Pasolini (2014)
Biography | Drama
A look at the final days of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini and the confusion surrounding his death in 1975.
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Riccardo Scamarcio, Adriana Asti, Giada Colagrande, Valerio Mastandrea
Director: Abel Ferrara
Noble (2014)
Biography | Drama
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
Starring: Deirdre O'Kane, Sarah Greene, Gloria Cramer Curtis, Brendan Coyle, Mark Huberman, Nhu Quynh Nguyen Linh
Director: Stephen Bradley
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Biography | Drama | Sport
A fictionalized take on the group of brilliant young skateboarders raised in the mean streets of Dogtown in Santa Monica, California. The Z-Boys, as they come to be known, perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport and eventually moving into legend.
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, Rebecca De Mornay, Heath Ledger, John Robinson, Alexis Arquette
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Spartacus (1960)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War
Filmed in Technirama, this epic story chronicles one of histories greatest underdogs — Spartacus! He and other slaves are sold to an owner of a school for gladiators. Spartacus excels and is rewarded with a slave women, Varinia, for his pleasure in which he demurs. However they eventually fall for each other before a death match for a corrupt Roman senator, Marcus Crassus. After the brutal spectacle, Spartacus is enraged by the death of his friends and the loss of his love. He leads a revolt and bolts. Marching across the countryside to escape over the sea to their homelands, he is elated to find Varinia. Their quest becomes entwined with the political aspirations of Crassus and sets the fate of all three. Spartacus' saga survives the test of time and has been immortalized by this landmark film.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Americons (2015)
Action | Biography | Crime | Drama
A broken down collegiate football star who gets a shot at real-estate stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's nihilistic sub-prime mortgage boom.
Starring: Beau Martin Williams, Matt Funke, Jon Gries, Sam McMurray, Tim Griffin, Trai Byers
Director: Theo Avgerinos
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Lee Rock II / Ng yi tam jeung – Lui Lok juen ji yi (1991)
Biography | Crime | Drama | History
The new Police Commissioner reports his duty and finds Lee Rock is actually the most powerful person in the entire Police force. He promotes Lee to the rank of inspector. Lee realizes this promotion is actually the manoeuvre of his surrender of power. Subsequently, ICAC is formed, Lee decides it is the right time to resign. Lee's son, Yin, has graduated and joins the ICAC. He has strong hatred towards his father and determine to put his dad behind bars for the enormous evil sum Lee gathered…
Starring: Andy Lau, Sharla Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Man Tat Ng, Chingmy Yau
Director: Lawrence Ah Mon
Love & Mercy (2014)
Biography | Drama | Music
The life of reclusive Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson, from his successes with highly-influential orchestral pop albums to his nervous breakdown and subsequent encounter with controversial therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.
Starring: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Jake Abel, Kenny Wormald
Director: Bill Pohlad
Love & Mercy (2014)
Biography | Drama | Music
The life of reclusive Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson, from his successes with highly-influential orchestral pop albums to his nervous breakdown and subsequent encounter with controversial therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.
Starring: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Jake Abel, Kenny Wormald
Director: Bill Pohlad
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Bessie (2015)
Biography | Drama | Music
Queen Latifah stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in this HBO Films presentation, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dee Rees (named one of 20 filmmakers to watch by The New York Times). The film focuses on Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into "The Empress of the Blues," who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.
Starring: Tika Sumpter, Michael Kenneth Williams, Queen Latifah, Bryan Greenberg, Oliver Platt
Director: Dee Rees
Sylvia (2003)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, Michael Gambon, Blythe Danner, Amira Casar
Director: Christine Jeffs
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
During one man's unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible, he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire!
Starring: Nick Nolte, Gwyneth Paltrow, Greta Scacchi, Estelle Eonnet, Thandie Newton, Seth Gilliam
Director: James Ivory
The Lady (2011)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A story of devotion and human understanding set against a background of political turmoil which continues today. THE LADY also is the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement.
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Susan Wooldridge, Benedict Wong
Director: Luc Besson
Prefontaine (1997)
Biography | Drama | Romance | Sport
It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits … and smashed records … in an incredible against-all-odds quest for Olympic gold.
Starring: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Amy Locane, Breckin Meyer, Lindsay Crouse
Director: Steve James
Veronica Guerin (2003)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
In the mid-1990s, Dublin was a war zone as the most dangerous and powerful drug lords fought for absolute control of the city. But their most fierce opponent was not the police, but rather unyielding Sunday Independent journalist Veronica Guerin.
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker, Gerard McSorley, Don Wycherley, Colin Farrell
Director: Joel Schumacher
Meu nome não é Johnny / My Name Ain't Johnny (2008)
Biography | Crime | Drama
In the 90's, In Rio de Janeiro, the middle-class João Guilherme Estrella is introduced to the world of drugs consuming maconha and cocaine first and later becoming a drug-dealer with many connections inclusive in Europe. However, he spends all the money he makes in his addiction, parties with clients and friends and travels, never structuring or organizing a network or saving money. When he is arrested, he is sent to the prison first and later to the judicial asylum for treatment, reintegrating to the society. Presently João is a successful musical producer.
Starring: Selton Mello, Giulio Lopes, Júlia Lemmertz
Director: Mauro Lima
Greased Lightning (1977)
Action | Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.
Starring: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia, Earl Hindman
Director: Michael Schultz
Surviving Picasso (1996)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The life of Pablo Picasso told from the 1940s to the 1950s as witnessed by his mistress Francoise Gilot.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Diane Venora, Joss Ackland, Dominic West
Director: James Ivory
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Biography | Drama | Romance
While searching for rare English books, New York writer Helene Hanff's letter to a London bookstore, run by Frank Doel, begins a relationship between the two that spans two decades and two continents. Although their personalities and cultures are miles apart, their friendship blossoms into a deeper affection.
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench
Director: David Hugh Jones
King David (1985)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
This is a movie about the life of Israel's king David.
Starring: Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Denis Quilley, Niall Buggy, Cherie Lunghi
Director: Bruce Beresford
Grey Owl (1999)
Biography | Drama | Western
The story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper turned conservationist who claimed to be a Native American.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Nathaniel Arcand, David Fox, Stephanie Cole, Renée Asherson, Graham Greene
Director: Richard Attenborough
