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MEMORIES OF MURDER tells the harrowing true story of the hunt for a sadistic serial rapist and murderer terrorizing a small province in 1980s South Korea. Marking the first of many successful collaborations between four-time Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho and leading man Song Kang Ho, the film follows the paths of three increasingly desperate detectives as they attempt to decipher the violent mindof a killer in a futile effort to solve the case. Now, seventeen years after its initial release, and a year after the real culprit was identified, this cult classic takes its place as a modern masterpiece.
Based on the true story of Staff Sgt. Maddox who spearheaded the capture of Saddam Hussein.
The film is based on the true story of French artist Henri Matisse's relationship with his nurse Monique Bourgeois, who also served as the painter's model and muse.
Set in Granite City, a small steel town in Southern Illinois, a group of poor, immigrant high school boys from the wrong side of the tracks rise above bigotry in 1940s by proving themselves on the basketball court.
Based on a remarkable true story, discover how the poor son of a miner became one of the greatest actors the world has ever known, with the help of an unlikely mentor. In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins (Harry Lawtey) lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war, and his own ambitions. However, a new opportunity arises when Richard’s natural talent for drama catches the attention of his teacher, Philip Burton (BAFTA winner Toby Jones). Taking Richard under his wing, the young man thrives thanks to Philip’s strict tutelage and the guidance of kindly landlady, Ma Smith (Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville). However, as the acting world comes within Richard’s reach, the burden of his past risks holding him back forever.
A biopic about John Tuggle, who was given the title after being the last pick of the last round of the 1983 NFL draft.
The story centers on the true story of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi, who was assasinated in 1984.
A romantic comedy that explores luck, and how tragedy and triumph, disaster and fortune are all in the way we choose to view them.
Joaquin "Jack" Garcia (aka Jack Falcone), a Cuban-American FBI agent, successfully goes undercover in the Gambino crime family.
Based on a true story about Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, a beloved Texas tycoon and retail pioneer who is best known for his generosity and community service. Will follow McIngvale’s journey as he risks everything to open Gallery Furniture alongside his wife and business partner Linda, and the challenges the family faces years later when their youngest daughter battles a debilitating case of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Bram, the son of an elephant trainer, and Modoc, an elephant, grow up together but when the elephant is sold to America, Bram stows away on a ship to avoid separation from his best friend.
A British drug trafficker is arrested in Bolivia and jailed in La Paz's San Pedro prison. During his six-year stretch, the man serves as a tour guide in a prison that thrives under a capitalist system made possible by bribery of officials.
This is the true story of the 1958 Los Angeles murder of Jean Ellroy, the mother of novelist James Ellroy, who was 10 at the time. Specifically, the film focuses on the (unsolved) police investigation of the crime, as seen through the eyes of the novelist as an adult (David Duchovny), who spent a great deal of time studying the L.A.P.D.'s homicide division while writing the memoir upon which this movie is based.
Radicalized college co-ed Patricia "Mizmoon" Soltisyk co-founds the Symbionese Liberation Army, a terrorist group, with her lesbian lover and an escaped convict with an obsession for guns and explosives. The group carries out bank robberies and murders in the 1970s and kidnaps heiress Patty Hearst, the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. Soltysik is one of the six SLA members killed in a shootout with the LAPD in the mid 1970s.
Based on the true story of Amy Biehl, a 26-year-old Stanford student and Fulbright scholar who was murdered in 1993 by rioting South African youths. Biehl had traveled to South Africa to help residents prepare for the first democratic elections in their history. Magona tells the story through the eyes of the mother of one of Amy's killers, who reaches out to Biehl's mother in hopes of creating some understanding of what happened.
Amy Butcher forms chance friendship with Joy Mothertrucker a fifty-year-old Instagram celebrity and America’s one and only female ice road trucker, who spent 13 years driving big rigs through the deadliest road in America. Inspired by Joy’s optimism and bravery in the face of danger, Amy flies to Alaska and joins her on an incredible journey through the heart of the Alaskan wilderness, accompanying her while they navigate the deadliest road in America. The two determined women find solace and strength in each other, in the unforgiving outdoors.
Tells the true story of Jody Williams, a strong-willed teacher working for a temporary employment agency who left her life in Washington to pursue an unlikely career in global activism. Almost a decade and a half later, Williams was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for leading an international campaign to eradicate land mines.
Set in Italy and Pebble Beach, a battle takes place between legendary sports car manufacturer
True story of former Vanderbilt football recruit who was controversially imprisoned in a case that stirred up racial tensions and grabbed headlines. When he was 18 he had consensual sex with a fellow student who was three months shy of 16, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a law passed to stop child molestation was wrongly used to convict him. Dixon was released after 15 months in prison.
Two pro-basketball superfans who are very devoted to their home team decide to form a professional all male cheerleading squad.