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A fictionalized account of a real battle between the hacktivist organization Anonymous and the Mexican drug cartel known as Los Zetas.

Drama Crime

86% 14%

Based on the true story of Efraim Diveroli, a military contractor who attempted to ship $300 million of prohibited Chinese arms to the Afghan army.

Drama

75% 25%
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Inspired by a true story, a white, married journalist living in Manhattan comes to the unnerving realization one night at a cocktail party that virtually his entire social circle is white. Indeed his entire existence has become steeped in a certain style of "whiteness": a rarefied industry (publishing); a weekend house in the Catskills; yoga; ambient music; and seasonal gourmet cooking. With help of the internet, a "white guy" sets off on a humorous journey to make "black friends," only to discover that regardless of race, the older you get, the harder it is to make friends.

Comedy

90% 10%

Adaptation of Sean Flynn's book "3000 Degrees: The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It." In December 1999, a fire claims the lives of six Worcester, Mass., firefighters.

Drama

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Nairobi-born paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey's conservationist efforts to stop elephant poaching in the Kenyan National Parks put his life in danger. In 1993, Leakey flies a small propeller-driven plane that crashes, crushing his lower legs, both of which are later amputated. Sabotage is suspected but never proven.

Biography True Story

67% 33%

Based on the true story of a geneticist who attemps to bring back the Woolly Mammoth from extinction.

Drama Adventure

93% 7%
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A courier is tasked with bringing $3 million to an African soccer team, which refuses to play until its paid — in cash. Things go awry when the courier is ambushed on the way to make the drop, leaving him less than 12 hours to recover the stolen money.

Drama Thriller

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Centers on legendary CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite's time reporting on Vietnam and the role that he played in the proxy war.

Drama True Story

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Explores the life of Andy Warhol, the famed pop art artist.

Drama Biography

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A young Queen Amanirenas rules over the Kush Kingdom of Nubia, one of the richest kingdom's in Ancient Africa. She successfully leads her army of Nubians into battle against the mighty invading Roman Empire forcing them to withdraw and negotiate peace.

Drama Action

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A woman scams the welfare system out of a fortune.

Drama

85% 15%

Based on the true story of a 1993 Arkansas murder case in which three teenagers were controversially arrested and charged with killing three other young boys.

Drama

100% 0%

True story of Will Wright, a high school prodigy who at 17 was the catalyst for a $70 million narcotics empire.

Drama

83% 17%
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Based on a true story, Willie tells the story of "Willie Davis", a janitor whose life changes when he starts coaching the school's basketball team.

Drama

100% 0%

American intelligence specialist Reality Leigh Winner is the first to expose Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. She is arrested in 2017 for removing confidential documents from the government and feeding them to the press In 2018; Winner is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison.

Drama Documentary

100% 0%

The true story of the 1960's largest Irish American gang war in history.

Drama War

93% 7%

Set in Norfolk, England, in 1645, witch hunter Matthew Hopkins commits heinous crimes during the English Civil War.

Drama Horror

20% 80%

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