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Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans (the film shares the same name as Evans's famous 1994 autobiography).

Frida is a movie starring Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, and Geoffrey Rush. A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

Gleason is a TV movie starring Brad Garrett, Saul Rubinek, and Gretchen Egolf. The story begins at the height of Gleason's career. He has it all: women, wealth, and extraordinary power. But he is haunted by memories of his...

The life of TV star Bob Crane and his strange friendship with electronics expert John Henry Carpenter.

The story of serial killer Ted Bundy.

Antwone Fisher is a movie starring Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, and Joy Bryant. Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a...

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

In need of a grubstake, a young man convinces a couple of friends to help him kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. It's a true story.

The rise and fall of confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, as he meets with military success against the Union from 1861 to 1863, when he is accidentally killed by his own soldiers.

Swimming Upstream is a movie starring Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, and Jesse Spencer. The inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton.

When the Batmobile is stolen, Adam West and Burt Ward search for it while remembering their days as the stars of the Batman live action series.

An innocent man becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known.

The story of poker legend Stuey Ungar. A gambler by the age of 10, Ungar won millions playing card games.

Soldier's Girl is a TV movie starring Troy Garity, Lee Pace, and Andre Braugher. The true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night-club performer.

Model citizen, devoted father, loving husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy - a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his family house. Based on a true story.

Capturing the Friedmans is a movie starring Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman, and David Friedman. Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the...

Veronica Guerin is a movie starring Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, and Brenda Fricker. An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself is a TV movie starring Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, and Alan Arkin. Hollywood makes a deal with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his war and recreate his life.

The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John is a movie starring Henry Ian Cusick, Daniel Kash, and Christopher Plummer. The story of Jesus' life as told by the apostle John, narrated by Christopher Plummer.

Sylvia is a movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, and Lucy Davenport. Story of the relationship between poets Edward James "Ted" Hughes (Daniel Craig) and Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow).

Radio is a movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, and Debra Winger. The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.

Path to War is a TV movie starring Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, and Alec Baldwin. In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate...

During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

Hidalgo is a movie starring Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, and Zuleikha Robinson. In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.

Diarios de motocicleta is a movie starring Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, and Mía Maestro. The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling.

Miracle is a movie starring Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, and Nathan West. The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.

Against the Ropes is a movie starring Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, and Charles S. Dutton. A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male...

Modigliani is a movie starring Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, and Omid Djalili. The story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne.

Something the Lord Made is a TV movie starring Alan Rickman, Yasiin Bey, and Kyra Sedgwick. A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Cazuza: O Tempo Não Pára is a movie starring Daniel de Oliveira, Marieta Severo, and Reginaldo Faria. The life and times of Cazuza, Brazilian singer/poet/enfant terrible, from his start with rock group "Barão Vermelho", to his death...

Inspecting a magical biographical stage musical, composer Cole Porter reviews his life and career with his wife, Linda.

Since childhood, orphan Bobby "Evel" Knievel never could resist risks or keep out of trouble. He's determined to leave the mining town of Butte, willing to try any job or scam. Linda Bork agrees to join his adventurous life. Slowly h

A mom is alone with her fraternal twin sons after they're diagnosed with autism. She tries to give them a normal childhood.

A young Korean man arrives in Japan near the end of World War II with hopes of being a fighter pilot, but ends up on the streets battling racism, organized crime, occupying American servicemen, and his own fear of failure as a martia

Mar adentro is a movie starring Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, and Lola Dueñas. The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a thirty-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.

A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

It's All Gone Pete Tong is a movie starring Paul Kaye, Beatriz Batarda, and Kate Magowan. A famous DJ in the Ibiza club scene finds the alcohol and drug-fueled party that is his life threatened by the progressive loss of his hearing.

The Libertine is a movie starring Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, and John Malkovich. The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn...

Ray is a movie starring Jamie Foxx, Regina King, and Kerry Washington. The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age...

Beyond the Sea is a movie starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and John Goodman. A swooning study of "Mack the Knife" singer Bobby Darin and specifically his relationship with wife Sandra Dee.

Alexander is a movie starring Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, and Rosario Dawson. Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a movie starring Kochi, Avijit Halder, and Shanti Das. Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of...

Hawking is a TV movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Brandon, and Tom Hodgkins. A drama documenting the life and work of the theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking who, despite being diagnosed with motor neurone...

Daniel Johnston, manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist is revealed in this portrait of madness, creativity and love.