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An examination of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat (1972), covering aspects from the film's creation to its cultural impact.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a movie starring John Beard, Tim Belden, and Barbara Boxer. A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

Warm Springs is a TV movie starring Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, and David Paymer. The stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921.

Faith of My Fathers is a TV movie starring Shawn Hatosy, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Joe Chrest. The story of John McCain's experience as a Vietnam War POW. Based on the memoir of the same title.

Lords of Dogtown is a movie starring Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, and Victor Rasuk. The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970's.

Strike the Tent is a movie starring Julian Adams, Gwendolyn Edwards, and Eric Holloway. The true love story of the conflict between Captain Robert Adams' dedication to the south, and his love for Eveline McCord, his beloved from the...

Grizzly Man is a movie starring Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, and Werner Herzog. A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while...

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story is a TV movie starring Jami Gertz, Ernie Hudson, and Eugene Clark. Based on a true story, former parole officer Marilyn Gambrell and a colleague set up a pioneer trial-based program in...

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.

The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risqué bondage photos.

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

Good Night, and Good Luck. is a movie starring David Strathairn, George Clooney, and Patricia Clarkson. Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

The Greatest Game Ever Played is a movie starring Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, and Elias Koteas. In the 1913 US Open, 20-year-old Francis Ouimet played golf against his idol, 1900 US Open champion, Englishman Harry Vardon.

The World's Fastest Indian is a movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, and Iain Rea. The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record...

Domino is a movie starring Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, and Edgar Ramírez. A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

Two people come to the end of a spear in order to realize that the divisions between them are not real.

The Last Hangman is a movie starring Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, and Eddie Marsan. The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman.

The life and times of famed hot rod & custom car designer Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.

Sixty Six is a movie starring Charlie Clark, Nick Shirm, and Thomas Drewson. A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.

In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

Huo Yuan Jia is a movie starring Jet Li, Li Sun, and Yong Dong. A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.

Alpha Dog is a movie starring Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, and Anton Yelchin. Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach, then assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder. They develop a brotherly...

Find Me Guilty is a movie starring Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, and Ron Silver. In the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial...

Alien Autopsy is a movie starring Declan Donnelly, Anthony McPartlin, and Bill Pullman. Humoristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal related to the fake documentary The Alien Autopsy (1995) about the Roswell incident.

Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lured their victims through the personals.

The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

A small-town teacher relocates to one of the toughest classrooms in the country.

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

Hollywoodland is a movie starring Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, and Diane Lane. A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952).

Bobby is a movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, and Sharon Stone. The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los...

A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.

Infamous is a movie starring Toby Jones, Daniel Craig, and Sandra Bullock. While researching his novel "In Cold Blood", Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States.

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

The idealist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.

The Conclave is a movie starring Manu Fullola, Brian Blessed, and James Faulkner. In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope. A 27-year-old Spanish cardinal,...

One Night with the King is a movie starring Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, and John Noble. In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

The Hoax is a movie starring Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, and David Aaron Baker. In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early...

A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.

Catch a Fire is a movie starring Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, and Bonnie Mbuli. A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.

Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.

The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness, and success.

Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.

Chapter 27 is a movie starring Chuck Cooper, Victor Verhaeghe, and Robert Gerard Larkin. A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.

Molière is a movie starring Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, and Laura Morante. To satisfy his creditors, a witty actor reinvents himself as a satirical playwright, with uproarious, yet bittersweet, results.

An Unreasonable Man is a movie starring Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan, and Howard Zinn. A look at the career of consumer advocate Ralph Nader.

A Life Interrupted is a TV movie starring Lea Thompson, Anthony Lemke, and Cindy Busby. After Debbie Smith was raped, she didn't take the law into her own hands. She wrote the law.