I Am Ali (2014)
Biography | Documentary | Sport
Unprecedented access to Muhammad Ali's personal archive of "audio journals" as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legend's life story.
Starring: Muhammad Ali Jnr, Hana Ali, Maryum Ali, Muhammad Ali, Rahaman Ali, Jim Brown
Director: Clare Lewins
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport
The story of Great Britain's first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics.
Starring: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Jo Hartley, Tim McInnerny, Daniel Ings
Director: Dexter Fletcher
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Memoria (2015)
Biography | Drama
Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists and a dysfunctional family life, he is struggling to find his place in the world.
Starring: Sam Dillon, Thomas Mann, James Franco, Teo Halm
Director: Vladimir de Fontenay, Nina Ljeti
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Love Records: Anna mulle Lovee (2016)
Biography | Drama | Music
The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960's and 1970's Finland.
Starring: Jarkko Niemi, Riku Nieminen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Alina Tomnikov, Kari Hietalahti, Enni Ojutkangas
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä
Concussion (2015)
Biography | Drama | Sport
A look at how American football players suffer from major head injuries and life-long debilitating problems as a result of repeated concussions and efforts by the National Football League to deny it.
Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morse, Arliss Howard
Director: Peter Landesman
Neerja (2016)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
The film revolves around the Libya backed Abu Nidal Organization's hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Pakistan on 5 September 1986. The film is shown from the point of view of the flight's head purser Neerja Bhanot who thwarted the hijack attempt by preventing the plane from taking off, and saved the lives of 359 passengers and crew on board.
Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi
Director: Ram Madhvani
Electric Slide (2014)
Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A chronicle of the life of furniture salesman turned bank robber Eddie Dodson.
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Isabel Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Vinessa Shaw, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Lambert
Director: Tristan Patterson
The Lady in the Van (2015)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Alan Bennett’s big-screen comedic adaptation of his own memoir and stage play. Bennett’s story is based on the true story of Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who “temporarily” parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.
Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent, Frances de la Tour, Roger Allam
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Bound for Glory (1976)
Biography | Drama | Music
Based on the life of Woody Guthrie, Bound for Glory explores the social, economic, and political hardships that molded his beliefs. Beginning with his life in Texas and his horrific experiences in the Southwest Dust Bowl, the film follows Guthrie as he moves to California to begin his radio career. There he discovers the political power of music, which he harnesses by writing and singing his own songs about human suffering.
Starring: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Director: Hal Ashby
Selena / Selena: The Movie (1997)
Biography | Drama | Music
The true story of Selena Quintanilla Pérez, a Texas born tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Constance Marie, Jacob Vargas, George Perez
Director: Gregory Nava
Nina (2016)
Biography | Drama | Music
The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
Starring: Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo, Mike Epps, Ella Thomas, Ronald Guttman, Mary Pat Gleason
Director: Cynthia Mort
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10 Rillington Place (1971)
Biography | Crime | Drama
Based on Ludovic Kennedy's investigative book, this is the true and horrifying story of serial killer John Christie, chillingly played by Richard Attenborough. When Timothy Evans and his wife move into Christie's tiny flat, they do not know that they are now part of the latest plan Christie has hatched to lure yet another woman to her death and pin the blame on Evans, who is soon afterwards hanged. It is only when fate exposes the crimes of the death-house at 10 Rillington Place in London, that Christie is brought to justice and all of England rethinks its views of the death penalty.
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood, Isobel Black, Phyllis MacMahon
Director: Richard Fleischer
Joy (2015)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez, Drena De Niro, Isabella Rossellini
Director: David O. Russell
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The Clan / El Clan (2015)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
The Puccios…? A model family! They are few, those that could match them. The father? A dignified man, (honest) storekeeper by trade, who cares about his five children, going as far as to supervise the homework of his youngest daughter. The mother? Both a dedicated teacher and a regular Martha Stewart. The children? Well-educated and promised to a bright future. Alejandro, for one, is already an admired rugby star. Except that… all this respectability is nothing but a smokescreen! The truth is that Arquimedes Puccio is also – and mainly – the tyrannical leader of a criminal gang composed of… his wife and children. Puccio's undercover activities ? Well, they consist in kidnapping rich people (preferably young), detaining them in his own house, torturing them gratuitously and doing away with them after cashing the ransom. The Puccios, a model family? Yes, but a model evil family!
Starring: Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani, Lili Popovich, Gastón Cocchiarale, Giselle Motta, Franco Masini, Antonia Bengoechea, Stefanía Koessl
Director: Pablo Trapero
Anastasia (1956)
Biography | Drama | History
An opportunistic Russian businessman tries to pass a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia. But she is so convincing in her performance that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer
Director: Anatole Litvak
The Masked Saint (2016)
Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Based on a true story about one pastor's mission to help his community by risking his identity and returns to his former life as a wrestler. The triumphant story follows one man's journey and struggle between helping others and the consequences he faces doing this.
Starring: Roddy Piper, Brett Granstaff, Diahann Carroll, Lara Jean Chorostecki, T.J. McGibbon
Director: Warren P. Sonoda
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My Pavarotti / Paparoti (2013)
Biography | Drama | Music
Based on the true story of Kim Ho-Joong, who first appeared on Korean TV show STARKING on July 18, 2009. During the program, Kim Ho-Joong surprised people with his vocal abilities and also made people cry because of his background story. He grew up as a troubled kid who joined gangs, but because of his grandmother he began to sing in earnest.
Starring: Je-hoon Lee, Suk-kyu Han
Director: Jong-chan Yun
Xingu (2012)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama
In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a fantastic and incredible saga. Soon start to lead the expedition that opens new paths 1,500 km, navigates over 1,000 miles of unspoilt rivers, opens 19 airfields for airplanes Army, gives rise to the creation of 43 towns and 14 make contact with wild Indian tribes, unknown, as the Xavante, courageous and feared warriors, no casualties on both sides. This adventure allows the Villas Boas brothers the creation of the Xingu National Park, the first major Amerindian reservation in Brazil, the size of Belgium, transforming them into true contemporary heroes.
Starring: João Miguel, Felipe Camargo, Caio Blat, Maiarim Kaiabi
Director: Cao Hamburger
Valentino (1977)
Biography | Drama
In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide – that actor was Rudolph Valentino. Ballroom dancer Valentino manipulated his good looks and animal-like grace into a Hollywood career. His smouldering love making, tinged with a touch of masterful cruelty, expressed a sexuality which was at once both shocking and sensual.
Starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Seymour Cassel
Director: Ken Russell
Amy (2015)
Biography | Documentary | Music
The story of Amy Winehouse in her own words, featuring unseen archival footage and unheard tracks.
Starring: Amy Winehouse
Director: Asif Kapadia
