The Imitation Game (2014)
Biography | Drama | Thriller | War
English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard
Director: Morten Tyldum
Conviction / Betty Anne Waters (2010)
Biography | Drama
Betty Ann Waters is a working-class single mother whose small-time troublemaker brother is falsely convicted of a violent murder in their home town near Boston and is sent to prison, where in his frustration and anger he attempts suicide. With no one to turn to and no money, Betty Ann decides to put herself through college and law school and qualify as a lawyer in an attempt to set her brother free.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Peter Gallagher, Ari Graynor
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Tim Maia (2014)
Biography | Drama | Music
Biopic of Brazilian singer Tim Maia, from his childhood in Rio de Janeiro until his death at age 55, including his passage by the US, where he discovers a new style of music and is arrested for theft and drug possession.
Starring: Robson Nunes, Babu Santana, Alinne Moraes, Cauã Reymond, Valdineia Soriano
Director: Mauro Lima
To Write Love on Her Arms / Day One (2012)
Biography | Drama | Music
"To Write Love on Her Arms" is based on the true story of Florida teenager Renee Yohe (played by Kat Dennings), whose struggle with addiction and abuse inspired the creation and 2006 launch of the non-profit organization To Write Love on Her Arms. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy, music and confrontation with harsh reality, Renee discovers the value of genuine friendships and embarks on a daunting, yet courageous journey towards recovery.
Starring: Kat Dennings, Chad Michael Murray, Rupert Friend, Mark Saul, Juliana Harkavy, Corbin Bleu
Director: Nathan Frankowski
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The Theory of Everything (2014)
Biography | Drama | Romance
A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Emily Watson, Charlie Cox
Director: James Marsh
Foxcatcher (2014)
Biography | Drama | Sport
The story of John du Pont, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and killed Olympic wrestler David Schultz.
Starring: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Anthony Michael Hall, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Bennett Miller
Digging Up the Marrow (2014)
Biography | Documentary | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A documentary exploring genre based monster art takes an odd turn when the filmmakers are contacted by a man who claims he can prove that monsters are indeed real.
Starring: Ray Wise, Adam Green, Will Barratt, Rileah Vanderbilt, Josh Ethier, Kane Hodder
Director: Adam Green
As Dreamers Do (2014)
Biography | Drama | Family
Behind every great mouse there is a man – Armed with an ever growing imagination and eternal optimism, Walt begins to develop skills as an animator early in life. He overcomes a variety of hardships to become one of the biggest icons in the world: Walt Disney.
Starring: Olan Rogers, Ryan Dunlap, Mark Stuart, William Haynes, Jonathan Schneck, Tyler Hayes
Narrator: Travis Tritt
Director: Logan Sekulow
Rise of the Legend / Huang feihong zhi yingxiong you meng (2014)
Action | Biography | Drama
An orphan, whose father has been killed by dark power, attempts to bring justice back to the town.
Starring: Eddie Peng, Boran Jing, Luodan Wang, Sammo Hung, Angelababy
Director: Roy Chow
The Last of Robin Hood (2013)
Biography | Drama
The true story of Beverly Aadland, a teen starlet who became the last girlfriend of legendary swashbuckler Errol Flynn.
Starring: Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Dakota Fanning
Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
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The Better Angels / Green Blade Rising (2014)
Biography | Drama | History
In rural Indiana, Abraham Lincoln comes of age, enduring hardships and forming bonds which transform him into the man who became an iconic president.
Starring: Brit Marling, Jason Clarke, Wes Bentley, Diane Kruger, Braydon Denney
Director: A.J. Edwards
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Rosewater (2014)
Biography | Drama
A journalist is detained in Iran for more than 100 days and brutally interrogated in prison.
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dimitri Leonidas, Jason Jones, Haluk Bilginer
Director: Jon Stewart
Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku / Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
Biography | Drama | War
Admiral Yamamoto was the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor 1941. The strategy was crystal clear – to strike as hard and as unexpectedly as possible. With the element of surprise as their primary weapon, they succeeded in doing the impossible, taking the U.S. by surprise and knocking out one of the world's most powerful navies. Yamamoto was marked for death by radical Japanese nationalists for his outspoken opposition to any attack on the United States. What dramatic turn of events could have possibly compelled him to orchestrate the infamous early morning raid?
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô, Akira Emoto
Director: Izuru Narushima
The Golden Era / Huang jin shi dai (2014)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The life of Chinese writer Xiao Hong, from her childhood in the Heilongjiang Province to her final days in Hong Kong's Repulse Bay. The love of the author's life, newspaper editor Xiao Jun and the inspiration she drew from him as well as the surrounding literary scene in creating some of China's most enduring masterpieces is explored against the backdrop of a turbulent time that included the formation of the Chinese Communist government and World War II.
Starring: Wei Tang, Shaofeng Feng, Zhiwen Wang, Yawen Zhu, Xuan Huang, Lei Hao, Quan Yuan
Director: Ann Hui
Low Down (2014)
Biography | Drama | Music
Teenager Amy-Jo comes of age in the turbulent world of her gifted, tormented and frequently absent musician father, Joe Albany, a bebop-jazz pianist who played with Lester Young and Charlie Parker. She watches with tender concern as he fights to find gigs, maintain his heroin addiction, and stay out of jail.
Starring: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Lena Headey, Flea, Caleb Landry Jones
Director: Jeff Preiss
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Kill the Messenger (2014)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo, Hajji Golightly, Ted Huckabee
Director: Michael Cuesta
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Action | Biography | Drama
The true story of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee that dwells not on his mysterious death but his inspirational life and improbable rise to stardom from the streets of Hong Kong.
Starring: Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, Robert Wagner
Director: Rob Cohen
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown / My Left Foot (1989)
Biography | Drama
The true story of the artist, writer and cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown, based on his own book. It recounts the many problems he faced growing up in his native Ireland, and charts the ways in which he developed the use of his left foot – the only limb over which he had any control – to achieve success as an artist. Oscars were won by Daniel Day-Lewis (playing the adult Brown) and Brenda Fricker (playing Brown's mother).
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Fiona Shaw, Hugh O'Conor, Kirsten Sheridan
Director: Jim Sheridan
Monica Z / Waltz for Monica (2013)
Biography | Drama | Music
"Monica Z" is a biopic about the Swedish singer and actress Monica Zetterlund focusing on her journey from a job as a telephone operator in a small town in Sweden to stardom in the clubs of New York and Stockholm. During her career, Zetterlund recorded numerous jazz albums and appeared in 10 films.
Starring: Edda Magnason, Sverrir Gudnason, Kjell Bergqvist, Vera Vitali, Oskar Thunberg, Johannes Wanselow
Director: Per Fly
Kano (2014)
Biography | Drama | History | Sport
In 1928, Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The Kagi Agriculture and Forestry Public School (a.k.a KANO) was established to help develop the local agricultural. The KANO baseball team started out as a sports club to improve students’ physique. It never thought that the arrival of Coach Kondo would completely transform them to become legend…
Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Takao Ohsawa, Maki Sakai, Togo Igawa
Director: Chih-Hsiang Ma
