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The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miners son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his fathers wishes

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process

This fact based movie follows the life of the twin crime lords in Londons 60s underworld

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize winning CK Williams life

A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy

A documentary encompassing the lives of world heavyweight boxing champions, Vitali amp Wladimir Klitschko The first time in history two brothers have shared all the heavyweight world titles, this film explores their humble beginnings

A coming of age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all girl rock band The Runaways The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored

In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax

The son of a founding leader in the Palestinian organization, Hamas, becomes a spy for the Israelis

Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm 2002, Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime ministers life and career at the end of WWII

A marksman is drafted in World War I and ends up becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes

A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on Earth

Four Mexican high school students form a robotics club With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the countrys reigning robotics champion, MIT

The life and times of major league pitcher Doc Ellis are explored in this revealing documentary

Puppeteer Li Tian lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century

When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldnt have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys

A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock

An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40 year old letter written to him by John Lennon

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Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family

A man working at his parents motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation defining concert in the summer of 1969

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton Johns breakthrough years

Based on true events, 16 year old Jamie falls in with his mothers new boyfriend and his crowd of self appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder

In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant garde pop masterpiece In the 80s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24 hour watch of shady therapist Dr Eugene Land

The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest

A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs

In America, everyone has a family story of immigration Every family, at some point, has had somebody leave their native country behind to search for a better life How did they hold onto their identity How did they adapt to their n

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944

In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans willingness to obey authority

In 1971, twenty four male students are selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building

Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents amp connected through social media, Samantha amp Anais believe that they are twin sisters separated at birth

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire

The story of the struggle to create the television series, Star Trek The Next Generation 1987

Based on the real life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days

Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season

A pastor and professional wrestler accepts a position at a struggling church where he helps the community both in his official capacity and as his alter ego The Saint