Harriet (2019)
Action | Biography | Drama | History
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Janelle Monáe, Deborah Ayorinde, Leslie Odom Jr., Clarke Peters
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Ride Like a Girl (2019)
Biography | Drama | Sport
The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
Starring: Teresa Palmer, Sam Neill, Brooke Satchwell, Sullivan Stapleton, Magda Szubanski
Director: Rachel Griffiths
October Sky (1999)
Biography | Drama | Family
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg
Director: Joe Johnston
Judy (2019)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Bella Ramsey
Director: Rupert Goold
The Two Popes / The Pope (2019)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín, Sidney Cole, Thomas D Williams, Federico Torre
Director: Fernando Meirelles
The Aeronauts (2019)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | Romance
Pilot Amelia Rennes and scientist James Glaisher find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon.
Starring: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Courtenay, Tim McInnerny, Phoebe Fox, Vincent Perez
Director: Tom Harper
Mrs Lowry & Son / Mrs. Lowry and Son (2019)
Biography | Drama | History
A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Spall
Director: Adrian Noble
Sid & Judy (2019)
Biography | Documentary
Revealing new look at Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death. Fusing the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy's own inimitable words.
Starring: George Schlatter, Norman Jewison, Albert Poland, Major Griffin-Gracy
Director: Stephen Kijak
Stockholm (2018)
Biography | Comedy | Crime | Drama | History
Based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the 'Stockholm Syndrome'.
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Ethan Hawke, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl, Thorbjørn Harr, Bea Santos
Director: Robert Budreau
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan / Nakimushi Shottan no kiseki (2018)
Biography | Drama
In a biopic the audience sees the story of Segawa "Shottan" Shoji who fails to become a professional in shogi by the age of twenty six, which is the age limit according to the rules of the sport. However, not wanting to give up and persisting the man attempts to become a professional at age thirty five. The motivational story of a man going up against the rules and challenging himself despite the system and the establishment is cast with multiple stars of contemporary Japanese cinema.
Starring: Ryûhei Matsuda, Yôjirô Noda, Kento Nagayama, Shôta Sometani, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda
Official Secrets (2019)
Biography | Drama | Romance | Thriller | War
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes, Indira Varma, Conleth Hill
Director: Gavin Hood
Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Biography | Documentary | History
The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.
Starring: Mikhail Gorbachev, Werner Herzog, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Lech Walesa
Director: Werner Herzog, André Singer
The Current War (2017)
Biography | Drama | History
The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Tuppence Middleton, Katherine Waterston
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Diego Maradona (2019)
Biography | Documentary | Sport
Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Armando Maradona, who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s.
Starring: Diego Armando Maradona
Director: Asif Kapadia
The Report (2019)
Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.
Starring: Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Ted Levine, Michael C. Hall, Tim Blake Nelson, Corey Stoll, Maura Tierney, Jon Hamm
Director: Scott Z. Burns
The Irishman (2019)
Biography | Crime | Drama
A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham
Director: Martin Scorsese
Shelby American (2019)
Biography | Documentary | Family | History | Sport
Documentary of Carroll Shelby's life and career, which varied from racer to chicken farmer to entrepreneur.
Starring: Carroll Shelby
Director: Nate Adams, Adam Carolla
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life (2018)
Biography | Documentary
Jonathan Agassi is one of the world's most successful gay porn stars. This is a rare and intimate look at the world of porn and escorting, as well as on a unique relationship between a mother and son.
Starring: Jonathan Agassi
Director: Tomer Heymann
The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith (2015)
Biography | Documentary | History | Music
Art, obsession and anxiety permeate a dilapidated Manhattan loft building in Mid-century: The first movie to use photographer W. Eugene Smith's massive, fly-on-the-wall archive of photos and audio tapes documenting the likes of jazz greats Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre, Hall Overton and others at work and play in the Sixth Avenue wreck that was Smith's home and studio from 1957 through the '60s.
Starring: David Amram, Carla Bley, Ron Free, Thelonious Monk Jr.
Director: Sara Fishko
The King (2019)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance | War
Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life.
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Lily-Rose Depp, Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn
Director: David Michôd
