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)
Erin Gruwell, a young teacher in a racially divided Los Angeles school, inspires her class of at risk students, deemed incapable of learning, 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
Glory Road (2006)
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all black starting line up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship
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
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
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
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
Awakenings (1990)
Dr Sayer is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinsons Disease He tries it out on one man who miraculously wakes from his perpetual catatonic
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
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
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
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
The Iceman (2012)
The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man When he was finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor his 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
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 Greenpeace volunteer ex girlfriend on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle
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
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013)
The life and career of the legendary Hollywood insider, Shep Gordon
Get Rich or Die Trying (2005)
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music
Elizabeth The Virgin Queen 1998
The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII
Great Balls Of Fire 1989
The life and career of wildly controversial rock n roll star Jerry Lee Lewis
Soul Surfer (2011)
Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer, loses her left arm in a shark attack Unwilling to pay attention to the gravity of her situation, Bethany decides to get back into the ocean and surf again
Radio (2003)
The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing
Basquiat (1996)
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity
Walk the Line (2005)
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cashs life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins
Alive 1993
After crash landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive
Ray (2004)
The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s
The Sound of Music (1965)
A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer
Sid and Nancy (1986)
The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed