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Stander (2003)

IMDb: 7.1
2003

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber

My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014)

IMDb: 7.1
2014

After suffering a stroke at age 34, a woman documents her struggles, setbacks and eventual breakthrough as she relearns to speak, read and write

The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)

IMDb: 6.1
2017

The life of Madelyn Murray OHair, the outspoken activist and founder of American Atheists

Endless Poetry (2016)

IMDb: 7.6
2016

Surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of himself as a young man becoming a poet in Chile, befriending other artists, and freeing himself from the limits of his youth

Viceroys House (2017)

IMDb: 6.7
2017

The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Hugh Bonneville, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as diff

Lucky Luciano (1973)

IMDb: 6.4
1973

Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks

Hostage to the Devil (2016)

IMDb: 5.3
2016

A child possessed An exorcist locked in combat with an ancient evil In the battle for saving a soul, just who really is the Hostage to the Devil

The Miracle Maker (2000)

IMDb: 7.0
2000

The story of Jesus Christ

Ed Wood (1994)

IMDb: 7.8
1994

Ambitious but troubled movie director Edward D Wood Jr tries his best to fulfill his dreams, despite his lack of talent

Grizzly Man (2005)

IMDb: 7.8
2005

A devastating and heart rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska

My Childhood (1972)

IMDb: 7.4
1972

The second part My ain folk of Bill Douglas influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early 40s Scotland Cinema was his only escape he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars a

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

IMDb: 7.2
1971

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

IMDb: 7.5
1969

King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of

IMDb: 6.8
2016

The Seasons in Quincy is the result of a five year project by Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe and Christopher Roth to produce a portrait of the intellectual and storyteller John Berger It was produced by the Derek Jarman Lab, an audio

The King and I (1956)

IMDb: 7.4
1956

A widow accepts a job as a live in governess to the King of Siams children

Gilbert (2017)

IMDb: 7.5
2017

GILBERT is a wildly funny and unexpectedly poignant portrait of the life and career of one of comedys most iconic figures, Gilbert Gottfried

Babe Ruth (1998)

IMDb: 7.4
1998

He was perhaps the greatest ballplayer who ever lived A larger than life hero on the field, Babe Ruths exploits off the field were just as legendary Dont miss this compilation of rarely

Interrupted Melody (1955)

IMDb: 6.7
1955

This movie chronicles Australian born opera star Marjorie Lawrences success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986

IMDb: 7.0
1986

Arriving in Chicago, Henry Michael Rooker, in what is undoubtedly the finest performance of his patchy career, moves in with ex con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer

City of War: The Story of John Rabe (200

IMDb: 7.2
2009

A true story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937 38

100 metros (2016)

IMDb: 7.5
2016

Based on true events, a Spanish man with multiple sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron Man competition despite he was told that he could not make 100 meters

A Mighty Heart (2007)

IMDb: 6.6
2007

Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan

After Tiller (2013)

IMDb: 7.4
2013

This thought provoking, sometimes troubling documentary examines the personal and ethical imperatives that drive abortion providers to continue in the face of often dangerous legal and personal harassment

The Nomi Song 2004

IMDb: 7.3
2004

Having failed to break into professional opera in his native Germany where, as an usher in West Berlins Deutsche Oper, he would serenade the staff after the real performances were over the diminutive Klaus Nomi headed for NYC in

Squanto: A Warriors Tale (1994)

IMDb: 6.0
1994

Fictional chronicle of Squantos life prior to and including the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620

Azhar (2016)

IMDb: 5.7
2016

Biographical sports drama based on the life of former Indian international cricketer, Mohammad Azharuddin

George Wallace (1997)

IMDb: 7.1
1997

Following Alabama governor George Wallace through segregation, presidential elections, an assassination attempt and personal trauma

Harry & Snowman (2015)

IMDb: 7.6
2015

The story of immigrant Harry DeLeyer and the plow horse he rescued from slaughter

SlingShot (2014)

IMDb: 7.7
2014

SlingShot focuses on noted Segway inventor Dean Kamen and his work to solve the worlds water crisis An eccentric genius with a provocative world view, Kamen is an inspiration for future scientists His inventions help people in nee

Babs (2017)

IMDb: 6.3
2017

A drama about the life and career of actress Barbara Windsor

Dance with a Stranger (1985)

IMDb: 6.7
1985

A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain

Selma (2014)

IMDb: 7.5
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

A Man of Action (2022)

IMDb: N/A
2022

In this drama inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, an anarchist targets one of the worlds biggest banks with an ingenious counterfeiting operation

One Foot in Heaven (1941)

IMDb: 6.8
1941

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another

Mad to Be Normal (2017)

IMDb: 6.0
2017

During the 1960s, a renegade Scottish psychiatrist courts controversy within his profession for his approach to the field, and for the unique community he creates for his patients to inhabit

Bobby (2006)

IMDb: 7.0
2006

The story of the assassination of U S Senator Robert F Kennedy, who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and twenty two people in the hotel, whose lives were never