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In Guatemala, Rodrigo Rosenberg, a wealthy businessman who watched his wife-to-be get assassinated along with her father, is later gunned down while riding his bicycle. His murder stirs up an entire country frustrated by the endless waves of violence, sometimes involving corrupt government officials

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A PTA President named Kelli Peters is framed from drug possession by a set of parents. Peters is arrested and investigated but the truth eventually comes out and, after a five-year ordeal, she wins a $5.7 million-dollar civil judgment against the couple.

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In 1999, a drug bust in Tulia, Texas leads to 10% of the town's African American population being arrested. An attorney from the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund becomes involved. The arrests never produce neither drugs nor money and they end up causing prosecutors and civil rights groups to denounce the bust as racial profiling. The undercover agent who conducted the bust is indicted for perjury, and most of the 46 arrestees are pardoned by Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

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Jim Obergefell marries his spouse John Arthur in Maryland in 2013, three months before Arthur dies. The state of Ohio refuses to list him as John's spouse on the death certificate, so Obergefell sues. He is the lead plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case that effectively legalizes same-sex marriage.

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Based on the incredible true story of the notorious mafia hitman who was hired by Hoover’s FBI off-the-books and partnered with a young Black special agent to hunt down those responsible for the murders of civil rights leaders in Mississippi in 1966.

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Sue Mengers crashes the boys club that is Hollywood agenting, brandishing an outsized personality to go with her famous client list.

Drama Biography

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Four Indigenous children survived 40 days in the Colombian Amazon after a plane crash, marking one of history's greatest survival stories.

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A woman spends her entire life as a man so she can study and practice medicine. She becomes a prominent surgeon who spends her groundbreaking career championing the rights of the lower classes and pushing for medical reforms and better sanitary conditions. Her true gender is not discovered until her death in 1865.

Drama Period

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The film follows a young girl, Dáyami, living in a Mexican border town who tries to send her Christmas list to Santa tied to a balloon. The balloon is found by Randy and Marcella Heiss, a couple in Arizona grieving the loss of their own child, who make it their mission to fulfill the girl’s touching Christmas wishes.

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Chronicles Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media over a sex tape.

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A biopic of Walt Disney’s journey building Disneyland.

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A film based on the first broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” on October 11, 1975.

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Oliver Sipple, a former Marine and Vietnam veteran, saves the life of President Gerald Ford when he deflects the weapon of the would be assassin. But he finds himself in the crosshairs of a media firestorm when news of his sexual orientation leaks to the press. Sipple dies in 1989 at age 47 after being treated for schizophrenia, alcoholism and several other health problems.

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Story of how a Chinese ice-breaker on a scientific expedition rescued a group of 74 Australian, British, and Russian nationals on a chartered Russian vessel, which had become trapped in Antarctic ice.

Action Thriller

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The true-life tale of Hollywood super agent Sue Mengers.

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Daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel quickly amass hundreds of millions of dollars before prosecutors from several states begin coming down on them.

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After quarreling with her husband over his request for a divorce, author Agatha Christie leaves their shared residence in Berkshire on the night of December 3, 1926. She leaves behind a letter for her secretary saying she is going to Yorkshire, and she is not found until 10 days later, when it is discovered that she is staying as a guest at a hotel in Yorkshire under a different name.

Action Adventure

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In the early 70's, Jon Roberts, an injured Vietnam veteran by the age of 20, ends up involved in gangland takeovers of NYC nightclubs. He goes to Miami where he deals billions of dollars of cocaine for the Medellin drug cartel and ultimately spends 10 years in prison.

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Follows a group of Minnesota guys who set off to ride snowmobiles to the North Pole.

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