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Only the Dead (2015)

IMDb: 7.7
2015

Australian journalist Michael Wares experiences in Iraq during the 2003 war and after

All the Way (2016)

IMDb: 7.3
2016

Lyndon B Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F Kennedys assassination and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

IMDb: 5.9
2012

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Daisy Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York

The Damned United (2009)

IMDb: 7.5
2009

The story of the controversial Brian Cloughs 44 day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United

The First Grader (2010)

IMDb: 7.4
2010

The story of an 84 year old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau veteran who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford

Genius (2016)

IMDb: 6.6
2016

A chronicle of Max Perkinss time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald and others

Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

IMDb: 7.9
2012

A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York

Orlando (1992)

IMDb: 7.2
1992

After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world

The Lennon Report (2016)

IMDb: 5.9
2016

On December 8th, 1980, John Lennon was shot outside of the Dakota apartment building in New York This film follows the untold, actual story of those who were part of his attempted rescue and witnesses to the human cost of tragedy

Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

IMDb: 7.1
2010

Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved now adults living mostly in Australia with their parents in Brita

The Girl from Plainville (2022)

IMDb: 6.4
2022

Inspired by the true story of Michelle Carters unprecedented texting suicide case Explores Carters relationship with Conrad Roy III and the events that led to his death and, later, her conviction of involuntary manslaughter

Greater (2016)

IMDb: 7.3
2016

The story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk on in the history of college football

A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)

IMDb: 7.4
2016

The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat Based on the international best selling book

Kiss and Cry (2017)

IMDb: 6.7
2017

A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and singer who made medical history in her fight against a rare 1 in 3 5 billion type of sarcoma

Rated X (2000)

IMDb: 5.8
2000

Biopic of notorious Mitchell Brothers who opened up a successful San Francisco strip club and thriving porn business that led to a downward spiral of power and greed

A United Kingdom (2016)

IMDb: 6.9
2016

The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil

Abraham (1993)

IMDb: 7.0
1993

The Old Testament story of Abraham and the trials he endures Commanded by God to lead his family to the promised land of Canaan with the promise that if he does so, his descendants will become a great and numerous tribe His obed

A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)

IMDb: 6.0
2015

The story of Amos Ozs youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel The film details the young mans relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a

The Bobby Brown Story (2018 ) Part Two

IMDb: 9.0
2018

The Bobby Brown Story (2018 ) (2018) From the team that produced the critically acclaimed "The New Edition Story," the top cable biopic of all time, comes the four-hour miniseries "The Bobby Brown Story." It picks up where its predecessor left off, d

Roman Empire: Reign of Blood

IMDb: 7.0
2016–

Chronicles some of the most famous leaders of the Roman Civilization

Persona Non Grata (2015)

IMDb: 6.5
2015

Against his countrys orders, a Japanese diplomat issues visas to refugees, saving over 6,000 Jewish lives at the outbreak of World War II

Married Life (2007)

IMDb: 6.2
2007

A 1940s set drama where an adulterous man plots his wifes death instead of putting her through the humiliation of a divorce

The Secret Path (1999)

IMDb: 7.6
1999

A drama about a young, neglected white girl in the rural South who, with the help of an unlikely couple, finds the solace and nurturing needed to transform her downtrodden life

Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the N

IMDb: 7.9
2018–

A scripted true crime series based on the murder investigations of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls

Three Girls (2017)

IMDb: 8.2
2017

Based on three young girls who were groomed, sexually abused and trafficked by a group of men in Rochdale and of the failure of the authorities to do anything about it

I Am Heath Ledger (2017)

IMDb: 7.4
2017

Friends and family of the late actor Heath Ledger remember his life and career

Evita (1996)

IMDb: 6.3
1996

The hit musical based on the life of Eva Peron Evita Duarte, a B picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Peron, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001)

IMDb: 6.7
2001

A dramatization of the early years of the hard rock band, Def Leppard, the group faces both success and personal tragedies such as drummer, Rick Allen losing his arm in a car accident and guitarist Steve Clarks alcohol addiction

The Fifth Estate (2013)

IMDb: 6.2
2013

A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st centurys most fiercely debated organization

Bill Cunningham New York (2010)

IMDb: 7.9
2010

A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer

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

Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)

IMDb: 6.5
2000

A prophet who has the ability to interpret dreams is sold into slavery in Egypt, where people learn of his gifts

Sylvia (2003)

IMDb: 6.3
2003

Story of the relationship between poets Edward James Ted Hughes Daniel Craig and Sylvia Plath Gwyneth Paltrow

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)

IMDb: 6.8
2016

Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the right attitude toward the events in war torn Europe, and his search for a new home

Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

IMDb: 6.6
1980

Semi biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson

My Name Is Lenny (2017)

IMDb: 6.2
2017

The life story of one of Britains most notorious bare knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as the Guvnor