Marie's Story / Marie Heurtin (2014)
Biography | Drama
Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
Starring: Isabelle Carré, Ariana Rivoire
Director: Jean-Pierre Améris
A Good American (2015)
Biography | Documentary | History | Thriller
A Good American tells the story of the best code-breaker the USA ever had and how he and a small team within NSA created a surveillance tool that could pick up any electronic signal on earth, filter it for targets and render results in real-time while keeping the privacy as demanded by the US constitution. The tool was perfect – except for one thing: it was way too cheap. Therefor NSA leadership, who had fallen into the hands of industry, dumped it – three weeks prior to 9/11. In a secret test-run of the program against the pre-9/11-NSA database in early 2002 the program immediately found the terrorists. This is the story of former Technical director of NSA, Bill Binney, and a program called ThinThread.
Starring: William Binney, Jesselyn Radack, Kirk Wiebe, Diane Roark, Edward Loomis, Thomas Drake
Director: Friedrich Moser
Tom of Finland (2017)
Biography | Drama
Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen, one of the most influential and celebrated figures of twentieth century gay culture.
Starring: Pekka Strang, Lauri Tilkanen, Jessica Grabowsky, Taisto Oksanen, Seumas F. Sargent, Jakob Oftebro
Director: Dome Karukoski
Milada (2017)
Biography | Drama | History
The story of Milada Horáková, democratic pre-WW2 Czech politician first arrested and tried by the Nazis during the War and then the post-war Communist government for her refusal to cease her opposition activity and leave the country.
Starring: Ayelet Zurer, Robert Gant, Anna Geislerová, Vica Kerekes
Director: David Mrnka
Najlepszy / Breaking the Limits (2017)
Biography | Drama | Sport
Based on a true story of a drug addict who became a triathlon champion and a winner of Ironman competition.
Starring: Jakub Gierszal, Kamila Kaminska, Anna Próchniak, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Adam Woronowicz, Magdalena Cielecka, Artur Zmijewski, Tomasz Kot, Janusz Gajos
Director: Lukasz Palkowski
Beyond the Mat (1999)
Biography | Documentary | Sport
A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Mick Foley, Vince McMahon, Chyna, Paul Levesque, Jesse Ventura
Director: Barry W. Blaustein
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Biography | Crime | Drama | History
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a shocking indictment of the racism inflicted on the Indigenous people of Australia.
Starring: Tommy Lewis, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Steve Dodd, Peter Carroll, Ruth Cracknell
Director: Fred Schepisi
Good Game (2014)
Biography | Documentary | Sport
Nine men pursue careers in competitive video games as members of the Evil Geniuses StarCraft 2 Division.
Starring: Rachel Alvis, Benjamin Baker, Bryce Bates, Lucas Bigham, Jung Won Chae
Director: Mary Ratliff
The Mercy (2018)
Adventure | Biography | Drama
The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth, David Thewlis, Mark Gatiss, Ken Stott, Andrew Buchan
Director: James Marsh
Mad to Be Normal (2017)
Biography | Drama | History
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.
Starring: David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne, David Bamber
Director: Robert Mullan
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus / Fur (2006)
Biography | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus falls in love with Lionel Sweeney, an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the twentieth century.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander, Emmy Clarke
Director: Steven Shainberg
The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD (2011)
Biography | Documentary | History
In 1943, the year in which the first A-bomb was built, Albert Hofmann discovered LSD, a substance that was to become an A-bomb of the mind. Fractions of a milligram are enough to turn our framework of time and space upside down. The story of a drug – its discovery in the Basel chemistry lab, the first experiments by Albert Hofmann on himself, the 1950s experiments of the psychiatrists, the consciousness researchers, the artists. Could it actually be possible to find a path to the core of our human existence by means of a chemical? Spirituality at the flick of a switch? Do the enigmatic effects of this drug really help us to better understand the human soul? Could LSD be an instrument of contemporary psychiatry? Of modern brain research?
Starring: Trevor J. Roling, Albert Hofmann
Director: Martin Witz
Gypsy (1993)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Musical
Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, this made-for-TV movie-previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film-depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering mother.
Starring: Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Cynthia Gibb, Edward Asner, Christine Ebersole, Jennifer Rae Beck
Director: Emile Ardolino
Bobby Fischer Live (2009)
Biography
A bio about the life of Bobby Fischer.
Starring: Damian Chapa, Christine Manoukian, Hedo Davis, Ricco Chapa, Presly Chapa
Director: Damian Chapa
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
Biography | Documentary
The story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.
Starring: Laura Albert, Bruce Benderson
Director: Jeff Feuerzeig
An Honest Liar (2014)
Biography | Comedy | Documentary | History
The life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.
Starring: James Randi
Director: Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein
The 15:17 to Paris (2018)
Biography | Drama
Three Americans discover a terrorist plot aboard a train while in France.
Starring: Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone, Judy Greer, Jenna Fischer, Thomas Lennon
Director: Clint Eastwood
Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story / Charged (2017)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Documentary
Charged with 2400 volts of electricity, Eduardo Garcia lost an arm, ribs, muscle mass and nearly his life, but more important than what he lost is what he found.
Starring: Eduardo Garcia, Jennifer Jane, Manuel Garcia, Eugenio Garcia, Kathie Garcia, Indra Fanuzzi, Corinne Jane, Ranga Perera, Willie Stewart
Director: Phillip Baribeau
The Last Hangman / Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
Biography | Crime | Drama | History
The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint – Britain's most prolific hangman.
Starring: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan, Cavan Clerkin, James Corden, Christopher Fulford
Director: Adrian Shergold
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
Biography | Documentary | History | War
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Peter Bogdanovich, Mel Brooks, Diane Kruger, Robert Osborne
Director: Alexandra Dean
