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Story traces the rise of Rick “Freeway” Ross as he starts out in the 1980s selling cocaine nationwide.
Focuses on J.D. Salinger's life between World War II and the 1951 publication of "Catcher in the Rye" and examine the effects war has on the artist.
In spite of having ALS, a disease that slowly paralyzes him and renders him almost speechless, Stephen Hawking gains international acclaim after authoring the best-selling book "A Brief History of Time."
Vince Lombardi, a fiery disciplinarian, seems stuck when he is offensive line coach of a New York Giants team that loses the 1958 championship game. His Giants counterpart on the defense, the cool Tom Landry, is signed to head the Dallas Cowboys after being widely courted. Lombardi practically has to beg to run a Packers team so dismal that other team owners want to fold the franchise. Lombardi turns the team into perennial winners, and gets his showdown with Landry in the 1967 league championship game, known as the Ice Bowl because it is played in 13 below zero temperatures. The Packers win.
A family saga chronicling the Gianni Versace’s rise to fame in the late 1970s, when he launched the brand, and depict his relationship with his sister Donatella.
"Walk On" tells the story of former Texas Rangers pitcher David Clyde, who was drafted by the club in 1973 when he was still in high school.
Rell Sunn, a native of Oahu, is a pioneer in the big-wave world of the late 1960s as well as an expert diver, a black belt in karate and a hula dancer. She becomes known as "Queen of Makaha." Sunn establishes a surf contest for children to combat juvenile delinquency and fights breast cancer for 15 years. She dies in 1998.
The film will be a fictional biopic about the life of musician and comedy mastermind Al Yankovic.
- 4.25 / 5.0
Carter Paysinger, a black student from the wrong side of town, lands hard at upscale, mostly white Beverly Hills High, and his friendship with Fenton, a Jewish kid with whom he has little in common. Years later, Paysinger becomes a coach, teacher and eventually the first African-American principal in the storied school's 80-year history. This perch gives him the opportunity to team with Fenton to turn around the school and help the community that put him on the path to success.
The story of rookie Canadian journalist Bahadur, who in 2008 formed a plan to embed himself among the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeded in providing the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them.
A biopic about music impresario and renowned record company executive Leonard Chess.
- 1 / 5.0
Biopic focusing on James Dean's personal life. Based on William Bast's 2006 memoir, Surviving James Dean.
A biopic on President Woodrow Wilson.
. Moving from a remote tribal village to the sprawling metropolis of Johannesburg, South Africa, a proud young Winnie (Jennifer Hudson) soon found love with a rising political star, Nelson Mandela (Terrence Howard). When Nelson was imprisoned for protesting the brutal Apartheid government, Winnie worked tirelessly to win his freedom and to carry on his message of peace and equality. Her struggle to keep the Mandela dream alive was rewarded by years of persecution and imprisonment. Throughout, her resolve to fight for her freedom, her family and her country never wavered. Her leadership and unconquerable spirit caught the attention of the world and earned her the name "the mother of the nation."
- 2.67 / 5.0
A biopic about the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Story centers on Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his indispensable muse and fiercest competitor.