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Caesar (2002)

IMDb: 6.6
2002–

Twenty year old Julius Caeser flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla, but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Romes supreme dictator

Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

IMDb: 7.7
2003

Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper middle class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes

My Darling Clementine (1946)

IMDb: 7.8
1946

After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

IMDb: 8.3
1984

A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Franciscos first elected gay city supervisor

Jesse James (1939)

IMDb: 7.0
1939

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge

Scarred Hearts (2016)

IMDb: 7.1
2016

Emanuel spends his days at a sanatorium Falling in love with another patient, he narrates his and his fellow patients attempts to live life to the fullest as their bodies slowly fade away, but their minds refuse to give up

Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)

IMDb: 7.6
2015

The story of matinee idol Tab Hunter from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s

Joan of Arc (1948)

IMDb: 6.4
1948

The abbreviated life of the 15th Century French heroine

Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile (2017)

IMDb: 7.1
2017

The exiled Austro German musician and composer Artur Schnabel was a giant of his time, but in Germany today he is nearly forgotten Pianist and Schnabel devotee Markus Pawlik in

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

IMDb: 7.2
1941

A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876

Self Medicated (2005)

IMDb: 5.8
2005

A pill popping mom has her drug abusing teen son abducted into a private intervention facility that means well

Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008)

IMDb: 5.6
2008

The life of Primo Carnera a k a Ambling Alp, Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob

Penton: The John Penton Story (2014)

IMDb: 6.7
2014

Full length documentary about the story of John Penton An American icon and motorcycle pioneer who along with his family and a band of loyal followers, changed off road motorcycling forever

Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Sto

IMDb: 7.5
2014

This documentary is an intimate but explosive story about the man behind the greatest fraud in sporting history Lance Armstrong enriched himself by cheating his fans, his sport and the truth

The Joneses (2016)

IMDb: 7.2
2016

Moby Longinottos feature documentary debut tells the story of Jheri Jones, a 74 year old transgender divorcee, and her family in Bible Belt Mississippi Reconciled after years of

The Case Against 8 (2014)

IMDb: 7.3
2014

A behind the scenes look inside the case to overturn Californias ban on same sex marriage Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U S Supreme Court

Gascoigne (2015)

IMDb: 7.1
2015

A feature length theatrical documentary on the life of Paul Gascoigne, one of the most naturally gifted footballers of all time, delving deep into his psyche, vulnerabilities, fears and triumphs

Goalie (2018)

IMDb: 6.0
2019

Biopic of the life of legendary NHL goaltender Terry Sawchuk

Dirty Pictures (2010)

IMDb: 7.1
2010

Alexander Sasha Shulgin is the scientist behind more than 200 psychedelic compounds including MDMA, more commonly known as Ecstasy Considered to be one of the the greatest chemists of the twentieth century, Sashas vast array of d

Mahler on the Couch (2010)

IMDb: 6.1
2010

Alma Mahlers affair with the young architect Walter Gropius sets in motion a marital drama that forces her husband Gustav Mahler to seek advice from Sigmund Freud

Chief Crazy Horse (1955)

IMDb: 6.2
1955

This biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint

Memoria (2015)

IMDb: 5.1
2015

Ivan Cohen is a young man living in Palo Alto, California Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesnt know he exists and a dysfunctional family life, he is struggling to find his place in the world

Armstrong (2019)

IMDb: 6.9
2019

Dramatic, moving and deeply human, ARMSTRONG offers the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong from his childhood in Ohio to his first steps on the Moon, and beyond

Framing John DeLorean (2019)

IMDb: 6.4
2019

Who was the real John DeLorean To some, he was a renegade visionary who revolutionized the automobile industry To others, he was the ultimate con man

Trial by Fire (2018)

IMDb: 7.1
2018

The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was sentenced to death in Texas for killing his three children even after scientific evidence and expert testimony bolstered his claims of innocence

Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story

IMDb: 6.5
2014

The history of Larry Flynt and the iconoclastic adult magazine he created

Kardec (2019)

IMDb: 6.1
2019

Tells the story of Allan Kardec, from his days as an educator to his contribution to the spiritist codification

Burroughs: The Movie (1983)

IMDb: 7.1
1983

Burroughs The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated The film charts the development of Burroughs unique literary style and

Tashi and the Monk (2014)

IMDb: 8.0
2014

The hit HBO doc A Buddhist monk who spent years as a spiritual teacher in America returns to the Himalayan foothills of his infancy There, he has set up Jhamtse Gatsal, a home for abandoned children Tashi, a little girl with a traumatic past, is its

Kim Swims (2017)

IMDb: 7.1
2017

The inspiring true story of an accomplished open water swimmers attempt to become the first woman to swim 30 miles through a stretch of cold, rough and shark inhabited waters off of the San Francisco coast

City of Gold (2015)

IMDb: 7.2
2015

A documentary portrait that takes us into Jonathan Golds universe to tell the improbable story of a revolution inspired by the pen, but driven by the palate

Shahid (2012)

IMDb: 8.2
2012

The account of Human Rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice

Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rur

IMDb: 5.2
2017

When Moises Serrano was just a baby, his parents risked everything to flee Mexico and make the perilous journey across the desert in search of the American dream After 23 years growing up

Waterloo (1970)

IMDb: 7.3
1970

Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo

Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

IMDb: 7.2
1972

Dramatization of events in the life of St Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St Clare

A Chance in the World (2016)

IMDb: 7.8
2017

Based on the award winning book, A Chance in the World is the inspirational true story of a gifted boy who must escape his abusive foster parents to fulfill his incredible destiny