
The story of the 1973 hockey season when aging legend Gordie Howe returned to the ice at the age of 44
Mask 1985
A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances
Belle 2013
The mixed race daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle Gugu Mbatha Raw, of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay Matthew Goode is raised by aristocratic Great uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield Tom Wilkinson in eighteenth ce
The Iceman (2012)
The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession
Son Of God 2014
The life story of Jesus is told from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection
The Doors (1991)
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971
Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)
A documentary about Spandau Ballet, who were one of the biggest pop groups of the 1980s and a defining act of the New Romantic scene
Glory 1989
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U S Civil Wars first all black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates
The Soloist 2009
A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation
Big Miracle 2012
In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex girlfriend a Greenpeace volunteer on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball
Why Do Fool 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
Whitey USA v. James J. Bulger (2014)
A look at James Whitey Bulger, one of the most infamous criminals in American history
This Boys Life (1993)
The story about the relationship between a rebellious 1950s teenager and his abusive stepfather, based on the memoirs of writer and literature Professor Tobias Wolff